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Charles Lloyd Jones
Sir Charles Lloyd Jones (28 May 187830 July 1958) was an Australian businessman and patron of the arts, serving as Chairman of David Jones Limited from 1920 to his death in 1958. Early life and background Jones was born in 1878 in Burwood, New South Wales, to Edward Lloyd Jones and Helen Ann Jones, and was grandson to the Welsh-born merchant David Jones. After attending the Manor House School, London, and Homebush Grammar School, Jones studied from 1895 at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and then the Slade School of Fine Art in London, England, but ultimately was unable to fulfil his ambition of becoming a professional artist. He later trained as a tailor and worked in that profession for several years in England before returning to Australia in 1902. On 16 November 1900 when visiting Sydney he married his first wife, Winifred Ethelwyn Quaife, the daughter oBarzillai Quaife(1798-1873), a Congregational and Presbyterian minister, but they had no children. Career and David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HNLMS Java (1921)
HNLMS ''Java'' ( nl, Hr.Ms. Java) was a of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942. Service history The ship was built by the Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, ''Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde'' in Flushing and laid down on 31 May 1916. The ship was launched on 6 August 1921, and commissioned on 1 May 1925. Later that year on 14 October ''Java'' left the Netherlands for a journey to the Dutch East Indies. She arrived in Tanjung Priok on 7 December that year. On 29 July 1929 ''Java'', the destroyers and , and the submarines and left Surabaya and steamed to Tanjung Priok. There the ships waited for the royal yacht ''Maha Chakri'' of the Prajadhipok, King of Siam and the destroyer ''Phra Ruang''. After this the ships, without the submarines, visited Bangka Island, Bangka, Belitung, Riau Islands Province, Riau, Lingga Islands, Belawan and Deli Serdang Regency, Deli. On 28 August that year they returned to Tanjung Prio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
