Walrond Jackson
William Walrond Jackson was Bishop of Antigua from 1860 to 1879.Life
He was the son of William Jackson of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, and Mary Judith Walrond. He was educated at Codrington College Barbados and ordained in 1834. After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Trinidad, he held incumbencies in St Vincent and Barbados. From 1846 to 1860 he was Chaplain to the Forces when he was appointed to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 17 May 1860, and returned to England through ill health in 1879. He retained his See only in the legal sense, with the work carried out by coadjutor bishops John Mitchinson and Charles Branch. He died at home in Ealing.Family
Jackson married Mary Pile, daughter of Conrade Pile of the Brighton estate, Barbados. Their son, William, became Rector of Exeter College, Oxford.
