(1854), _portrait_.
JONES, _Maria B._ (dau. of Charles Jones, actor, and of Mrs. C.
Jones of theatre royal, Brighton). _b._ 1846; first appeared on
the stage at Bradford; leading lady of Prince of Wales theatre,
Liverpool 3 seasons; first appeared in London at Olympic theatre
as Florence Conway, in Tom Taylor’s Handsome is that handsome
does 3 Sep. 1870; leading lady at Surrey theatre 1871; at Drury
Lane, Sep. 1872 as the Lady of the Lake. (_m._ July 1871 Francis
Charles Philips of 2nd foot). _d._ London 11 Feb. 1873. _bur._
Brompton cemetery 18 Feb. _Era 16 Feb. 1873 p._ 11, _23 Feb. p._
11.
JONES, MICHAEL (2 son of Michael Jones of Caton, Lancashire).
_b._ 1774; barrister L.I. 13 May 1809; collected books and MSS.
and materials for pedigrees of R.C. families; claimed that the
ancient barony of Scrope was vested in his family 1815. _d._
1851 or 1852. _Gillow’s English Catholics_, _iii_ 668–70 (1887).
JONES, NATHANIEL. Entered Bengal army 1815; lieut. col. of 58
Bengal N.I. 12 Aug. 1847, of 17 N.I. 1850, of 49 N.I. 1853, of
64 N.I. 1855–46; colonel 49 Bengal N.I. 31 May 1857 to death;
M.G. 30 May 1859. _d._ Murree 21 July 1869.
JONES, OLIVER JOHN. _b._ 15 March 1813; entered navy 7 Sep.
1826; captain 29 Sep. 1855, retired R.A. 25 Aug. 1873; author
of Recollections of a winter campaign in India. 1859. _d._
Westfield house, Bramston, Northants. 11 Jany. 1878.
JONES, OWEN (only son of Owen Jones, antiquary 1741–1814). _b._
148 Upper Thames st. London 15 Feb. 1809; ed. Charterhouse;
pupil of Louis Vulliamy 1825–31; travelled in the East and took
much notice of Arabic decorations 1833 and 1837; superintendent
of works of Great Exhibition 1851 and helped to decorate and
arrange the building; joint director of decoration of Crystal
palace 1852 and designer of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Alhambra
courts; employed in decorating private houses; decorated palace
of viceroy of Egypt; architect of St. James’ hall, London 1857;
exhibited 12 architectural drawings at R.A. 1831–61; gold medal
of R. Instit. of B.A. 1857; author of Plans, elevations, etc.
of the Alhambra 2 vols. 1842–5; The polychromatic ornaments of
Italy 1846; The grammar of ornament 1856, another ed. 1865; One
thousand and one initial letters 1864. _d._ 9 Argyll place,
Regent st. London 19 April 1874. _bur._ Kensal green. _Practical
Mag. iii_ 400 (1874), _vii_ 257–60 (1877), _portrait_;
_Graphic_, _ix_ 433 (1874), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xix_ 487, 508
(1851) _portrait_, _lxiv_ 445, 446 (1874) _portrait_.
JONES, OWEN (son of John Thomas of Y Gaerwen Bach, in parish of
Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog, Anglesea). _b._ 15 July 1806; a farm
servant, then a schoolmaster; a lay methodist preacher about
1827; pastor successively at Llangoed, Mold 1833, Manchester
1844 and Llandudno 1866; ordained 1842; preached 12,000 times
and left 6000 manuscript sermons; Welsh editor for Messrs.
Blackie of Glasgow 1867 to death; author, translator or editor
of 40 works in Welsh. _d._ Llandudno 10 Oct. 1889. _Bye Gones
relating to Wales for 16 Oct. 1889 p._ 240.
JONES, RICE. Second lieut. R.E. 1 Feb. 1806, captain 1814,
placed on h.p. 1 Feb. 1819; captain R.E. 18 Nov. 1820, col. 9
Nov. 1846 to death; present at passage of the Douro and capture
of Oporto; K.H. 1834. _d._ Gibraltar 20 March 1854.
JONES, RICHARD (son of a builder). _b._ Birmingham 1779; ed. for
an architect; acted in Lichfield, Birmingham and other towns
to 1799; appeared at Crow st. theatre, Dublin 20 Nov. 1799 and
remained in Ireland till 1807; made his début in London at
Covent garden as Goldfinch in The road to ruin 9 Oct. 1807, the
original Count Ignatio in Dibdin’s Two faces under one hood 17
Nov.; played the Copper Captain in Rule a wife and have a wife,
at the Haymarket 5 June 1809; became a most popular comedian and
was always known as Gentleman Jones; the best Roderigo on the
stage; gave an entertainment called a Carnival, which was not
successful; last appeared on stage 3 June 1833; a teacher of
elocution, especially for the pulpit 1833 to death; author of
The Green man, a comedy played at the Haymarket 15 Aug. 1818;
Too late for dinner, a farce, Covent Garden 22 Feb. 1820; The
School for gallantry, a comedy; Peter Fin’s trip to Brighton,
a farce; and with Theodore Hook, of Hoaxing. _d._ 14 Chapel
st. Belgrave sq. London 30 Aug. 1851. _bur._ St. Peter’s ch.
Pimlico. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biog. ii_ 181 (1825), _portrait_;
_Monthly Mirror_, _Aug. 1809 pp._ 67–9, _portrait_; _Mark Boyd’s
Reminiscences of 50 years_ (1871) 251–67.
JONES, RICHARD (son of Richard Jones, solicitor). _b._ Tunbridge
Wells 1790; ed. at Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819;
C. of Brasted, Kent 1822–33; professor of political economy,
King’s coll. London 1833–5; professor of political economy and
history in Haileybury coll. 1835 to death; commissioner under
tithe commutation act 183– to 1851; sec. to capitular commission
1851–3; third Charity estate commissioner 24 Oct. 1853 to
death; author of An essay on the distribution of wealth and
on the sources of taxation 1831; A few remarks on the proposed
commutation of tithes 1833; Remarks on the government bill for
the commutation of tithes 1836, 2 ed. 1836; Remarks on the
manner in which tithe should be assessed to the poor’s rates
1838, to which there were 4 replies; Text book of lectures on
the political economy of nations. Hertford 1852. _d._ East India
coll. Haileybury 26 Jany. 1855. _G.M. xliii_ 316–7 (1855);
_Illustrated Mag._, _Aug. 1855 pp._ 95–104; _Literary remains of
R. Jones_ (1859), _portrait_.
JONES, RICHARD. _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.A. 12 May 1797, col. 23
Nov. 1841, col. commandant 12 Jany. 1854 to death; L.G. 28 Nov.