Lewis Tobias Jones R.N.
Lewis Tobias Jones R.N.
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Lewis Tobias Jones R.N. | Explanation |
Second son of Captain L.T. Jones, formerly of 14th Regement |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
24 December 1797 | | Born |
28 June 1861 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
27 May 1873 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
11 October 1895 | | Died (Rubgy House, Southsea) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
1 January 1808 | Entered Navy |
29 August 1822 | Lieutenant |
28 June 1838 | Commander |
4 November 1840 | Captain |
17 June 1859 | Rear-Admiral |
2 December 1865 | Vice-Admiral |
1 April 1870 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
17 July 1870 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
29 August 1822 | 27 August 1824 | Lieutenant in Atholl (1820, sixth rate), commanded by Henry Bourchier, Halifax, Canada |
15 October 1827 | 31 October 1830 | Lieutenant in Cordelia (1808), commanded by Captains. George William St. John Mildmay, Courtenay Edmund William Boyle, and Charles Hotham on the North Sea, Lisbon, West India, Newfoundland, and Mediterranean stations |
1 November 1833 | 1 February 1837 | Lieutenant in Edinburgh, commanded by Captain James Richard Dacres, Mediterranean station |
9 February 1837 | 24 July 1838 | Lieutenant in Princess Charlotte, commanded by Captain Arthur Fanshawe, flagship of Robert Stopford, Mediterranean |
25 July 1838 | 14 January 1841 | Commander (2ic) in Princess Charlotte, commanded by Captain Arthur Fanshawe, flagship of Entered Navy Robert Stopford, Mediterranean |
23 December 1847 | 16 April 1849 | Captain in Penelope, flagship of Commodore Charles Hotham, west coast of Africa |
24 December 1850 | 18 November 1854 | Captain in Sampson, west coast of Africa, then Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War) |
19 November 1854 | 29 August 1855 | Captain in London, Mediterranean |
30 August 1855 | 28 July 1856 | Captain in Princess Royal (until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediterranean |
20 September 1859 | 3 October 1861 | Second in command, East India and China station (flag in Impérieuse then - 10 May 1861 - Chesapeake) |
31 March 1862 | 31 March 1865 | Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown (flag in Hawke then - 1 September 1862 - Hastings) |
25 March 1884 | | Governor of Greenwich Hospital |