Lawrence-Jones Baronets
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The Jones, later Lawrence-Jones Baronetcy, of Cranmer Hall in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for Major-General John Jones, who had earlier fought with distinction in the Peninsular War
. He married Catherine, daughter of Effingham Lawrence.
The second Baronet was murdered by robbers at Macri near Dalaman in Turkey.
The fifth Baronet was an author whose works include "Victorian Boyhood", "Edwardian Youth" and "Georgian Afternoon".
The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Lawrence.
The Right Reverend Herbert Edward Jones
, second son of the third Baronet, was suffragan
Bishop of Lewes
.
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
. He married Catherine, daughter of Effingham Lawrence.
The second Baronet was murdered by robbers at Macri near Dalaman in Turkey.
The fifth Baronet was an author whose works include "Victorian Boyhood", "Edwardian Youth" and "Georgian Afternoon".
The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Lawrence.
The Right Reverend Herbert Edward Jones
Herbert Edward Jones
Herbert Edward Jones was an English clergyman, the second Suffragan Bishop of Lewes and Archdeacon of Chichester.The second son of Sir Willoughby Jones, 3rd Baronet, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, ordained in 1884 and began his career with a curacy at St Andrews,...
, second son of the third Baronet, was suffragan
Suffragan bishop
A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...
Bishop of Lewes
Bishop of Lewes
The Bishop of Lewes is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Lewes, the county town of East Sussex.-List of the Bishops of Lewes:...
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Jones, later Lawrence-Jones Baronets, of Cranmer Hall (1831)
- Sir John Thomas Jones, 1st Baronet (1783-1843)
- Sir Lawrence Jones, 2nd Baronet (1817-1845)
- Sir Willoughby Jones, 3rd BaronetSir Willoughby Jones, 3rd BaronetSir Willoughby Jones 3rd Baronet was a Norfolk landowner and an English Conservative Party politician. He was briefly Member of Parliament for the Cheltenham constituency...
(1820-1884) - Sir Lawrence John Jones, 4th Baronet (1857-1954)
- Sir Lawrence Evelyn Jones, 5th Baronet (1885-1969)
- Sir Christopher Lawrence-Jones, 6th Baronet (b. 1940)