Francis Jones (historian)
Major Francis Jones
Early and private life
Born in
Church of St Benet Paul's Wharf
, a Welsh Anglican church in the City of London which has been the religious home of the College of Arms since 1555.
Military career
Jones was commissioned into 4th
General Staff Officer to the War Cabinet Offices, Historical Section, where he wrote the Official War Record for the Sicilian and Italian Campaigns. He was later appointed Battery Commander in the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)
.
Heraldic career
In 1963 the office of
Garter service
.
Writing career
Jones was a prolific writer with several hundred articles, essays and books published. He also appeared on BBC radio and television programs.
His main published works include
- The Holy Wells of Wales (1954)
- God bless the Prince of Wales: four essays for investiture year, 1969. (1969) ISBN 0-9500534-0-6
- The Princes and principality of Wales (1969) ISBN 0-900768-20-7
- Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their Families (1987) ISBN 0-906972-02-7
- A catalogue of Welsh manuscripts in the College of Arms (1988) ISBN 0-9500207-9-6
- Historic houses of Pembrokeshire and their families (1996) ISBN 0-9528344-0-5
- Treasury of historic Pembrokeshire (1998) ISBN 0-9528344-2-1
- Historic Cardiganshire Homes and their families (2000) ISBN 0-9528344-4-8
- Treasury of historic Carmarthenshire (2002) ISBN 0-9528344-6-4
Honours and appointments
Jones received the
Knight of the Order of St John. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and received an Honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Wales
.
Among the many other positions he held and societies to which he belonged were:
- Deputy Lieutenant Dyfed
- Vice-President Dyfed Local Council
- Governor of the National Library of Wales
- Carmarthenshire County Archivist 1958-1973
- Member of Gorsedd
- Member of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales
- President of the Cambrian Archaeological Society
- Carmarthenshire History Association
- Pembrokeshire Record Society
- Croeso '69 Committee
- Académie Internationale d'Héraldique
- The Heraldry Society
- Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
- Honorary Member of Mark Twain Society, USA
Arms
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References
External links
- West Wales Genealogy Archived 25 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- Archives Network Wales Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Cardiganshire Family History Society
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