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JABLONSKI, Leon. b. Strjakow, Poland about 1806; entered Polish army and fought for the liberation of Poland; lived at Dijon in France; engaged in tuition in Edinburgh; a merchant in London; author of an English translation of the well-known Polish poem ‘Conrad Wallenrod’ by A. Mickiewicz 1841, this was reprinted in Polish, French and English 1851. d. Dijon 2 Oct. 1853.
JACK, Alexander (son of rev. William Jack d. 9 Feb. 1854). b. 19 Oct. 1805; ensign 30 Bengal N.I. 23 May 1824, major 1846–51; brigadier of force sent against Kangra in the Punjab 1847; commanded a battalion in second Sikh war, present at Aliwal, Chillianwalla and Goojerat; lieut. col. 33 Bengal N.I. 18 Dec. 1851; lieut. col. 42 Bengal light infantry 1853; lieut. col. 34 Bengal N.I. 1856 to death; brigadier at Cawnpore 8 Aug. 1856 to death; C.B. 9 June 1849; published Six views of Kot Kangra sketched on the spot 1847; shot by the mutineers at Cawnpore 27 June 1857. Mowbray Thomason’s Story of Cawnpore (1859) 62, etc.; Kaye’s Indian mutiny, ii 217–68 (1889).
JACK, Rev. Alexander (son of rev. Robert Jack of Manchester). b. Linlithgow 16 June 1794; ed. at Edin. univ. and at Divinity hall, Selkirk; presbyterian minister Dunbar 1818–64; D.D. of an American univ. 1862. d. Musselburgh near Edinburgh 5 Aug. 1868. Sanctuary services. By A. Jack. With a memoir by J. Kerr. Edin. (1869), portrait.
JACK, James (son of a land steward). b. Drumkilbo, parish of Meigle 1785; enlisted in Forfar and Kincardine militia 1803 and was employed as clerk in the orderly room, regiment disbanded 1816; member of Forfar and Kincardine masonic lodge 25 Aug. 1808 for which he framed a code of laws and established a benefit soc. in the lodge; lieut. in the militia at Montrose 1816; formed a code of rules for the Caledonian lodge of Free Gardeners, Montrose; surveyor of taxes for Dundee and district 1831, retired with a pension; kept the Union royal arch chapter No. 6 Dundee in its place on the roll from 1831–55 and was presented with his portrait 1857. d. Dundee 15 Dec. 1861. monu. erected in ch. yard at Liff. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) 204–6.
JACK, Thomas C. (son of an Edinburgh printer). b. 1830; apprentice to W. P. Kennedy, bookseller; bookseller Edinb.; with his brother in the hardware trade, Glasgow; member of firm of Inglis and Jack, publishers, Edinb.; publisher alone; brought out Fairbairn’s Crests of British Families 1860 and Riddell’s The Carpenter 1868; published a Welsh Bible 1873 which returned a good profit, the Globe Encyclopædia 1875, the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, and the Encyclopædia of Freemasonry; sec. of Edinb. chamber of commerce 1872; purchased the stock and copyrights of Fullarton & Co. 1880. d. 13 Strathearn road, David st. Edinburgh 3 Dec. 1886. The Bookseller 16 Dec. 1886 p. 1322.
JACK, Rev. William (son of rev. William Jack, D.D.) b. Northmavin, Shetland 1768; ed. at Univ. and King’s colleges, Aberdeen, D.D. 1815; M.D. of Edin.; professor in Univ. and King’s colleges, Aberdeen 1794, sub-principal and professor of moral philosophy Dec. 1800, principal 1815 to death; mayor of Aberdeen. d. King’s coll. Aberdeen 9 Feb. 1854. The Aberdeen Herald 25 Feb. 1854 p. 6.
JACKMAN, Henry. b. about 1786; manager of Northampton theatrical circuit 45 years. d. Northampton 30 Sep. 1852 aged 66. The Era 10 Oct. 1852 p. 12.
JACKSON, Rev. Arthur Gregory. b. 1844; ed. at Lichfield theol. coll. to 1868; C. of Wolverhampton coll. ch. 1868–72; in charge of St. Andrew, W. Bromwich 1872–5; C. of St. Thomas, Regent st. London 1875–82; hon. chaplain Newport market refuge 1878; chaplain and warden of Philanthropic Soc. farm sch. Redhill, Surrey 1882 to death; proprietor of the Leicester Journal to death; author of A penny pocket book of prayers and hymns 1867; The missioner’s manual of anecdotes 1876; The history of St. Thomas’s church, Regent st. 1881; The missioner’s hymnal 1884; The missioner’s book of sermon notes and illustrations 1890; hanged himself at Redhill 23 April 1887. Times 27 April 1887 p. 14.
JACKSON, Arthur Herbert. b. 1852; student R. Acad. of music 1872, won Lucas medal for composition, professor of harmony and composition 1878 to death; composer of Fugue in E for two performers on the piano 1874; Toccata for the piano 1875; In a boat: barcarolle for the pianoforte 1878; Lord Ullin’s daughter: chorus 1879; Andante con variazione for two performers on the piano 1880; The Siren’s song for female voices 1885; The Bride of Abydos, an overture; Jason and the golden fleece. A cantata. d. 4 Oxford and Cambridge mansions, London 27 Sep. 1881. Musical Times 1 Nov. 1881 p. 581.