Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Lewis Jones
Born	24 December 1797 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died	11 October 1895 (1895-10-12) (aged 97) Southsea, Hampshire, England
Buried	Fareham, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1808–1865
Rank	Admiral
Commands	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

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

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.

External links

• 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