Henry Jackson (surveyor)

Henry Jackson
Jackson in naval uniform, 1860s
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hutt
In office 2 July 1879 – 15 August 1879
Preceded by	William Fitzherbert
Succeeded by	Thomas Mason
Personal details
Born	Henry Jackson 1830 (1830) England
Died	29 October 1906(1906-10-29) (aged 76) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Relations	Sir John Jackson, 1st Baronet (grandfather)
Occupation	Naval officer surveyor

Henry Jackson (1830 – 29 October 1906) was a New Zealand politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives (M.H.R.) in the Wellington region. An officer of the Royal Indian Navy and naval surveyor, he was in New Zealand on leave of duty when control of the Indian Navy changed from the East India Company to the British government in India, following the 1857 Indian Mutiny. He worked as a surveyor and was dismissed as chief surveyor of Wellington District in 1879. He successfully stood in a parliamentary by-election but was in the House of Representatives for only one month before the house was prorogued, and lost his position in the subsequent general election.