Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet

[2] Jackson joined the bank in 1865, a year after its opening[3] and served terms as accountant in Shanghai and then from 1870 to 1874 as manager in Yokohama.

[4] In 1876, after only ten years service in the bank and at the early age of 35, Jackson was appointed the chief manager of HSBC.

Between April 1886 and September 1887, and again for a year in 1889, and between 1891 and 1893, he relinquished the role to return to the United Kingdom where he took charge of the London office of the bank.

[6] Brilliant, though also cautious, he also had the nickname "Lucky Jackson", which probably reflected more his innate intuition as when to act quickly and boldly.

[10] Jackson is commemorated in his native Ireland in a stained glass window in Creggan Anglican church, County Armagh.