British naval officer (1797–1895)
Admiral Sir Lewis Tobias Jones GCB (24 December 1797 – 11 October 1895) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown.
Naval career
Jones became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Penelope in December 1847 and commanding officer of the frigate HMS Sampson in December 1850.[1] In HMS Sampson he saw action in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.[1] He went on to be commanding officer of the second-rate HMS London in November 1854 and commanding officer of the second-rate HMS Princess Royal in August 1855.[1] He went on to be Second-in-command, East Indies and China Station in September 1859 and Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in March 1862 before he retired in March 1865.[2] In retirement he was Governor of Greenwich Hospital.[3]
Jones died on 11 October 1895 at his home Rugby House in Southsea and was buried in the family vault in the churchyard of Holy Trinity, Fareham.[4]
Coat of arms of Lewis Jones
- Notes
- Confirmed 7 August 1873 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[5]
- Crest
- A lion couchant Or armed and langued Gules charged on the shoulder with a trefoil slipped Vert.
- Escutcheon
- Per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules a bordure engrailed of the third.
- Motto
- Periculum Et Aliis Facito
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