| Ernest William Jones | |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1870 |
| Birth Place: | Glamorgan, Wales |
| Death Date: | 15 September 1941 |
| Relatives: | James William Webb-Jones (son); Arthur Webb-Jones (brother) |
| Education: | Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire |
| Occupation: | Trans-European chartered shipbroker of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856) |
| Known For: | First class cricketer |
Ernest William Jones (24 October 1870 - 15 September 1941) was a Welsh trans-European chartered shipbroker, and a first class cricketer.
Ernest was born in Glamorgan on 24 October 1870,[1] [2] and educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire.[1] He was the son of William Matthew Jones (b. 1838), who was an owner of the trans-European chartered shipbroker M. Jones and Brothers (which was established in 1856).[3] His mother was 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 and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce;[7] and William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika.[8] [9] [10]
Ernest inherited ownership of the chartered shipbroker M. Jones and Brothers (which was established in 1856)[11] that was based at Swansea Docks, as which he was Chairman of Swansea Pilotage Authority from 1930 until the former's liquidation during 1941.[1] Ernest died on 15 September 1941,[2] and his trans-European chartered shipbroker, M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856),[3] was dissolved in 1942.
Ernest had a 45-year cricketing career playing for Swansea from 1886[1] 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.[2]
In 1901, at Rouen, Haute Normandie, France, Ernest married Aimée Elizabeth Parson (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,[2] 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. His cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones, who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika,[8] died by car accident in 1951.[9]