About Theophilus Jones
Theophilus Jones was a politician.
Theophilus Jones (1729? – 8 December 1811) was an Irish MP and administrator.
He was born the eldest son of Walter Jones of Headfort and Olivia, the daughter and coheiress of the Hon. Chidley Coote of Coote Hall, County Roscommon.
He served three periods as MP for County Leitrim in the Parliament of Ireland, sitting from 1761 to 1768, 1776 to 1783 and 1790 to 1800. He also sat for Coleraine (1769 to 1776) and Monaghan Borough (1783 to 1790).
He was appointed secretary to Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol when the latter was Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1766, holding the post until 1799. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1767 and Collector of Excise at the Port of Dublin from 1767 to 1799. After the Union with Great Britain in 1800, he was MP for Leitrim in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1802.
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Member of the Parliament of Ireland and UK
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Theophilus Jones died on 8 December 1811.
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Theophilus Jones was a politician.
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