A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Edward Leslie
JONES. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 17; h-p.,17.)
Edward Leslie Jones, born 30 Dec. 1800, is fifth son of the late John Jones, Esq., of Woolley, near Bradford, Wilts; and nephew of the late Colonel Leslie Grove Jones, of the Grenadier Guards.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1813, as a Volunteer, on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Geo. Bell, employed in the blockade of Cherbourg; and after conveying the 27th Regt. to Quebec in the Warspite 74, Capt. Lord Jas. O’Bryen, joined the Malta 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, on the Mediterranean station, where he assisted, as Midshipman, at the reduction of the strong fortress of Gaeta in 1815. He served during the next three years on the coast of Africa in the 20-gun ships Bann and Cherub, Capts. Wm. Fisher and Geo. Wickens Willes; on accompanying the latter of whom into the Wye 26, commanded afterwards by Capt. Peter Fisher, he was employed for a similar period in the suppression of smuggling in the North Sea and Channel, and was for upwards of two whole months engaged in cruizing in an open boat. In Jan. 1823, having passed his examination in Feb. 1820, he rejoined Capt. Willes, as Mate, in the Brazen 26, and sailed with him for the South American station, whence he returned to the coast of Africa, and was there made Lieutenant, 12 May, 1827, into the Maidstone 42, Commodore Chas. Bullen. After four years of half-pay, Mr. Jones was next, on 15 Aug. 1831, appointed to the Isis 50, Capts. Geo. Rennie and Jas. Polkinghorne, under whom he again served on the African coast until the close of 1834. His last appointment was, 19 May, 1835, to the Carron steamer, Capt. Edw. Belcher, in which vessel he was for about seven months occupied in surveying the Irish Channel. His health (impaired by his long servitude, of nine years, on the African station, where he passed a great part of the period on board slave-vessels, and underwent great hardships) has since prevented his seeking active employment.
He married, 26 May, 1840, Mary, second daughter of the late Rev. Rich. Thos. Whalley, Prebendary of Wells, and Rector of Ilchester and Yeovilton, co. Somerset, and niece of the late John Paine Tredway, Esq., M.P. for Wells. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.