The Jones, later Lawrence-Jones Baronetcy, of Cranmer Hall in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for
Major-General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
Sir John Jones, 1st Baronet, who had earlier fought with distinction in the
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...
. He married Catherine, daughter of Effingham Lawrence.
The second Baronet was murdered by robbers at Macri near Dalaman in Turkey.
The fifth Baronet was an author and published several memoirs as L. E. Jones. His works include "Victorian Boyhood", "Edwardian Youth" and "Georgian Afternoon".
The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Lawrence.
Herbert Jones, second son of the third Baronet, was
suffragan Bishop of Lewes
The Bishop of Lewes is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Lewes, the county town of East Sussex
East Sussex i ...
.
Jones, later Lawrence-Jones baronets, of Cranmer Hall (1831)
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Sir John Thomas Jones, 1st Baronet, Knight Commander of the
KCB, 1st Baronet (1783–1843)
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Sir Lawrence Jones, 2nd Baronet (1817–1845), murdered by
brigands in Macri, Turkey.
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Sir Willoughby Jones, 3rd Baronet
Sir Willoughby Jones 3rd Baronet (24 November 1820 – 21 August 1884) was a Norfolk landowner and an English Conservative Party politician. He was briefly Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cheltenham constituency.
Jones was the second son o ...
(1820–1884)
*Sir John Jones, 4th Baronet, Sir Lawrence John Jones, 4th Baronet (1857–1954)
*L. E. Jones, Sir Lawrence Evelyn Jones, Military Cross, MC, 5th Baronet (1885–1969)
*Sir Christopher Lawrence-Jones, 6th Baronet (born 1940)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Mark Christopher Lawrence-Jones (born 1968).
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, Lawrence-Jones