Richard Jones (1786–1852)

Richard Jones (1786 – 6 November 1852) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born at Chirbury in Shropshire to Thomas Bowdler Jones and Elizabeth Ann Philips. He was a clerk in London before migrating to New South Wales, where he became a merchant and pastoralist. In 1823 he married Mary Louisa Peterson, with whom he had eight children. He served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1829 to 1843 and from 1850 to 1852. Jones died at New Farm in the Moreton Bay district, which at the time was still part of New South Wales.