Ralph Ward Jackson (7 June 1806, Normanby – 6 August 1880, London)Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892-1921 was a British railway promoter, entrepreneur, and politician. He founded West Hartlepool, England, in the 19th century.
Life Son of William and Susanna Louisa Ward-Jackson, he was a Conservative elected at the 1868 general election as the first Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools but was defeated at the 1874 general election.
Ward Jackson Park, located on the western end of Elwick Road in Hartlepool, is named in his memory.
Family Jackson married Susanna Swainson, daughter of the industrialist Charles Swainson, in 1829. They had one son.
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