Introduction

Biography

Jones was a des­cen­dant of Col­o­nel J. Jones, one of the sig­na­tor­ies to the death war­rant of King Charles I of Eng­land. He used to reg­u­lar­ly ob­serve Jan­u­a­ry 30 as a day of fast­ing and hu­mil­i­a­tion for his an­ces­tor’s sin.

He was ed­u­cat­ed at Char­ter­house and Un­i­ver­si­ty College, Ox­ford.

He be­came vic­ar of Beth­ers­den, Kent (1764); Pluck­ley, Kent; and Pas­ton, North­amp­ton­shire; per­pe­tu­al cur­ate of Nay­land, Suf­folk (1777); and rec­tor of Hol­ling­bourne, Kent (1798).

He be­came a Fel­low of the Roy­al So­c­i­ety in 1775.

Works

• The Ca­tho­lic Doc­trine of the Tri­ni­ty, 1756
• Fairchild Dis­cours­es, 1775
• Physiological Dis­qui­si­tions, 1781
• A Trea­tise on the Art of Mu­sic, 1784
• Ten Church Piec­es for the Or­gan with Four An­thems in Score, 1789