Ernest William Jones

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Ernest William Jones
Born(1870-10-24)24 October 1870
Glamorgan, Wales
Died15 September 1941(1941-09-15) (aged 70)
Education Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire
Occupation(s) Trans-European chartered shipbroker of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856)
Known for First class cricketer
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Ernest William Jones (24 October 1870 - 15 September 1941) was a Welsh trans-European chartered shipbroker, and a first class cricketer.

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Family

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Rouen, Haute Normandie

Ernest was born in Glamorgan on 24 October 1870 to an upper middle class family. [1] [2] He was the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Matthew Jones VD (b. 1838), [3] of the 1st Swansea Corps of the 1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers, who was a founder and owner of the trans-European chartered shipbrokerage M. Jones and Brothers (which was established in 1856). [4] [5] His mother was Agnes Ida Long (1845 – 1899). [6] His paternal grandfather was the mariner Matthew Jones (1800 - 1867).

Ernest's only sibling was the prominent gynaecologist Arthur Webb-Jones (1875 – 1917). [7] [8]

Ernest's cousins were Edwin Price Jones, who (after a lauded pupillage in classical literature and English at the Royal Masonic School, Wood Green) [9] was Vice-Consul for Chile [10] and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce; [4] and William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika. [11] [12] [13]

Ernest was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire. [1] He lived at Mumbles, Glamorgan. [14]

Chartered Shipbroker and Bankruptcy

Ernest inherited ownership of the chartered shipbrokerage M. Jones and Brothers (which was established in 1856) [15] [5] that was based at Swansea Docks. He was Chairman of the Swansea Pilotage Authority from 1930 [1] until his death on 15 September 1941, [2] after which his shipbrokerage, M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856), [4] was dissolved in 1942. [16]

Cricket

Ernest had a 45-year cricketing career playing for Swansea from 1886 [1] to 1904; and for Glamorgan County Cricket Club from 1890 to 1911 (between which he played in every single match and was a member of the side that won the Minor Counties Championship in 1900); and (in first class cricket) for South Wales from 1905 and 1909; and for the Gentleman of Glamorgan from 1913. [2]

Marriage and Child

On 10 September 1900, at All Saints' Church and at the British Consulate at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France, [3] [17] Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson [18] (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born third daughter of James Holmes Parson, [3] , of Montville, Seine-Maritime, [3] who was a British merchant banker in Italy, [17] by his wife Jessie S. (nee Burton), who had been selected by Crown Princess Sofia of Greece as Lady Superintendent of the Military Hospital at Athens, [19] for which she received the Commemorative Medal of the Red Cross from Queen Olga of Greece. [20] Jessie S. Parson previously had been Lady Superintendent of the English Hospital at the Piraeus during the war between Greece and Turkey. [21]

Ernest and Aimée's only son was the choral educator James William Webb-Jones (b. 1904), [18] whose only child Bridget married the chorister Peter Stanley Lyons [22] in 1957. [23] Ernest, [2] and his son James William, [24] and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, [25] were all members of the Jesters Cricket Club, which was co-founded by James William, including in its 1931 side. William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika, [11] died by car accident in 1951. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Glamorgan Cricket Archives: Profile for Ernest William Jones". 3 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Entry for Ernest Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Western Mail, 13 September 1900, Births, Marriages, and Deaths.
  4. 1 2 3 "Entry for M. Jones and Brother, Steamship Agents, 1914 Who's Who in Business".
  5. 1 2 "No. 27514". The London Gazette . 9 January 1903. p. 191.
  6. ↑ 1851-1901 inc. Wales Census. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO)
  7. ↑ 1851–1901 inc. Wales Census. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851–1901 inc. Kew, Surrey, England: Records for Ernest W Jones: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO)
  8. ↑ 1871 and 1911 Wales Census. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Record for Ernest W Jones Class: RG10; Piece: 5456; Folio: 50; Page: 10; GSU roll: 848051
  9. ↑ The Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror December 1869, p.73 and p.74
  10. ↑ "No. 28726". The London Gazette . 6 June 1913. p. 3991.
  11. 1 2 "Entry for 'WYNN JONES, WILLIAM (BILL) (1900 - 1950)', Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography". Evangelical History Association. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. 1 2 "The Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Mission and History, Historical Background". The Diocese of Central Tanganyika. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "JONES, Rt Rev. William Wynn". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  14. ↑ "Engagement Announcement of James William Webb-Jones and Barbara Bindon Moody". Engagements. The Times. London. 3 July 1930.
  15. ↑ "1914 Who's Who in Business".
  16. ↑ "No. 35525". The London Gazette . 14 April 1942. p. 1665.
  17. 1 2 Archives of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1900, British Consulate, Rouen, Haute Normandie.
  18. 1 2 "WEBB-JONES, James William (1904 - 1965)". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  19. ↑ The Royal College of Nursing, The Nursing Record & Hospital World, Volume 21, 3 December 1898, The Silver Lining, p.452
  20. ↑ The Nursing Record & Hospital World, Volume 22, 22 April 1899, p.314
  21. ↑ The Royal College of Nursing, The Nursing Record & Hospital World, Volume 21, Nursing Pioneers in Greece, p.49, 16 July 1898
  22. ↑ Peter S. Lyons and Witham Hall, Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, Friday, February 8, 1985
  23. ↑ Obituary of Peter Stanley Lyons, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Friday, 20 April 2007.
  24. ↑ "Entry for JW Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  25. ↑ "Entry for W Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
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