Theophilus Jones (1729–1811)

Theophilus Jones (?1729 – 8 December 1811) was an Irish MP and administrator.

Theophilus Jones
Died8 December 1811 
Spouse(s)Lady Catharine Beresford, Anne Murray 
ChildrenHenry Alexander Jones, Walter Jones, James Jones, Theophilus Jones 
Parent(s)
  • Walter Jones 
  • Olivia Coote 

He was born the eldest son of Walter Jones of Headfort and Olivia, the daughter and coheiress of the Hon. Chidley Coote of Coote Hall, County Roscommon.

He served three periods as MP for County Leitrim in the Parliament of Ireland, sitting from 1761 to 1768, 1776 to 1783 and 1790 to 1800. He also sat for Coleraine (1769 to 1776) and Monaghan Borough (1783 to 1790).[1]

He was appointed secretary to Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol when the latter was Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1766, holding the post until 1799. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1767 and Collector of Excise at the Port of Dublin from 1767 to 1799. After the Union with Great Britain in 1800 he was MP for Leitrim in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1802.[2]

Catherine Beresford

Jones married three times, firstly in 1754 to the Hon. Catherine Beresford, daughter of 1st Earl of Tyrone, and widow of Thomas Christmas MP of Whitefield, County Waterford.[2] They had 3 sons:[3]

After Catherine 's death in 1763, he remarried in 1768 to Anne Murray, daughter of Colonel John Murray MP from Monaghan, with whom he had one son and two daughters:[2][3]

  • Henry, who died young
  • Maria, died unmarried
  • Anne, died in infancy

References

  1. "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. Aspinall, Arthur (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "JONES, Theophilus (?1729-1811), of Headfort, co. Leitrim". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. Burke, John (1836). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Volume 3. H. Colburn. pp. 268–9. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Hugh Crofton
William Gore
Member of Parliament for Leitrim
1761–1768
With: John Wynne
Succeeded by
William Gore
Nathaniel Clements
Preceded by
Richard Jackson
John Beresford
Member of Parliament for Coleraine
1768–1776
With: Richard Jackson
Succeeded by
Hon. Richard Annesley
Richard Jackson
Preceded by
Nathaniel Clements
William Gore II
Member of Parliament for Leitrim
1776–1783
With: Henry Theophilus Clements
Succeeded by
Henry Theophilus Clements
Peter La Touche
Preceded by
Robert Cuninghame
Thomas James Fortescue
Member of Parliament for Monaghan Borough
1783–1790
With: Robert Cuninghame
Succeeded by
Cromwell Price
Robert Cuninghame
Preceded by
John Gore
Peter La Touche
Member of Parliament for Leitrim
1790–1800
With: Henry Theophilus Clements 1790–96
Peter La Touche 1796–98
Viscount Clements 1798–1800
Act of Union
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency
Act of Union
Member of Parliament for Leitrim
1801–1802
With: Viscount Clements
Succeeded by
Viscount Clements
Peter La Touche II
Political offices
Preceded by
Hon. Augustus Hervey
Chief Secretary for Ireland
1767
Succeeded by
Lord Frederick Campbell


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