MEMOIRS OF FERN HYBRIDISERS 



COLONEL ARTHUR MOWBRAY JONES 



Colonel Arthur Mowbray Jones, eldest surviving son 

 of the late Thomas Mowbray Stafford Jones of Newport, Isle 

 of Wight, and Madeira House, Clifton, was born at Ring- 

 wood, in Hampshire, January 8, 1826, and was educated at 

 Bishops College, Bristol. He entered the army in 1849, and 

 served with the 75th Regiment in India, in the Madras 

 Presidency. In 1850 he exchanged into the 27th Regiment, 

 then quartered at Stirling, resigning his commission in 1853. 

 In 1854 he joined the West York Militia as Captain, when it 

 was embodied during the Crimean War, and remained in this 

 regiment until it was disembodied in 1856. He studied at 

 Durham University for a short time, and also at the Agri- 

 cultural College, Cirencester. In November i860 Colonel 

 Jones was appointed Adjutant of the ist Volunteer Battalion 

 the Gloucester Regiment, and held that post till 1881, when 

 he became Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding, retiring in 1882 

 with the rank of Colonel. He commenced the study of 

 Madrepores, &c., in 1858, and made a large collection, part 

 of which he afterwards presented to the Oxford Museum, and 

 part to the Bristol Museum. 



He was married in 1864 to Clara, daughter of the late 

 Edwin Martin-Atkins of Kingston Lisle, Berkshire, who pre- 

 deceased him, leaving a family of four daughters and two 



sons. 



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