John Mills Jackson (c. 1764 – 1836) was a Canadian author, merchant, and justice of the peace.
Born on Saint Christopher Island, Jackson arrived in Canada in 1805. He inherited land in Lower Canada and bought additional land in Upper Canada. Jackson was a fierce critic of the executive of Upper Canada at the time, particularly Lieutenant Governor Francis Gore. In 1809 he published a pamphlet in London entitled A view of the political situation of the province of Upper Canada. In 1810 the assembly of Upper Canada passed a motion condemning Jackson's pamphlet, but no further action was taken.
In 1816 Jackson campaigned to represent York East in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada but was defeated by incumbent Thomas Ridout. He died while visiting England in 1836. He was survived his children including daughter Augusta Mary Melissa Jackson (1795-1870, who was later the wife of Augustus Warren Baldwin.[1]
Jackson's Point is named after Jackson and the land he acquired in 1819.
JohnMillsJackson (c. 1764 – 1836) was a Canadian author, merchant, and justice of the peace. Born on Saint Christopher Island, Jackson arrived in Canada...
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of a prison guard, John Vincent Mills, at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970. George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette were alleged...
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pseudohistorical ideology of the "Lost Cause". Thomas Jonathan Jackson was a great-grandson of JohnJackson (1715/1719–1801) and Elizabeth Cummins (also known as...
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Sir JohnMills and Mary Hayley Bell, nephew of Juliet Mills and directors John Boulting and Jonathan Mills, and half-brother to Jason Lawson. Mills was...
Neame, starring Alec Guinness and JohnMills, featuring Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Duncan MacRae, Gordon Jackson and Susannah York. It is based...
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albums. Blake Mills was born in Santa Monica, California, and grew up in Malibu. He attended Malibu High School with Taylor Goldsmith. Mills and Goldsmith...
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from the Americas. A United States Marine, Mills is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. William Mervin Mills was born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and...
and his very public strife with Porziņģis. Jackson was replaced by his former subordinate Steve Mills. Jackson won the 1996 NBA Coach of the Year Award...
her late husband's band the Beatles. In 1991, Forbes estimated Michael Jackson's net worth at $230 million (equivalent to $515 million in 2023), making...
Peabo Bryson, Melba Moore, and Stephanie Mills at various performances and festivals. In late 2016, Jackson announced that he was recording a new album...
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