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JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 498 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN
JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909) , British shipowner, was born in
Carmarthenshire
 , in 1845. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to the managers of the African Steamship Company at Liverpool, making several voyages to the west
coast
  of Africa. By the time he was twenty-six he had risen to be manager of the business. Not finding sufficient
scope
  in this post, he borrowed money to purchase two or three small sailing vessels, and started in the shipping business on his own account. The venture succeeded, and he made additions to his
fleet
 , but after a few years' successful trading, realizing that sailing ships were about to be superseded by steamers, he sold his vessels. About this time (1891) Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co., who
purchased
  the business of the old African Steamship Company, offered him a managerial post. This offer he accepted, subject to Messrs. Elder, Dempster selling him a number of their shares, and he thus acquired an
interest
  in the business, and subsequently, by further share purchases, its
control
 . See further STEAMSHIP LINES. In 1901 he was knighted. Sir Alfred Jones took a keen
interest
  in imperial affairs, and was instrumental in
founding
  the Liverpool school of tropical
medicine
 . He acquired considerable territorial interests in West Africa, and
financial
  interests in many of the companies engaged in opening up and developing that part of the world. He also took the leading part in opening up a new line of communication with the West Indies, and stimulating the Jamaica fruit trade and tourist traffic. He died on the 13th of December 1909, leaving large charitable bequests.


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