See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

LEWIS See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (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)
• SIR ALFRED LEWIS JONES (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

JONES (1845-1909)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British shipowner, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CARMARTHENSHIRE

Carmarthenshire, in 1845 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve he was apprenticed to the managers of the See also:

• AFRICAN

African Steamship See also:

• COMPANY

Company at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool, making several voyages to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . By the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was twenty-six he had risen to be manager of the business . Not finding sufficient See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope in this See also:

• POST

post, he borrowed See also:

• MONEY

money to See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase two or three small sailing vessels, and started in the See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping business on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . The venture succeeded, and he made additions to his See also:

• FLEET

fleet, but after a few years' successful trading, realizing that sailing See also:

• SHIPS

ships were about to be superseded by steamers, he sold his vessels . About this time (1891) Messrs . See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

Elder, See also:

• DEMPSTER, THOMAS (1579-1625)

Dempster & Co., who See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the business of the old African Steamship Company, offered him a managerial post . This offer he accepted, subject to Messrs . Elder, Dempster selling him a number of their shares, and he thus acquired an See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the business, and subsequently, by further See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share purchases, its See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . See further STEAMSHIP LINES . In 1901 he was knighted . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (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 took a keen interest in imperial affairs, and was instrumental in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the Liverpool school of tropical See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine .

He acquired considerable territorial interests in West Africa, and See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial interests in many of the companies engaged in opening up and developing that See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• WORLD

world . He also took the leading part in opening up a new See also:

• LINE

line of communication with the West Indies, and stimulating the See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and tourist See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic . He died on the 13th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1909, leaving large charitable bequests .