Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Lewis Jones
Sir Lewis Jones
Born	24 December 1797; Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died	11 October 1895 (aged 97); Southsea, Hampshire, England
Buried	Fareham, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1808–1865
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Penelope; HMS Sampson; HMS London; HMS Princess Royal; Queenstown
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars; War of 1812; Crimean War
Awards	Knight 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[edit]

Jones became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Penelope in December 1847 and commanding officer of the frigate HMS Sampson 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]

Coat of arms of Lewis Jones
Notes Confirmed 7 August 1873 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.^[5] Crest A lion couchant Or armed and langued Gules charged on the shoulder with a trefoil slipped Vert. Escutcheon Per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules a bordure engrailed of the third. Motto Periculum Et Aliis Facito

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lewis Tobias Jones". William Loney. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "Lewis Tobias Jones". Memorials in Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ "Funeral of Admiral Sir L. Jones". Portsmouth Evening News. 16 October 1895.
^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. G". National Archives of Ireland. p. 292. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

External links[edit]

O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Jones, Lewis Tobias" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

Military offices
Preceded by Charles Talbot	Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown 1862–1865	Succeeded by Charles Frederick
Preceded by Sir Sydney Dacres	Governor, Greenwich Hospital 1884–1895	Succeeded by Post abolished

[loney-1] "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.

[5] "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. G". National Archives of Ireland. p. 292. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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