David Furnish and Sir Elton entered into a civil partnership on 21 December 2005, the first day that civil partnerships could be performed in England, in the town of Windsor, Berkshire. Their first child, son Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born in December 2010 in California via surrogacy. In January 2013, the couple's second son, Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, was born through the same surrogate. After same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in March 2014, Sir Elton and Furnish retroactively converted their civil partnership into a marriage and marked the occasion with a ceremony in Windsor, Berkshire, on 21 December
John Jackson (English boxer) John Jackson (English boxer) John Jackson (28 September 1769 – 7 October 1845) was a celebrated English pugilist of the late 18th century. "Gentleman Jackson" stood 5'11" and weighed 195 pounds (or 14 stone). Jackson won the title "Champion of England" in a fight on April 15, 1795 in which he beat Daniel Mendoza. After this he created a boxing academy for gentlemen at 13 Bond Street, London. Jackson's Saloon was popular with the nobility and gentry. Lord Byron relates in his diary that he regularly received instruction in boxing from Jackson. Jackson lived in comfort after his boxing career.