Theodore Morton Jones R.N.
Theodore Morton Jones R.N.
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Theodore Morton Jones R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1828 | | Born |
26 August 1895 | | Died |
In 1864 Edmund Hope Verney described Jones as 'one of the nicest fellows I ever met in the Navy'. |
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Date | Rank |
20 January 1849 | Lieutenant |
22 August 1859 | Commander |
11 April 1866 | Captain |
31 December 1882 | Rear-Admiral |
8 January 1883 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
15 December 1888 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
2 December 1851 | | Lieutenant in Pandora, commanded by Byron Drury, Australia |
16 December 1859 | | Commander (2ic) in St Vincent, commanded by Thomas Wilson, reserve depot ship, Portsmouth |
1 January 1862 | 9 July 1863 | Commander in Sphinx (until paying off at Woolwich), China |
14 December 1863 | 28 April 1866 | Commander in Camelion (until paying off at Sheerness), Pacific |
24 May 1871 | 20 July 1875 | Captain in Glasgow (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral James Horsford Cockburn then Arthur Cumming (after Cockburn died), East Indies |
4 January 1879 | 1 January 1883 | Superintendent, Sheerness dockyard |