| 词条 | Inigo Jones (British Army officer) |
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| name = Inigo Jones | image = | caption = | birth_date = 23 September 1848 | death_date = 20 July 1914 | birth_name = Inigo Richmund Jones | birth_place = Worton Hall, Isleworth | death_place = Westminster, London | allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1866–1907 | rank = Major-General | unit = | commands = Troops in the Straits Settlements | battles = Suakin Expedition Second Boer War | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order}} Major-General Inigo Richmund Jones, CB, CVO (23 September 1848 – 20 July 1914) was a British Army officer who commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements. Military careerJones was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1866.[1] He served in the Suakin Expedition in 1885. In the Second Boer War he commanded the Guards Brigade.[2] He was mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902.[3] For his service in the war he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the April 1901 South Africa Honours list (the award was dated to 29 November 1900;[4] he only received the actual decoration from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902[5]). Following the end of the war in June 1902, Jones left Cape Town in the SS Carisbrook Castle in September 1902, arriving at Southampton early the following month.[6] He subsequently became Commanding Officer of the Scots Guards and went on to become General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Straits Settlements in 1905 before retiring in 1907.[7] He lived at Kelston Park, Somerset.[8] FamilyIn 1878 he married Alice Charlotte Matilda Dawson; they had three daughters. She died in 1885.[8] In 1888 he married Elinor Margaret Charteris, granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Wemyss & March; they had one daughter and one son.[8] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=23199|page=6991|date=18 December 1866}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Arthur Dorward}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC Troops in the Straits Settlements|years=1905–1907}}{{s-aft|after=Thomas Perrott}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Inigo}}2. ^Obituary: General Inigo Jones The Advertiser, 22 July 1914 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27459 |date=29 July 1902 |pages=4835–4837 }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27306 |date=19 April 1901 |page=2696}} 5. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Court Circular |day_of_week=Saturday |date=25 October 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36908| }} 6. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home |day_of_week=Thursday |date=25 September 1902 |page_number=5 |issue=36882| }} 7. ^Army Commands {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=2015-07-05 }} 8. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Howard|first=Joseph Jackson|editor=Frederick Arthur Crisp|title=Visitation of England and Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_sqAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA81|accessdate=23 September 2011|volume=II|year=1903|publisher=Priv. print.|pages=81–83}} 10 : 1848 births|1914 deaths|British Army generals|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order|Scots Guards officers|People from Isleworth|People from Westminster|People from Somerset|Disease-related deaths in England |
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