HENRY

See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• HENRY JONES (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

JONES (1831-1899)  , English author, well known as a writer on whist under his nom de guerre " Cavendish," was born in London on the 2nd of November 1831, being the eldest son of Henry D . Jones, a medical practitioner . He adopted his father's profession, established himself in 1852 and continued for sixteen years in practice in London . The father was a keen devotee of whist, and under his eye the son became early in life a good player . He was a member of several whist clubs, among them the " Cavendish," and in 1862 appeared his Principles of Whist, stated and explained by " Cavendish," which was destined to become the leading authority as to the practice of the game . This work was followed by treatises on the laws of piquet and ecarte . " Cavendish " also wrote on billiards, lawn tennis and croquet, and contributed articles on whist and other games to the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica . " `Cavendish' was not a law-maker, but he codified and commented upon the laws which had been made during many generations of card-playing." One of the most noteworthy points in his character was the manner in which he kept himself abreast of improvements in his favourite game . He died on the loth of February 1899 .