Joseph Jackson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  in 1659.

Jackson was an alderman of Bristol

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 and was Sheriff of Bristol in 1642 and Mayor in 1651. In 1655 he was made a Military Commissioner for Bristol on 14 March and added to the Trade Committee and made one of the Trade and Navigation Committee on 1 November. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Bristol

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

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. He was Military Commissioner again in 1659.

Jackson was probably the younger brother of Miles Jackson

Miles Jackson

Miles Jackson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.Jackson was an alderman of Bristol and served as Sheriff of Bristol in 1631 and as Mayor in 1649. In April 1654, Jackson was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in the First Protectorate Parliament...

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