Buried at Fareham, Hampshire Name Lewis Jones Awards Order of the Bath Allegiance United Kingdom Role Royal Navy officer Battles and wars Crimean War | Years of service 1808-1865 Died October 11, 1895 Service/branch Royal Navy Battles/wars Crimean War Rank Admiral | |
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Commands held HMS Penelope
HMS Sampson
HMS London
HMS Princess Royal
Queenstown | ||
Place of burial Fareham, United Kingdom | ||
Admiral Sir Lewis Tobias Jones GCB (24 December 1797 – 11 October 1895) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown.
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. In HMS Sampson he saw action in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. 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. 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. In retirement he was Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
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.