Ernest William Jones (December 1870 – 17 September 1941) was a

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trans-European steamship agent, and a

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er.

Family

Ernest, who was born in

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during December 1870 and was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, was the son of William Matthew Jones (b. 1838), who was an owner of the trans-European steamship agency M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856), by Agnes Ida Long (1845 – 1899). Ernest's only sibling was the

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Arthur Webb-Jones (1875 – 1917). Ernest's cousins were Edwin Price Jones, who was Vice-Consul for Chile and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce, and William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika.

Cricket

Ernest, who inherited ownership of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856), had a 45-year cricketing career playing for

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from 1887 to 1904; and for

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from 1890 to 1911 (between which he played in every single match and was a member of the side that won the Minor Counties Championship in 1900); and (in

) for

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from 1905 and 1909; and for the Gentleman of Glamorgan from 1913.

Marriage Death and Bankruptcy

In 1901, at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France, Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born daughter of James Holmes Parson, who was a merchant banker in

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. Ernest's only son was the choral conductor

James William Webb-Jones James William Webb-Jones (1904 – 1965) was a Welsh choral conductor, educator, and cricketer. Family and Early Life James William, who was born in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales, was the only child of the trans-European steamship agent Ern ...

(b. 1904), whose daughter Bridget married the chorister

Peter Stanley Lyons Peter Stanley Lyons (6 December 1927 – 28 November 2006) was an English Marxist choral conductor and a headmaster of Witham Hall School. Early life Peter Stanley Lyons was born in Atherfold Road, London, SW9, to Harold Lyons, who was the s ...

Peter S. Lyons and Witham Hall, ''Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury'', Friday, February 8, 1985 in 1957.Obituary of Peter Stanley Lyons, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Friday, 20 April 2007. Ernest, and his son James William, and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, were all members of the Jesters Cricket Club, including in its 1931 side. Ernest died on 17 September 1941, and his trans-European steamship agency, M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856), was dissolved in 1942. His cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika, died by car accident in 1951.

References

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