Jones, James, fl. 1818.

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1828 joined the Bombay marine, midshipman; 1829-1834 lieutenant serving aboard the East India Company's ship the Palinurus as a draughtsman; second half of the 1830s part of the survey of Ceylon and the Gulf of Mannar; 1840 joined the Nitocris for the survey of Mesopotamia; 1843 continued Captain Lynch's survey of the Tigris and Euphrates; 1844 collected information on the boundary between Persia and Turkey; 1847 commander; 1848 surveyed the course of the ancient Nahrwan Canal; 1850 surveyed the bed of the Tigris, discovered the site of the ancient Opis and undertook research around the Median wall and Physcus of Xenophon; 1852 undertook a trigonometrical survey between the Tigris and the Upper Zab; 1853 produced a large scale map of Baghdad; 1854-1855 political agent at Baghdad and consul-general in Turkish Arabia; 1855-1864 political agent, the Persian Gulf; 1858 captain; late 1860s-1870s undertook geographical work for the India Office and served on the council of the Royal Geographical Society.

Epithet: naval officer, political agent and surveyor

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referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 51). Semi-official letters from A. H. Layard, chiefly to Sir S. Canning (see, above, 38940) and Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, vol. I; 1849-1852.Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and a..., 1849-1852 British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. CXLVII (ff. 161). Miscellaneous papers and accompts relating to A. H. Layard's excavations for the Trustees of the British Museum, circ. 1846-1851. Among them are: 1. Minutes of meeting of the Trustees, etc., signed by Rev. Josiah Fors..., approximately 1846-approximately 1851 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XLIX (ff. 418). July, 1849-1850.Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1891.includes:ff. 5, 14, 142, 167, 292, 327, 353-360 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Correspondence... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXX (ff. 417). Dec. 1871-May, 1872.includes:f. 1 Cerro del Pinar, Vizconde del: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1871, 1873.: Span. f. 3 Francis Cranmer Penrose, FRS; writer on classical architecture: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1870, 1871. ff. ... British Library
referencedIn Garrick Club, London. Records of the Garrick Club, 1830-1903 (inclusive), (1831-1847) bulk. Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. XC (ff. 407). May, June, 1878.includes:ff. 1, 44, 99, 174, 318, 379 Sir George Hugh Wyndham, KCMG; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878. ff. 3, 130, 248 General Sir Collingwood Dickson, GCB: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1848-188... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXIII (ff. 393). Apr.-Oct. 1873.includes:ff. 1-386 passim General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Baronet 1856 GCB 1871: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1878. ff. 3-311 passim Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, Spanish statesman: Letters to Sir A. H. ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXV (ff. 389). Feb.-May, 1874.includes:f. 1 Captain James Felix Jones, of the E India Co. service: Letters, etc., to Sir A. H. Layard: 1850-1878. ff. 3-381 passim Horace Young, British consul in Bilbao: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1873-1877.... British Library
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