Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Lewis Tobias Jones GCB (24 December 1797 – 11 October 1895) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown.

Admiral Sir Lewis Jones GCB
Born	24 December 1797 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died	11 October 1895 (1895-10-12) (aged 97) Southsea, Hampshire, England
Buried	Fareham, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1808–1865
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMS Penelope HMS Sampson HMS London HMS Princess Royal Queenstown
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars War of 1812 Crimean War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Jones became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Penelope in December 1847 and commanding officer of the frigate HMS Sampson in December 1850.^[1] In HMS Sampson he saw action in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.^[1] He went on to be commanding officer of the second-rate HMS London in November 1854 and commanding officer of the second-rate HMS Princess Royal in August 1855.^[1] He went on to be Second-in-command, East Indies and China Station in September 1859 and Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in March 1862 before he retired in March 1865.^[2] In retirement he was Governor of Greenwich Hospital.^[3]

Jones died on 11 October 1895 at his home Rugby House in Southsea and was buried in the family vault in the churchyard of Holy Trinity, Fareham.^[4]

Coat of arms of Lewis Jones

Notes Confirmed 7 August 1873 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[5] Crest A lion couchant Or armed and langued Gules charged on the shoulder with a trefoil slipped Vert. Escutcheon Per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules a bordure engrailed of the third. Motto Periculum Et Aliis Facito