John Jackson [Gentleman Jackson]

(1769-1845)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Jackson, John [called Gentleman Jackson] (1769-1845), pugilist LBT ID: JoJacks1845	B/BAP: 1769-09-28 DIED: 1845-10-07
SOURCES: DNB
Pugilist; champion of England from 1795 to 1804, when he was defeated by Jem Belcher. After retirement he established a school that became headquarters of the Pugilistic Club.
REFERENCES TO John Jackson [Gentleman Jackson]: Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 22 August 1813 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 5 May 1814 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lord Byron to John Murray, 3 March 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 3 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Lord Byron. Found 1: ¶ 1 Mr. Mathews. Found 1: ¶ 9 Wilson, John, 1785-1854, “Review of Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries” in Blackwood's Magazine 23 (March 1828) 362-408 Found 3: ¶ 21 ¶ 22 ¶ 39 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1808 Found 4: ¶ 29 ¶ 30 ¶ 34 ¶ n1 Life of Byron: 1813 Found 2: ¶ 7 ¶ 7 Life of Byron: 1814 Found 5: ¶ 51 ¶ 1 ¶ 4 ¶ 2 ¶ 1 Life of Byron: 1817 Life of Byron: 1824 Found 1: ¶ n1 “Lord Byron” in Monthly Review NS 13 (February 1830) 217-37 Found 1: ¶ 33 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter X. Found 1: ¶ 5