Chapter VI: Part 6

JOHNSTON, GEORGE (son of Andrew Johnston, surgeon in the army).
_b._ Dublin 12 Aug. 1814; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; M.R.C.S.E.
1837; M.D. Edin. 1845; assistant phys. of lying-in hospital,
Dublin 1848–55; master of the Rotunda hospital, and writer of
the clinical reports 1868–75; F.K.Q.C.P. Dublin 1863, pres.
1880; author with E. B. Sinclair of Practical midwifery,
comprising an account of 13,748 deliveries which took place in
the Rotunda hospital. 1878. d. 15 St. Stephen’s Green north,
Dublin 7 March 1889.

JOHNSTON, JAMES. Ensign 8 foot 7 June 1839, lieut. col. 1 July
1862 to death. _d._ Malta 29 Dec. 1865.

JOHNSTON, JAMES FINLAY WEIR. _b._ Paisley 13 Sep. 1796; ed. at
univ. of Glasgow, M.A.; kept a school at Durham 1825–30; studied
chemistry under Berzelius in Sweden 1830; professor of chemistry
and mineralogy in univ. of Durham from its foundation 1833 to
death; chemist to Agricultural society of Scotland 1843 to date
when society was dissolved; F.R.S. 15 June 1837; F.R.S. Edin.;
author of The economy of a coalfield. Durham 1838; Catechism of
agricultural chemistry and geology. Edinb. 1844, 33 editions,
translated into most European languages and taught in schools;
On the use of lime in agriculture 1849; The chemistry of common
life 2 vols. 1853–5, 3 ed. 1879, his best work; contributed to
Edinburgh review and Blackwood’s mag. _d._ Durham 18 Sep. 1855.
_Blackwood’s Edinburgh Mag._, _Nov. 1855 pp._ 548–51.

JOHNSTON, JAMES HENRY. _b._ 1787; entered navy 1803, present
at battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, lieut. 16 Feb. 1810;
lieut. on half pay July 1815; proposed establishment of steam
communication with India viâ the Mediterranean and Red Sea 1823;
designed iron steamers which navigated the Ganges many years;
controller of the H.E.I. Company’s steamers 1833–50. _d._ on his
way home from India 5 May 1851.

JOHNSTON, _Norman_. _b._ 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A.
1830; inc. of St. Peter, Kirkcaldy 1840 to death; presented with
200 guineas on his jubilee March 1890; domestic chaplain to
Countess of Rothes 1859; dean of united dioceses of St. Andrews,
Dunkeld and Dunblane 1880 to death. _d._ Kirkcaldy 18 Sep. 1890
aged 84.

JOHNSTON, ROBERT. Called to bar in Ireland 1829; Q.C. 9 May
1868. _d._ 1885.

JOHNSTON, THOMAS HENRY (brother of Alexander R. C. Johnston
1812–88). _b._ 1807; ensign 66 foot 21 Feb. 1822, lieut. col. 28
Dec. 1838 to 12 July 1850; served in Canadian rebellion 1837–8;
col. 87 foot 9 April 1864, col. 66 foot 10 Oct. 1870 to death;
general 5 Dec. 1871. _d._ Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire 29 Dec.
1891.

JOHNSTON, WILLIAM (son of Thomas Boston Johnston, packman).
_b._ Biggar, Lanarkshire 18 Feb. 1800; ed. at univ. of Glasgow,
M.A. 1817, D.D. 1850; Secession minister at Limekilns near
Dunfermline 1823 to death; the Secession church became the
United Presbyterian church in 1847, convener of committee on
education 1847 to death; moderator of synod 1854; a jubilee
service held in his honor 27 Aug. 1873 when he was presented
with an epergne and 1000 guineas; author of A memoir of the rev.
Robert Brown. Dunfermline 1830. _d._ at his lodgings, Hanover
st. Edinburgh 24 May 1874. _W. Gifford’s Memorials of the life
of Dr. Johnston_ (1876), _portrait_; _J. Smith’s Our Scottish
Clergy_ (_2 Ser._ 1849) 334–9.

JOHNSTON, SIR WILLIAM (3 son of Andrew Johnston). _b._ Kirkhill
near Penicuik, Midlothian 27 Oct. 1802; ed. at high school,
Edin.; an engraver, Edin. 1 Dec. 1825; founded with his brother,
firm of W. and A. K. Johnston 1826; engraver and copperplate
printer to the Queen 2 Dec. 1837; purchased the business of
the Messrs. Lizars 1859; built the Edina works, Easter road,
Edinb. 1878; high constable of Edin. 1828; moderator to the
high constables 1831, 32 and 39; member of dean of guild court
1831, of town council 1832; a bailie of Edin. 1840, lord provost
1848–51; knighted at Holyrood palace 26 Aug. 1851; retired
from business 1867; joined with his brother in the production
of atlases and maps. _d._ Kirkhill house near Gorebridge,
Midlothian 7 Feb. 1888. _Bookseller_, _March 1888 pp._ 258–9.

JOHNSTON, WILLIAM WALKER WHITEHALL (eld. son of Thomas F.
Johnston, colonial sec. of Trinidad, West Indies). Ensign 1
West India regiment 4 Aug. 1854, lieut. col. 24 Dec. 1873 to 1
April 1880 when placed on h.p.; hon. M.G. 1 April 1880. _d._ 9
Beauclerc road, The Grove, London 21 Jany. 1886.

JOHNSTONE, CHARLES VANDEN BEMPDE (younger son of sir R. V. B.
Johnstone, 1 baronet, _d._ 1807). _b._ 24 Aug. 1800; ed. Trin.
coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1830; V. of Feliskirk, Yorkshire
1827–72; preb. of Wetwang in York cath. 17 Oct. 1844 to death;
canon res. of York 1845–73. _d._ Sutton hall, Thirsk 15 May 1882.

JOHNSTONE, CHRISTIAN ISOBEL. _b._ Fifeshire 1781. (_m._ Mr.
M’Leish, she obtained a divorce; _m._ (2) about 1812 John
Johnstone of Dunfermline, schoolmaster, afterwards editor of
Inverness Courier, they edited the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle);
she edited and wrote ‘The schoolmaster and Edinburgh weekly
mag.’ 4 Aug. 1832 to 29 June 1833 when it was converted into
‘Johnstone’s Edinburgh Mag.’ published monthly 9 numbers, this
was incorporated with Tait’s Edinburgh Mag. 1834 which she
edited 1834–46; author of Clan Albin, a national tale 4 vols.
1815, anon.; The cook and housewife’s manual. By Mistress
Margaret Dods of the Cleikum inn, St. Ronans 1826, 11 ed.
1862; Nights of the round table, or stories of Aunt Jane and
her friends. 2 series Edin. 1832 and 1849; John Johnstone _d._
Edinb. 3 Nov. 1857 aged 76; she _d._ Buccleuch place, Edinburgh
26 Aug. 1857. _W. Anderson’s Scottish Nation_, _iii_ 713–15
(1863); _Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine_, _Sep. 1857 pp._ 573–5.

NOTE.--Some accounts say this lady’s names were Christina Jane Johnstone.

JOHNSTONE, EDWARD (3 son of James Johnstone of Kidderminster
afterwards of Worcester, M.D. 1730–1802). _b._ Kidderminster
26 Sep. 1757; ed. at free gram. sch. there and at univ. of
Edinb.; B.D., M.D. 1779; one of physicians of Birmingham general
hospital 1779; pres. of Medical sch., afterward called Queen’s
college, Birmingham 1827–45; principal of Queen’s coll. 1827–45;
hon. phys. of Queen’s hosp. Birmingham to death. _d._ Edgbaston
hall near Birmingham 4 Sep. 1851. _Edgbastonia_, _iv_ 21–23
(1884).

JOHNSTONE, EDWARD (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ Ladywood
house near Birmingham 9 April 1804; ed. Trin. coll. Cam., B.A.
1825, M.A. 1828; barrister L.I. 6 May 1828, barrister I.T.
1838; a founder of the Literary association of the Friends of
Poland 1832; author of What is Poland? a question of geography,
history and public law 1836; The general orders and practice of
the courts of common law in Ireland 1854; claimed the dormant
marquisate of Annandale 1876, claim dismissed by House of
Lords as not having been proved 1881. _d._ Worcester 20 Sep.
1881. _bur._ Edgbaston. _Biograph_, _Aug. 1880 pp._ 170–3;
_Edgbastonia_, _iv_ 21–3 (1884).

JOHNSTONE, HENRY JAMES WOLFENDEN (eld. son of James Johnstone
1777–1845, physician extraordinary to William IV. 1830). _b._
1808; ed. at Westminster sch. and St. George’s hosp. where he
became house surgeon and teacher of anatomy; M.R.C.S. 1834,
F.R.C.S. 1843; edited with his father The Medico-Chirurgical
Review; had a large practice, retired through bad health 1848;
resided in France 1848–50; presumed to be author of a series
of letters in The Times beginning 20 Dec. 1851, exposing and
condemning Louis Napoleon’s imperial designs; author of Clinical
observations on diseases of the genito-urinary organs 1851. _d._
High view, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate 19 Oct. 1889.

JOHNSTONE, JAMES (brother of Edward Johnstone 1804–81). _b._
Edgbaston hall near Birmingham 12 April 1806; ed. at Trin. coll.
Camb., M.B. 1828, M.L. 1830, M.D. 1832; F.R.C.P. 1834; studied
in Edin., Paris and London; professor of materia medica and
therapeutics at Queen’s college, Birmingham 1841 to death; phys.
to the general hospital 1841 to death; pres. of British Medical
Association, Sep. 1865; author of A therapeutic arrangement and
syllabus of materia medica 1835; A discourse on the phenomena of
sensation as connected with the mental, physical and instructive
faculties of man 1841. _d._ Leamington 11 May 1869. _Langford’s
Modern Birmingham_, _ii_ 333–7, 492 (1877).

JOHNSTONE, JAMES (son of James Johnstone a messenger of court of
bankruptcy, _d._ 1865 aged 79). _b._ Charles st. Old st. London
26 June 1815; a messenger of bankruptcy court, Basinghall st.
1842–61; head of firm of Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle & Co. of 3
Coleman st. buildings, accountants 1861 to death; bought the
Morning Herald and Standard newspapers from Charles Baldwin
for £16,500 in 1857, issued the Standard as a morning paper 29
June 1857 at price of 2 pence, reduced price to 1 penny 4 Feb.
1858; started the Evening Herald 29 June 1857 which ceased 27
May 1865; the Morning Herald ceased 31 Dec. 1869; discontinued
evening issue of the Standard 29 June 1857, but revived it
11 June 1860, appeared in a new form 1 Jany. 1870, sometimes
circulated 100,000 copies; paid off all his liabilities and
became sole proprietor of Standard 1870. _d._ Hooley house,
Coulsdon, Surrey 21 Oct. 1878. _J. Hatton’s Journalistic London_
(1882) 146–54, _portrait_; _Vanity Fair 14 Feb. 1874 p._ 81,
_portrait_; _Bourne’s English Newspapers_, _ii_ 226, 239–41,
336–7 (1887).

JOHNSTONE, JAMES (eld. son of James Raymond Johnstone of Alva,
Stirlingshire). _b._ Overton, Rutland 4 July 1801; ed. at Rugby
and univ. of Edin.; admitted advocate at Scotch bar 1824; M.P.
for Clackmannan and Kinross 1851–57. _d._ 24 Feb. 1888.

JOHNSTONE, JOHN BEER. _b._ Dublin 12 March 1803; an actor in
Ireland, the provinces and London; never had more than £2 a
week up to 1882; at Princess’s theatre under Wilson Barrett
1882; presented with a testimonial and £60 by 200 actors on
his eightieth birthday 12 March 1883; author of upwards of 200
dramas for which he received on an average about £5; he sold
an extravaganza and a farce to David W. Osbaldiston for 15/-;
his chief printed dramas are The Drunkard’s children. Pavilion
theatre July 1848; The gipsy farmer or Jack and Jack’s brother.
Surrey theatre March 1849; Gale Breezely or the tale of a tar.
Surrey 1853; Ben Bolt. Surrey 28 March 1854; The sailor of
France. Surrey 28 Nov. 1854; Tufelhausen or the lawyer’s legend.
Surrey 24 March 1856; Pedrillo or a search for two fathers.
Marylebone theatre 16 Nov. 1857; Morley Ashton or a sea voyage
1866; Jack Long or a shot in the eye 1872. _d._ 25 April 1891.
_bur._ Brompton cemet. _The Era 17 March 1883 p._ 8.

JOHNSTONE, JOHN DOUGLAS. _b._ 1808; ensign 3 foot 15 Aug. 1827;
captain 33 foot 19 Oct. 1838, lieut. col. 9 March 1855 to 17
April 1860 when placed on retired full pay; M.G. 17 April 1860;
C.B. 27 July 1855. _d._ Dublin 19 Sep. 1863.

NOTE.--He and his son J. D. Johnstone were the first in the assault on the Redan, where he lost his left arm.

JOHNSTONE, SIR JOHN VANDEN BEMPDE, 2 Baronet. _b._ Hackness hall
near Scarborough 28 Aug. 1799; ed. Rugby and Trin. coll. Camb.,
M.A. 1821; succeeded 14 July 1807; M.P. Yorkshire 1830–32; M.P.
Scarborough 1832–7 and 1841 to death; major Yorkshire hussars
22 April 1843, lieut. col. 6 April 1859 to 30 Aug. 1859; while
hunting in Northamptonshire broke a rib which entered his lungs
20 Feb., _d._ 34 Belgrave sq. London 25 Feb. 1869. _bur._ at
parish church, Hackness 3 March. _Reg. and mag. of Biog. i_ 294
(1869).

JOHNSTONE, MONTAGUE CHOLMELEY (3 son of James Raymond Johnstone
of Alva, co. Clackmannan 1768–1830). _b._ 2 March 1804; ensign
27 foot 27 Feb. 1823, lieut. col. 16 Nov. 1841 to 23 March 1849;
lieut. col. 87 foot 23 March 1849 to 26 Oct. 1858; col. 88 foot
10 Aug. 1864 to death; general 29 Dec. 1873. _d._ Baden Baden 22
Sep. 1874.

JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM (son of Mr. Johnstone, colliery manager to
Mr. Dixon of the Govan iron works, Lanarkshire). _b._ parish
of Old Monkland near Glasgow 1 July 1811; articled to David
Smith of Glasgow, C.E. 1826–33; engineer and general manager
of Glasgow and Ayr railway 1840, of Glasgow and South western
railway to 31 Dec. 1874, the former line gradually developed
into the latter; pres. of Institution of engineers in Scotland
1861–63, formed in 1857 chiefly by W. J. M. Rankine and himself;
M.I.C.E. 4 Dec. 1866. _d._ Glasgow 27 April 1877.

JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM BORTHWICK (son of John Johnstone, solicitor).
_b._ Edinb. 21 July 1804; in a lawyer’s office, Edinb.; attended
antique classes of Trustees academy 1840–2; exhibited at
Trustees academy exhibitions from 1836 to death; A.R. Scottish
Acad. 1840, member 1848, treasurer 1850; took his mother’s name
of Borthwick 1847; oil, water-colour and miniature painter;
his picture, A scene in Holyrood, 1855 is in National gallery
of Scotland; first principal curator of Nat. Gall. of Scotland
1858; his collections of arms, armour and pictures, sold by
Chapman, a 6 days’ sale; author of Catalogue of the National
gallery of Scotland 1859, 18 ed. 1868. _d._ 3 Gloucester place,
Edinb. 5 June 1868.

JOHNSTONE, SIR WILLIAM JAMES HOPE (2 son of sir Wm. Johnstone
Hope, G.C.B. 1766–1831). _b._ Haddingtonshire 28 July 1798;
entered navy 20 June 1811, captain 21 Oct. 1823, R.A. 22 April
1853, V.A. 4 Feb. 1858, admiral 24 Sep. 1863; commander in chief
on S.E. coast of America 1854–57; at Sheerness 28 June 1860 to
25 June 1863; R.A. of the United Kingdom 12 Feb. 1870, placed on
retired list April 1870; K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. _d._ 24 Albany st.
Edinburgh 11 July 1878.

JOICEY, JOHN (4 son of George Joicey of Newcastle). _b._
Tynemouth 1816; apprenticed to his brother James Joicey,
colliery viewer 1838–41, partner in the firm to death; sheriff
of Durham 1878; M.P. North Durham April 1880 to death; A.I.C.E.
2 March 1875; erected and endowed Newton Hall church 1877;
gave sum of £12,000 to Museum of natural history society of
Northumberland and Durham 1881. _d._ Newton Hall, Stocksfield
on Tyne 15 Aug. 1881, personalty sworn £678,000, 28 Jany. 1882.
_Min. of Proc. of I.C.E._ _lxix_ 417–18 (1882).

JOLLIE, PATRICK. Oldest bookseller in the world. _d._ Leslie,
Fifeshire 3 Oct. 1885 aged 97.

JOLLIFFE, PETER WILLIAM. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A.
1789, M.A. 1792; P.C. of St. James, Poole, Dorset 4 May 1791
to death; the oldest incumbent in England. _d._ Parkstone near
Poole, March 1861 aged 95.

JOLLIFFE, THOMAS ROBERT (2 son of Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, M.P.)
_b._ 1780; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807;
R. of Babington near Frome 15 Feb. 1810 to death; author of
Letters from Palestine. Signed Th. R. J. 1819, 4 ed. 2 vols.
1854; Narrative of an excursion from Corfu to Smyrna 1827. _d._
Ammerdown park near Bath 15 June 1872.

JOLLIFFE, WILLIAM PETER (only son of Christopher Jolliffe of
Poole, Dorset). _b._ Poole 1812; barrister G.I. 30 June 1839,
bencher 1 March 1875 to death, treasurer 1881; standing counsel
to governors of Queen Anne’s bounty 1878 to death; member of
Council of legal education. _d._ Bournemouth 31 May 1887.

JOLLY, JOHN MARKS. _b._ 1790; travelled with Edmund Kean and
Sheridan Knowles as an actor and conductor of the orchestra;
conductor at Surrey theatre, London 1840–60; at various periods
connected with the bands of Her Majesty’s, Drury Lane and Covent
Garden; conductor and arranger of music at Oxford music hall
till June 1863; his opera Mabel produced at Covent Garden under
Madame Vestris’ management 1840; composer of the songs, Queen
of the starry night 1855, and Where are all the young men gone
1861; The Gipsy sisters, a duet 1858; Poor Jennie, solo and
quartett 1861. _d._ West sq. Southwark 1 July 1864. _Era 10 July
1864 p._ 11.

JOLY, HENRY EDWARD. Archdeacon of Killala to death; author of
Questions deducible from the Introductory lessons on the History
of religious worship of R. Whately 1849; Questions deducible
from the Introductory lessons on Christian evidences of R.
Whately 1849. _d._ Hollywood 3 June 1852.

JONAS, EDMUND JAMES. _b._ 1805; governor of Newgate 1859–74.
_d._ Turle road, Tollington park, London 30 Jany. 1879.

JONAS, ELIZABETH. _b._ St. George’s road, Southwark 1825; at
six years of age was a good musician; first appeared at Mr.
J. Field’s concert as a pianiste 1832; played in oratorios
at Drury Lane; scholar R. Academy 1836, King’s scholar 1838,
associate 1841, teacher of the piano there 1838–50; residing in
St. George’s road 1854. _Cazalet’s Hist. of R. Acad. of Music_
(1854) 299–302.

JONES, AARON. _b._ Pennsylvania near Shrewsbury 3 March 1831;
fought Harry Orme at Frimley 18 Dec. 1849 when he lost after 40
rounds in 2¾ hours; beat Bob Wade at Edenbridge 24 Sep. 1850;
fought Orme again 10 May 1852 for £100 a side at Bourne Bridge
and Newmarket, police interfered, Jones refused to renew the
contest and so lost; beaten by Tom Paddock 18 July 1854 and
26 June 1855; fought Tom Sayers £100 a side, 62 rounds in 3
hours, Banks of the Medway, darkness came on, both men much
punished 6 Jany. 1857; beaten by Sayers £100 a side, 85 rounds
in 2 hours, Banks of the Medway 10 Feb. 1857; went to U.S. of
America, where he trained and seconded J. C. Heenan for his
fight with John Morrissey at Long Point, Canada 20 Oct. 1858;
entered Confederate army during the civil war, one of general
Beauregard’s aide-de-camps; fought Mike Mc Coole for 2000
dollars and the championship at Busenburk station, Ohio, when
Mc Coole won in 34 rounds lasting 26 minutes. _d._ Leavenworth,
Indiana 16 Feb. 1869, reported to have been poisoned. _H. D.
Miles’s Pugilistica_, _iii_ 253, 262, 283, 382, 419.

JONES, ALEXANDER (youngest son of 4 Viscount Ranelagh _d._
1797). _b._ 9 March 1778; entered navy 1790; wrecked among
Japanese islands 1797; saved H.M.S. Tartarus from destruction
after she had been abandoned at Ferrol 1800; captain 1 Aug.
1811; commander of Talbot sloop making many captures 1807–11;
admiral on half pay 1 Nov. 1860. _d._ Cheltenham 8 Jany. 1862.

JONES, ANNA MARIA. Author of The Gipsey, a romantic tale.
London, Chapple 2 vols., and other works of fiction. _d._ a
pauper 25 Jany. 1854.

JONES, AVONIA STANHOPE (dau. of George Jones, actor 1810–79).
_b._ 43 Barrow st. New York 12 July 1836; first appeared on the
stage at People’s theatre, Cincinnati 18 April 1856 as Parthenia
in Ingomar; played in Australia 1860–1; first appeared in London
at Drury Lane 5 Nov. 1861 as Medea; played at the Adelphi
1862–3; acted Lady Isabel in East Lynne at the Surrey 1864 and
Theodora in Watts Phillips’s drama Theodora, actress and empress
at same house 9 April 1866; played in the provinces and in
Dublin. (_m._ 1862 Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, actor 1818–66). _d._
of rapid consumption, 2 Bond st. New York 4 Oct. 1867. _bur._
Mount Auburn cemet. Boston. _Illust. sporting news_, _v_ 145
(1866), _portrait_.

JONES, BENJAMIN ORLANDO. Ensign 36 foot 29 May 1805; captain 12
foot 19 Sep. 1822 to 6 July 1826 when placed on half pay; col.
73 foot 15 Sep. 1860 to death; L.G. 12 Nov. 1862; K.H. 1837;
K.T.S. _d._ The Hafod, Abergavenny 16 Feb. 1865.

JONES, CHARLES CHADWICKE. _b._ 1800; barrister M.T. 25 June
1830; went the home circuit; practised at the Old Bailey;
serjeant at law 10 July 1844; author of Recollections of
royalty, from the death of William Rufus in 1100 to that of the
cardinal York in 1807, 2 vols. 1828. _d._ 18 Lambeth ter. London
7 July 1852 aged 52.

JONES, CHARLES HANDFIELD (son of J. Jones, captain R.N.) _b._
Liverpool 1 Oct. 1819; ed. at Rugby and Cath. hall, Camb., B.A.
1840, M.B. 1843; studied at St. George’s hosp. London; M.R.C.P.
1845, F.R.C.P. 1849, junior censor 1863–4, senior censor 1886,
vice pres. 1888; delivered Lumleian lectures on pathology of the
nervous system 1865; F.R.S. 6 June 1850; phys. to St. Mary’s
hosp. Paddington 1851; author of Pathological and clinical
observations respecting morbid conditions of the stomach 1855;
Clinical observations on functional nervous disorders 1864; with
E. H. Sieveking of A manual of pathological anatomy 1854, 2 ed.
1875. _d._ 24 Montagu sq. London 30 Sep. 1890. _British Medical
Journal_, _ii_ 800, 874, 924, 932 (1890).

JONES, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (3 son of Charles Thomas Jones of
Frontraith, Montgomeryshire). _b._ 1778; entered navy 1791;
knighted by duke of Richmond, lord lieutenant of Ireland 1810;
captain 12 Aug. 1819, retired 1 Oct. 1846; retired R.A. 27 Aug.
1851. _d._ Montgomery 4 April 1853.

JONES, MRS. CHARLES W. _b._ 29 Nov. 1789; singing chambermaid in
the provinces; first appeared in London at Haymarket theatre as
Lady Duberly in The Heir at law 18 June 1823; played old women
at Covent Garden and Drury Lane; last appeared at Drury Lane
1842; played Lady Bait in P. Palmer’s comedy Life, at Olympic
16 Nov. 1846. _d._ York town, Farnborough, Hants. 28 Feb. 1866.
_Era 18 March 1866 p._ 11.

JONES, SIR DANIEL. Colonel; resided at Brockville in district of
Johnstown, Upper Canada; knighted at St. James’s palace 16 March
1836. _d._ 1856.

JONES, DAVID (eld. son of John Jones _d._ 1843). _b._
Blaenos, Llandovery, Nov. 1810; ed. at Charterhouse; sheriff
of Carmarthenshire 1845; M.P. Carmarthenshire 1852–68. _d._
Pantglas, Carmarthenshire 1 July 1869.

NOTE.--He unsuccessfully contested Sudbury 29 June 1841, and at his own sole expense unseated the two members then returned, which led to the disfranchisement of the borough 1844.

JONES, DAVID. _b._ 1810; on staff of Morning Chronicle; manager
and publisher of Saturday Review at 445 Strand, afterwards at 39
Southampton st. Strand, from date of first number 3 Nov. 1855
to his death. _d._ Abergele, north Wales 15 June 1884. _bur._
Finchley cemetery near London 23 June.

JONES, DAVID WILLIAM. One of the 300 mounted post boys in
London; trained under Chifney at Newmarket; head lad to John
Stevens; head groom to marquis of Westminster, to General
Grosvenor and to sir John Ramsden; in the Peninsula and at
Waterloo in charge of horses; served many masters in India,
Spain, France and Germany, and could speak 3 languages; trained
for Mr. De Burgh at Hampton; frequently walked from Hampton to
Hyde park corner; a very fair jockey and a strong waster; kept a
lodging house in Mayfair to 1830; became blind, his wife a pew
opener kept him till her death 1854. _d._ Chelsea workhouse,
Middlesex, June 1858. _Sporting Review_, _xl_ 4–5 (1858).

JONES, EBENEZER (2 son of Robert Jones). _b._ Canonbury sq.
Islington 20 Jany. 1820; ed. under rev. John Bickerdike at
Highgate; clerk in a tea warehouse in Mincing lane, City 1837;
an accountant; sec. of a railway co. 1846; wrote articles in the
Oddfellow; lived in Paulton square, Chelsea 1856–60; published
Studies of sensation and event, poems 1843; The land monopoly
1849. (_m._ 1844 Caroline niece of Edwin Atherstone the poet,
they separated, she _d._ 184-). _d._ Brentwood, Essex 14 Sep.
1860. _bur._ in churchyard of Shenfield near there. _E. Jones’s
Studies of sensation, ed. by R. H. Shepherd_ (1879), _Memoir pp.
xvii–lxxxiv_; _Athenæum_, _ii_ 368, 401, 466 (1878).

JONES, EDWYN (eld. son of Henry Jones of Louth, Ireland).
Barrister G.I. 26 Jany. 1867; member of joint board of
examiners, Inns of Court 1877 to death; edited with John Shortt
The county court acts, with chapters upon administration,
trusts, etc. 1868; author of The law of salvage 1870. _d._
Woocote Dower house, Upper Wallington 3 Nov. 1890.

JONES, ELIZABETH (dau. of Mr. Mandelbert, actor). _b._ 1834;
appeared at Sadler’s Wells as Macduff’s child in Macbeth, as
Arthur in King John, and as the prince of Wales in Richard III.;
acted at Olympic and Surrey, and at Brighton, Plymouth, Dublin
and Bristol; acted at Grecian theatre, Islington 1865–74. (_m._
David H. Jones, actor, _d._ 21 Sep. 1867). _d._ at res. of
brother in law George Chapman, musical director, Beaufort villa,
Norrisville, Bristol 5 May 1883. _Era 19 May 1883 p._ 9.

JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (son of Charles Jones, major 15 hussars
and aide de camp to Ernest, duke of Cumberland). _b._ Berlin
25 Jany. 1819; ed. St. Michael’s coll. Lüneberg; engaged in
journalism in London 1841; barrister M.T. 19 April 1844; joined
the chartist movement 1845, was the leader till 1858; contested
Halifax 1847, 1852, Nottingham 1853, 1857 and Manchester
1868; arrested for making seditious speeches, and sentenced
at Central criminal court to two years’ solitary confinement
7 July 1848; attended chartist convention of 1851; joined the
northern circuit and had much practice; editor of the Northern
Star and of The People’s Paper 1852; The Labourer 1847; author
of The Wood spirit 2 vols. 1841; My life, a rhapsody; The maid
of Warsaw 1854; Woman’s wrongs, tales 1855; The revolt of
Hindostan, a poem 1857, originally written with his own blood
while in prison; Democracy vindicated, a lecture 1867. _d._
Wellington st. Higher Broughton, Manchester 26 Jany. 1869.
_bur._ Ardwick cemet. 31 Jany., demonstration in Trafalgar sq.
London in honour of his memory 26 March 1869. _C. Mackay’s Forty
years’ recollections_, _ii_ 59–63 (1877); _Reg. and Mag. of
Biog._, _March 1869 pp._ 223–6; _Times 27, 29, 31 March 1869_.

JONES, EVAN (son of Evan Jones). _b._ Bryntynoriad near Dolgelly
5 Sep. 1820; ed. Brecon coll. 1841–5; a bard of great celebrity;
independent minister, Tredegar, July 1845 to Jany. 1848; replied
to rev. John Griffith’s false charges against nonconformists,
charging them with ignorance, drunkenness and immorality
1847, and exposed the Blue book treachery of the Education
commission; edited The Principality, a newspaper. Cardiff
1848; superintended and wrote for the Standard of Freedom, and
the Pathway 1851, two of Cassell’s publications; published Y
Gmraes, a magazine for women Jany. 1850 to death; Yr Adolygydd,
a quarterly review March 1850 to death; known as Ieuan Gwynedd;
author of The dissent and morality of Wales 1848; Facts and
figures in illustration of the dissent and morality of Wales
1849 and many works in Welsh; ruptured a blood vessel in London
and _d._ Cardiff 23 Feb. 1852. _bur._ Groeswen near Caerphilly,
monument erected by a penny subscription. _Congregational year
book for 1854 p._ 234–5.

JONES, GEORGE. _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.M. 19 June 1793, lieut.
col. 22 July 1830, col. commandant 27 Dec. 1837 to 9 Nov. 1846;
general 20 June 1855; a prisoner of war in France 1804–14. _d._
Woodside house, Southsea 30 Jany. 1857 aged 77.

JONES, GEORGE (only son of John Jones, mezzotint engraver
1745–97). _b._ 6 Jany. 1786; student at the R.A. 1801; served
in the militia, joined the army of occupation in Paris after
Waterloo; painted many pictures of Waterloo and the battles
in the Peninsula; A.R.A. 1822, R.A. 1824, librarian 1834–40,
keeper 1840–50, acted as pres. 1845–50; exhibited 221 pictures
at R.A., 141 at B.I. and 1 at Suffolk st. 1803–70; chief adviser
of Robert Vernon in forming his collection; acted as executor
for Chantrey and Turner; author of Recollections of life of sir
S. Chantrey 1849. _d._ 8 Park sq. Regent’s park, London 19 Sep.
1869. _Sandby’s History of royal academy_, _ii_ 36–9 (1862);
_Reg. and Mag. of Biog. ii_ 253, 280 (1869).

JONES, GEORGE. _b._ about 1795; owner of Rosherville gardens,
Gravesend 1855 to death, the gardens covering a space of 17
acres were sold for £24,600, 8 Oct. 1872. _d._ Lansdowne house,
Rosherville 26 June 1872.

JONES, GEORGE. _b._ London 10 March 1810; taken to America 1818;
appeared at Federal st. theatre, Boston 1810, at Chestnut st.
theatre, Philadelphia as Pierre in Venice preserved 7 Dec. 1831,
at the Old National, Boston as Claude Melnotte 16 May 1838;
manager Marshal theatre, Richmond, and Avon theatre, Norfolk,
Sep. 1839; visited England and lectured on the Bible; returning
to America 1857 took the title of Count Joannes; lecturer at
Boston; appeared at Academy of music, New York as Hamlet 1872
and committed many eccentricities and was thenceforth guyed
whenever he was seen on the stage; author of A history of
ancient America, Tyrian era, 3 ed. 1843; Tecumseh, a tragedy,
life of general Harrison, etc. 1844. _d._ West-side hotel, Sixth
avenue, New York 30 Dec. 1879. _The Era 25 Jany. 1880 p._ 4.

JONES, GEORGE MATTHEW. L.R.C.S. Edin. 1826, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1855;
surgeon in Jersey 1826 to death, surgeon to general hospital
there; he signalised himself about 1850 by performance of
several successful cases of excisions of joints especially of
the knee; by his practice and writings he contributed as much
as anyone to rapid spread of conservative surgery; the merit
of reviving excision of the knee is due to Wm. Fergusson, but
Jones adopted the operation a few weeks after Fergusson had
performed it, without being aware of the fact; author of On
disarticulation of the scapula from the shoulder joint 1860.
_d._ Old st. St. Heliers, Jersey 7 Sep. 1861. _The Lancet_, _ii_
264 (1861).

JONES, SIR HARRY DAVID (5 son of John Jones, general
superintendent of Landguard fort, Suffolk 1751–1806). _b._
Landguard fort 14 March 1792; 2 lieut. R.E. 17 Sep. 1808; served
in the Peninsula 1810–14; led the forlorn hope at siege of St.
Sebastian and was wounded and taken prisoner 25 July 1813;
col. R.E. 7 July 1853 to 2 Aug. 1860; a brigadier general for
particular service in the Baltic 1854; commanded Royal Engineers
in the Crimea 10 Feb. 1855; K.C.B. 5 July 1855, G.C.B. 28 June
1861; governor of royal military coll. Sandhurst 29 April
1856 to death; lieut. general 6 July 1860; colonel commandant
of Royal Engineers 2 Aug. 1860 to death; hon. D.C.L. Oxf. 4
June 1856; A.I.C.E.; contributed papers to Institution of
Civil engineers, to United service journal and to Professional
papers of Corps of R.E.; edited sir J. T. Jones’ Reports on the
fortresses in the Netherlands 1861; compiled vol. 2 of sir H.
Elphinstone’s Journal of operations to fall of Sebastopol 1859.
_d._ Sandhurst 2 Aug. 1866. _G.M. ii_ 420 (1866); _I.L.N. lxv_
374 (1874); _Min. of Proc. of I.C.E. xxx_ 438–40 (1870).

JONES, HARRY LONGUEVILLE (son of Edward Jones). _b._ Piccadilly,
London 16 April 1806; ed. at St. John’s coll. and Magd. coll.
Camb., 7 wrangler and B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; fellow of his coll.,
lecturer and dean; C. of Connington 1829; settled in France
1834 and is reported to have edited a reissue of Galignani’s
Paris guide; opened a college in Manchester 1837 which did not
succeed; resided at Beaumaris 1845–9; one of H.M.’s inspectors
of schools in Wales 16 Dec. 1848 to 1864; started and edited the
Archæologia Cambrensis, Jany. 1846 to 1850; chief founder of
Cambrian Archæological Assoc. Sep. 1847; author of Illustrated
history of Carnarvonshire; Le Keux’s Memorials of Cambridge 2
vols. 1841, with descriptive accounts by T. Wright and H. L.
Jones; Essays. Reprinted from Blackwood’s Magazine 1870. _d._
Kensington 16 Nov. 1870. _Bibl. Cornub. i_ 278; _Archæologia
Cambrensis_, _ii_ 94–6 (1871).

JONES, HENRY BENCE (2 son of Wm. Jones, 5 dragoon guards).
_b._ Thorington hall, Yoxford, Suffolk 31 Dec. 1813; ed. at
Harrow and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1840, M.B. 1845,
M.D. 1849; L.R.C.P. 1842, F.R.C.P. 1849, senior censor; F.R.S.
30 April 1846; assistant phys. to St. George’s hosp. London
1845, phys. 1846–62; hon. sec. of Royal Institution of Great
Britain 1860–72; author of On gravel, calculus and gout 1842; On
animal chemistry, in its application to the stomach and renal
diseases 1850; The life and letters of Faraday 2 vols. 1870, 2
ed. 1870; The Royal institution, its founders and its first
professors 1871. _d._ 84 Brook st. Grosvenor sq. London 20 April
1873. _Barker’s Photographs of Medical Men_ (1868) _vol. ii_,
_portrait i_; _Medical Times_, _i_ 505–8 (1873); _I.L.N. lxii_
423, 424, 499 (1873), _portrait_.

JONES, HENRY RICHMOND (son of rev. Inigo Wm. Jones of Chobham
place, Surrey _d._ 1810). _b._ 1808; cornet 6 dragoon guards 9
June 1825, lieut. col. 16 Sep. 1851 to 21 Oct. 1862 when placed
on h.p.; col. 14 hussars 24 Feb. 1871 to 15 May 1873; col. 6
dragoon guards 15 May 1873 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; C.B.
16 Nov. 1858. _d._ Brighton 3 Oct. 1880.

JONES, HERBERT GEORGE (2 son of C. R. Jones of Heathfield,
Glamorgan). _b._ 1805; barrister L.I. 16 May 1828; went the
Oxford and Welsh circuits; attorney general in Van Diemen’s
Land; serjeant at law 1842; judge of county courts (circuit
42) Clerkenwell, London 16 April 1849 and of (circuit 41)
Clerkenwell 1858 to death; author of The court of exchequer and
the county courts 1858. _d._ Somerville Navan, co. Meath 17 Feb.
1866 aged 61.

JONES, SIR HORACE (son of David Jones, attorney). _b._ 15 Size
lane, Bucklersbury, London 20 May 1819; an architect at 16
Furnival’s inn, Holborn 1843; designed and built the Surrey
music hall, Cardiff town hall and other important buildings;
architect and surveyor to city of London 26 Feb. 1864 to death;
designed and built Central meat market, Smithfield 1868, rebuilt
Billingsgate market 1877 and Leadenhall market 1882; designed
Guildhall library and museum 1872 and new Council chamber 1884;
designed the Temple Bar memorial Nov. 1880; A.R.I.B.A. 1842,
fellow 1855, pres. 1882–3; knighted at Osborne 31 July 1886.
_d._ 30 Devonshire place, Portland place, London 21 May 1887.
_bur._ Norwood cemetery 27 May. _Journal of proc. of R.I.B.A.
iii_ 330, 331, 368, 370–3 (1887); _Masonic Portraits. By J. G._
(1876) 27–31; _I.L.N. 28 May 1887 p._ 586, _4 June p._ 634,
_portrait_.

JONES, HUGH CHAMBRES (son of John Jones of Liverpool). _b._
1783; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1805, M.A. 1807;
private sec. to duke of Portland, afterwards his chaplain; V. of
West Ham, Essex 1807–45; treasurer of St. Paul’s cath. 30 Oct.
1816 to death; R. of Aldham, Essex 1823–40; archdeacon of Essex
14 Nov. 1823 to 1861. _d._ Brynstedfod, Conway, Denbighshire 29
Sep. 1869.

JONES, HUGH HYNDMAN (son of R. M. Jones of Houston, Demerara).
Ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841; C. of St. James,
Cheltenham 1840–2; C. of St. Bride, Fleet st. London 1842–6;
C. of St. George, Hanover sq. 1847–8; assistant sec. of S.P.G.
1848–50; archdeacon of Demerara and R. of St. George, George
town, Demerara, Oct. 1853 to 1873; C. of Cheddon-Fitzpaine,
Somerset 1874–5; lived at Houston villa, Craven road, Reading
1875 to death. _d._ 1884.

JONES, INIGO WILLIAM (brother of Henry Richmond Jones 1808–80).
_b._ 1806; ed. at Harrow and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1830, M.A.
1836; cornet 6 dragoon guards 8 July 1828; major 11 hussars 25
March 1836 to 24 Dec. 1852; lieut. col. 3 West India regiment 24
Dec. 1852, placed on h.p. 11 March 1853; sold out March 1857.
_d._ 3 Oct. 1878.

NOTE.--His son Christopher Neeld Jones _b._ Aug. 1851, captain 94 foot, volunteered for service with Royal Irish regiment and was killed at battle of Tel-el-Kebir 13 Sep. 1882.

JONES, JAMES (4 son of Michael Jones of Caton, Lancashire). _b._
1782 or 1783; cornet 22 light dragoons 6 Nov. 1801; captain 87
foot 17 Aug. 1808 to 31 Aug. 1815 when placed on h.p.; served in
East Indies 1802–4 and in Peninsula 1809–14; M.G. 20 June 1854;
K.H. 1831; knight of the order of Charles III. of Spain. _d._
Jermyn st. St. James’s, London 22 Sep. 1856.

JONES, JAMES (5 son of Samuel Jones). _b._ Wolverhampton; ed.
Oscott coll., ordained priest there 31 May 1822; chaplain
Worksop manor, Notts., Feb. 1824 to death; chaplain at Hodsock
park, Notts.; a member of the chapter of Nottingham 1850, V.G.
and provost of the diocese; translated The way of salvation. By
B. Alphonsus Liguori 1836, and other works by the same author;
Philothea or an introduction to devout life. By St. Francis of
Sales 1848; published A manual of instruction on plain chant,
with the chants as used in Rome 1845. _d._ Worksop 19 May 1861.
_Gillow’s English Catholics_, _iii_ 655–7 (1887).

JONES, JAMES. _b._ London 6 April 1790; a copper and tin
worker near London docks; resident mechanist and engineer at
St. Katherine’s docks 1831–36; a manager for Ransomes & Co. at
Ipswich 1842–52; engineer of Oxford waterworks at Oxford 1852
or 1853 to death; one of the 6 founders of Institution of civil
engineers 2 Jany. 1818, sec. and treasurer 6 Jany. 1818. _d._
Radcliffe infirmary, Oxford 25 April 1864, having fallen into
a vat of boiling liquid at Evans’s brewery at Cowley the day
before. _Min. of Proc. I.C.E. xxiv_ 532–33 (1865).

JONES, JAMES. _b._ north of Ireland; F.R.C.S. Eng. 1846,
M.D. Lond. 1851, M.R.C.P. 1859; practised in London; senior
physician Metropolitan free hospital; author of On the use
of perchloride of iron and other chalybeate salts in the
treatment of consumption 1862; On tuberculosis, the action of
local inflammation in cachectic subjects in the production of
consumption 1865. _d._ 4 Harley st. London 6 June 1871.

JONES, JAMES FELIX. Midshipman of the Palinurus in H.E.I.
Co.’s navy 14 June 1828; commander 13 Sep. 1847, captain 1
Feb. 1858–62; surveyed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 1843–8;
political agent at Bagdad and consul general in Turkish Arabia
1853; political agent at Bushire in the Persian Gulf 1855–8;
F.R.G.S.; contributed to Geographical Mag.; most important
of his numerous memoirs are included in Selections from the
records of the Bombay government. 1857, new series No. 43.
_d._ Fernside, Church road, Upper Norwood, Surrey 3 Sep. 1878.
_Geographical Mag._, _Oct. 1878 p._ 264.

JONES, JAMES RHYS, known as Kilsby Jones, (son of Rhys
Jones, farmer and preacher). _b._ Penylan farm near
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire 4 Feb. 1813; ed. at Blackburn
coll. and Carmarthen coll.; independent minister at Kilsby,
Northamptonshire 1840–50; minister at Birmingham, then at
Bolton; pastor of Tonbridge congregational chapel, London;
preacher at Rhayadr 1857–60, at Caebach, Llandrindod Wells
1868 to death; assumed additional name of Kilsby before 1850;
the most popular lecturer in Wales; Welsh editor for William
Mackenzie of Glasgow; published Welsh versions of Bunyan’s
Pilgrim’s progress 1869; A Family Bible 1869; translated
many books into Welsh and Welsh books into English; in M. E.
Braddon’s Hostages to Fortune 1875 he is described under name of
rev. Slingsby Edwards. _d._ 10 April 1889. _bur._ Llanwrtyd ch.
yard where is monu. _Congregational Year book_ (1890) 156–7.

JONES, JOHN (2 son of Henry Jones). _b._ Bala, Merionethshire 10
Feb. 1792; ed. at Carmarthen gr. sch. and Jesus coll. and Ch.
Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1821; chaplain of Ch. Ch. 1819–43,
precentor 1823; P.C. of St. Thomas, Oxf. 1823–41; V. of Nevern,
Pembrokeshire 1841 to death; preb. of St. David’s cath. 1848 to
death; took a leading part in the Welsh eisteddfods from 1841;
known as Tegid; published The book of the prophet Isaiah, a
translation 1830, 2 ed. 1842; The New Testament in Welsh 1828,
in his own system of spelling, which was not generally popular;
transcribed the Mabinogion and other Welsh romances for lady
Charlotte Guest, who used his text in her edition 3 vols.
1838–49. _d._ 2 May 1852. _Gwaith Barddonawl. By Tegid_ (1859),
_with a memoir_.

JONES, JOHN. _b._ Northamptonshire 1823; beat Edward Hill
1846 and W. Cole 1847; beaten by Joseph Rowe 1849; beat Harry
Martin 1850 and G. Crockett £50 a side 15 Oct. 1850; beaten by
Mike Madden £50 a side 5 March 1851; beaten by Wm. Hayes £50 a
side 2 Dec. 1851 and £200 a side 15 Nov. 1853; fought Edward
Donnelly £50 a side at East Tilbury when darkness came on 30
March 1853; beat Donnelly £100 a side at Brandon Heath 1 June
1853; fought Robert Brettle £100 a side at Purfleet 21 Nov. 1854
when darkness came on, a new place was appointed for 25 Nov.
when stakes were given to Jones, Brettle having got himself
apprehended; struck on the left side of the head by Mike Madden
at Long Reach, Kent 11 Dec. 1855 in a 23 round fight for £50 a
side lasting one hour and nine minutes, _d._ Long Reach tavern
12 Dec. _bur._ Westminster cemet. Brompton 19 Dec. _Fistiana_
(1868) 69, 77; _Bell’s Life in London 16 Dec. 1855 p._ 7, _23
Dec. p._ 7.

JONES, JOHN (eld. child of a small farmer). _b._ Tanycastell,
Dolyddelen, Carnarvonshire 1 March 1796; a farmer, afterwards a
quarryman; began to preach about 1820, ordained 1829, one of the
greatest of Welsh preachers; known as Talsarn; composed 40 tunes
published in Jeduthrum, a collection of Congregational tunes,
psalms and hymns, ed. by Morris Davis at Bangor. _d._ 17 Aug.
1857. _bur._ Llanllyfni.

JONES, JOHN. _b._ Llanasa, Flintshire 1788; apprenticed to
a cotton-spinner at Holywell 1796–1803; served in the navy
1805–15; worked as a cotton-spinner at Stalybridge, Cheshire
1820 to death; wrote a poetical version of Æsop’s and other
fables; author of two poems, The Cotton Mill 1821, The Sovereign
1827; a collection of his works was published as Poems. By John
Jones 1826; known as the Welsh bard. _d._ Stalybridge 19 June
1858.

JONES, JOHN. _d._ Newborough villas, St. Paul’s road, Highbury
park, London 15 Feb. 1861 aged 102. _bur._ Highgate cemet.

JONES, JOHN. _b._ London 1796; appeared at Adelphi theatre in an
operetta The Conjurer 1816; came out in New York as Mr. Dulcet
in Amateurs and Actors, at Niblo’s garden 1828; at Chestnut st.
theatre, Philadelphia 28 Nov. 1831 as Felix in Cinderella; sang
at Park theatre, New York 1831–44; the leading tenor in La Dame
Blanche, Norma and Cinderella; teacher of vocal music 1844 to
death; had a pension from Dramatic fund association; composer of
The Mellow horn, a popular song. _d._ New York 1 Nov. 1861.

JONES, JOHN. _b._ 1788; ed. at univ. of Edinb.; studied at
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_.