Name John Jones | ||
Prof. John Share Jones MBE, known as Dr Share Jones (25 August 1873 – 2 December 1950), was a British Veterinary Surgeon and briefly a Liberal Party politician.
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Background
Jones was the son of Thomas Jones. He was educated at the University of Liverpool, King’s College (proxime accessit Logic Prize), University College, the Royal Veterinary College, London (Centenary Prizeman, etc.) and Paris. He married Dr Mary S. Jones of Wrexham and lived at Pentre Bychan Hall near Wrexham, before later moving to live at Plas Kynaston Hall, Cefn Mawr. In 1948 he was awarded the MBE.
Professional career
Jones was Tutor in Surgery and Demonstrator of Anatomy, RVC, 1900–04; awarded Steel Memorial Medal by RCVS, 1928; Bronze Medal, Berne; Victory Medal Central Vet. Soc. London; formerly Member of Council (for 38 years) and Vice-Pres. RCVS (Pres., 1928–29); Hon. Vice-Pres. Nat. Federation of Meat Traders’ Assoc., Great Britain; First President Welsh Branch National VM Assoc. of Great Britain and Ireland; Hon. Fellow Central VM Assoc., London, and North Wales VM Assoc., Governor University College of North Wales; Member of Court of Governors Royal Veterinary College, London; formerly Examiner to Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and London; Member of Colonial Office Committee on Colonial Veterinary Services, and of the Departmental Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture on the Reconstruction of the Royal Veterinary College, London; Chairman Land Settlement and Training Association for Rural Development; Chairman of the North Wales Live Stock Joint Committee; Hon. Local Fuel Overseer, etc.; was for some years a manufacturer of Welsh Woollen Goods and Director of the Mills Glyn Ceiriog; gave evidence before the Royal Commission on University Education in Wales. Professor of Veterinary Anatomy, Surgical and Applied Anatomy, and Operative Veterinary Surgery, 1919–38; in charge of Department of Human Anatomy, 1919–24; Professor Emeritus, University of Liverpool; late Director of Veterinary Studies; MD (V; hc, Berne); DVSc; MSc; MRCVS (1900); FRCVS (1907).
Political career
Jones was Liberal candidate for the Oswestry division of Shropshire at the 1929 General Election. Oswestry was a safe Unionist seat where the Liberals usually finished second. He achieved a swing of 8.2%, but it was not enough to win the seat;
He did not stand for parliament again. He was selected as a Liberal Party prospective parliamentary candidate for the neighbouring constituency of Shrewsbury sometime after 1935 and was active there in anticipation of a general election expected to take place in 1939/1940. As it transpired, due to the outbreak of war, the election did not take place until 1945, by which time he had been replaced as Liberal candidate.