Ernest William Jones

Ernest William Jones
Born(1870-10-24)24 October 1870
Glamorgan, Wales
Died15 September 1941(1941-09-15) (aged 70)
EducationWycliffe College, Gloucestershire
OccupationsTrans-European chartered shipbroker of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856)
Known forFirst class cricketer
Relatives

Ernest William Jones (24 October 1870 - 15 September 1941) was a Welsh trans-European chartered shipbroker, and a first class cricketer.

Family

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]

Ernest,[2] and his son James William,[17] and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones,[18] were all members of the Jesters Cricket Club, which was co-founded by James William, including in its 1931 side.

Marriage and Issue

On 10 September 1900, at All Saints' Church and at the British Consulate at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France,[3] Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson[19] (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born third daughter of James Holmes Parson,[3] of Montville, Seine-Maritime,[3] by his wife Jessy Burton,[20][21] who was a daughter of William Warwick Burton.[22][23]

Ernest's wife Aimée Elizabeth Parson was the granddaughter of the solicitor and inventor[24] George John Parson, of Adelphi Terrace, Strand, and Camden Square, Middlesex, and Haslemere, Surrey,[25] and Anna Maria Holmes.[26][27]

Ernest's wife's sister Jessie/Jessy Sarah Parson (later Endall)[28][29] (d. 22 April 1941)[30] had been selected by Crown Princess Sofia of Greece to be from 1898[31] Lady Superintendent and Matron[32][33] of the First Military Hospital at Athens,[34] for which she received the Commemorative Medal of the Red Cross from Queen Olga of Greece.[35] Jessie/Jessy Sarah Parson had been previously Lady Superintendent of the English Hospital at the Piraeus during the war between Greece and Turkey of 1897,[36] and was latterly, as Jessie/Jessy Sarah Endall, Matron of the Children's Hospital at Athens.[29]

Ernest and Aimée's only son was the choral educator James William Webb-Jones (b. 1904),[19] whose only child Bridget married the chorister Peter Stanley Lyons[37] in 1957.[38]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Glamorgan Cricket Archives: Profile for Ernest William Jones". 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Entry for Ernest Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  3. ^ a b c d The Western Mail, 13 September 1900, Births, Marriages, and Deaths.
  4. ^ a b c "Entry for M. Jones and Brother, Steamship Agents, 1914 Who's Who in Business".
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ "Entry for 'WYNN JONES, WILLIAM (BILL) (1900 - 1950)', Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography". Evangelical History Association. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. ^ "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. ^ "Entry for JW Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  18. ^ "Entry for W Webb-Jones: England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  19. ^ a b "WEBB-JONES, James William (1904 - 1965)". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  20. ^ Entry for Helen Burton Parson (b. 15 February 1885), Archives de Seine-Maritime, Reference Number: EC76452-1885-N-005905-0000000033
  21. ^ Entry for Helène Burton Parson (d. 14 November 1909), Archives de Seine-Maritime, Reference Number: EC76217-1909-D-026625-0000000610
  22. ^ "Cause number: 1857 B152: In the Matter of William Edgar Burton, Edmund Burton, and Jessy Burton". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  23. ^ "William Ford Burton, Leigh & District Historical Society". 2017. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, Entry for 'Parson and Pilgrim'". 3 August 2023.
  25. ^ The London Gazette 21 November 1871, p.4884
  26. ^ Entry for James Holmes Parson (b. 1845), of High Street, Haslemere, Surrey, England, in 1851 England and Wales Census, Parish of Haslemere, Surrey, England, Registrar's District Hambledon Union
  27. ^ The London Observer, 30 October 1843, p.4
  28. ^ The Royal College of Nursing, The British Journal of Nursing, 7 May 1921, 'A Nurses' Unit for Greece', p.262
  29. ^ a b The Royal College of Nursing, The British Journal of Nursing, 14 January 1922, 'The Greek Nursing Unit', p.26
  30. ^ Entry for Endall, Jessy Sarah, England & Wales Probate Index, 1858-1995
  31. ^ The Royal College of Nursing, The Nursing Record & Hospital World, 25 August 1900, p.154
  32. ^ The Royal College of Nursing, The British Journal of Nursing, 18 February 1922, 'The Greek Nursing Unit', p.104
  33. ^ The Royal College of Nursing, The British Journal of Nursing, 12 November 1921, 'The Greek Nursing Unit', p.308
  34. ^ The Royal College of Nursing, The Nursing Record & Hospital World, Volume 21, 3 December 1898, 'The Silver Lining', p.452
  35. ^ The Royal College of Nursing, The Nursing Record & Hospital World, Volume 22, 22 April 1899, p.314
  36. ^ The Royal College of Nursing, The Nursing Record & Hospital World, 16 July 1898, Volume 21, 'Nursing Pioneers in Greece', p.49
  37. ^ Peter S. Lyons and Witham Hall, Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, Friday, February 8, 1985
  38. ^ Obituary of Peter Stanley Lyons, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Friday, 20 April 2007.
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