Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh
- Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh
Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh (before 1589[ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p16059.htm#i160588 Sir Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh] at thePeerage.com by Darryl Lundy.] -1643) was a member of the Peerage of Ireland and lord president of Connaught. He was Chief Leader of the Army and Forces of Connaught during the early years of the Irish Confederate Wars. In addition to Viscount Ranelagh, he held the title Baron Jones of Navan.]Jones was the son of Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Thomas Jones. He was knighted at Drogheda on March 24, 1607.[cite book]
last=Ball
first=F Elrington
authorlink=F Elrington Ball
title=The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921
isbn=1584774282
year=1926
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rqeSXWqKAD8C&pg=RA1-PA317&lpg=RA1-PA317&dq=ranelagh+frances+moore+drogheda&source=web&ots=gk-7edXRun&sig=eqU2ImIT_CovgHk4Q5euqy15GVI#PRA1-PA317,M1
chapter=Volume I, Book III
pages=p. 317] Jones was a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Trim, County Meath from 1613 to 1615. In 1620, he was named to the privy council of Ireland. He was the Chief Leader of the Army and Forces of Connaught and was Vice President of Connaught from 1626.On August 25, 1628, Jones was created Baron Jones of Navan and 1st Viscount Ranelagh by King Charles I.["Dictionary of National Biography" by Leslie Stephen, Volume LXII ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=uDsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=roger+jones+ranelagh+athlone&source=web&ots=dStNpTIX2I&sig=rY7EIK6lkp7in8e26xjgw5r3sc8#PPA60,M1 link] ), p. 60.] ]Family
Several children of the 1st Viscount Ranelagh maintained the family's prominence
# Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, married Lady Catherine Boyle, who was the daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and also the older sister of pioneering chemist Robert Boyle.
# Lady Margaret Jones married John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene.
# Mary Jones married Lieutenant Colonel John Chichester, son of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester. Their son inherited the title Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall.
# Thomas Jones, whose descendants reclaimed the Ranelagh Viscountcy after a period of dormancy following the death of Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh.
ee also
*Sir James Dillon, who fought Ranelagh at Athlone.
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