Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Lewis Jones
Born 24 December 1797
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died 11 October 1895
Southsea, Hampshire, England
Buried at 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 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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lewis Tobias Jones". William Loney. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lewis Tobias Jones". Memorials in Portsmouth. 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
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 disbanded