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John Arthur Eyton-Jones (25 September 1862 – 3 March 1940) was a Welsh
He married twice, firstly in 1890 to Annie Isabella Shand Stodart-Milne. They had a daughter Margaret Susannah Maurice Eyton-Jones. Annie died in 1908 aged 38. Eyton-Jones married again in 1909 to Marie Anne Jones, a State Registered Nurse. Their son Arthur Paget Eyton-Jones was born in 1920.
footballer
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who played as a forward
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. He was part of the Wales national team between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland.
Early life
Eyton-Jones was born inWrexham
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, Denbighshire
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, Wales, is a member of the Eyton-Jones family, and was an uncle of William Eyton-Jones. He was educated at the Grove Park School
Ysgol Clywedog (English: meaning ''Clywedog School''), is a comprehensive secondary school which serves parts of the city of Wrexham in north-east Wales, in the community of Offa.
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in Wrexham where he was a younger contemporary of Robert Armstrong-Jones
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, (born Robert Jones; 2 December 1857 – 30 January 1943) was a Welsh physician and psychiatrist.
Biography
He was born in Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarvonshire, the son of a Congregational minister. He was educated at ...
.
Sporting and football career
Eyton-Jones played football with the Wrexham Hare and Hounds Club. He was part of theWales national football team
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, Association = Football Association of Wales (FAW)
, Confederation = UEFA (Europe)
, Coach = Rob Page
, Captain = Gareth Bale
, Most caps = Gareth Bale (111)
, Top scorer = Gareth ...
between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland.
He also played for Everton in 1888.
Military service
Eyton-Jones served as amedical officer
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in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
The Royal Welch Fusiliers ( cy, Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales' Division, that was founded in 1689; shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designated ...
, and saw action in World War I as a Captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Personal life
Eyton-Jones worked as a local doctor and surgeon in the Wrexham area and lived at Abbotsfield on Grosvenor Road. This elegant neo-gothic Grade II Listed house was designed by architect James Reynolds Gummow of the Wrexham architect family in the 1860s as a private residence, and was purchased by Eyton-Jones in 1895.He married twice, firstly in 1890 to Annie Isabella Shand Stodart-Milne. They had a daughter Margaret Susannah Maurice Eyton-Jones. Annie died in 1908 aged 38. Eyton-Jones married again in 1909 to Marie Anne Jones, a State Registered Nurse. Their son Arthur Paget Eyton-Jones was born in 1920.
See also
*List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical)
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References
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