Félix Jones ( fl. 1751–1817) [1] was an Irish [note 1]-Spanish military commander.
His son, Félix Jones Rooth, also a military commander, was teniente del rey [note 2] of Tarragona from 1835 to 1845. [1]
In 1784, Jones was promoted to lieutenant colonel and colonel in 1791. [1]
In 1794, he was given command of the Irlanda Regiment. [1] He was promoted to brigadier in 1795 and to field marshal in January 1808. [1]
In 1807, following the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau, allowing for the invasion of Portugal, Jones led one of Solano's divisions into Portugal, [note 3] where he took the town of Estremoz. [2]
He was promoted to field marshal in January 1808. [1] On 29 May, shortly before being murdered by a mob in Cádiz, Solano sent Jones to Seville giving him command of the troops there and with orders to raise a milicia. [2] [3]
Major general Jones was later given command of the 3rd Division, numbering some 5,415 men, including 709 horse, of Castaños's field army at Bailén. [4] [note 4]
In 1808, he was appointed military and political governor of El Puerto de Santa María and interim governor of Cádiz, [1] substituting Tomás de Morla, who had been sent to Madrid. [5] As military governor of Cádiz, on 22 February 1809 Jones managed to quell a riot, saving the lives of, amongst others, the political prisoners at the Castle of Santa Catalina including General Carrafa [6] and José de Iturrigaray. [5] Later that year, Jones would be substituted by Francisco Javier Venegas. [5]
He was awarded the Grand Cross of Saint Hermenegild in 1817. [1]