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'''Sir Willoughby Jones 3rd Baronet''' (24 November 1820 - 21 August 1884) was a Norfolk [[landowner]] and an English [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[politician]]. He was briefly [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheltenham constituency]]
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'''Sir Willoughby Jones 3rd Baronet''' (24 November 1820 – 21 August 1884) was a Norfolk [[landowner]] and an English [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. He was briefly [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheltenham constituency]].


Jones was the son Major-General John Jones, who had earlier fought in the Peninsular and his wife Catherine Lawrence. He inherited the [[Lawrence-Jones Baronets|Jones baronetcy]] from his brother in 1845.
Jones was the second son of Major-General [[John Thomas Jones]], who had earlier fought in the Peninsula, and his wife Catherine Lawrence. He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he graduated in 1843 with [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]].<ref name=Blain>{{cite book
| pages = 49–50
| last = Blain
| first = Rev. Michael
| title = The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections
| year = 2007
| publisher = Project Canterbury |location=Christchurch
| url = http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_canterbury2007.pdf
| accessdate = 23 March 2013
}}</ref> The [[Lawrence-Jones baronets|Jones baronetcy]] was created in 1831 for his father, who died in 1843. Willoughby Jones inherited the baronetcy from his brother Lawrence, who was murdered in Turkey in 1845.<ref name="dnb">{{cite web | last =Vetch | first =R. H. | title =Jones, Sir John Thomas, first baronet (1783–1843), army officer| work = [[Dictionary of National Biography]] Vol. XXX | publisher =Smith, Elder & Co. | year =1892 | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/olddnb.jsp?articleid=15054 | accessdate =23 March 2013 }} {{DNBfirst|wstitle=Jones, John Thomas}}</ref>


In July 1847 he won the seat of Cheltenham by a majority of 108; however, he was unseated by petition in May 1848. He lived at Cranmer Hall in Norfolk where in 1860 he had to order the felling of the [[Bale Oak]]. He was appointed [[High Sheriff of Norfolk]] in 1851 <ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=21181|startpage=363|date=11 February 1851|accessdate=2008-04-16}}</ref>.
In [[1847 United Kingdom general election|July 1847]] he won the seat of Cheltenham by a majority of 108; however, he was unseated by petition in May 1848. He was a member of the [[Canterbury Association]] from 27 March 1848.<ref name=Blain /> He lived at Cranmer Hall near [[Fakenham]] in Norfolk where in 1860 he had to order the felling of the [[Bale Oak]]. He was appointed [[High Sheriff of Norfolk]] in 1851.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21181|page=363|date=11 February 1851}}</ref>


Jones' daughter Maud was deaf and subject to the interest of [[Alexander Graham Bell]], whose initial research on the telephone was to improve communication with the deaf.
On 15 April 1856, he married his cousin Emily Taylor Jones, the daughter of Henry Taylor-Jones (1790–1860), who was his father's half-brother.<ref name=Blain /> Their daughter Maud was deaf and subject to the interest of [[Alexander Graham Bell]], whose initial research on the telephone was to improve communication with the deaf. The Right Reverend [[Herbert Jones (bishop of Lewes)|Herbert Jones]], second son of the third Baronet, was [[suffragan bishop|suffragan]] [[Bishop of Lewes]]. Jones passed the baronetcy to his eldest son when he died on 21 August 1884.<ref name=Blain />
The Right Reverend [[Herbert Edward Jones]], second son of the third Baronet, was [[suffragan bishop|suffragan]] [[Bishop of Lewes]].


==References==
==References==
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*Alexander Graham Bell The Question of Sign-Language and the utility of signs in the instruction of the deaf (1898)
*Alexander Graham Bell The Question of Sign-Language and the utility of signs in the instruction of the deaf (1898)


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Sir Willoughby Jones 3rd Baronet (24 November 1820 – 21 August 1884) was a Norfolk landowner and an English Conservative Party politician. He was briefly Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cheltenham constituency.

Jones was the second son of Major-General John Thomas Jones, who had earlier fought in the Peninsula, and his wife Catherine Lawrence. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1843 with BA.[1] The Jones baronetcy was created in 1831 for his father, who died in 1843. Willoughby Jones inherited the baronetcy from his brother Lawrence, who was murdered in Turkey in 1845.[2]

In July 1847 he won the seat of Cheltenham by a majority of 108; however, he was unseated by petition in May 1848. He was a member of the Canterbury Association from 27 March 1848.[1] He lived at Cranmer Hall near Fakenham in Norfolk where in 1860 he had to order the felling of the Bale Oak. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1851.[3]

On 15 April 1856, he married his cousin Emily Taylor Jones, the daughter of Henry Taylor-Jones (1790–1860), who was his father's half-brother.[1] Their daughter Maud was deaf and subject to the interest of Alexander Graham Bell, whose initial research on the telephone was to improve communication with the deaf. The Right Reverend Herbert Jones, second son of the third Baronet, was suffragan Bishop of Lewes. Jones passed the baronetcy to his eldest son when he died on 21 August 1884.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 49–50. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  2. ^ Vetch, R. H. (1892). "Jones, Sir John Thomas, first baronet (1783–1843), army officer". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XXX. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 23 March 2013. The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: "Jones, John Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. ^ "No. 21181". The London Gazette. 11 February 1851. p. 363.
  • Alexander Graham Bell The Question of Sign-Language and the utility of signs in the instruction of the deaf (1898)
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cheltenham
1847–1848 by-election 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Edward Roger Pratt
 High Sheriff of Norfolk
1851 		Succeeded by
Frederick William Irby
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Cranmer Hall)
1845–1884 		Succeeded by
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