Background
JONES, Howard Sutton was born on February 10, 1835. Son of Captain Herbert J. Herbert Jones, Royal Navy, Llynon, Company Anglesey.
JONES, Howard Sutton was born on February 10, 1835. Son of Captain Herbert J. Herbert Jones, Royal Navy, Llynon, Company Anglesey.
Privately.
Entered R.M.L.1.1853. Became Captain, 1863. Major, 1877; Lieutenant-Colonel 1879.
Colonel, 1882; Colonel-Commandant, 1885. Major - General, 1886. Lieutenant - General, 1889.
General, 1897; served in Baltic, 1855 (medal). Commanded Royal Marines Forces in Expeditionary Army, Egypt, 1882 (medal, Khedive star, 2nd class Medjidie, Companion of the Bath). Aide-de-camp to His (or Her) Majesty the Queen, 1882-1886.
Deputy-Adjutant-General Royal Marines, 1888-1893. Member of Executive Committee of Royal Patriotic Commission. K. cartulary-register 1897; General Royal Marines (retired).
Club: United Service.