JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819), dean of Christ Church, Oxford, was born in Yorkshire, and educated at Westminster and Oxford. From '771 to 1776 he was sub-preceptor to the two eldest sons of George III. He then took holy orders, and after holding (1779-83) the preachership at Lincoln's Inn, became dean of Christ Church. In this position he showed a genius for govern ment, and maintained a strict discipline. He had a large share in the framing of the "Public Examinations Statute" (1802) and always encouraged his pupils to compete for scholarships. In 1799
he refused the offer of the bishopric of Oxford, and in 1800 the primacy of Ireland, preferring to remain at his college, where many afterwards famous men studied under him, including Can ning and Sir Robert Peel, whom he is reported to have advised to "work like a tiger." Jackson resigned his deanery in 1809, and retired to Felpham, near Bognor, where he died on Aug. 31, 1819.