John Pike Jones

(1791-1857)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jones, J. P. (John Pike) NRA: Jones, John Pike (1790-1857), antiquary DNB: Jones, John Pike (1791–1857), political activist and antiquary LBT ID: JoJones1857 VIAF ID: 61172065 LOC ID: no98131402	B/BAP: 1791-02-25 DIED: 1857-02-04
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Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, when denied promotion in the church for his political views his cause was in 1820 taken up unsuccessfully by Lord Holland in the House of Lords. He was afterwards vicar of Alton, Staffordshire, a naturalist, and an antiquary.
REFERENCES TO John Pike Jones: Sydney Smith to Lord Grey, 10 May 1820 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 2 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1820