Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, 3rd Viscount Ranelagh, Governor of Roscommon Castle, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, Paymaster of the Forces, Member of Parliament for Roscommon and several English constituencies, original Fellow of the Royal Society.
Dates: 8 February 1641 – 5 January 1712
Biography
Anglo-Irish peer, politician, revenue administrator and architect. He succeeded his father in the Ranelagh viscountcy in 1670 and was created Earl of Ranelagh in the Peerage of Ireland on 11 December 1677. He was later a prominent English parliamentary and financial figure, though his career ended in controversy over army-pay accounts.
Notes / Sources
British Armorial Bindings, Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh — https://armorial.bibsoc.org.uk/stamp-owners/JON002.html
Surrey Coats of Arms, Jones—Viscount Ranelagh — https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/36439/Surrey-Coats-of-Arms-I-Z.pdf
Dictionary of Irish Biography, Jones, Richard — https://www.dib.ie/biography/jones-richard-a4337
Westminster Abbey, Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh — https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/richard-jones-earl-of-ranelagh
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Jones of Ranelagh
Father: Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh
Mother: Lady Katherine Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
Spouse(s): Hon. Elizabeth Willoughby, married 28 October 1662; Lady Margaret Cecil, widow of John Stawell, 2nd Baron Stawell, married 9 January 1696
Children / next generation: Arthur Jones, died young; Edward Jones, born 2 October 1675, died young in 1678; Lady Catherine Jones, died unmarried; Lady Elizabeth Jones, married John FitzGerald, 18th Earl of Kildare; Lady Frances Jones, married Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby
Armorial Registry
Jones of Ranelagh — Richard Jones, 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of Ranelagh, principal viscountial arms
Branch: Jones of Ranelagh, descended from Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh
Issued / recorded: 1662
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