Sir Henry Frank Harding Jones
1906 Born in Paddington
His great-grandfather, Robert Jones, had been the first to light Pall Mall using gas
His grandfather, Harry Jones, was president of both the Institution of Gas Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers
His father, Frank Jones, was president of various London gas companies.
Engineering Degree at Cambridge
1929 Won the Miller Prize of Inst Civil Engineers for paper on long distance transmission of gas
Articled to Sir George Evetts, consulting gas engineer.
Became deputy chairman of various gas companies.
1949 After nationalisation of the gas industry, became chairman of East Midlands Gas Board
1952 deputy chairman of the Gas Council
1960-71 Chairman of The Gas Council
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Sources of Information
- The Times Oct. 13, 1987