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272:, two to 100 lashes and six months imprisonment, and one to 12 months imprisonment. A government order was received in Portsmouth on 26 September, setting the following day for execution of 11 men. The hangings took place as ordered on Thursday 27 September. At 9am on board 255:
in a hearing which began on 9 September under Captain Holloway. Jones conducted the prosecution, and on 13 September the court adjourned to deliberate. The following day, 14 September, all but one were found guilty. Holloway pronounced them traitors, and
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours
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at Westminster for most of the period until 1809. His younger brother Reverend James Jones (died 1825) was a Church of Ireland clergyman in
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newspaper reported that "every means was adopted to make the execution on Thursday as awful and impressive as possible".
133:(1666–1742), grandfather of Admiral Theophilus Jones, was a member of the Irish House of Commons from 1692 to 1742, for 168: 237:. A plot was discovered amongst Catholic crewmen, who had taken an oath to seize control of the ship and take her to 27: 130: 76: 125:
The family traced their ancestry to Bryan Jones (died 1681), a Welshman who had been granted lands in Ireland by
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from 1801 to 1802. Their mother Catherine Beresford (died 1763) was a daughter of the
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under a green ensign with a harp on it, killing all the officers except the captain.
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The crew mutinied again while under Jones's command, as part of the
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had already seen a mutiny in 1795, which had been ended by Captain
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Greetham read the sentences. Nineteen were sentenced to death by
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aboard a ship, though eight were recommended for mercy, to be
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in the latter years of the Irish Parliament, and then sat for
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had been enough to end the mutiny without a boarding.
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Bligh had taken 200 troops on board his 608: 495: 422: 305:Jones later commanded the three-deckers 70: 525: 368: 366: 364: 362: 16:Irish officer in the British Royal Navy 766: 85:House of Commons of the United Kingdom 552: 372: 660:. 15–18 September 1798. Z2001641544. 359: 83:from 1761 to 1800, and then of the 13: 283:, seven men were (in the words of 149:Jones was promoted to the rank of 14: 810: 28:Theophilus Jones (disambiguation) 794:Irish officers in the Royal Navy 118:, and brother-in-law of Admiral 741:"Births, marriages, and deaths" 672:Journal of the House of Commons 664: 214:), and bringing them alongside 688:The Morning Post and Gazetteer 477:. Ulster Historical Foundation 404:. Ulster Historical Foundation 346:He died on 8 November 1835 in 1: 650:Whitehall Evening Post (1770) 353: 286:The Morning Post and Gazetter 225:in 1797. In 1798, during the 210:(formerly the East Indiaman 163:, commanding her in the 1783 79:(1729–1811), a member of the 553:Burke, John Bernard (1852). 534:. Cambridge University Press 98:(1754–1839) was governor of 75:Jones was the second son of 7: 723:"Portsmouth September 28". 593:The United Service Magazine 451:"Tyrone, Earl of (I, 1746)" 129:in 1622. Bryan's grandson 10: 815: 707:Morning Post and Gazetteer 616:"Biography: William Bligh" 25: 18: 655:British Newspaper Archive 182:in 1793, then the 64-gun 173:French Revolutionary Wars 144: 46:French Revolutionary Wars 658:(subscription required) 647:"Naval Court-Martial". 596:. 1836. pp. 95–96 331:. He was promoted to 258:Judge Advocate General 81:Irish House of Commons 749:: 9. 14 November 1835 325:French First Republic 270:solitary imprisonment 244:Twenty-five men were 71:Early life and family 504:. Boydell and Brewer 431:. 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Theobald Jones
Theophilus Jones (disambiguation)
Royal Navy
captain
French Revolutionary Wars
HMS Defiance
rear admiral
vice admiral
admiral
Theophilus Jones
Irish House of Commons
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
1st Earl of Tyrone
Walter
County Leitrim
Coleraine
Coleraine
County Londonderry
Theobald Jones
Henry Blackwood
King James VI and I
Theophilus Jones
Sligo Borough
County Leitrim
captain
74-gun
HMS Hero
Battle of Cuddalore
Edward Hughes
French Revolutionary Wars

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