SE - F.J. Jackson - Dec 1907

Hobley - as a friend of 'Bwana Jacksini' a European would always be sure of a native welcome. How did he earn this reputation - without any effort, simply by being the great gentleman he was. His reputation as a great hunter helped him a little, and his love of nature appealed to all. As a field naturalist he had few peers, and his uncanny insight into the life history of birds was a revelation. Of the staunchness of his friendship to his colleagues it is difficult to speak.  

Moyse - End of 1894 - succeeded Colvile as Acting Commissioner in Buganda pending the arrival of the new Commissioner, Ernest Berkeley. ........... Jan. 1896 - Jackson arrived at the Ravine to take over Administration of Eastern Province. ......... 1897 - Ternan ordered home on leave and Jackson took over as Acting Commissioner, Uganda.   

Cranworth - He was a friend of Rider Haggard - Rider Haggard had a brother who was Consul at Lamu on the EA Coast, and made the suggestion that the three of them, Jackson, Rider Haggard and his wife, should pay a long visit to that little-known part. Rider Haggard pulled out but Jackson went in 1884. ........... In 1886 Jackson embarked on his first big safari inland, and shot and collected from a standing camp on the Lumi river, near Taveta, on the foothills of Kilimanjaro. ....... Here he made his first acquaintance with one who was to prove a lifelong friend, Robert (afterwards Sir Robert) Harvey, who with two other mighty hunters, Sir John Willoughby Bt., DSO and H.C.V. Hunter, was shooting in the same parts.   

Tucker - seriously wounded by Sudanese in fight with mutineers in Oct. 1897   

Matson - 1897 - 1st Class at Ravine   

Debrett - appointed a 1st class Assist in Uganda 1894, became a British Vice-Consul in the Protectorate of Uganda 1895, Dep. Commr. 1896, Acting 1901, Dep. Commr., E. Africa Protectorate 1902, Acting Commr. 1902, Com-in-Ch. Uganda 1911-17; served in Uganda 1898 (severely wounded, medal with 2 clasps), and in operations against Nandi 1900 (medal with clasp); has Order of Leopold of Belgium   

EAHB 1905 - IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed 3rd October 1888. 1st Class Assistant, Uganda Protectorate, July 1894; Vice-Consul, March 1895; Deputy Commissioner, April 1901; Deputy Commissioner, EAP, April 1902; East and Central African Medal with Clasp, Uganda 1897-98, Lubwa; CB 1899; CMG 1902.

The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa North - Resident at Lamu 1884; found and buried Bishop Hannington's remains at Mumia's 1885; on shooting expedition to Kilimanjaro 1886; Appt. IBEA Co. 3/10/1888, arr. Mombasa 27/10/1888 from India; signed treaty with Ukambani 4/8/1889; led first Company caravan to Uganda arr. Kampala April 1890; Appt. Consular Agent, Lamu 24/9/1890; attached by IBEA Co. to the Capt. J.R.L. Macdonald Uganda Railway survey, dep. Mombasa 18 or 24/12/1891; arrived at coast ill, March 1892, returned to England later; Appt. 1st Class Asst UP 2/7/1894; arr. Entebbe 28/11/1894; Port Alice Dec 1894; Commandant Eldama Ravine Station; Vice-Consul 1895; Moved from Port Alice to Mumia's Nov 1895; Ravine Jan, Feb 1896; Acting Commissioner 1897; leave; dep. Mumia's for Luba's 11/10/1897 during Sudanese mutiny, badly wounded at Luba's 19/10/1897; Transport Officer on Uganda Road from 22/1/1898, not recovered enough to resume duty as Commissioner; appt. Deputy Commissioner for Uganda 1/4/1899; appt. Chief Political Officer with a Nandi punitive expedition 24/5/1900 to 30/10/1900; appt. Acting Commissioner & Consul General, Uganda 27/5/1901 to 1/4/1902; Appt. Deputy Commissioner EAP, 12/4/1902; dep. Mombasa for England 15/10/1903 - "a man of great charm" (Meinertzhagen)

Playne - His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of the EAP is an authority on birds and fauna, and has been a great big-game shot. Mr Jackson became First Class Assistant in the Uganda Protectorate in July 1894, and was Vice-Consul in May of the following year. He became Deputy Commissioner in April, 1901, and Deputy Commissioner of the EAP in April, 1902, the year in which he received the CMG. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor in 1907. Mr Jackson is a Yorkshireman, and was born at Oran in 1860. He went to Shrewsbury School, and afterwards to Jesus College, Cambridge. He has the East and Central Africa medal, with clasps, Uganda 1897-98; Luba and Africa General Service medal, Uganda 1900; Nairobi 1905-06 [sic]

IBEA Co. - Nominal List of British Born Subjects resident in IBEA Territories within the Sultans Domain, 30 April 1891 - F.J. Jackson, England, In charge Lamu

Uganda Journal - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Further Memories of Uganda by Sir Albert Cook - launch 'Ruwenzori' - When Dr. Macpherson and I [Cook] in November 1897 brought Mr Jackson (as he was then) into Munyonyo from Luba's with a severe bullet wound in his lung, we found the little steamer most useful, and I shall never forget the 8 hours steaming through the night, the lovely coast of Kyagwe lying half-concealed and half-revealed under the light of the nearly full moon. To the wounded man it was heaven instead of the other place, which would have been involved in porterage or canoe travelling, so peace be with its remains.

Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 7/5/06

Nicholls - Capt. J.R.L. Macdonald's survey expedition - poor Jackson had to be left behind at Kibwezi suffering from inflamed piles. He was a great loss to the members of the party, who found him 'such a cheery, amusing fellow and always good-tempered.'

EA Diary 1902 - Listed as H.M. Deputy Commissioner

EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Vice-President of the East Africa Agricultural and Horticultural Society - Established 1901

EA Diary 1903 - 1st Class Asst. Uganda Protectorate July 1894; Vice-Consul, Uganda Protectorate May 1895; Deputy Commissioner, Uganda April 1901; Deputy Commissioner EA Protectorate April 1902; CB 1899; CMG 1902

Chandler - long entry covering his life in Africa

Hobley - remarkable character. From Uganda to the coast there was no man who was so widely known or so deeply respected by natives of the older generation.

Mills Railway - Frederick J Jackson, who arrived in Lamu in 1884 and joined the IBEA Company in October 1886, progressed to Deputy Commissioner and Lieutenant Governor of the East Africa Protectorate before being promoted Governor of Uganda, a post he held for 6 years before retiring, a KCMG in 1917.

The Uganda historian H B Thomas wrote that "Jackson's period of office was marked by his benign approachability and his concern for all sections of the community", while his memorial in Namirembe Cathedral, Kampala, records simply that "He was greatly loved."

It is therefore to be expected that his book of memoirs is warm and human but Jackson could hold strong views: a disagreement with Sir Charles Eliot over land alienation was one of the principle factors which led to Eliot resigning as Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate in 1901.

W.A. Kempe diary 27 Mar 1911 [at Nairobi] A farewell dinner at the Club to the Lieut Gov^r F.J.Jackson who has just been appointed Gov^r of Uganda. Currie, Manager of the Railway proposed his health saying that it was suitable that he should go to Uganda as he was mainly instrumental in annexing it for the British Empire. Jackson replied most modestly stating that he had nothing to do with the annexation as it was all settled in Brussels. He had been sent up in that direction by the Company with instructions not to go to Uganda; when he got up & heard that Karl Peters was making for it he felt obliged to go. Afterwards he was told off for not going soon & when later a question was raised in Parliament why the company were meddling with a place so far from their base he was made the scapegoat & they declared that he’d gone there contrary to their wishes & forced their hand.