 He was promoted to Vice admiral on 24 January 1902, and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) on 8 March 1902, during a visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Devonport and the dockyard.He was promoted to admiral on 5 July 1905, and placed on the retired list at his own request later the same month.Jackson was born in 1842 in Stepney, London, to the Rev.