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Jonas, Frank Charlton, brother of Herbert Charlton Jonas (q.v.); b. July 21, 1881; adm. May 2, 1895 (R); left July 1898; went to Copenhagen to study brewing, and subsequently to India as manager of a branch brewery of Messrs. Miskin and Co.; returned home at the out­ break of Great War I and entered the Camb. Univ. O.T.C. in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2/1st Cambs Regt. Oct. 1914; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1915, Adjutant and temp. Capt. May 1915; Capt. Oct. 13, 1916; went out to the western front in Nov. 1916; m. 1908 Maria, only daughter of John Fell Swallow, of Mosborough Hall, Derbyshire; killed in action at St. Julien July 31, 1917.

Joly, John Swift, son of John Swift Joly MD FRCS and Mary, d. of Ossory Fitzpatrick of Dublin; b. 21 Mar. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (R), non-res. KS Sept. 1926; left July 1930; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1937; FRCS 1941; RNVR in WW2 (Surgeon-Lieut.); sen. surgical Registrar Metropolitan Hosp., later Coventry & War­wick Hosp.; Medical Supt Goondiwindi Hosp. Board, Queensland, Australia, 1963-77; retd and living in Emmaville NSW; m. 15 Nov. 1944 Beryl Hamilton, d. of Capt. W. R. Le Mare RNR of Invergordon; d. 2004.

Jolly, Stratford Donker Aird, son of B. Stratford and Beatrice Jolly, of Bayswater; b. Sept. 7, 1881; adm. April 23, 1896 (G); left Dec. 1898; a sculptor who exhibited at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon, and an excavator and explorer in S. America; author of Treasure Trail (1934) and other works; served in France Sept. 1917 -Jan 1919; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; m. 1933 Eileen Margaret, daughter of Albert Henry Stead, of Colonsay, Oxton, Cheshire; d. at Mombasa, March 2, 1948.

JOLLIFFE, WILLIAM JOHN, brother of Hylton Jolliffe (qv); b. 22 Apr 1774; adm. 4 Feb 1783; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Apr 1791; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1797, priest 9 Mar 1800 (both Winchester); Curate, Colemore, Hampshire 1797; he and his partner Sir Edward Banks, Kt, were the contractors who built Waterloo Bridge, London Bridge and Sheerness Docks; of Merstham, Surrey; m. 10 Jan 1799 Julia, dau. of Sir Abraham Pytches, Kt, Streatham, Surrey; d. 31 Jan 1835.

JOLLIFFE, THOMAS, eldest son of Benjamin Jolliffe, Cofton, Worcs., and Mary, dau. of John Jolliffe MP, London; bapt. Corton Hackett, Worcs. 6 Sep 1692 (IGI); at school under Knipe (National Review, Jun 1926, 594); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1712, aged 18; adm. Inner Temple 5 May 1720, chambers there from May 1723; of Cofton, Worcs., and Betham Hall, Staffs.; High Sheriff, Staffordshire 1737; d. unm. 1 Apr 1758.

JOLLIFFE, JOHN, brother of Thomas Jolliffe (qv); bapt. Corton Hackett, Worcs. 31 Jul 1696 (IGI); at school under Knipe (National Review, Jun 1926, 594); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1712, aged 15; adm. Middle Temple 9 Aug 1714, Inner Temple 12 Jan 1719/20, chambers there Feb 1719/20 – sold 2 Feb 1747/8; Commissioner of Wine Licences 2 Dec 1720 – 16 Jun 1741; Receiver-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster Aug 1738 – Feb 1752; of Petersfield, Hampshire; MP Petersfield 1741-54, 1761-8; m. 1st, 30 Mar 1731 Catherine, dau. of Robert Michell MP, Petersfield, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 21 Jun 1744 Mary, dau. of Samuel Holden MP, London; d. 1 Feb 1771.

JOLLIFFE, HYLTON, eldest son of William Jolliffe MP, Petersfield, Hampshire, and Eleanor, dau. of Sir Richard Hylton, Bart. (formerly Musgrave), Hayton Castle, Cumberland; grandson of John Jolliffe (qv); b. 28 Feb 1773; adm. 4 Feb 1783; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jan 1787; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 24 Nov 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Dec 1793; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 21 Nov 1799; retd. 15 Aug 1804; served in Netherlands 1793-4 and in Egypt 1801; present at battles of Aboukir and Alexandria; MP Petersfield 1796 – Jan 1797, 19 Mar 1802-30, 1831-2, 6 Mar 1833-4; m. 6 Sep 1804 Elizabeth Rose, natural dau. of Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers; d. 12 Jan 1843.

JOLLIFFE, GEORGE, brother of Hylton Jolliffe (qv); b.; at school 1791; entered Royal Navy; acting Lieut., 4 Oct 1797, Lieut. 29 Nov 1797; killed in action on HMS Bellerophon at battle of the Nile 1 Aug 1798, aged 20.

JOHNSTONE, HENRY JAMES WOLFENDEN, eldest son of James Johnson MD LRCP, Physician Extraordinary to William IV, and Charlotte Wolfenden, Lambeg, co. Antrim; b. 25 Jul 1807; adm. 21 Jan 1822; left Christmas 1823; St. George’s Hospital; MRCS 1834; FRCS (hon. ) 1843; Senior Assistant Surgeon, and lecturer on Anatomy and Physic, St. George’s Hospital; joint editor with his father of The Medico-Chirurgical Review; resided in France 1848-50; supposed to have been the writer of a series of letters which appeared in The Times 20 Dec 1851 onwards, signed “An Englishman” and exposing the designs of Louis Napoleon; assumed surname of Johnstone in lieu of Johnson 21 Apr 1870; d. 19 Oct 1889.

Johnstone, Gerald Ewart, son of Rev. David Ewart Johnstone and Alice Mary, d. of Rt Rev. John Martindale Speechly DD, Bishop of Travancore and Cochin; b. 26 June 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1928, BCL 1929; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Jan. 1930; legal branch Min. of Agriculture 1935; Treasury Solicitor's Office 1936, Legal Asst 1937, sen. Legal Asst 1946, principal Legal Asst 1956; legal adviser Min. of Economic Warfare 1939-46, Min. of Food 1954; CB 1959; m. 27 Aug. 1935 Dorothy Gladys, d. of Thomas Stoneof Exeter; d. 23 Mar. 1973.