James William Webb-Jones
Born21 February 1904
Died29 December 1965
Resting placeSt. Andrew's Church, Witham on the Hill, England
NationalityWelsh
EducationCranleigh School
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Choral conductor; Headmaster
Known for
Spouse(s)Barbara Bindon Moody (m. 1930, Windsor), d. of Colonel Richard S. Hawks Moody
Parents
Relatives

James William Webb-Jones (1904–1965) was a Welsh choral conductor, educator, and cricketer.

Family and early life

James William, who was born in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales,[1] was the only child of the trans-European steamship agent[2][3][4] Ernest William Jones[5][6] (1870 – 1941),[7] who was the owner of M. Jones and Brothers (est. 1856)[2][8] and who was a first-class cricketer.[7] James William's mother was Aimée Elizabeth Parson (1873 – 1913),[5] who was the French-born daughter of James Holmes Parson who was a British merchant banker in Italy.[9] James William's parents were married at the British Consulate in Rouen, Haute Normandie, on 10 September 1900.[9]

James William's uncles included the gynaecologist Arthur Webb-Jones,[10] and Edwin Price Jones, who was Vice-Consul for Chile[11] and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce.[2] James William was (through his cousin William (Bill) Wynn Jones[12] who was Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika)[13][14] a cousin of the National Party conservative Naomi Wilson OAM (b. 1940).[15] James William descended (through his mother Aimée Parson) from the Georgian property-developer James Burton, who was the father of the architect Decimus Burton.

Education

James William was educated at Cranleigh School,[5][16] for which he played cricket,[17] and at Worcester College, Oxford,[5][16] where he was Captain of Cricket.[5][16] He later attended the University of Grenoble in France,[5][16] where he received the Diplôme de Hautes Études.[5][16]

James William's father Ernest, and his cousin William, and his son-in-law Peter, were members of the Jesters Cricket Club,[1] which was founded in 1928 by John 'Jock' Forbes Burnet (1910 - 1980) of St. Paul's School, London.[18] James William played for the Jesters, alongside his father, against the Eton College Servants, in 1931, and, alongside his cousin William, against Chertsey, also in 1931.[1]

Career

Marriage

James William married, at the Parish Church, Windsor, on 20 December 1930,[6][16] Barbara Bindon[22] Moody[16][5] (1903 - 1973),[22] of Emperor's Gate, South Kensington,[6] who was the daughter of Colonel Richard Stanley Hawks Moody CB and the granddaughter of Major-General Richard Clement Moody (who was the founder and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia). James Webb-Jones and Barbara Moody had only one child, Bridget (b. 5 September 1937),[5][23] who married the chorister Peter Stanley Lyons[23][16] at Wells Cathedral in 1957.[21][24] The godmother of Bridget Webb-Jones was Lady Walford Davies,[25] who was the wife of the composer Sir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE, who had been Master of the King's Music at St George's Chapel, Windsor, when James Webb-Jones had been Headmaster of St George's School, Windsor Castle. Lady Walford Davies later married Julian Harold Legge Lambart, who was Vice-Provost of Eton College, for which Witham Hall School became a preparatory school.[25][26]

Retirement and death

James William and his wife, Barbara, retired to Witham Hall,[16] where his son-in-law Peter Stanley Lyons was Headmaster of the School.[25][21][16] Webb-Jones's hobbies were cricket, and fives, and fishing,[5] and wine.[16] Webb-Jones kept a wine store in the basement of Vanbrugh Castle,[16][27] and died, possibly as a consequence of alcoholism,[16] at Witham Hall in 1965, and is buried at The Church of St. Andrew, Witham on the Hill.[16] His wife lived at Witham Hall until her death in 1973, after which she was buried next to her husband.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "James William Webb-Jones, Profile, Cricket Archive".
  2. 1 2 3 "Entry for M. Jones and Brother, Steamship Agents, 1914 Who's Who in Business".
  3. "No. 27514". The London Gazette. 9 January 1903. p. 191.
  4. "No. 35525". The London Gazette. 14 April 1942. p. 1665.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "WEBB-JONES, James William (1904–1965)". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  6. 1 2 3 "Engagement Announcement of James William Webb-Jones and Barbara Bindon Moody". Engagements. The Times. London. 3 July 1930.
  7. 1 2 "Ernest Jones Profile, England Players, Cricket Archive".
  8. "No. 27514". The London Gazette. 9 January 1903. p. 191.
  9. 1 2 Archives of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1900, British Consulate, Rouen, Haute Normandie.
  10. 1851–1901 inc. Wales Census. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851–1901 inc. Kew, Surrey, England: Records for Ernest W Jones: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO)
  11. "No. 28726". The London Gazette. 6 June 1913. p. 3991.
  12. "JONES, Rt Rev. William Wynn". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  13. "Entry for 'WYNN JONES, WILLIAM (BILL) (1900 - 1950)', Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography". Evangelical History Association. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  14. "The Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Mission and History, Historical Background". The Diocese of Central Tanganyika. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  15. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Entry for James William Webb-Jones, Headmasters of Vanbrugh Castle School, Vanbrugh Castle School".
  17. "JWW Jones, Profile, Cricket Archive".
  18. "The Jesters Cricket Club: Club History".
  19. Wridgway, Neville (1980). The Choristers of St George's Chapel. Chas. Luff & Co.
  20. "Administrative and Special Duties Branch" (PDF). The London Gazette. 15 August 1942. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  21. 1 2 3 "Entry for Lyons, Peter Stanley (1948)". Register of Twentieth Century Johnians, Volume I: 1900-1949. St John's College, Cambridge. 2004. p. 279.
  22. 1 2 "Entry for MOODY, Colonel Richard Stanley Hawks, in Who Was Who (A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016)".
  23. 1 2 "Profile for James William Webb-Jones, Vanbrugh Castle School".
  24. Lyons, Peter Stanley, The Eagle, St John's College, Cambridge, December 2006
  25. 1 2 3 Peter and Bridget Lyons and Witham Hall, Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, Friday, 8 February 1985
  26. Tatler, Guides, Schools Guide 2014, Prep, Witham Hall School
  27. "Residential Staff, Vanbrugh Castle School".

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