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
 
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
 
DateRank
1 January 1808Entered Navy
29 August 1822Lieutenant
28 June 1838Commander
4 November 1840Captain
17 June 1859Rear-Admiral
2 December 1865Vice-Admiral
1 April 1870Retired Vice-Admiral
17 July 1870Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
29 August 182227 August 1824Lieutenant in Atholl (1820, sixth rate), commanded by Henry Bourchier, Halifax, Canada
15 October 182731 October 1830Lieutenant 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 18331 February 1837Lieutenant in Edinburgh, commanded by Captain James Richard Dacres, Mediterranean station
9 February 183724 July 1838Lieutenant in Princess Charlotte, commanded by Captain Arthur Fanshawe, flagship of Robert Stopford, Mediterranean
25 July 183814 January 1841Commander (2ic) in Princess Charlotte, commanded by Captain Arthur Fanshawe, flagship of Entered Navy Robert Stopford, Mediterranean
23 December 184716 April 1849Captain in Penelope, flagship of Commodore Charles Hotham, west coast of Africa
24 December 185018 November 1854Captain in Sampson, west coast of Africa, then Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War)
19 November 185429 August 1855Captain in London, Mediterranean
30 August 185528 July 1856Captain in Princess Royal (until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediterranean
20 September 18593 October 1861Second in command, East India and China station (flag in Impérieuse then - 10 May 1861 - Chesapeake)
31 March 186231 March 1865Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown (flag in Hawke then - 1 September 1862 - Hastings)
25 March 1884 Governor of Greenwich Hospital


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