Ernest William Jones

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

Ernest William Jones
BornDecember 1870
Glamorgan, Wales
Died17 September 1941
Nationality Wales
EducationWycliffe College, Gloucestershire
OccupationTrans-European steamship agent of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856)
Known forFirst class cricketer
RelativesJames William Webb-Jones (son)

Family

Ernest, who was born in Glamorgan in December 1870,[1] 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 Arthur Webb-Jones (1875 – 1917),[5] who was a prominent British gynaecologist.[6] His cousins included 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] from 1946 until his death by car accident in 1951.[9][10]

Ernest was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire before he inherited the ownership of the family shipping company M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856).[11][12]

Cricket

Ernest begun his 45-year cricketing career playing for Swansea, for whom he played from 1887 to 1904. He played Minor Counties cricket for Glamorgan County Cricket Club between 1890 and 1911: he played in every single match during this period, and was a member of the Glamorgan side that won the Minor Counties Championship in 1900. He played first class cricket for South Wales between 1905 and 1909. He played for the Gentleman of Glamorgan from 1913 onwards.[1]

Marriage
Rouen, Haute Normandie

In 1901, at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France,[13] Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson[14] (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born daughter of James Holmes Parson, a British merchant banker in Italy.[13] The couple's son was the choral conductor and educator James William Webb-Jones (b. 1904).[14] Ernest,[1] his son James William,[15] and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones,[16] were all members of the Jesters Cricket Club and played together in the 1931 side. Peter Stanley Lyons, the husband of Ernest’s granddaughter, Bridget, was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.[17]

Death and Bankruptcy

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