Laurence Jones

Sir Laurence Alfred Jones, KCB, AFC (18 January 1933 – 27 September 1995) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

For the American educator, see Laurence C. Jones.
For the English blues rock musician, see Laurence Jones (musician).

Air Marshal

Sir Laurence Jones

KCB AFC
25th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office
10 October 1990 – 27 September 1995
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Laurence New
Succeeded bySir Timothy Daunt
Personal details
Born(1933-01-18)18 January 1933
Died27 September 1995(1995-09-27) (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
Alma materTrinity School
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Air Force
Years of service1951–1990
RankAir Marshal
CommandsAir Member for Personnel (1987–90)
RAF Wittering (1975–77)
No. 92 Squadron (1967–70)
No. 8 Squadron (1961–63)
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross

RAF career

Educated at Trinity School, Jones joined the Royal Air Force in 1951.[1] He was made Officer Commanding No. 8 Squadron in 1961 and Officer Commanding No. 19 Squadron in 1967.[1] He was appointed Station Commander at RAF Wittering in 1975 and Director of Operations (Air Support) in 1977 before becoming Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Strike Command in 1982.[1] He then went on to be Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in 1984, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes) in 1985 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1986 before being appointed Air Member for Personnel in 1987 and retiring in 1990.[1]

In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.[2][3]

gollark: Really? "Smart" lightbulbs?
gollark: 20 seconds ≈ forever.
gollark: My computer's PSU is 450W, sum of part TDPs or something is 227W, actual draw I never checked.
gollark: LEDs are, what, 10W or so at most for a lot of light.
gollark: The real power draw will be the computer doing motion detection.

References
  1. "L A Jones". Rafweb.org. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. "List of Governors of the Isle of Man". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. Paxton, J. (1990). "The Statesman's Year-Book 1990-91". Macmillan. p. 1,369. ISBN 978-0-333-39154-9.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Anthony Skingsley		 Air Member for Personnel
1987–1989		 Succeeded by
Sir David Parry-Evans
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Laurence New		 Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
1990–1995		 Succeeded by
Sir Timothy Daunt
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