Félix Jones
Spanish military officer
About Félix Jones
Félix Jones (fl. 1751–1817) -Spanish military commander.
His son, Félix Jones Rooth, also a military commander, was teniente del rey of Tarragona from 1835 to 1845.
In 1794, he was given command of the Irlanda Regiment. where he took the town of Estremoz.
He was promoted to field marshal in January 1808.
Major general Jones was later given command of the 3rd Division, numbering some 5,415 men, including 709 horse, of Castaños's field army at Bailén.
In 1808, he was appointed military and political governor of El Puerto de Santa María and interim governor of Cádiz, and José de Iturrigaray. Later that year, Jones would be substituted by Francisco Javier Venegas.
Post-war career He was awarded the Grand Cross of Saint Hermenegild in 1817.
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