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Theobald Jones

Irish lichenologist, Royal Navy officer and Tory MP (1790-1868) · Politicians · Died at 77

Admiral Theobald Jones, also known as Toby Jones, was an Irish officer in the British Royal Navy, a Tory politician, a noted lichenologist, and a fossil-collector. The County Londonderry-born son of a Church of Ireland clergyman, Jones was descended from a 17th-century Welsh settler in Ireland.

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1868Died7 February 18681852Named Member of the 16th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice7 July 1852 to 21 March 18571847Named Member of the 15th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice29 July 1847 to 1 July 18521841Named Member of the 14th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice29 June 1841 to 23 July 18471837Named Member of the 13th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice24 July 1837 to 23 June 18411835Named Member of the 12th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice6 January 1835 to 17 July 18371832Named Member of the 11th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice10 December 1832 to 29 December 18341831Named Member of the 10th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice28 April 1831 to 3 December 18321830Named Member of the 9th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice29 July 1830 to 23 April 18311790Born15 April 1790

Awards

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

About this person

Several generations of his family had held public office in the Kingdom of Ireland, including membership of the pre-union Parliament of Ireland.

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Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1790 to 1868 · aged 77