A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jones, William (c)
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JONES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
William Jones (c) entered the Navy, 13 March 1807,as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Speedy sloop, Capt. Henry Rich. Muddle. With that officer he continued to serve as Midshipman, and for a short time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Comet and Columbine sloops, on the Newfoundland, Cadiz, Lisbon, and Leeward Island stations, until Oct. 1815. He then took up a commission bearing date 15 March in that year, and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs Stilwell.