John Henry Jones, known as Jack Jones (26 October 1894 – 31 October 1962), was a British

United Kingdom

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 Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician.

Early life

Jones was born in Rotherham

Rotherham

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, and educated at Port Talbot School, at an elementary school in Rotherham, and at Bangor University

Bangor University

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. He worked as a steel smelter, and during World War I

World War I

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 he served in the Middle East

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 with the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

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.

He was elected at the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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 as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Bolton

Bolton (UK Parliament constituency)

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, and held the seat until the constituency abolished in 1950. He was then elected as MP for Rotherham

Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

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, and held the seat until he was killed in a road accident in late 1962.

Jones was Parliamentary Private Secretary

Parliamentary Private Secretary

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 to Lord Pakenahm

Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford

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 while he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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, and to the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Christopher Mayhew

Christopher Mayhew

Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to become a Liberal...

 from May to October 1947. He was a joint Parliamentary Secretary

Parliamentary Secretary

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 to the Ministry of Supply

Ministry of Supply

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 from October 1947 to 1950.

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