Sir Frederick John Jones, 1st Baronet (1855 – 23 May 1936) was created a Baronet of

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in the West Riding of the County of York in the

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on 23 May 1919. He was educated at

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and

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.''Who Was Who''. Although his son has an entry in Venn's ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'', however, he does not. He held many industrial and commercial directorships and was particularly prominent in coal mining. He was managing director of Rother Vale Collieries Ltd which owned several collieries in the area of

near

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. These included Treeton, Fence and Orgreave mines. He was a director of United Steel Companies and twice president of the

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. In 1901, he bought Irnham Hall,

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which became and remains the family seat. He was succeeded by his son Walter.

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1855 births 1936 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People educated at Repton School People from South Kesteven District {{UK-baronet-stub