20-1969: William Jones may refer to: Academics [ edit ] William Jones (college principal) (1676–1725), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725 William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), English judge and philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages W. H. S. Jones (William Henry Samuel Jones, 1876–1963), British author, translator and academic Arts and entertainment [ edit ] William Ifor Jones (1900–1988), Welsh conductor and organist William Andrew Jones (1907–1974), actor, better known as Billy De Wolfe W. S. Jones (William Samuel Jones, 1920–2007), Welsh playwright and script writer Wil Jones (artist) (William Richard Jones, 1960–2020), Welsh portrait painter William James Jones (born 1975), American actor William Jones (game designer) , American horror fiction writer and game designer William E. Jones (filmmaker) (born 1962), American experimental filmmaker Business and industry [ edit ] William Jones (haberdasher) (died 1615), haberdasher, philanthropist and founder of Monmouth School, Wales William Highfield Jones (1829–1903), industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor in Wolverhampton W. Alton Jones (1891–1962), American industrialist and philanthropist Ernest Jones (trade unionist) (William Ernest Jones, 1895–1973), British trade union leader Criminals [ edit ] William Jones (Australian convict) (1827–1871), Australian colony ex-convict schoolteacher William Jones (gangster) (fl. 1911), New York City criminal W. D. Jones (1916–1974), criminal who travelled with Bonnie and Clyde William Jones,
40-501: A 1944 Welsh-language novel by T. Rowland Hughes See also [ edit ] Bill Jones (disambiguation) Billy Jones (disambiguation) Will Jones (disambiguation) Willie Jones (disambiguation) William Corbett-Jones , American pianist William Stanton Jones (1866–1951), Anglican bishop William Todd-Jones (born 1973), British puppet designer and performer William West Jones (1838–1908), second Bishop and first Archbishop of Cape Town Topics referred to by
60-586: A Welsh academic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . William Jones (judge) Sir William Jones (1566–1640) was a Welsh judge, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Welsh Borough of Beaumaris . From a family settled in North Wales, he was eldest son of William Jones of Castellmarch , Carnarvonshire , by Margaret, daughter of Humphry Wynn ap Meredith of Hyssoilfarch . Educated at first at Beaumaris free school, he went at
80-489: A founding father of FIBA Wil Jones (basketball coach) (1938–2014), American basketball point guard and coach Wil Jones (basketball) (born 1947), American basketball power forward Combat sports [ edit ] William Jones (British wrestler) , British Olympic wrestler in 1908 Gorilla Jones (William Landon Jones, 1906–1982), American boxer, world Middleweight champion William Jones (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler, best known under
100-451: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Jones (college principal) William Jones (26 February 1676 – 29 November 1725 ), born Kidwelly , Wales , was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford , from 1720 to 1725. He had previously been a student of the college, obtaining his BA in 1697, his MA in 1700, his BD in 1708 and his DD in 1720. This biography of
120-2138: The California State Assembly William Blakely Jones (1907–1979), American federal judge Burt Jones (William Burton Jones, born 1979), lieutenant governor of Georgia William H. Jones (South Carolina politician) , state legislator in South Carolina William Stafford Jones , political consultant in Florida Elsewhere [ edit ] William Jones (Welsh radical) (1726–1795), Welsh political radical William Jones (Chartist) (1809–1873), Welsh political radical and Chartist William Jones (New Zealand politician) (1868–1953), member of parliament in New Zealand William Jones (Newfoundland politician) (1873–1930), physician and politician in Newfoundland Religion [ edit ] William Jones of Nayland (1726–1800), British Anglican priest and author William Jones (Welsh priest) (1755–1821), Welsh Anglican priest William Jones (Welsh Baptist writer) (1762–1846) William Henry Jones (1817–1885), English Anglican priest and antiquarian William Henry Jones (Methodist) (1874–1939), Australian churchman William Basil Jones (1822–1897), Welsh Anglican bishop of St David's J. William Jones (1836–1909), American Baptist minister and Lost Cause advocate William Jones (bishop of Puerto Rico) (1865–1921), American Catholic bishop of Puerto Rico William Jones (dean of Brecon) (1897–1974), British Anglican priest William A. Jones (bishop of Missouri) (1927–2020), Bishop of Missouri William Augustus Jones Jr. (1934–2006), American Baptist minister and civil rights movement leader Science and medicine [ edit ] William Jones (mathematician) (1675–1749), Welsh mathematician who proposed
140-668: The Colony of Connecticut William Jones (governor) (1753–1822), Governor of Rhode Island, 1811–1817 William Jones (statesman) (1760–1831), fourth United States Secretary of the Navy and US congressman from Pennsylvania William Giles Jones (1808–1883), American federal judge William E. Jones (politician) (1808 or 1810–1871), Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas William J. Jones (1810–1897), Justice of
160-598: The English court of exchequer. While the Irish chancellorship was vacant he was a commissioner of the great seal. He was a Member of Parliament three times for Beaumaris (1597, 1604 and 1614) and for Caernarvonshire in 1601. In 1620, he resigned his judgeship, and returned to the English bar. His name occurs in his own and in George Croke 's ‘Reports’ from Michaelmas 1620 to Michaelmas 1621. On 25 September 1621, he
180-868: The House of Commons in 1614 William Jones (Parliamentarian) (fl. 1640s), Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons William Jones (law officer) (1631–1682), English lawyer and politician William Nathaniel Jones (1858–1934), Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier William Jones (Arfon MP) (1859–1915), British Liberal politician Kennedy Jones (journalist) (William Kennedy Jones, 1865–1921), British journalist and Member of Parliament William Henry Hyndman Jones , British colonial judge and administrator Sir William Hollingworth Quayle Jones , British judge in Sierra Leone and acting governor U.S. [ edit ] William Jones (deputy governor) (1624–1706), Deputy Governor of
200-625: The Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas William Hemphill Jones (1811–1880), American politician William F. Jones (1813–1890), American politician in Indiana William C. Jones (New York politician) (1822–1877), American politician from New York William D. Jones (1830–1905), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly William W. Jones , mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1871–1875 and 1877–1879) William Theopilus Jones (1842–1882), delegate to
220-774: The US Congress from the Territory of Wyoming William A. Jones (politician) (1844–?), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly William Atkinson Jones (1849–1918), US congressman from Virginia William G. Jones (politician) , (1861–1956), state legislator in Iowa William Carey Jones (1855–1927), US congressman from Washington William Jones (Wisconsin politician) (1894–1977) William Moseley Jones (1905–1988), American politician in
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#1732773224876240-541: The age of fourteen to St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford , where he did not graduate. He entered Furnival's Inn five years later, was admitted a member of Lincoln's Inn on 5 July 1587, and called to the bar there on 28 January 1595. He was Lent reader of the inn in 1616 and was made a serjeant and knight on 14 March 1617; on 13 May of the same year he was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland , in succession to Sir John Denham , who had been transferred to
260-578: The cases of Baron Morley and Sir Henry Mayne; but in 1627 he was one of the judges who refused to admit Sir John Eliot and his companions to bail (28 November). He was one of the judges who tried Eliot, Denzil Holles and Benjamin Valentine in 1630, and he delivered the judgment of the court. In 1636, he signed an opinion in favour of ship money , and in 1638 he gave judgment for its legality. He died at his house in Holborn on 9 December 1640, and
280-1247: The perpetrator of the murder of Jared Plesec Military [ edit ] William Jones (1803–1864), Union Army lieutenant colonel, politician and owner of the Colonel William Jones House in Indiana William Jones (British Army officer) (1808–1890), British Army general William E. Jones (general) (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general William Gore Jones (1826–1888), British admiral William Jones (American sailor) (1831–?), American Union Navy sailor William Jones (VC) (1839–1913), British soldier William H. Jones (Medal of Honor) (1842–1911), American cavalry private and Medal of Honor recipient William M. Jones (1895–1969), Canadian Army officer William K. Jones (1916–1998), American Marine Corps lieutenant general William A. Jones III (1922–1969), US Air Force colonel and Medal of Honor recipient Politics and law [ edit ] U.K. [ edit ] William Jones (judge) (1566–1640), Welsh judge and English Member of Parliament William Jones (of Treowen) (died 1640), English politician who sat in
300-1391: The ring name "Chilly Willy" Cricket [ edit ] William Jones (South Australia cricketer) (1864–1924), Australian cricketer William Jones (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1941), Welsh cricketer William Jones (cricketer, born 1990) , Australian-born English cricketer Water sports [ edit ] William Jones (rower) (1925–2014), Uruguayan rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics William Jones (canoeist) (born 1931), Australian sprint canoer William Jones (Canadian sailor) (born 1995), Canadian sailor Other sports [ edit ] Bert Jones (rugby) (William Herbert Jones, 1906–1982), rugby union and rugby league football for Wales, Llanelli, and St. Helens Brer Jones (William Jones, fl. 1932), American baseball player Dub Jones (American football) (William Augustus Jones, born 1924), American football player William Jones (sport shooter) (1928–2017), Canadian Olympic shooter Others [ edit ] William Bence Jones (1812–1882), Anglo-Irish agriculturist William Ebeneezer Jones Jr. (born 1959), missing child in New Jersey William A. Jones (writer) , British author of MindWealth: building Personal Wealth from Intellectual Property Right Other uses [ edit ] William Jones (novel) ,
320-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title William Jones . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Jones&oldid=1246438303 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
340-787: The scale of costs in the Dublin courts. He remained a member of the Irish commission at any rate till November 1623. On 6 August 1623, he was appointed a member of the Council of Wales , in January of the following year was a member of another Irish commission, and on 17 October 1624 was transferred from the Common Pleas to the Court of King's Bench . As a member of the Star Chamber he appears to have been in favour of leniency, at least in
360-1451: The use of the symbol π William Jones (naturalist) (1745–1818), English naturalist and entomologist William Jones (optician) (1763–1831), English optician and scientific instrument maker William Allen Jones (1831–1897), Canadian dentist and miner William Eifion Jones (1925–2004), Welsh marine botanist William Paul Jones (born 1952), cognitive scientist Sports [ edit ] Association football (soccer) [ edit ] William P. Jones (1870–1953), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer William Roberts Jones (1870–1938), Aberystwyth F.C. and Wales international footballer William Jones (English footballer, born 1876) (1876–1959), Bristol City F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and England international footballer William Jones (Welsh footballer, born 1876) (1876–1918), West Ham United F.C. and Wales international footballer William Lot Jones (bap. 1882–1941), Manchester City F.C. and Wales international footballer William Jones (Port Vale footballer) (fl. 1905) William Jones (English footballer, fl. 1930s) , English footballer with Gillingham F.C. Morris Jones (footballer) (William Morris Jones, 1919–1993), English footballer with Port Vale F.C., Swindon Town F.C. and others Basketball [ edit ] Renato William Jones (1906–1981), popularizer of basketball in Europe & Asia and
380-473: Was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas , and on 20 March 1622 was selected as a member of a commission to go to Ireland. He complained to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex that the commissioners refused to recognise him as a judge, or entitled to any precedence on the commission, and that he was placed junior on it. While in Ireland, upon the complaint of the general body of suitors, he revised
400-901: Was buried in Lincoln's Inn Chapel. Thomas Hearne in his Curious Discourses prints a paper by Jones on the early Britons, read before the Society of Antiquaries in Elizabeth I's reign, and calls him a person of learning in British antiquities. Jones's ‘Reports of Cases from 18 James I to 15 Charles I’ appeared in 1675. He married in 1587 Margaret, eldest daughter of Griffith ap John Griffith of Kevenamulch , Carnarvonshire and secondly, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Powys of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, widow of Dr. Robert Hovenden . His sons Charles reader at Lincoln's Inn, and William were also MPs. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
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