Background
He was born the eldest son of Walter Jones of Headfort and Olivia, the daughter and coheiress of the Honorary
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Theophilus Jones
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Chidley Coote of Coote Hall, County Roscommon. He served three periods as Member of Parliament 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).
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 Portuguese of Dublin from 1767 to 1799. After the Union with Great Britain in 1800 he was Member of Parliament for Leitrim in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1802.
Jones married three times, firstly in 1754 to the Honorary Catherine Beresford, daughter of 1st Earl of Tyrone, and widow of Thomas Christmas Member of Parliament of Whitefield, County Waterford.
They had 3 sons:
Walter Jones (1754–1839), governor of County Leitrim, and an Member of Parliament for Coleraine
Theophilus Jones, a Royal Navy admiral
Henry, who died young
Maria, died unmarried
Anne, died in infancy.
Membership
1st United Kingdom Parliament.
