Ernest William Jones

Rouen, Haute Normandie

Ernest, who was born in Glamorgan during December 1870[1] and was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, was the son of William Matthew Jones (b. 1838), who was an owner of the trans-European steamship agency M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856),[2][3] by Agnes Ida Long (1845 – 1899).[4] Ernest's only sibling was the gynaecologist Arthur Webb-Jones (1875 – 1917).[5][6] Ernest's cousins were Edwin Price Jones, who was Vice-Consul for Chile[7] and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce,[2] and William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika.[8][9][10]

Ernest, who inherited ownership of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856),[11][3] had a 45-year cricketing career playing for Swansea from 1887 to 1904; and for Glamorgan County Cricket Club from 1890 to 1911 (between which he played in every single match and was a member of the side that won the Minor Counties Championship in 1900); and (in first class cricket) for South Wales from 1905 and 1909; and for the Gentleman of Glamorgan from 1913.[1]

In 1901, at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France,[12] Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson[13] (1873 - 1913), who was the French-born daughter of James Holmes Parson, who was a merchant banker in Italy.[12] Ernest's only son was the choral conductor James William Webb-Jones (b. 1904),[13] whose daughter Bridget married the chorister Peter Stanley Lyons[14] in 1957.[15] Ernest,[1] and his son James William,[16] and his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones,[17] were all members of the Jesters Cricket Club, including in its 1931 side.

Ernest died on 17 September 1941,[1] and his trans-European steamship agency, M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856),[2] was dissolved in 1942.[18] His cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika,[8] died by car accident in 1951.[9]