JONES, WILLIAM ARTHUR (youngest son of Wm. Jones, corn
merchant). _b._ Carmarthen 1 May 1818; ed. at Carmarthen college
and Glasgow univ., M.A. 1841; Unitarian minister at Northampton
1842–9, at Bridgwater 1849–52, at Taunton 1852–66; hon. sec.
of Taunton and Somerset archæological and natural history soc.
about 1853 to death, contributed to its Proceedings many papers;
established a school of science and art at Taunton; author with
rev. W. P. Williams of A glossary of the Somersetshire dialect.
_d._ Tauntfield, Taunton 23 April 1873, memorial monument
erected in grounds of Taunton Castle. _The Taunton Courier 30
April 1873 p._ 5.
JONES, WILLIAM BENCE (elder son of Wm. Jones, lieut.-col. 5
dragoon guards, _d._ 1843). _b._ Beccles, Suffolk 5 Oct. 1812;
ed. at Harrow and Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1836;
barrister I.T. 9 June 1837; farmed and made great improvements
on Lisselan estate, co. Cork 1838–80, when refusing to accept
Griffith’s valuation from his tenants he was boycotted although
he had always shown the greatest kindness to them; author of
The Irish church from the point of view of one of its laymen
1868; The life’s work in Ireland of a landlord who tried to do
his duty 1880. _d._ 34 Elvaston place, London 22 June 1882.
_Agricultural Gazette 13 March 1882_, _portrait_.
JONES, WILLIAM DANIEL, _b._ 1787; 2 lieut. R.A. 12 Sep. 1803,
col. 1 Nov. 1848 to 6 Jany. 1855 when he retired on full pay;
M.G. 13 Dec. 1854. _d._ Bournemouth 20 May 1857.
JONES, WILLIAM FRANK (only son of Wm. Jenkin Saer of Newport,
Pembrokeshire). _b._ 1842; ed. at St. Mary hall, Oxf., S.C.L.
and B.A. 1870, B.C.L. and M.A. 1871; barrister L.I. 30 April
1874; assumed surname of Jones in lieu of Saer; edited with H.
E. Hirst, Edward Chitty’s Index to all reported cases decided
in several courts of equity in England and Ireland, the Privy
Council and the House of Lords, 4 ed. 9 vols. 1883–9. _d._
Baroda, Ventnor, Isle of Wight 27 Dec. 1890.
JONES, WILLIAM GORE (son of John Gore Jones of Sligo). _b._
12 March 1826; cadet R.N. 12 Feb. 1841; commanded boats of
Firebrand in Black sea, destroying the Russian establishments
between the Danube and the Dneister 1854; first lieut. of
Firebrand in attack on Sebastopol 17 Oct. 1854; Crimean and
Turkish medals; 3 class Medjidie 25 March 1870; captain 20 Aug.
1861; flag capt. on Indian and China stations; naval attaché at
Washington 1873–9; granted good service pension 6 Sep. 1871;
C.B. 2 June 1877; V.A. 6 May 1882; author of A scheme by which
it is proposed to increase the employment of naval officers