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John Arthur Eyton-Jones (25 September 1862 – 3 March 1940) was a Welsh
He married twice, firstly in 1890 to Annie Isabella Shand Stodart-Milne. They had a daughter Margaret Susannah Maurice Eyton-Jones. Annie died in 1908 aged 38. Eyton-Jones married again in 1909 to Marie Anne Jones, a State Registered Nurse. Their son Arthur Paget Eyton-Jones was born in 1920.
Eyton-Jones, latterley a house surgeon at
footballer
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who played as a forward. He was part of the Wales national team between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland.
Early life
Eyton-Jones was born inWrexham
Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...
, Denbighshire
Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthi ...
, Wales, is a member of the Eyton-Jones family, and was an uncle of William Eyton-Jones. He was educated at the Grove Park School in Wrexham where he was a younger contemporary of Robert Armstrong-Jones
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, (born Robert Jones; 2 December 1857 – 30 January 1943) was a Welsh physician and psychiatrist.
Biography
He was born in Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarvonshire, the son of Thomas Jones, a Congregational minister and s ...
.
Sporting and football career
Eyton-Jones played football with the Wrexham Hare and Hounds Club. He was part of theWales national football team
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between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland.
He also played for Everton in 1888.
Military service
Eyton-Jones served as a medical officer in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and saw action in World War I as a Captain with theRoyal Army Medical Corps
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On 15 November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army De ...
.
Personal life
Eyton-Jones worked as a local doctor and surgeon in the Wrexham area and lived at Abbotsfield on Grosvenor Road. This elegant neo-gothic Grade II Listed house was designed by architect James Reynolds Gummow of the Wrexham architect family in the 1860s as a private residence, and was purchased by Eyton-Jones in 1895.He married twice, firstly in 1890 to Annie Isabella Shand Stodart-Milne. They had a daughter Margaret Susannah Maurice Eyton-Jones. Annie died in 1908 aged 38. Eyton-Jones married again in 1909 to Marie Anne Jones, a State Registered Nurse. Their son Arthur Paget Eyton-Jones was born in 1920.
Eyton-Jones, latterley a house surgeon at Liverpool Royal Infirmary
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History
The infirmary has its origins in a small building on Shaw's Brow which was opened by the 11th ...
, died at Birkenhead in March 1940. Following a service at St Paul's Church, Tranmere, he was buried at Wrexham Cemetery.
See also
*List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical)
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References
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