Basil Jackson

{{Short description|British businessman}}

{{Infobox person

| honorific_prefix = Captain

| name = Basil Rawdon Jackson

| image = Portrait of Basil Rawdon Jackson.png

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|5|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = St John's, Newfoundland (now Canada)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|3|29|1892|5|20|df=y}}

| death_place = London, England

| education = Downside School
University of London

| spouse = {{marriage|Marjorie Violet Warner|1918}}

| module = {{Infobox military person

|embed = yes

|embed_title = Military career

|allegiance = 25px United Kingdom

|branch = 25px British Army

|serviceyears = 1914–1922

|rank = Captain

| unit = Royal Garrison Artillery

| battles = World War I

}}

| module2 = {{Infobox officeholder

|embed = yes

| office = 2nd Chairman of British Petroleum

| term_start = 1956

| term_end = 1957

| predecessor = William Fraser

| successor = Sir Neville Gass

}}

}}

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.{{cite news |title= Obituary: Mr. B. R. Jackson |work=The Times |date= 30 March 1957|page=8 }}

Jackson was born in St John's, Newfoundland Colony,U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 19421911 England Census 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.1930, 1940 United States Federal Census 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.{{cite web |url=http://media-ucn.co.uk/Suez%201956%20case%20study/Suez_crisis&%20BP.pdf |title=The Suez crisis and Managerial response: British Petroleum, 1956-57 |website=Media-ucn.co.uk |access-date=2016-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704081434/http://media-ucn.co.uk/Suez%201956%20case%20study/Suez_crisis%26%20BP.pdf |archive-date=2016-07-04 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/Collections/BParchive/details.php?OBNO=195912 |title=BP Archive - Object : 195912 |website=Scottishshale.co.uk |date= |access-date=2016-07-21}}

In 1957, he was succeeded by Neville Gass as chairman of BP.{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Neville_Gass |title=Neville Gass |website=Gracesguide.co.uk |date=2016-06-17 |access-date=2016-07-21}}