A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, William
JONES. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 23; h-p., 18.)
William Jones died 24 May, 1846, at Haslar Hospital, from the effects of disease contracted on the coast of Africa.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland, with whom (including two years and a half spent on the Lisbon station) he served until wrecked, as Midshipman, off the coast of Holland, where he was taken prisoner, 19 Jan. 1808. In the following July, having been released, he joined the Aboukir 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner in the North Sea and Baltic, where, from March, 1809, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 24 July, 1811, we find him employed, again with Capt. Bland, as also with Capts. Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, as Master’s Mate, in the Africa 64, and Nymphen 36. His succeeding appointments were – 16 Aug. 1811, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, stationed in the Channel – 1 June, 1812, to the Cossack 22, Capts. Wm. King, Fras. Stanfell, Lord Algernon Percy, and Hon. Robt. Rodney, under whom he was employed in the Mediterranean and North America till July, 1815 – 12 Sept. 1819, to the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, lying at Portsmouth – 29 June, 1821, and 20 March, 1822, to the Bulwark and Gloucester 74’s, bearing each the flag of Sir Benj. Hallowell in the river Medway – and 23 Nov. 1822, to the command of the Mermaid Revenue-vessel. He was made Commander into the Orestes 18, on the Halifax station, 1 May, 1826; attained the rank of Captain 18 Aug. 1828; and was subsequently appointed – 6 May, 1833, to the Vestal 26, in which vessel he served for a period of four years and a half on the North America and West India station – and 27 June, 1843, to the Penelope steam-frigate. He continued in that ship on the coast of Africa, latterly with the broad pendant of Commodore, until within a short time of his death. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.