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|name = Alexander Cosby Jackson<br />
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|order = 11th<br />
|office = General Officer Commanding, Ceylon<br />
|term_start = 1812<br />
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|predecessor = [[Robert Brownrigg]]<br />
|successor = [[Edward Barnes (British Army officer)|Edward Barnes]]<br />
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|birth_place = Bombay, India<br />
|death_date = 29 Jan 1827<br />
|death_place = Dawlish, Devonshire, England<br />
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|spouse = Elizabeth Catherine Mitchell (1792-1861)<br />
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|children = [[Charles Robert Mitchell Jackson]]<br />
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[[Major general]] '''Alexander Cosby Jackson''' (1773–1827) was the 11th [[General Officer Commanding, Ceylon]]. He was appointed in 1812. He was succeeded by [[Edward Barnes (British Army officer)|Edward Barnes]].<br />
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