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Welsh shipping magnate and cricketer

Ernest William Jones
Born24 October 1870
Glamorgan, Wales
Died15 September 1941
Nationality Wales
EducationWycliffe College, Gloucestershire
Occupation(s)Trans-European chartered shipbroker of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856)
Known forFirst class cricketer
RelativesJames 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.

Family

Rouen, Haute Normandie

Ernest was born in Glamorgan on 24 October 1870, and educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire. 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). His mother was Agnes Ida Long (1845 – 1899). Ernest's only sibling was the prominent gynaecologist Arthur Webb-Jones (1875 – 1917).

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) was Vice-Consul for Chile and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce; and William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika.

Chartered Shipbroker and Bankruptcy

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

Cricket

Ernest had a 45-year cricketing career playing for Swansea from 1886 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.

Marriage and Child

In 1901, at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France, Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born daughter of James Holmes Parson, who was a merchant banker in Italy. Ernest's only son was the choral educator James William Webb-Jones (b. 1904), whose daughter Bridget married the chorister Peter Stanley Lyons in 1957. Ernest, and his son James William, and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, 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, died by car accident in 1951.

References

  1. ^ "Glamorgan Cricket Archives: Profile for Ernest William Jones".
  2. ^ "Entry for Ernest Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  3. ^ "Entry for M. Jones and Brother, Steamship Agents, 1914 Who's Who in Business".
  4. ^ "No. 27514". The London Gazette. 9 January 1903. p. 191.
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. 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
  8. The Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror December 1869, p.73 and p.74
  9. "No. 28726". The London Gazette. 6 June 1913. p. 3991.
  10. ^ "Entry for 'WYNN JONES, WILLIAM (BILL) (1900 - 1950)', Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography". Evangelical History Association. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  11. ^ "The Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Mission and History, Historical Background". The Diocese of Central Tanganyika. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. "JONES, Rt Rev. William Wynn". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  13. "1914 Who's Who in Business".
  14. "No. 35525". The London Gazette. 14 April 1942. p. 1665.
  15. ^ Archives of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1900, British Consulate, Rouen, Haute Normandie.
  16. ^ "WEBB-JONES, James William (1904 - 1965)". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  17. Peter S. Lyons and Witham Hall, Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, Friday, February 8, 1985
  18. Obituary of Peter Stanley Lyons, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Friday, 20 April 2007.
  19. "Entry for JW Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  20. "Entry for W Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
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