About Lewis Jones
Lived 1797 – 1895 (aged 97). Lewis Jones was a naval officer.
Admiral Sir Lewis Tobias Jones (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. In HMS Sampson he saw action in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. In retirement he was Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
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.
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Who was Lewis Jones?
British naval officer (1797-1895)
When was Lewis Jones born?
Lewis Jones was born on 24 December 1797 in Warwickshire.
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Lewis Jones died on 11 October 1895.
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Lewis Jones was a naval officer.
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