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Lieutenant-General '''Sir Richard Jones''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3hy-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA72&dq=%22Richard+Jones%22+bombay&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz_9O2nt_YAhWKK5oKHRBsCywQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22Richard%20Jones%22%20bombay&f=false Bombay Artillery List of Officers], Colonel F. W. M. Spring, page 72</ref> Was made [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] for his actions at Bharatpur.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/eastindiamilita00philgoog/page/n131 <!-- pg=125 quote="Richard Jones". --> The East India military calendar: containing the services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 3], page 125</ref><br />
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*{{cite book<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ<br />
|author=Great Britain India Office<br />
|title=The India List and India Office List<br />
|volume=I<br />
|year=1819<br />
|publisher=Harrison<br />
|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc#PRA1-PA127,M1 127]<br />
|access-date=2009-01-08}}<br />
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