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Henry Bence Jones

1813 - 1873

Born

31 December 1813

Thorington Hall, Suffolk, England

Died

20 April 1873

His house in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
30/04/1846
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
33
Occupation
Physician
Relationships
Parents: Lieutenant-Colonel William Jones (1776–1843), 5th dragoon guards, of Lisselane, co. Cork, Ireland, and Theberton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, and Matilda (1791–1869), daughter of the Revd Bence Bence (1747–1824) of Thorington Hall, Suffolk, rector of Beccles. Siblings: William Bence Jones, prominent agriculturist, who married Caroline Dickinson (a daughter of William Dickinson, MP) Spouse: Lady Millicent Acheson (d. 1887), daughter of the second earl of Gosford (1842) Children: three sons and four daughters

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