Laurence Jones

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Sir Laurence Jones KCB, AFC
25th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office 10 October 1990 – 27 September 1995
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Laurence New
Succeeded by	Sir Timothy Daunt
Personal details
Born	Laurence Alfred Jones 18 January 1933
Died	27 September 1995
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity School
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1951–1990
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands	No. 8 Squadron No. 92 Squadron RAF Wittering

Air Marshal Sir Laurence Alfred Jones KCB AFC (18 January 1933 - 27 September 1995) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

RAF career

Educated at Trinity School, Jones joined the Royal Air Force in 1951.^[1] He was made Officer Commanding No. 8 Squadron in 1961 and Officer Commanding No. 92 Squadron in 1967.^[1] He was appointed Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1975 and Director of Operations (Air Support) in 1977 before becoming Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Strike Command in 1982.^[1] He then went on to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in 1984, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes) in 1985 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1986 before being appointed Air Member for Personnel in 1987 and retiring in 1990.^[1]

In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.^[2]^[3]

References

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Anthony Skingsley	Air Member for Personnel 1987–1989	Succeeded by Sir David Parry-Evans
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Laurence New	Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 1990–1995	Succeeded by Sir Timothy Daunt

v t e Lieutenant Governors of the Isle of Man

Hope Dawson Shaw Murray Smelt Ready Hope Pigott-Stainsby-Conant Loch Walpole Ridgeway Henniker-Major Somerset Fry Hill Butler Granville Bromet Flux Dundas Garvey Stallard Paul Cecil New Jones Daunt MacFadyen Haddacks Wood

Persondata
Name	Jones, Laurence
Alternative names
Short description	Royal Air Force air marshals
Date of birth	18 January 1933
Place of birth
Date of death	27 September 1995
Place of death

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