Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer)

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Sir Lewis Jones
Born24 December 1797
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died11 October 1895 (1895-10-12) (aged 97)
Southsea, Hampshire, England
Buried
Fareham, Hampshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1808-1865
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Penelope

HMS London
HMS Princess Royal
Queenstown
Battles/warsNapoleonic Wars
War of 1812
Crimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Lewis Tobias Jones GCB (24 December 1797 – 11 October 1895) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown.

Naval career[]

Jones became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Penelope in December 1847 and commanding officer of the frigate in December 1850.[1] In HMS Sampson he saw action in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.[1] He went on to be commanding officer of the second-rate HMS London in November 1854 and commanding officer of the second-rate HMS Princess Royal in August 1855.[1] He went on to be Second-in-command, East Indies and China Station in September 1859 and Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in March 1862 before he retired in March 1865.[2] In retirement he was Governor of Greenwich Hospital.[3]

Jones died on 11 October 1895 at his home Rugby House in Southsea and was buried in the family vault in the churchyard of Holy Trinity, Fareham.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Lewis Tobias Jones". William Loney. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Lewis Tobias Jones". Memorials in Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Funeral of Admiral Sir L. Jones". Portsmouth Evening News. 16 October 1895.

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown
1862–1865 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor, Greenwich Hospital
1884–1895 		Succeeded by
Post abolished
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