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{{short description|Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}

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The '''Jones''', later '''Lawrence-Jones Baronetcy''', of Cranmer Hall in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the [[Baronetage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created on 30 September 1831 for [[Major-General]] [[John Thomas Jones|Sir John Jones, 1st Baronet]], who had earlier fought with distinction in the [[Peninsular War]]. He married Catherine, daughter of Effingham Lawrence.

The second Baronet was murdered by robbers at Macri near Dalaman in Turkey. The fifth Baronet was an author and published several memoirs as L. E. Jones. His works include "Victorian Boyhood", "Edwardian Youth" and "Georgian Afternoon". The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Lawrence.

[[Herbert Jones (bishop)|Herbert Jones]], second son of the third Baronet, was [[suffragan bishop|suffragan]] [[Bishop of Lewes]].

==Jones, later Lawrence-Jones baronets, of Cranmer Hall (1831)==
*[[Sir John Thomas Jones, 1st Baronet]], Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], 1st Baronet (1783–1843)<ref name="Foster">{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire |date=1883 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |location=Westminster |page=350 |url=https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/350/mode/1up}}</ref>
*[[Sir Lawrence Jones, 2nd Baronet]] (1817–1845), murdered by [[brigands]] in [[Fethiye|Makri]], Turkey<ref name="Foster"/>
*[[Willoughby Jones|Sir Willoughby Jones, 3rd Baronet]] (1820–1884)<ref name="Foster"/>
*[[Sir John Jones, 4th Baronet|Sir Lawrence John Jones, 4th Baronet]] (1857–1954)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Jones, Sir Lawrence John|id=U239267}}</ref>
*[[L. E. Jones|Sir Lawrence Evelyn Jones]], [[Military Cross|MC]], 5th Baronet (1885–1969)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Jones, Sir Lawrence Evelyn|id=U55402}}</ref>
*Sir Christopher Lawrence-Jones, 6th Baronet (born 1940)<ref name="WW6">{{Who's Who|title=Lawrence-Jones, Sir Christopher|id=U23969}}</ref>

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Mark Christopher Lawrence-Jones (born 1968).<ref name="WW6"/>

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[[Category:Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom|Lawrence-Jones]]