Education Cranleigh School | Children 1, Bridget (b.1937) | |
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Born 21 February 1904 Glamorgan, Wales. Known for Headmaster of St George's School, Windsor Castle (1934 - 1942), Headmaster of Wells Cathedral School (1955 - 1960) Spouse(s) Barbara Bindon Moody, daughter of Richard Stanley Hawks Moody (m. 1930). Died 29 December 1965, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Alma maters Worcester College, Oxford, University of Grenoble | ||
James William Webb-Jones (1904 - 1965) was an English choral conductor and schoolmaster.
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Birth and family
James William was the only child of Ernest William Jones of Glamorgan (1870 - 1941), a trans-European shipping magnate, co-owner of Steamship company M. Jones and Brothers, and first class cricketer, and his French wife, Aimée Elizabeth Parson (1873 - 1913). His uncles included Arthur Webb-Jones, the eminent British gynaecologist, and Edwin Jones, Vice-Consul for Chile and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce. His second cousin, William Wynne Jones, was Bishop of Central Tanganyika in Africa. His great grandfather was London property developer James Burton, who was also the father of the architect Decimus Burton and the Egyptologist James Burton.
James William was educated at Cranleigh School and Worcester College, Oxford, where he was Captain of Cricket. He later attended the University of Grenoble where he received the Diplôme de Hautes Études.
James, like his father, Ernest, and his son in law, Peter, was a member of the Jesters Cricket Club.
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Marriage
James William married Barbara Bindon Moody, daughter of Colonel Richard Stanley Hawks Moody CB and granddaughter of Richard Clement Moody, the first Governor of the Falkland Islands and later Governor of British Columbia, at the Parish Church, Windsor on 20 December 1930.
Webb-Jones and Barbara Moody had one daughter, Bridget (b. September 5, 1937), who married Peter Lyons (musician) at Wells Cathedral in 1957. The godmother of Bridget Webb-Jones was Lady Walford Davies, wife of composer Sir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE, who was Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941, and later wife of Julian Harold Legge Lambart, Vice-Provost of Eton College.
James William and his wife retired to Witham Hall, where his son-in-law Peter Lyons (musician) was Headmaster of the school, where they are buried.