James William Webb-Jones

James William Webb-Jones
Born 21 February 1904
Glamorgan, Wales.
Died 29 December 1965
Witham Hall, Lincolnshire.
Education Cranleigh School
Alma mater Worcester College, Oxford, University of Grenoble.
Known for Headmaster of St George's School, Windsor Castle (1934 - 1942),[1][2] Headmaster of Wells Cathedral School (1955 - 1960)[2]
Spouse(s) Barbara Bindon Moody, daughter of Richard Stanley Hawks Moody (m. 1930).
Children 1, Bridget (b.1937)

James William Webb-Jones (1904 - 1965) was an English choral conductor and schoolmaster.

Birth and family

James William was the only child of Ernest William Jones of Glamorgan (1870 - 1941), a trans-European shipping magnate and first class cricketer,[3] and his French wife, Aimée Elizabeth Parson (1873 - 1913).[2]

His father Ernest was a co-owner of Steamship company M. Jones and Brothers.[4][5]

His uncles included Arthur Webb-Jones, the eminent British gynaecologist,[6] and Edwin Jones, Vice-Consul for Chile[7] and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce.[8] His second cousin, William Wynne Jones, was Bishop of Central Tanganyika in Africa.[9] His great grandfather was London property developer James Burton, who was also the father of the architect Decimus Burton and the Egyptologist James Burton.

James William was educated at Cranleigh School [10] and Worcester College, Oxford,[10] where he was Captain of Cricket.[2] He later attended the University of Grenoble [10] where he received the Diplôme de Hautes Études.[2]

James, like his father, Ernest, and his son in law, Peter, was a member of the Jesters Cricket Club.[11]

Career

Marriage

James William married Barbara Bindon Moody,[13] daughter of Colonel Richard Stanley Hawks Moody CB and granddaughter of Richard Clement Moody, the first Governor of the Falkland Islands and later Governor of British Columbia, at the Parish Church, Windsor on 20 December 1930.[2]

Webb-Jones and Barbara Moody had one daughter, Bridget (b. September 5, 1937), who married Peter Lyons (musician) at Wells Cathedral in 1957.[14] The godmother of Bridget Webb-Jones was Lady Walford Davies, wife of composer Sir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE, who was Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941, and later wife of Julian Harold Legge Lambart, Vice-Provost of Eton College.

James William and his wife retired to Witham Hall, where his son-in-law Peter Lyons (musician) was Headmaster of the school,[15] where they are buried.

References

  1. 1 2 Wridgway, Neville (1980). The Choristers of St George's Chapel. Chas. Luff & Co.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "WEBB-JONES, James William (1904 - 1965)". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  3. ↑ "Entry for Ernest Jones in England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  4. ↑ "1914 Who's Who in Business".
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27514. p. 191. 9 January 1903. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ↑ 1851-1901 inc. Wales Census. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851-1901 inc. Kew, Surrey, England: Records for Ernest W Jones: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO)
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28726. p. 3991. 6 June 1913. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "1914 Who's Who in Business".
  9. ↑ "JONES, Rt Rev. William Wynn". Who's Who, Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.
  10. 1 2 3 Archives of Worcester College, Oxford: Alumni 1900-1949.
  11. ↑ "England Players, Cricket Archive.com".
  12. ↑ "Administrative and Special Duties Branch" (PDF). London Gazette. 15 August 1942. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 "History of Vanbrugh Castle School".
  14. 1 2 Register of Twentieth Century Johnians, Volume I, 1900-1949. St John's College, Cambridge.
  15. ↑ "History of Vanbrugh Castle School".
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