David Thomas Jones FRSE FRSS CBE (1866-1931) was a British administrator and author associated with the Scottish fishing industry.

Life

He was born in Gilfach Goch in south

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on 10 June 1866 the son of David Thomas Jones. He was educated at Long Ashton School. For most of his life he worked for HM Fishery Board for Scotland, and wrote extensively on the fishing industry. He served as Secretary 1909 to 1920 and Chairman 1920 to 1931. In 1903 he married Alison Macmillan Beattie (d.1925). They lived at 12 Polwarth Grove in the west of

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. In the

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he acted as Paymaster to the

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. He was created a Commander of the

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(CBE) for his services in 1919. In 1924 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Scotland. His proposers were Sir

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, James Ritchie, and William Leadbetter Calderwood. He died on 4 February 1931.

Publications

*''Whaling in the Shetlands'' *''Development in the Scottish Mackerel Fishing'' *''Development of Lobster Fishing in Scotland'' (1920) *''Rural Scotland during the War'' (1926) *''Scottish Fisheries during the War''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, David Thomas 1866 births 1931 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 19th-century Welsh writers 20th-century Welsh writers Royal Navy personnel of World War I Fishing in Scotland