Ambrose Jones (died 15 December 1678) was a Welsh-Irish cleric who served as Anglican

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1667–1678. He was from a prominent family - his

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-educated father, Lewis Jones, served as Anglican

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, his oldest brother Henry Jones was Anglican

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and later Meath, and his brothers Theophilus Jones, Oliver Jones, and Michael Jones were soldiers and politicians. His mother was Mabel Ussher, sister of

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, Archbishop of Armagh. Ambrose Jones was educated at

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, earning a Doctorate in divinity, and took up his father's post as prebend of

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in February 1637/8. He later held church office as treasurer (1639) and

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(1641) of

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, archdeacon of Meath (Feb. 1660/1),

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of Castletown, Meath (1665) and finally bishop of Kildare and prebend of

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in 1667. As bishop, he made efforts to recover property that had been alienated from the see. In May - June 1642 he was besieged with his father, Bishop Lewis Jones, and others in King John's Castle, Limerick by Irish forces; he was one of the representatives who negotiated the castle's surrender, and a surviving diary of the siege has been attributed to him.''Anatomy of a Siege: King John's Castle, Limerick, 1642'', volume 1, Kenneth Wiggins, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2001, p. 61

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* Anglican bishops of Kildare Archdeacons of Meath 1678 deaths Year of birth unknown Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub