Frederick Huth Jackson (1863–1921), was a British banker, and a partner of the merchant bank, Frederick Huth & Co, founded by his great-grandfather, Frederick Huth.

Early life

He was the son of Thomas Hughes Jackson (1834–1930) and Hermine Meinertzhagen (1838–1897), and the grandson of Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Harrow School, and Balliol College, Oxford.

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Career

He was a partner of the private bank, Frederick Huth & Co.

Frederick Huth Jackson

From 1918 to 1919, the Rt. Hon. Frederick Huth Jackson, of 64 Rutland Gate, SW was the High Sheriff of the County of London.

Frederick Huth Jackson

Following the death of Jackson in 1921, Frederick Huth & Co was in an increasingly parlous state, and the Governor of the Bank of England pushed for it to be amalgamated with Konig Brothers, which duly happened in 1923.

Personal life

In 1894, he married the poet and author Claire Annabel Caroline Grant Duff, the eldest daughter of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff and Anna Julia Webster.

They had four children (all Huth Jackson): Frederick, who married Helen Vinogradoff, daughter of the historian Sir Paul Vinogradoff Konradin, who married Sir Arthur Hobhouse Anne Marie, who became a writer. She married Christopher Evelyn Fremantle and settled in the US Claire Annabel, who married Louis de Loriol and settled in France

Legacy

John Singer Sargent painted a portrait of his wife, Mrs. Huth Jackson (née Annabel Grant Duff).

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References

1863 births

1921 deaths

Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford

British bankers

High Sheriffs of the County of London

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Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

People educated at Harrow School

People of the Victorian era