Richard Jones (East India Company officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Jones, KCB (1754–1835) enlisted in the Bombay Army in 1770, commanded 4 companies of artillery in Third Anglo-Mysore War during 1790–1792, commanded the Bombay army detachment at Siege of Bharatpur (1805), commanding officer at Surat 1805–8, commander in chief in Bombay in 1808, commander of artillery 1808–16.[1] Was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath for his actions at Bharatpur.[2]

Footnotes
  1. Bombay Artillery List of Officers, Colonel F. W. M. Spring, page 72
  2. The East India military calendar: containing the services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 3, page 125
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References
  • Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
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