Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh (died 1669) was an Irish politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  from 1640 to 1643.

Jones was the son of Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh

Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh

Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh PC was a member of the Peerage of Ireland and lord president of Connaught. He was Chief Leader of the Army and Forces of Connaught during the early years of the Irish Confederate Wars...

 and his wife Frances Moore, daughter of Sir Garret Moore, eventual 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda. He succeeded to the titles of Baron Jones of Navan, and Viscount Ranelagh

Viscount Ranelagh

The titles of Viscount Ranelagh and Baron Jones of Navan were created in the Peerage of Ireland by Charles I on 25 August 1628 to Sir Roger Jones, son of Thomas Jones Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Thomas Jones father was Henry Jones, Esq. of Middleton in Lancashire...

 on the death of his father in 1628. He was Member of Parliament

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 for County Sligo from 1634 to 1635.

In November 1640, Jones was elected MP for Weobley

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 in the Long Parliament

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.He was dieabled from sitting in 1643.

Jones married Katherine Boyle, daughter of the Earl of Cork

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork

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. Her brothers included the chemist Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle

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 and Lord Broghill, the later Earl of Orrery

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

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 who was a prominent politician

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 in Cromwellian and Restoration times. They had a son Richard

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh PC FRS , known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland.-Background:...

who was created Earl of Ranelagh.