Philip Jones of Fonmon

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Philip Jones of Fonmon
Bornc. 1617
Swansea Edit this on Wikidata
Died5 September 1674 Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Jane Price Edit this on Wikidata

Colonel Philip Jones (1618 – 5 September 1674) was a Welsh military leader and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1650 and 1656. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the service of the Parliamentary Army under Fairfax during the English Civil War. As Governor of Swansea he successfully held the town against the Royalist forces.

Biography

Jones was born at the Great House Swansea, the son of David Johns of Swansea and Penywaun Llangyfelach. He became Parliamentarian governor of Swansea on 17 November 1645 and was governor of Cardiff by 1649. In 1646 he was a colonel in the Parliamentary army.[1]

In 1650, Jones was elected

Glamorgan and chose to sit for Glamorgan.[4] In 1656 he was elected MP for Glamorgan and Breconshire, and chose to sit for Glamorgan.[5][6]

Fonmon Castle

In 1654, he bought

Cromwell's Upper House as Philip Lord Jones on 10 December 1657. He superintended the funeral of Oliver Cromwell on 23 November 1658. He was governor of Charterhouse in 1658. In 1659 he commanded the militia in Cardiff Castle 1659.[1]

On the Restoration, he was confirmed as Custos Rotulorum and was High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1671. Jones died at Fonmon aged 56 and was buried in Penmark Church.[1]

Restoration of the Monarchy, there were calls for Jones's trial from the Royalists who had forfeited their lands to him. With Charles II
in place, Jones was finally brought to trial in 1661 for having carried away the organ of St. Mary's Swansea, a charge he survived to die in his bed.

Family

Jones married a daughter of William Price of Gellihir in 1642.[1] He had a son Oliver, and a grandson Robert, who was also an MP.[2][7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Williams 1895, p. 98.
  2. ^ a b Hayton 2002.
  3. ^ Willis 1750, p. 256.
  4. ^ Willis 1750, pp. 263, 268.
  5. ^ Willis 1750, pp. 280, 281.
  6. ^ Williams 1895, p. 97.
  7. ^ Nicholas 1991, p. 632.

References

  • Hayton, D. W. (2002). "Jones, Robert (c.1682–1715), of Fonmon Castle, Glam.". In Hayton, E.; Cruickshanks, S. Handley (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715.
  • Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 632.
    ISBN 9780806313146
    .
  • Williams, William Retlaw (1895). The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, from the earliesr times to the present day, 1541–1895, ... Brecknock : Priv. Print. for the author by E. Davis and Bell. pp. 97–98.
  • Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 256, 263, 268, 280, 281.

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