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{{Short description|British Army general (1791–1866)}}
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{{Infobox military person
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| name          = Sir Harry Jones
| image         = Lieut. General Sir Harry Jones, K.Circab. LACMA M.2008.40.812.jpg
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| birth_date    = {{birth-date|14 March 1791}}
| death_date    = {{death-date and age|4 August 1866|14 March 1791}}
| placeofburial_label = Place of burial
| placeofburial = [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]], [[Berkshire]]
| birth_place   = [[Landguard Fort]], [[Suffolk]]
| death_place   = [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]], [[Berkshire]]
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| allegiance    = {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
| branch        = [[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1808-1866
| rank          = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
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| commands      = [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
| battles       = [[Peninsular War]]<br>[[Crimean War]]
| awards        = [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Henry David Jones''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB}} <small>[[Doctor of Civil Law|DCL]]</small> (14 March 1791 &ndash; 4 August 1866) was a [[British Army]] officer who became [[List of Governors and Commandants of Sandhurst|Governor]] of the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

==Life==
He was the fifth son of John Jones by his wife, Mary, daughter of John Roberts, Esq., of [[Landguard Fort]], an officer 29th Foot, and was brother of Major-General Sir [[John Thomas Jones]], Bart., [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], and uncle of Sir [[Willoughby Jones]], Bart., of Cranmer Hall, [[Fakenham]], Norfolk.<ref name=ILN>{{cite news|title=Obituary of Eminent Persons|work=The Illustrated London News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V5k0AQAAMAAJ|year=1866|publisher=Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited|page=147}}</ref>

Educated at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], Jones was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Engineers]] in September 1808.<ref name=ice>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1870.23040 ICE Virtual Library]</ref> In 1809 he was involved in the attack on the fortress at [[Vlissingen, Netherlands|Flushing]]<ref name=ice/> during the [[Walcheren Campaign]].<ref name=ILN /> He then took part in the defence of [[Cadiz]] in 1809, the [[Siege of Badajoz (1812)|Siege of Badajoz]] in 1812, the [[Battle of Vitoria]] in 1813 and the [[Battle of Nivelle]] in 1813.<ref name=ice/> He was wounded while leading the [[forlorn hope]] during the first assault at the [[Siege of San Sebastián]] in September 1813.<ref name=ILN />

In February, 1815, he joined the army under General [[John Lambert (British Army officer)|John Lambert]] on [[Dauphin Island, Alabama|Dauphin Island]], Alabama and was sent to [[New Orleans]] on special duty under a return American [[flag of truce]].<ref name=ILN />

On his return to Europe he joined the army in the Netherlands, landing at Ostend on 18{{nbsp}}June 1815. He was appointed commanding engineer in charge of the fortifications on [[Montmartre]],<ref name=ILN /> after the entrance or the British troops into [[Paris]] under the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]].<ref name=ice/> Jones was made a commissioner to the Prussian [[Army of Occupation (France)|Army of Occupation]] in 1816 and went on special service to [[Constantinople]] in 1833.<ref name=ILN />

He was appointed Commissioner of Municipal Boundaries in England in 1835, chairman of the board of public works in [[Ireland]] in 1845 and director of the Royal Engineer Establishment for Field Instruction at [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]] in 1851.<ref name=ice/>

He served in the [[Crimean War]] commanding the British forces at the [[Battle of Bomarsund]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Harry D. |title=Description of the Russian works at Bomarsund, in the Aland Islands, and journal of the operations which led to their surrender in August, 1854, together with observations on the subject |journal=Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers |date=1856 |volume=5 |pages=1–17}}</ref> and then commanding the Royal Engineer forces at the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)|Siege of Sevastopol]].<ref name=ice/> Afterwards he received the [[Order of the Medjidie]], 2nd Class, the [[Baltic Medal]] and the [[Crimea Medal]] with [[Medal bar|clasp]].<ref name=ILN />

In 1856 he became [[List of Governors and Commandants of Sandhurst|Governor]] of the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name=ice/> He was created an honorary [[Doctor of Civil Law]] (DCL) of the [[University of Oxford]], and was honorary Colonel of the [[4th Administrative Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps]].<ref name=ILN /><ref>''Army List''.</ref> In 1859, he was appointed to serve on the [[Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom]], whose recommendations prompted a huge programme of fortification for the British naval dockyards.<ref>Hogg, Ian V (1974), Coast Defences of England and Wales, 1856-1956, David & Charles, {{ISBN|978-0-7153635-3-9}} (p. 20)</ref>

He died after "an illness of some duration" on 4{{nbsp}}August 1866<ref name=ILN /> and is buried in the cemetery at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55583412 Find-a-grave]</ref>

==Cricket career==
Jones was associated with [[Middlesex county cricket teams|Middlesex]] and was recorded in one [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match in 1826, totalling 7 [[run (cricket)|runs]] with a highest score of 6 and holding one catch.<ref name="CA37">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37117/37117.html |website=CricketArchive |title=Harry Jones |accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref>

==Family==
In 1824 Jones married Charlotte, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Hornsby, Vicar of [[Ravensthorpe, Peterborough]] and Rector of [[Hoddesdon]], by whom he had six sons and five daughters. His eldest son, Harry Valette Jones, died in 1863; his second son, Captain Arthur Jones, [[2nd West India Regiment]], died on the coast of Africa in 1861; and his fourth son, Montagu Hornsby Jones, Esq., an [[ensign (rank)|ensign]] of the [[84th Regiment of Foot]], died in 1859.<ref name=ILN />		

==Legacy==
The Memorials to Governors in the Chapel of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst includes:
''In Memory of Lieut.-General Sir Harry D. Jones, G.C.B., Royal Engineers, who died as Governor of these Royal Military Colleges on the 22nd August 1866. This Tablet was erected by his brother officers in admiration of his character and distinguished services.'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/augustus-ferryman-mockler-ferryman/annals-of-sandhurst--a-chronicle-of-the-royal-military-college-from-its-foundat-hci.shtml |title=Major Augustus F. Mockler-Ferryman F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. `Annals of Sandhurst : a chronicle of the Royal Military College from its foundation to the present day, with a sketch of the history of the Staff College` (London: William Heinemann, 1900) |access-date=23 April 2012 |archive-date=29 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230851/http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/augustus-ferryman-mockler-ferryman/annals-of-sandhurst--a-chronicle-of-the-royal-military-college-from-its-foundat-hci.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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