Sir William Hollingworth Quayle Jones (6 February 1854 – 6 January 1925) was a British colonial judge and administrator. He was chief justice of Sierra Leone as well as acting governor of the colony.[1] He was knighted in 1892.[2]

He was born in Pakenham, Suffolk, the son of Rev. Charles William Jones, vicar of Pakenham, and Barbara Rose Weale. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. He died at a Barton Mere, Bury St Edmunds.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary: Sir W. H. Quayle Jones". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 12 January 1925. p. 18.
  2. ↑ Shaw, William Arthur. (1970). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day &c. Vol. I. Clearfield. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-8063-0443-4.
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