Basil Jackson
British businessman
Marjorie Violet Warner
(m. 1918)
United Kingdom
British Army1956–1957
Captain Basil Rawdon Jackson (20 May 1892 – 29 March 1957) was a British businessman. Jackson was the second chairman of the board of British Petroleum, from 1956 to 1957.[1]
Jackson was born in St John's, Newfoundland Colony,[2][3] the son of Sir Henry Moore Jackson, a British colonial governor, and Emily Corbett Shea, daughter of Sir Edward Dalton Shea. He was working in the oil industry and living in New York City during the 1930 and 1940 Censuses.[4] He was deputy chairman of BP, and in 1956 succeeded William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond as chairman. He stepped down due to poor health in January 1957 and died in March the same year.[5][6]
In 1957, he was succeeded by Neville Gass as chairman of BP.[7]
References
- ^ "Obituary: Mr. B. R. Jackson". The Times. 30 March 1957. p. 8.
- ^ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ 1930, 1940 United States Federal Census
- ^ "The Suez crisis and Managerial response: British Petroleum, 1956-57" (PDF). Media-ucn.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "BP Archive - Object : 195912". Scottishshale.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Neville Gass". Gracesguide.co.uk. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
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- 1909–1914 Donald Smith
- 1914–1927 Charles Greenway
- 1927–1936 John Cadman
- 1936–1941 John Cadman
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- 1956–1957 Basil Jackson
- 1957–1960 Neville Gass
- 1960–1969 Maurice Bridgeman
- 1969–1975 Eric Drake
- 1975–1981 David Steel
- 1981–1990 Peter Walters
- 1990–1992 Robert Horton
- 1992–1995 David Simon
- 1995–1998 John Browne
- 1998–2001 John Browne
- 2001–2007 John Browne
- 2007–2010 Tony Hayward
- 2010–2020 Bob Dudley
- 2020–2023 Bernard Looney
