A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, William (b)
JONES. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
William Jones (b) entered the Navy, 8 June, 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Captain 74, Capts. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, Geo. Cockburn, Isaac Wolley, Jas. Athol Wood, and Christ. John Williams Nesham; and, during a period of four years and a half that he continued in that ship, assisted at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of the French frigate Le President of 44 guns, was present in 1807 at the reduction of Copenhagen and Madeira, and served at the taking of Martinique in Feb. 1809. Removing in Dec. of the latter year to the Dictator 64, Capts. Rich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. Williams, he was for 16 months employed under those officers on the Baltic and Leith stations; after which, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Feb. 1815, he served, off the coasts of France and Spain, among the Western Islands, and in North America, as Midshipman, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, Constant gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Stokes, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. With the exception of some time passed in the Coast Guard as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, subsequently to Nov. 1824, of the Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he has since been on half-pay.