Jones, Richard (1786-1852)

Field of activity
company director; general merchant; grazier (sheep); grazier (unspecified); magistrate; Member of Upper House; sheep breeder; shipowner; whaler
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JONES, RICHARD (1786-1852), merchant and pastoralist, was born at Chirbury, Shropshire, England, the eldest son of Thomas Bowdler Jones, small landowner and brewer, and his wife Elizabeth Ann, née Philips. He was educated in London and early chose a mercantile career, entering a London business as a clerk. He first arrived in New South Wales on 14 August 1809 in the Mary Ann. By May 1815 he was agent for Forbes & Co. of Bombay, importing spirits. In the same year he set up in Sydney as a general merchant in partnership with Alexander Riley. In 1817 Alexander Riley retired and was replaced by Edward Riley. In 1819 Macquarie referred to the fact that they were the only merchants in New South Wales: he complained to London that the order prohibiting convict ships from carrying merchandise made the colony unduly dependent on the goods imported by Jones & Riley, 'our solitary mercantile firm', and that 'this sordid Rapacious House' had consequently raised their prices by 100 per cent. Indeed, he went so far as to conjecture that the measure was suggested by Jones & Riley or their associates in London, Bell & Wilkinson.

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  1. 'Jones, Richard (1786 - 1852)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    D. Shineberg
    [1967]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 2
    pp 24-25.

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  1. [Whaling ships belonging to Richard Jones / watercolour by Frederick Garling]
    Garling, Frederick, 1806-1873
    [ Art work : 2010 ]
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  2. Album - scrap album compiled by Richard Jones
    Jones, Richard, 1823-1907
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  3. A hundred pound relic of our first bank and the personalities who signed this one share
    May, Tom
    Australasian Coin and Banknote Magazine
    [ Article : 2008 ]
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