Ernest_William_Jones

Ernest William Jones

Ernest William Jones

Welsh shipping magnate and cricketer

Ernest William Jones (December 1870 – 17 September 1941) was a Welsh trans-European steamship agent, and a first class cricketer.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Family

Rouen, Haute Normandie

Ernest, who was born in Glamorgan during December 1870[1] and was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, was the son of William Matthew Jones (b. 1838), who was an owner of the trans-European steamship agency M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856),[2][3] by Agnes Ida Long (1845 – 1899).[4] Ernest's only sibling was the gynaecologist Arthur Webb-Jones (1875 – 1917).[5][6] Ernest's cousins were Edwin Price Jones, who was Vice-Consul for Chile[7] and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce,[2] and William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika.[8][9][10]

Cricket

Ernest, who inherited ownership of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856),[11][3] had a 45-year cricketing career playing for Swansea from 1887 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.[1]

Marriage Death and Bankruptcy

In 1901, at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France,[12] Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson[13] (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born daughter of James Holmes Parson, who was a merchant banker in Italy.[12] Ernest's only son was the choral conductor James William Webb-Jones (b. 1904),[13] whose daughter Bridget married the chorister Peter Stanley Lyons[14] in 1957.[15] Ernest,[1] and his son James William,[16] and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones,[17] were all members of the Jesters Cricket Club, including in its 1931 side.

Ernest died on 17 September 1941,[1] and his trans-European steamship agency, M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856),[2] was dissolved in 1942.[18] His cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika,[8] died by car accident in 1951.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Entry for Ernest Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  2. [2]
    "Entry for M. Jones and Brother, Steamship Agents, 1914 Who's Who in Business".
  3. [3]
    "No. 27514". The London Gazette. 9 January 1903. p. 191.
  4. [4]
    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)
  5. [5]
    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)
  6. [6]
    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
  7. [7]
    "No. 28726". The London Gazette. 6 June 1913. p. 3991.
  8. [8]
    "Entry for 'WYNN JONES, WILLIAM (BILL) (1900 - 1950)', Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography". Evangelical History Association. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. [9]
    "The Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Mission and History, Historical Background". The Diocese of Central Tanganyika. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  10. [10]
    "JONES, Rt Rev. William Wynn". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  11. [11]
    "1914 Who's Who in Business".
  12. [12]
    Archives of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1900, British Consulate, Rouen, Haute Normandie.
  13. [13]
    "WEBB-JONES, James William (1904 - 1965)". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  14. [14]
    Peter S. Lyons and Witham Hall, Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, Friday, February 8, 1985
  15. [15]
    Obituary of Peter Stanley Lyons, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Friday, 20 April 2007.
  16. [16]
    "Entry for JW Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  17. [17]
    "Entry for W Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  18. [18]
    "No. 35525". The London Gazette. 14 April 1942. p. 1665.
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