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Francis William Doyle Jones

Francis William Doyle Jones, sometimes Francis William Doyle-Jones, (11 November 1873–10 June 1938) was a British sculptor.[1] Although principally a portrait sculptor, Jones is notable for the number of war memorials he created for British towns and cities following both the Boer War and World War I.

Francis William Doyle Jones
Born11 November 1873
Hartlepool, England
Died10 June 1938(1938-06-10) (aged 64)
St Luke's Hospital, Chelsea, London
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
  • National Art Training School
Known forSculpture

Biography edit

Jones was born, to Irish parents, in Hartlepool. He was the eldest son of a stonemason and monumental sculptor, Francis Jones (c. 1846–1918), from County Monaghan and for a time worked for his father before studying in Paris.[1] Jones returned to England to study at the National Art Training School in London, where he was taught by Édouard Lantéri.[2][3] After graduating, Jones established a studio at Chelsea in west London and had his first sculpture shown at the Royal Academy in 1903.[4] Between then and 1936, Jones had about thirty works, including portraits and statuettes, exhibited at the Academy.[1] Throughout the 1910s, he also regularly exhibited with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers and at the annual exhibition of Works by Artists from the Northern Counties held at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne.[1]

From 1904 to 1906 Jones created a series of Boer War memorials for British towns.[1] For the memorials at Penrith and Gateshead he created identical memorials featuring a female figure representing Peace crowning the Heroes.[5][6] Following the end of World War I Jones won several commissions for further public war memorials. He created several designs, including cenotaphs, for these works but in some instances, such as for the memorials at Woking, Gravesend and Brighouse he used a common design with a figure of Victory standing on a globe and holding a wreath of laurel leaves.[4]

Jones had a keen appreciation of Irish culture and, from early in his career, received several public commissions from Irish organisations, most notably for a monumental statue of Saint Patrick at Saul, County Down.[2][7] From 1923 onwards, he was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Hibernian Academy, RHA, in Dublin.[2][3] Shown at the RHA in 1923, Jones' bust of Michael Collins was acquired by the National Gallery of Ireland in 1924 while the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin holds a bronze bust of Joseph Devlin by Jones.[2]

Jones was elected an associate member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1923.[1]

Public works edit

1900–1909 edit

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
 
More images 		Boer War memorial Albert Park, Middlesbrough 1905 Obelisk on pedestal with panels Peterhead granite 6.7m tall Grade II Q26614806 [8][9]
  Boer War memorial Saltwell Park, Gateshead 1905 Statue on column Bronze & granite Grade II Q26540952 [10][11]
 
More images 		Boer War memorial Town Hall Gardens, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire 1905 Statue on a pedestal and plinth Bronze & granite Grade II Q29490306 [12][13][14]
Boer War memorial Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool 1905 Statue on pedestal Bronze & granite Grade II The statue was stolen in 1965 and only the pedestal remains in place.[15][16]
 
More images 		Boer War memorial Castle Park, Penrith, Cumbria 1906 Statue on column Bronze & granite Grade II Q66478786 [5][6]
John Mandeville Newmarket Square, Michelstown, County Down 1906 Statue on pedestal Bronze & granite [2][7][17]

1910–1919 edit

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
 
More images 		Matthew Webb Marine Parade, Dover, Kent 1910 Bust on pedestal with plaque Bronze & granite Q117405781 [18]
 
More images 		Robert Burns Galashiels, Scottish Borders 1912 Bust on pedestal Bronze & granite Category C Q56633763 [19]
  Chimera with Personifications of Fire and the Sea 24–28 Lombard Street, London 1914 Architectural sculpture Stone Grade II Architects, Gordon & Gunton[20][21]

1920–1929 edit

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
 
More images 		Bevans Cement Works war memorial Cement Works, Northfleet, Kent c. 1920 Seated sculpture on cube pedestal with plaque Concrete & bronze Grade II Q26671015 [22][23][24][25]
 
More images 		War memorial The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset 1921 Cenotaph Portland stone 5.3m tall Grade II Q26672299 [26][27]
 
More images 		War memorial Teddington, London 1921 Cenotaph Portland stone 5.4m tall Grade II Q66478655 [28][29]
  Partick & Whiteinch war memorial Victoria Park, Glasgow 1922 Statue on obelisk Bronze & stone 8m tall Category C Q77782061 [30][31]
 
More images 		War memorial Windmill Hill Gardens, Gravesend, Kent 1922 Statue on column Bronze & stone 9.2m tall Grade II Q66477666 [32][33]
  War memorial The Park, Hullen Edge Road, Elland, West Yorkshire 1922 Statue on pedestal Bronze & granite Grade II Q26427083 [34][35]
 
More images 		War memorial Jubilee Square, Woking, Surrey 1922 Statue on column Bronze & stone 5.2m tall Grade II Q66478558 [4][36]
 
More images 		War memorial King Edward Square, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham 1922 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone 6.4m tall Grade II Q26677176 [37][38]
 
More images 		War memorial Abbey Fields, Kenilworth, Warwickshire 1922 Obelisk with relief & plaque Stone Grade II Q26678076 [39][40]
 
More images 		War memorial Rydings Park, Brighouse, West Yorkshire 1922 Statue on column Bronze & granite Grade II Q26426829 [41][42]
War memorial Station Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria 1922 Statue on column Bronze & granite [43]
Archbishop Thomas Croke Liberty Square, Thurles, County Tipperary 1922 Statue on pedestal with statuettes Bronze & limestone [2][7]
 
More images 		War memorial Gillingham, Kent 1924 Inscribed column Stone Grade II Q26677893 [44][45]
War memorial St Michael And All Angels Church, Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland 1925 Cenotaph with relief figures Portland stone c. 6m tall Grade II Q66477939 [46][47]
Canon P.A Sheehan Doneraile, County Cork 1925 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone [2][7]
  Cardinal Patrick O'Donnell Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba, Letterkenny 1929 Statue on pedestal [7]
 
More images 		War memorial Waterloo, Merseyside c. 1920s Statue on pedestal Bronze & sandstone Grade II Q26548994 [48][49]
War memorial Jarrow, South Tyneside c. 1920s Statue on column Bronze & stone [50]

1930 and later edit

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
 
More images 		Edgar Wallace 107 Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus, London 1934 Plaque Bronze
 
More images 		T. P. O'Connor Chronicle House, Fleet Street, London 1935–1936 Bust and plaque Bronze [51]
 
More images 		Saint Patrick Saul, County Down 1938 Statue on pedestal Granite 11m tall [2][7]
 
More images 		George V Howard Davis Park, Jersey 1939 Statue on pedestal Bronze & granite Q99528341 Completed by William Reid Dick following death of Jones in 1938.[1]

Other works edit

  • At the Royal Academy in 1909, Jones exhibited the silver relief sculpture White Horses, which was inspired by a Rudyard Kipling poem and was designed for Harley Hall near Northallerton.[1]
  • The offering of youth on the altar of patriotism, a relief shown at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1925.[2]

References edit

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  4. ^ a b c Historic England. "Woking War Memorial (1443492)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b Historic England. "Penrith Boer War Memorial (1446766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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