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Theophilus Jones (September 1760 – 8 November 1835) was an Irish officer in the British Royal Navy. As a captain, he commanded a series of warships during the French Revolutionary Wars, and experienced two mutinies during his command of HMS ''Defiance'' in the late 1790s. He was promoted to the ranks of rear admiral in 1802, vice admiral in 1809, and full admiral in 1819. == Early life and family == Jones was the second son of Theophilus Jones (1729–1811),〔 a member of the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1800,〔 and then of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1802.〔 Their mother Catherine Beresford (died 1763) was a daughter of the 1st Earl of Tyrone.〔〔 His older brother Walter〔 (1754–1839) was governor of County Leitrim, and an MP for Coleraine in the latter years of the Irish Parliament,〔 and then sat for Coleraine at Westminster for most of the period until 1809.〔 His younger brother Reverend James Jones (died 1825) was a Church of Ireland clergyman in County Londonderry, father of Admiral Theobald Jones,〔 and brother-in-law of Admiral Henry Blackwood.〔 The family traced their ancestry to Bryan Jones (died 1681), a Welshman who had been granted lands in Ireland by King James VI and I in 1622.〔 Bryan's grandson Theophilus Jones (1666–1742), grandfather of Admiral Theophilus Jones, was a member of the Irish House of Commons from 1692 to 1742, for Sligo Borough and then County Leitrim.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theophilus Jones (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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