Ernest William Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 October 1870 |
| Died | 15 September 1941 |
| Nationality |  Wales |
| Education | Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire |
| Occupation(s) | Trans-European chartered shipbroker of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856) |
| Known for | First class cricketer |
| Relatives | James William Webb-Jones (son); Arthur Webb-Jones (brother) |
Ernest William Jones (24 October 1870 - 15 September 1941) was a Welsh trans-European chartered shipbroker, and a first class cricketer.
Ernest was born in Glamorgan on 24 October 1870, [1] [2] and educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire. [1] He was the elder son of William Matthew Jones (b. 1838), who was an owner of the trans-European chartered shipbrokerage M. Jones and Brothers (which was established in 1856). [3] [4] His mother was Agnes Ida Long (1845 – 1899). [5] Ernest's only sibling was the prominent gynaecologist Arthur Webb-Jones (1875 – 1917). [6] [7]
Ernest's cousins were Edwin Price Jones, who (after a lauded pupillage in classical literature and English grammar at the Royal Masonic School, Wood Green) [8] was Vice-Consul for Chile [9] and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce; [3] and William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika. [10] [11] [12]
Ernest inherited ownership of the chartered shipbrokerage M. Jones and Brothers (which was established in 1856) [13] [4] 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), [3] was dissolved in 1942. [14]
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]
In 1901, at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France, [15] Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson [16] (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born daughter of James Holmes Parson, who was a merchant banker in Italy. [15] Ernest's only son was the choral educator James William Webb-Jones (b. 1904), [16] whose daughter Bridget married the chorister Peter Stanley Lyons [17] in 1957. [18] Ernest, [2] and his son James William, [19] and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, [20] were all members of the Jesters Cricket Club, including in its 1931 side. His cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika, [10] died by car accident in 1951. [11]