Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet (April 18, 1859

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 – April 20, 1949

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), was a Welsh

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 civil engineer and politician.

The son of a sea captain, he was brought up in Fishguard

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 and studied at the University of Bristol

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. He qualified as a civil engineer and was involved in the building of the Severn Tunnel

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 and the Manchester Ship Canal

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. He became a partner in Topham, Jones, & Railton, a successful engineering firm that obtained many government contracts and worked on the Aswan Dam

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 among other projects.

Jones served in World War I

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 as a major in the Royal Engineers

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; two of his three sons were killed in the war.