The Life and Achievements of the Remarkable Walter Jones Deserve A
Ambrose of Kildare and Henry of Clogher and afterwards of Meath. Two other sons, Michael and Theophilus, were to achieve high military rank and prominence on the side of the Parliamentary forces during the CivilWar of ·the 1640s. In 1647 after a three year stint in Cheshire, Colonel Michael Jones was appointed Governer of Dublin and commander of the Parliamentary forces in Leinster. Successes against the combined Royalist and Irish armies had gained him promotion to Ueutenant-General by the time Oliver Cromwell arrived at Dublin in August 1649. When Cromwell set out on -.his Irish campaign, he was accoinpanied by Jones, who Was second in command. However, Jones, having become ill with suspected cholera during the Waterford campaign, died on December 10th. in Dungarvan and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Youghal. Michael's brother, Sir Theophilus Jones, sailed to Ireland with Cromwell to take command of the Parliamentary army in Ulster. In 1659 he performed a different role by working for the restoration of Charles II. The third Jones brother to settle in Ireland, Henry, Dr. Walter A. Jones Ph.D. was a direct ancestor of Oliver Goldsmith. His The life and achievements of the remarkable Walter grandson, Rev. Theophilus Oliver Jones of Smith-Hill, Jones deserve a much more thorough study than can be EIphin, was the grandfather of the renowned poet achieved in this short article. Gaps remain to be filled through the marriage of his daughter Annie Jones to regarding events in his life, and many of his large the Rev. Charles Goldsmith. By my reckoning, Walter collection of writings have yet to be discovered.
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