Gilbert Jones was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

Jones was probably the son of Gilbert Jones of Poole, Montgomery and was a student of Gray's Inn in 1617. He attended All Souls' College, Oxford and was awarded BCL on 10 March 1623 and DCL on 14 January 1628. He lived at Dorchester.[1]

In April 1640, Jones was elected Member of Parliament for Wareham in the Short Parliament.[2] Jones was chancellor of the diocese of Bristol by 1661.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Jablonski-Juxston', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 793-836. Date accessed: 20 April 2011
  2. ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  3. ↑ C. W. Brooks, Michael Lobban Lawyers, litigation, and English society since 1450
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