Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals; M.R.C.S. 1809; founded a self
supporting dispensary at Derby; contributed numerous papers to
Medical Physical Journal, Provincial Medical Journal, Lancet and
Association Journal; author of On self supporting dispensaries,
their adaptation to the relief of the poor and working classes
1862. _d._ 27 Friargate, Derby 23 June 1863.
JONES, JOHN. _b._ the Harp inn, Llanfairtalhaiarn near Abergele
1810; brought up as an architect; general manager to sir Joseph
Paxton; a writer of Welsh words to the old Welsh airs, which
are more often sung with his words than with those of any other
writer; published 3 vols. of poetry in 1855, 1862 and 1869. _d._
Falhaiarn 13 Oct. 1869 from the effects of an attempt on his own
life. _Works of J. Jones in Welsh and English_ (1855).
JONES, JOHN, the taken name of John Owen. _b._ 1832; blacksmith;
murdered 7 persons, Emmanuel Marshall blacksmith of Cheapside in
village of Denham near Uxbridge, his wife, sister, mother and
three children at Denham 22 May 1870, tried at Aylesbury assizes
before Baron Channell 22 July when sentenced to death; _hanged_
by Calcraft in the yard of Aylesbury gaol 8 Aug. 1870. _A.R._
(1870) 53, 97, 191–8; _Bucks. Herald 23 July 1870 p._ 4, _13
Aug. p._ 4.
JONES, JOHN. _b._ Bath 1800; ensign 23 Bengal N.I. 16 Aug.
1819; captain 46 Bengal N.I. 20 April 1826; quartermaster
general, Bengal; surveyed province of Assam 1826; erected a
small observatory at Adsett court near Gloucester; F.R.A.S. 8
May 1835. _d._ Torquay 7 April 1875. _Monthly notices of R.
Astronom. soc. xxxvi_ 143 (1876).
JONES, JOHN. _b._ near Wolverhampton 1835; sec. of South
Staffordshire Ironmasters’ Association to 1866; sec. to
Cleveland Ironmasters’ Assoc. 1866; sec. of Middlesbrough
chamber of commerce; sec. of British iron trade assoc.; founded
the Iron and Steel Institute 1868, sec. and editor of its
journal 1868 to death; founded and edited the Iron and coal
trades review Dec. 1866, and other newspapers; A.I.M.E. 1869,
M.I.M.E. 1873; wrote about 20 papers on scientific subjects.
_d._ Saltburn-by-Sea 6 June 1877. _Journal of the Iron and Steel
Institute_ (1877) _p._ 414, _and Appendix C. p. viii_.
JONES, SIR JOHN (natural son of Horace St. Paul). _b._ 1811;
ensign 5 foot 12 June 1828; 1 lieut. 60 rifles 4 Jany. 1833,
major 20 July 1849, lieut. col. of the 1st battalion 20 June
1854 to 1 April 1861; brigadier in command of the Roorkee field
force 17 April to 20 June 1858; acquired sobriquet of ‘the
Avenger’; inspecting field officer at Liverpool, March 1864 to
March 1868; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; granted distinguished service
pension 27 May 1858; K.C.B. 16 Nov. 1858. _d._ Torquay 21 Feb.
1878.
JONES, JOHN (eld. son of Roger Jones, farmer). _b._ Tanyrhelig
near Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire about 1821; a miner at
Dowlais 1838–9; a Baptist preacher 1841; studied at Baptist
college, Haverfordwest 1843–6; pastor of Bethlehem church at
Porthyrhyd 1846–8, at Caersalem Newydd near Swansea 1849–54, at
Rhymney, Monmouthshire 1862–77 and at Salem church, Briton Ferry
1877 to death; known as Mathetes; author of Geiriadur Beiblaidd
a Duwingddol 3 vols. Carmarthen 1864–69–83, a biblical and
theological dictionary. _d._ Briton Ferry 18 Nov. 1878. _bur._
Pant cemetery, Dowlais.
JONES, JOHN. _b._ Middlesex about 1800; army clothier at 6
Regent st. London 1827–68, opened a branch at 16 Bachelors’
Walk, Dublin 1840; lived at 95 Piccadilly 1865 to death; made
a collection valued at £250,000 of pictures, furniture, books,
porcelain, ivories and other objects of vertu, all of which he
left by his will to the South Kensington museum on condition
of their being kept separate as one collection; he left about
£70,000 to the convalescent hospital at Ventnor; a Catalogue of
the Jones Bequest was published 1882. _d._ 95 Piccadilly, London
7 Jany. 1882, personalty sworn at £359,000, 11 March 1882.
_Handbook of the Jones collection_ (1883), _memoir pp._ 1–7 _and
portrait_; _Athenæum 16 Dec. 1882 pp._ 819, 820; _Art Journal_
(1883) 124, 197, 233, 365, 401.
JONES, JOHN (3 son of John Jones of Blaenos near Llandovery,
Carmarthenshire). _b._ 11 Dec. 1815; ed. at Shrewsbury;
barrister M.T. 7 June 1839; sheriff of Carmarthenshire 1854;
M.P. for Ca rmarthenshire 1868–80. _d._ Blaenos co. Carmarthen 1
March 1886.
JONES, JOHN. _b._ near Dolgelly 1804; printer and publisher
at Llanidloes, mayor there 1847–8; a local Wesleyan preacher,
joined Church of England 1853; C. of Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
1853–8; V. of Llandysilio Gogo, Cardiganshire 1858 to death;
granted civil list pension of £50, 31 Oct. 1881; known as
Idrisyn; author of A commentary on the Pentateuch and New
Testament 4 vols. 1845; A critical exposition of the Old and New
Testament 5 vols. 1852, six editions; translated Her Majesty’s
Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands, into Welsh
1868; Pregethau, gan y parch John Jones (Idrisyn) 1884; Baptism
by sprinkling 1885. _d._ New Quay near Llandysilio Gogo 17 Aug.
1887.
JONES, JOHN (son of Rice Jones, captain in the army). _b._
London 5 Oct. 1791; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1815,
M.A. 1820; C. of St. Mary’s, Leicester 1815; P.C. of Seaforth
1815; P.C. of St. Andrew’s ch. Liverpool, Dec. 1815 to 1850;
P.C. of Ch. Ch. Waterloo, Liverpool, Dec. 1850 to death;
archdeacon of Liverpool, Oct. 1855 to 1886; author of Expository
lectures on portions of the Acts of the Apostles 2 vols. 1841;
Lectures on the principal types of the Old Testament 1845; Hints
on preaching 1861. _d._ 14 Esplanade, Waterloo, Liverpool 5 Dec.
1889. _Guardian 11 Dec. 1889 p._ 1916.
JONES, JOHN ANDREWS (son of a manufacturing tobacconist). _b._
Bristol 10 Oct. 1779; ed. at Colston’s charity sch. Bristol
1789–94; apprenticed to a Bristol merchant; a bookbinder at
Guildford 1801–13; became a Baptist 1807, baptized 3 July
1808; minister at Hartley Row, Hants. 1816–18, at Ringstead,
Northamptonshire 1821–5, at Brentford 1825–31, at Jireh chapel,
Brick lane, Old st. London 1831–61, and at chapel in East st.
City road, London 1861 to death; edited Gill’s Body of divinity
1839; author of The history of the iniquitous schism bill of
1714, 1843; Bunhill memorials, sacred reminiscences 1849; Sacred
remains, an appendix to Bunhill memorials 1852. _d._ 50 Murray
st. New North road, London, Aug. 1868.
JONES, JOHN CHARLES HILL. Ensign 54 foot 16 Dec. 1840, lieut.
col. 21 Sep. 1860 to May 1866 when placed on h.p.; lieut.
col. 14 depot battalion Sheffield 1866–9, lieut. col. 3 depot
battalion Pembroke 1869 to 1 June 1870 when placed on h.p.; col.
in the army 21 Sep. 1865; lieut. col. brigade depot Warrington 1
April 1873 to death. _d._ brigade depot Liverpool 3 Sep. 1876.
JONES, JOHN EDWARD. _b._ 1783; 2 lieut. R.A. 14 July 1797, col.
23 Nov. 1841, colonel commandant 17 Feb. 1854 to death; M.G. 20
June 1854. _d._ Warwick lodge, Hampton Wick, Middlesex 29 Aug.
1854.
JONES, JOHN EDWARD. _b._ Dublin 1806; civil engineer in London
1839–46; a sculptor in London 1846–62; exhibited 108 sculptures
at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1842–62; among his sitters were
queen Victoria, prince Albert, Louis Philippe and Napoleon
III.; the full-length statue of sir Robert Alexander Ferguson
at Londonderry 1860 is by him, but he generally executed busts
only. _d._ Dublin 25 July 1862.
JONES, JOHN MATHER. _b._ Bangor 9 June 1826; went to U.S.
America 1849; founded the Welsh town of New Cambria; with James
A. Whittaker purchased a large tract of land in Osage county,
Kansas, where he founded the town of Avonia 1869; proprietor and
publisher of Y Drych (The Mirror) the oldest Welsh newspaper
in America 1865 to death; author of History of the Rebellion
(in Welsh). Utica 1866. _d._ Utica, New York 21 Dec. 1874.
_Appleton’s American Biog. iii_ 467 (1887).
JONES, JOHN OGWEN (son of David Jones of Tyddyn, Llanllechid
near Bangor). _b._ Tyddyn 2 June 1829; a merchant’s clerk
in Liverpool 1844–9, then in London; studied at Calvinistic
methodist college, Bala 1852–6; matric. at Univ. of London
1856, B.A. 1858, M.A.; Calvinistic minister at Birkenhead and
Liverpool 1857–67, at Oswestry 1867–76, at Rhyl 1876 to death;
practical founder of county examinations of Sunday schools in
North Wales; edited Y Symbylydd 1 vol. Liverpool 1864, a monthly
mag.; author of Testament y Miloedd. 1883, a commentary on the
New Testament. _d._ Rhyl 22 Sep. 1884.
JONES, JOHN PIKE (eld. son of John Jones, tradesman). _b._
Chudleigh, Devon 1790; admitted sizar at Pembroke coll. Camb. 4
July 1809, B.A. 1813; C. of North Bovey, Devon 1816–31; V. of
Alveton, Staffs. 12 May 1829 to death; R. of Butterleigh, Devon
12 May 1832 to death; author of Botanical tour through various
parts of Devon and Cornwall 1820, 2 ed. 1821; Historical and
monumental antiquities of Devonshire 1823; Guide to scenery in
neighbourhood of Ashburton 1823, another ed. 1830; author with
J. F. Kingston of Flora Devoniensis 1829. _d._ Cheadle, Staffs.
4 Feb. 1857. _Davidson’s Bibliotheca Devoniensis_ (1852) 9, 10,
13, 36, 118, 135, 172.
JONES, JOHN POWELL (2 son of Morgan Jones). _b._ Llysnony,
Corseinon near Swansea 4 April 1823; ed. St. David’s coll.
Lampeter 1840–6, B.D. 1855; C. of Loughor ch. Glamorgan 1846 and
rector 1850; V. of Llantrisant, Glamorgan 1865 to death; canon
of Llandaff 1879 to death; P.C. of Talygarn chapel, Llantrisant
1870 to death; a well known Greek and Hebrew scholar; author
with rev. E. Bickersteth of Y Ddyledswydd Grist’ nogol o borthi
trueiniaid y praidd. Llanymddfri 1847. _d._ Llantrisant vicarage
21 Dec. 1883. _Red Dragon_, _v_ 481–7 (1884), _portrait_.
JONES, JOHN SALISBURY. Ensign 84 foot 5 Jany. 1805; captain 69
foot 25 Feb. 1817 to 25 Sep. 1835 when placed on h.p. with rank
of major; K.H. 1836. _d._ 1881 or before.
NOTE.--He is not in Dod’s Peerage after 1881, but is in Burke’s Peerage
1891.
JONES, JOHN WINTER (son of John Jones, editor of the Naval
chronicle and European magazine). _b._ Lambeth 16 June 1805;
ed. at St. Paul’s sch. 1813–21; travelling sec. to charity
commissioners 1835–7; assistant in library of British museum,
April 1837, assistant keeper of the printed books 1850 and
keeper March 1856, principal librarian July 1866, resigned
Aug. 1878; a Spanish and Russian scholar; much connected with
removal of Br. Museum books from Montague house to the new
buildings 1837; chief compiler of the famous 91 cataloguing
rules 1838, and general superintendent of new MS. catalogue
1839 etc.; joined with sir A. Panizzi in planning and arranging
the new circular reading room 1856–7; F.S.A. 23 March 1854 and
V.P. 8 May 1862; president of Library Assoc. of U.K. 2 Oct.
1877; edited and translated books for Hakluyt soc. 1850–63, and
guide books for the British museum 1858–78; author of Riddles,
charades and conundrums. Anon. 1822; A translation of all the
Greek, Latin, Italian and French quotations in Blackstone’s
Commentaries 1823. _d._ Underwood, Henley on Thames 7 Sep.
1881. _Cowtan’s Memoirs of Br. Museum_ (1872) 109–12, 245–7;
_I.L.N. xlix_ 437 (1866), _portrait_; _Graphic xxiv_ 389 (1881),
_portrait_; _Fourth Annual Rep. Library Association_ (1882)
59–67.
JONES, JOHN WYNNE (2 son of rev. Hugh Jones). _b._ 1805; ed.
at Jesus coll. Oxf., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1829; R. of Heneglwys,
Anglesey 1844–68; canon and archdeacon of Bangor 1863–86; V. of
Bodedern, Anglesey 1868 to death. _d._ Chester 8 Feb. 1888.
JONES, JOSEPH (son of rev. David Jones of Longham, Gloucester).
_b._ 1782; ed. at Jesus coll. Oxf., B.A. 1803, M.A. 1807; P.C.
of Repton, Derbyshire 1843 to 1856; author of Family devotions,
a course of prayers 1820; Serious musings 1822; Moral hours, a
poem 1823; Osborne or the country gentleman, a tale 1833; An
essay on episcopacy 1839; The books of psalms, with reflections
1846; Spiritual piety, meditations of the Christian in hours of
retirement 1855, and upwards of 40 other books. _d._ Repton, in
Oct. 1856. _S. A. Pear’s Sermon on late rev. J. Jones_ (1856).
JONES, JOSEPH. J.P. for West Riding of Yorkshire; resided at
Severn Stoke, Worcestershire; sheriff of Worcs. 1874. _d._
Abberley hall, Stourport, Worcestershire 15 Oct. 1880, will
proved 3 Jany. 1881, personalty under £500,000 in the United
Kingdom.
JONES, JOSEPH. Always known as the eccentric Joey Jones; a well
known attendant on race courses and at prize fights, where his
sayings and doings amused all classes of society; he was often
fortunate in making money on horses; a master of the ceremonies
at benefits and other sporting meetings; the oldest knight of
the Royal Antidiluvian order of Buffaloes. _d._ 19 April 1889.
_Sporting Life 20 April 1889 p._ 7; _Illust. sporting news_,
_iii_ 129, 132 (1864), _portrait_.
JONES, JOSEPH DAVID (son of a farmer and local preacher). _b._
Bryncrugog, parish of Llanfair-Caereinion, Montgomeryshire 1827;
held singing classes at Towyn, Merionethshire 1848–57; in charge
of the British school, Ruthin 1857–66; kept a private school at
Ruthin 1866 to death; published Perganiedydd 1847, a collection
of congregational tunes; Tonau ac Emynau 1868, a collection of
hymns and tunes; composer of Riflemen form, a new song. Ruthin
1862; Llys Arthur or Arthur’s court, a cantata 1864. _d._ Ruthin
17 Sep. 1870.
JONES, LATIMER MAURICE (son of rev. Thomas William Jones, P.C.
of Llanybri). _b._ 8 July 1833; ed. at Lampeter coll., B.D.
1864; V. of St. Peter’s, Carmarthen 1863 to death; proctor to
lower house of convocation 1874; travelled in Palestine and on
his return lectured on Egypt and the Holy Land 1874; author of
The Welsh people and the Welsh tongue 1862. _d._ Carmarthen 11
Oct. 1877. _The Carmarthen Journal 12 Oct. 1877 p._ 5, _19 Oct.
p._ 5.
JONES, LESTOCK BOILEAU. Entered Bengal army 16 July 1842;
captain 56 Bengal N.I. 9 March 1852; deputy judge advocate
general Peshawur 27 April 1857; commandant 3 Punjab cavalry
11 Nov. 1859 to death; col. in the army 16 July 1873. _d._
Hampstead 5 May 1879.
JONES, LEWIS. _b._ Penponpren, Cardiganshire 14 Feb. 1793; a
master at Clitheroe gram. sch. Lancashire; P.C. of Llandevaud,
Monmouthshire 1822–52; V. of Almondbury, Yorkshire 13 March 1823
to death; P.C. of Meltham, Yorkshire 1829–38; instrumental in
erecting 14 churches in Almondbury 1822–66. _d._ Almondbury 26
Aug. 1866. _Hulbert’s Annals of Almondbury_ (1882) 49, 64, 79,
452–4, 592.
JONES, LLOYD. _b._ Bandon, co. Cork, March 1811; a
fustian-cutter at Manchester 1827–37; joined a co-operative
society in Salford 1829; chief advocate of Robert Owen’s plan
of village communities; the best public lecturer and debater
of his day; had a chief part in organisation and development
of co-operative movement 1837 to death; pres. of the Oldham
congress 1885; established the Leeds Express 1857; an editor of
the London Reader 1863; editor of Miner’s Watchman and labour
sentinel 1878; author of Life, times and labours of Robert Owen
1889 and of many pamphlets; author with J. M. Ludlow of The
progress of the working classes 1867. _d._ 23 May 1886. _Notice
of life of Lloyd Jones_ (1885); _L. Jones’s Life of R. Owen_
(1889), _memoir_.
JONES, LOFTUS FRANCIS. Second lieut. 95 rifles 7 Feb. 1811,
lieut. 1812, placed on h.p. 25 Dec. 1818; lieut. 59 foot 1822;
lieut. 2 foot 1823; lieut. 96 foot 1824, captain 9 March 1834,
placed on h.p. 14 Jany. 1848; major 62 foot 2 Nov. 1849 to 23
May 1851; lieut. col. 2 West India regiment 23 May 1851 to
death; served in the Peninsula, June 1811 to end of the war
1814. _d._ St. Vincent, West Indies 13 Feb. 1853.
JONES, MARGARET CHARLOTTE (elder dau. of sir George Campbell of
Edenwood, Fifeshire). _b._ 1825. (_m._ (1) 28 July 1845 at St.
Margaret’s, Westminster, David Jones of Pantglos, Carmarthen,
M.P. co. Carmarthen 1852–74; _m._ (2) 10 Feb. 1870 sir Richard
George Augustus Levinge, baronet of Knockdrin castle, co.
Westmeath); an exhibitor at Exhibition of Water colours; author
of Scattered leaves, or twilight trifles 1853; Lottery, a tale
1858. _d._ Lowndes sq. London 5 Nov. 1871. _The Court Album_
(1854), _portrait_.
JONES, _Maria B._ (dau. of Charles Jones, actor, and of Mrs. C.
Jones of theatre royal, Brighton). _b._ 1846; first appeared on
the stage at Bradford; leading lady of Prince of Wales theatre,
Liverpool 3 seasons; first appeared in London at Olympic theatre
as Florence Conway, in Tom Taylor’s Handsome is that handsome
does 3 Sep. 1870; leading lady at Surrey theatre 1871; at Drury
Lane, Sep. 1872 as the Lady of the Lake. (_m._ July 1871 Francis
Charles Philips of 2nd foot). _d._ London 11 Feb. 1873. _bur._
Brompton cemetery 18 Feb. _Era 16 Feb. 1873 p._ 11, _23 Feb. p._
11.
JONES, MICHAEL (2 son of Michael Jones of Caton, Lancashire).
_b._ 1774; barrister L.I. 13 May 1809; collected books and MSS.
and materials for pedigrees of R.C. families; claimed that the
ancient barony of Scrope was vested in his family 1815. _d._
1851 or 1852. _Gillow’s English Catholics_, _iii_ 668–70 (1887).
JONES, NATHANIEL. Entered Bengal army 1815; lieut. col. of 58
Bengal N.I. 12 Aug. 1847, of 17 N.I. 1850, of 49 N.I. 1853, of
64 N.I. 1855–46; colonel 49 Bengal N.I. 31 May 1857 to death;
M.G. 30 May 1859. _d._ Murree 21 July 1869.
JONES, OLIVER JOHN. _b._ 15 March 1813; entered navy 7 Sep.
1826; captain 29 Sep. 1855, retired R.A. 25 Aug. 1873; author
of Recollections of a winter campaign in India. 1859. _d._
Westfield house, Bramston, Northants. 11 Jany. 1878.
JONES, OWEN (only son of Owen Jones, antiquary 1741–1814). _b._
148 Upper Thames st. London 15 Feb. 1809; ed. Charterhouse;
pupil of Louis Vulliamy 1825–31; travelled in the East and took
much notice of Arabic decorations 1833 and 1837; superintendent
of works of Great Exhibition 1851 and helped to decorate and
arrange the building; joint director of decoration of Crystal
palace 1852 and designer of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Alhambra
courts; employed in decorating private houses; decorated palace
of viceroy of Egypt; architect of St. James’ hall, London 1857;
exhibited 12 architectural drawings at R.A. 1831–61; gold medal
of R. Instit. of B.A. 1857; author of Plans, elevations, etc.
of the Alhambra 2 vols. 1842–5; The polychromatic ornaments of
Italy 1846; The grammar of ornament 1856, another ed. 1865; One
thousand and one initial letters 1864. _d._ 9 Argyll place,
Regent st. London 19 April 1874. _bur._ Kensal green. _Practical
Mag. iii_ 400 (1874), _vii_ 257–60 (1877), _portrait_;
_Graphic_, _ix_ 433 (1874), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xix_ 487, 508
(1851) _portrait_, _lxiv_ 445, 446 (1874) _portrait_.
JONES, OWEN (son of John Thomas of Y Gaerwen Bach, in parish of
Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog, Anglesea). _b._ 15 July 1806; a farm
servant, then a schoolmaster; a lay methodist preacher about
1827; pastor successively at Llangoed, Mold 1833, Manchester
1844 and Llandudno 1866; ordained 1842; preached 12,000 times
and left 6000 manuscript sermons; Welsh editor for Messrs.
Blackie of Glasgow 1867 to death; author, translator or editor
of 40 works in Welsh. _d._ Llandudno 10 Oct. 1889. _Bye Gones
relating to Wales for 16 Oct. 1889 p._ 240.
JONES, RICE. Second lieut. R.E. 1 Feb. 1806, captain 1814,
placed on h.p. 1 Feb. 1819; captain R.E. 18 Nov. 1820, col. 9
Nov. 1846 to death; present at passage of the Douro and capture
of Oporto; K.H. 1834. _d._ Gibraltar 20 March 1854.
JONES, RICHARD (son of a builder). _b._ Birmingham 1779; ed. for
an architect; acted in Lichfield, Birmingham and other towns
to 1799; appeared at Crow st. theatre, Dublin 20 Nov. 1799 and
remained in Ireland till 1807; made his début in London at
Covent garden as Goldfinch in The road to ruin 9 Oct. 1807, the
original Count Ignatio in Dibdin’s Two faces under one hood 17
Nov.; played the Copper Captain in Rule a wife and have a wife,
at the Haymarket 5 June 1809; became a most popular comedian and
was always known as Gentleman Jones; the best Roderigo on the
stage; gave an entertainment called a Carnival, which was not
successful; last appeared on stage 3 June 1833; a teacher of
elocution, especially for the pulpit 1833 to death; author of
The Green man, a comedy played at the Haymarket 15 Aug. 1818;
Too late for dinner, a farce, Covent Garden 22 Feb. 1820; The
School for gallantry, a comedy; Peter Fin’s trip to Brighton,
a farce; and with Theodore Hook, of Hoaxing. _d._ 14 Chapel
st. Belgrave sq. London 30 Aug. 1851. _bur._ St. Peter’s ch.
Pimlico. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biog. ii_ 181 (1825), _portrait_;
_Monthly Mirror_, _Aug. 1809 pp._ 67–9, _portrait_; _Mark Boyd’s
Reminiscences of 50 years_ (1871) 251–67.
JONES, RICHARD (son of Richard Jones, solicitor). _b._ Tunbridge
Wells 1790; ed. at Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819;
C. of Brasted, Kent 1822–33; professor of political economy,
King’s coll. London 1833–5; professor of political economy and
history in Haileybury coll. 1835 to death; commissioner under
tithe commutation act 183– to 1851; sec. to capitular commission
1851–3; third Charity estate commissioner 24 Oct. 1853 to
death; author of An essay on the distribution of wealth and
on the sources of taxation 1831; A few remarks on the proposed
commutation of tithes 1833; Remarks on the government bill for
the commutation of tithes 1836, 2 ed. 1836; Remarks on the
manner in which tithe should be assessed to the poor’s rates
1838, to which there were 4 replies; Text book of lectures on
the political economy of nations. Hertford 1852. _d._ East India
coll. Haileybury 26 Jany. 1855. _G.M. xliii_ 316–7 (1855);
_Illustrated Mag._, _Aug. 1855 pp._ 95–104; _Literary remains of
R. Jones_ (1859), _portrait_.
JONES, RICHARD. _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.A. 12 May 1797, col. 23
Nov. 1841, col. commandant 12 Jany. 1854 to death; L.G. 28 Nov.
1854. _d._ Cheshunt, Herts. 18 May 1863.
JONES, RICHARD LAMBERT. _b._ 1783; a working man; plumber,
painter and glazier at Little Moorfields, London; estate and
house agent, 40 Little Moorfields 1825–53; member of court of
common council of city of London for ward of Cripplegate without
1819–51, chairman of improvements committee, of committee for
rebuilding London bridge 1824–31, of committee for rebuilding
the Royal exchange 1838–44, retired from corporation 1851;
presented with his bust in marble (placed in the council chamber
Guildhall), with a gold medal, and surplus of subscriptions used
in founding a Lambert Jones scholarship at city of London school
17 June 1852. _d._ Lowestoft 16 Aug. 1863. _I.L.N. 3 July 1852
p._ 12, _with woodcut of medal_; _Reminiscences of R. L. Jones_
(1863); _The Town_, _ii_ 811 (1839).
JONES, ROBERT. Ed. at St. Bees; V. of Branxton, Northumberland,
Feb. 1835 to death; author of A sermon 1841; The plague spots in
the church of England 18--, a tract; The Battle of Flodden, and
of sermons in Church of England Mag. _d._ 1870.
JONES, ROBERT (eld. son of Robert Jones). _b._ Llanfyllin,
Montgomeryshire 6 Jany. 1810; ed. at Oswestry sch. and Jesus
coll. Oxf., B.A. 1837; vicar of All Saint’s, Rotherhithe 1841
to death; Welsh tutor to Prince Lucien Bonaparte; his fine
collection of Welsh books is in the Swansea free library; first
editor of Y Cym mrodor 1876; author of The history of the
Cymmrodorion; edited The poetical works of the rev. Goronwy Owen
2 vols. 1876. _d._ All Saints’ vicarage, Deptford 28 March 1879.
JONES, ROBERT HARRIES. Ed. at univ. of Gottingen, M.A. and Ph.
D.; C. of Hollinwood near Manchester 1847–9; C. of Bolton
1852–7; C. of Llanfairfechnan, Bangor 1861–7; V. of Llanidloes,
Montgomeryshire 1867 to death; editor of Y Cymro 1851–3; author
of Lectures on The affinity of European races; Landmarks in the
reign of Henry VIII.; The Inquisition; author of translations
from the Russian of Marlinska, Poushkin and Lermontoff for the
Bolton Chronicle; translated into Welsh, Hecuba, Schiller’s
Raeuber and Cæsar Cantu’s Margareta Pusterla. _d._ 1878.
JONES, ROBERT OLIVER (eld. son of major general Oliver Thomas
Jones). _b._ 16 Dec. 1811; ed. at Sandhurst; ensign 97 foot 25
June 1829, lieut. 1832–34; barrister M.T. 25 Jany. 1850; sheriff
of Glamorganshire 1838; stipendiary magistrate for Cardiff 18
Feb. 1858 to death; chairman of Glamorganshire quarter sessions.
_d._ Fonmon castle, Cowbridge 14 Nov. 1886.