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. He was knighted in 1892.
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.
References
- ^ "Obituary: Sir W. H. Quayle Jones". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 12 January 1925. p. 18.
- 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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