william harding jackson (ii) ( march 25, 1901 â september 28, 1971) was a u.s. civilian administrator, new york lawyer, and investment banker who served as deputy director of the central intelligence agency.(reference: "the central intelligence agency", by arthur b. darling, copyright, 1990, isbn 0-271-00717-6 -- and --"general walter bedell smith as director of central intelligence", by ludwell lee montague, copyright, 1992, isbn 0-271-00750-8 - both texts declassified with redactions and deletions by the cia and published by the pennsylvania state university press) jackson also served briefly under president dwight d. eisenhower as united states national security advisor in 1956 while in his role as 'special assistant for national security affairs' from 1956-1957 http://www.cia.gov reference: central intelligence agency library/center for the study of intelligence == education == jackson attended the fay school in boston and st. mark's school, an episcopal preparatory school in southborough, ma. he received his undergraduate bachelor of arts degree (b.a.) from princeton university (1924) and his ll.b. from harvard law school (1928). == early life == born william harding jackson (ii), march 25, 1901 on the belle meade plantation, in nashville, tennessee to parents william harding jackson (i) and wife, anne davis (richardson) jackson (later remarried to stevenson).(reference: tennessee state library and archives "the papers of william hicks jackson (1835-1903)from 1766-1978", accession number 1979.059, completed december 12, 1979.) much confusion surrounds bill jackson's name (perhaps convenient by design, given his importance in u.s. national security affairs). bill jackson's grandfather, a graduate of the u.s. military academy at west point (1856) and former confederate states army general, was named william hicks jackson (more commonly known during his lifetime as 'general red jackson'); bill jackson's father was named william h. (harding) jackson, and one of bill jackson's sons was named william h. jackson, jr., as well. all four men are known as 'william h. jackson', making it difficult to distinguish one from another. to further confuse the issue, bill jackson's paternal grandfather, general red jackson, died at age 67 of bright's diseaseâand young bill's father, william harding jackson (i), died of complications from typhoid fever at age 29âboth within four months of each otherâduring the spring-summer of 1903, when young jackson was only two years old. all three of these men were heirs to the world-famous belle meade plantation near nashville, tennessee, during their lifetimes. == belle meade plantation == bill jackson's great-great-grandfather, john harding of virginia, moved to tennessee in 1807 and acquired the initial {{convert|25
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