Royal Naval Biography/Jones, George

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2341001Royal Naval Biography — Jones, GeorgeJohn Marshall


GEORGE JONES, Esq.
[Commander.]

Served as first lieutenant of the Leviathan 74, Commodore John T. Duckworth; and brought home that officer’s despatches announcing the reduction of Minorca, for which he was made a commander, Dec. 24th, 1798. During part of the late war, he held a command in the Swansea district of Sea-Fencibles.