A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, Oliver John
JONES. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Oliver John Jones, born 15 March, 1813, is second son of the late Major-General Oliver Jones, who commanded the 18th Hussars under Sir John Moore in the Peninsula, by his second wife, Maria Antonia, youngest daughter of the late Henry Swinburne, Esq., of Homsterly, co. Durham, and grand-daughter of Sir John Swinburne, Bart., of Capheaton, co. Northumberland. His only brother is the present Robt. Oliver Jones, Esq., of Fonmon Castle, co. Glamorgan, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, who served as High Sheriff in 1838.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Sept. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and obtained his commission 21 Dec. 1839. His appointments have since been – 6 July, 1840, to the Southampton 50, flagship of Sir Edw. Durnford King at the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope – 8 Jan. 1842, to the Calcutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, off Lisbon – 5 July, 1842, as First, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, in the Mediterranean – 21 Jan. 1843, as Additional, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, on the same station – and, 11 Aug. 1843, again as Senior Lieutenant, to the Pilot 16, Capts. Wm. Henry Jervis and Geo. Knyvett Wilson, under the latter of whom he is at present employed in the East Indies. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.