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Inigo Jones (British Army officer)
British Army general

Inigo Jones (British Army officer)

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British Army general
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Place of birth
Isleworth Studios
Place of death
Westminster
Age
65 years
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Biography

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 career

Jones was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1866. He served in the Suakin Expedition in 1885 and the Second Boer War during which he commanded the Guards Brigade. He was mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902.

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. He lived at Kelston Park, Somerset.

Family

In 1878 he married Alice Charlotte Matilda Dawson; they had three daughters. She died in 1885. In 1888 he married Elinor Margaret Charteris, granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Wemyss & March; they had one daughter and one son.

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