Harry Thomson Jones

Harry Thomson Jones was born in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England on 28 April 1925,England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: APR 1925 5a 234 AMESBURY — Harry Thomson Jones as the only child to Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Harry Jones, a Filipino, and his wife, Emily Charlotte (née Thomson), an American.England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005: JUL 1921 1a 267 KENSINGTON — Victor H Jones = Emily C Thomson His Christening took place in Amesbury on 2 August 1925.England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980: 2 APR 1925 AMESBURY — Harry Thomson Jones

Jones was educated at Eton College. After graduating, he joined the British Army, serving during World War II. Upon being demobbed, he worked as an assistant to Bob Fetherstonhaugh at the Curragh.{{Cite web |date=7 December 2007 |title=Tom Jones |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1571756/Tom-Jones.html |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=The Telegraph |language=en-GB}}

Jones was a distant cousin of the racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks' mother.{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Charlie |date= |title=Charlie Brooks |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cf-cj/charlie-brooks/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=The Telegraph |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Charlie |date=6 January 2025 |title=The Harry Thomson Jones advice I wish I had taken |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2025/01/06/charlie-brooker-harry-thomson-jones-advice/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

Jones was first licenced as a racehorse trainer at Newmarket, Suffolk in 1951. Amongst his notable National Hunt horses were Tingle Creek, winner of 11 races and a specialist at Sandown Park Racecourse, and Frenchman's Cove, winner of the 1962 Whitbread Gold Cup and 1964 King George VI Chase.{{Cite web |date=2 December 2016 |title=A legendary giant who left an indelible mark on the sport |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/previews/a-legendary-giant-who-left-an-indelible-mark-on-the-sport-aeZ6e5r2ueAC/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Racing Post |language=en-GB}}

Jones had begun to concentrate on flat racing by the 1970s and trained his first Classic winner when Athens Wood won the 1971 St. Leger. In 1982, he trained Touching Wood to win the St. Leger and Irish St. Leger for Maktoum al Maktoum, the first Classic winner owned by the Maktoum family. Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum became his principal owner, at one stage looking after 80 horses for Sheikh Hamdan, and the most successful horse he trained for Sheikh Hamdan was Al Bahathri, winner of the Lowther Stakes in 1984 and the Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Child Stakes in 1985.

Jones' last winner came when Agdistis won at Worcester Racecourse on 12 October 1996. He retired before the end of the year.

Jones had authored a poem.

Jones and Solna Marianne Anita Joel,England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: JAN 1928 1a 625 MARYLEBONE — Solna M A Joel{{Cite web |last=Lees |first=Jon |date=10 May 2018 |title=Solna Thomson Jones, owner of Alverton, dies aged 90 |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/solna-thomson-jones-owner-of-alverton-dies-aged-90-azPMC8n1EYXU/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Racing Post |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Alison |date=11 May 2018 |title=Racing mourns as Solna dies, aged 90 |url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/newmarket/news/racing-mourns-as-solna-dies-aged-90-9000094/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Suffolk News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=20 May 2018 |title=Solna Thomson Jones obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/solna-thomson-jones-obituary-gf297900v |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=The Times |language=en-GB}} a racehorse owner and trainer, who was the daughter of the businessman Stanhope Henry Joel and a granddaughter of the financier Solomon Barnato "Solly" Joel, members of the Joel family, were engaged in December 1949.{{Cite web |date=22 December 1949 |title=Dec 22, 1949, page 14 - Coventry Evening Telegraph at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/787114095/?terms=H.%20T.%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} The couple were married at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square{{Cite web |date=9 March 1950 |title=Mar 09, 1950, page 4 - Evening Standard at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/720854119/?terms=Harry%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} in Westminster, Middlesex, on 14 March 1950.England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005: JAN 1950 5c 666 WESTMINSTER — Harry T Jones = Solna M A Joel{{Cite web |date=14 March 1950 |title=Mar 14, 1950, page 7 - Evening Standard at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/720854738/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=15 March 1950 |title=Mar 15, 1950, page 7 - The Daily Telegraph at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/829384099/?terms=Mr.%20T.%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} Following the service, a reception was held at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, spending their honeymoon in Monte Carlo and Bermuda.{{Cite web |date=18 March 1950 |title=Mar 18, 1950, page 6 - The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/811531547/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=18 March 1950 |title=Mar 18, 1950, page 4 - The Surrey Advertiser, County Times at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/827178107/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} They had three children together; Diana E S "Di" HaineEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005: OCT 1975 22 1485 GLOUCESTER — Diana E S Jones = John Haine{{Cite news |date=8 October 1998 |title=Racing: Johnny Haine dies at 55 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing-johnny-haine-dies-at-55-1177090.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220707200902/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing-johnny-haine-dies-at-55-1177090.html |archive-date=7 July 2022 |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}} (née Jones; born 25 September 1951),England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: OCT 1951 4a 247 CAMBRIDGE — Diana E S Jones{{Cite web |date=26 September 1951 |title=Sep 26, 1951, page 12 - Evening Post at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/827277033/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=26 September 1951 |title=Sep 26, 1951, page 4 - Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/867130777/?terms=Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=26 September 1951 |title=Sep 26, 1951, page 6 - Bristol Evening World at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/938378146/?terms=Solna%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} Christopher Thomson "Chris" Jones (born January 1954)England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: JAN 1954 5d 419 MARYLEBONE — Christophe T Jones{{Cite web |date=22 January 1954 |title=Jan 22, 1954, page 3 - Evening Standard at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/721130548/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} and Timothy Thomson "Tim" JonesEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005: NOV 1990 19 109 NEWBURY — Timothy T Jones = Catriona A O'Sullivan{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Ian |date=29 January 1998 |title=Racing: Suspension for jockeys arrested in doping investigation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing-suspension-for-jockeys-arrested-in-doping-investigation-1141623.html |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=The Independent |language=en-GB}} (born 6 May 1956).England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: APR 1956 5d 432 MARYLEBONE — Timothy T Jones{{Cite web |date=8 May 1956 |title=May 08, 1956, page 14 - The Daily Telegraph at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/832201821/?terms=Tom%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} The couple separated after 23 years of marriage, and on 14 December 1973,{{Cite web |date=14 December 1973 |title=Dec 14, 1973, page 8 - Evening Standard at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/721800894/?terms=Thomas%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} she sued{{Cite web |date=15 December 1973 |title=Dec 15, 1973, page 5 - Western Daily Press at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/910975848/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} him for divorce in the London Divorce Court, citing a woman named Korybut.{{Cite web |date=15 December 1973 |title=Dec 15, 1973, page 8 - Cambridge Evening News at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/889584157/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} She was granted a decree nisi on 18 December 1973, on the grounds of his adultery, and was awarded custody of their youngest son.{{Cite web |date=18 December 1973 |title=Dec 18, 1973, page 13 - The Daily Telegraph at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/832188446/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} Di and Tim{{Cite web |last=Burn |first=James |date=10 June 2019 |title=Thomson Jones offers Lambourn base for fledgling training operation |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/not-to-be-sneezed-at-thomson-jones-offers-base-for-fledgling-training-operation-aln2X3N3WEH2/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Racing Post |language=en-GB}} later became racehorse trainers,{{Cite web |title=Mrs D Haine |url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/trainer/666/mrs-d-haine |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Racing Post |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=T Thomson Jones |url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/trainer/3597/t-thomson-jones |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Racing Post |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Milnes |first=David |date=26 August 2021 |title=Newmarket trainers come together for incredible first group photo in 25 years |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/newmarket-trainers-come-together-for-incredible-first-group-photo-in-25-years-asNAZ8U5pXKr/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Racing Post |language=en-GB}} and Chris moved to South Carolina.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

Jones and Sarah Anne Chester Korybut (née Beatty),England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: APR 1934 1a 440 CHELSEA — Sarah A C Beatty a socialite and former fashion model, who was a granddaughter of the American mining magnate Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (the "King of Copper"), were engaged in April 1974.{{Cite web |date=26 April 1974 |title=Apr 26, 1974, page 12 - Daily News at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395795842/?terms=H.%20Thompson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=29 April 1974 |title=Apr 29, 1974, page 17 - Syracuse Herald-Journal at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1088776649/?terms=H.%20Thompson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} The couple were married in Westminster, Greater London in April 1975.England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005: APR 1975 15 1276 WESTMINSTER — Harry T Jones = Sarah A C Korybut They spent their honeymoon in the South of France, before returning on 7 July 1975.{{Cite web |date=8 July 1975 |title=Jul 08, 1975, page 12 - Hull Daily Mail at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/898833060/?terms=Harry%20Thomson%20Jones&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}} Upon this marriage, he gained two teenage stepchildren, Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick (born 1957){{Cite web |date=31 January 1957 |title=page 4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/721109376/?match=1&terms=%22Lord%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Evening Standard |language=en-GB |quote="The birth of a son in London to Lady Brooke is announced today. Lady Brooke, formerly Miss Sarah Chester Beatty, married Lord Brooke, 22-year-old heir of the Earl of Warwick, last year."}}{{Cite web |date=31 January 1957 |title=page 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/785026515/?match=1&terms=%22Lord%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Birmingham Post |language=en-GB |quote="A SON was born to Lord and Lady Brooke in a London nursing home yesterday. The news was sent to Warwick last night by Lord Brooke, who said both the mother and baby were doing well."}}{{Cite web |date=31 January 1957 |title=page 13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/852005100/?match=1&terms=%22Lord%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Birmingham Evening Mail |language=en-GB |quote="The Mayor of Warwick (Councillor E. R. Bartlett) today sent a greetings telegram to Lord and Lady Brooke at their London home, congratu-lating them on the birth of a son."}}{{Cite web |date=31 January 1957 |title=page 15 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/787198071/?match=1&terms=%22Lady%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Coventry Evening Telegraph |language=en-GB |quote="News was received in Warwick last night of the birth, in a London nursing home, of a son to Lord and Lady Brooke, who were married last year. Lady Brooke and the baby were stated to be progressing well.
The Mayor of Warwick, Coun-cillor E. R. Bartlett, to-day sent a greetings telegram to Lord and Lady Brooke, at their London address, 87, Chesterfield House, Chesterfield Gardens, W.1. It read: "Heartiest congratulations on the birth of a son, from the Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Warwick.""}}{{Cite web |date=31 January 1957 |title=page 6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/821913292/?match=1&terms=%22Lady%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |quote="Lady Brooke gave birth to a son in a London nursing home yester-day."}} and Lady Charlotte Anne Greville (born 1958),{{Cite web |date=7 June 1958 |title=page 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/721148599/?match=1&terms=%22Lord%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Evening Standard |language=en-GB |quote="Lady Brooke, daughter of copper magnate Mr. Alfred Chester Beatty, gave birth to a daughter in a London nursing home last night, it was announced today.
She married Lord Brooke, heir to the Earl of Warwick, in 1956. They are both 24 and have an 18-month-old son."}}{{Cite web |date=7 June 1958 |title=page 9 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/787251875/?match=1&terms=%22Lord%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Coventry Evening Telegraph |language=en-GB |quote="It was announced at Warwick Castle today that Lady Brooke, wife of Lord Brooke, heir to the Earl of Warwick, gave birth to a daughter in a London nursing home last night.
This is Lord and Lady Brooke's second child as they have a son 18 months old. Before her marriage Lady Brooke was Miss Sarah Chester-Beatty."}}{{Cite web |date=7 June 1958 |title=page 11 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/888456893/?match=1&terms=%22Lord%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Nottingham Evening News |language=en-GB |quote="Lady Brooke, wife of Lord Brooke, son and heir to the Earl of Warwick, gave birth to a daughter in a London nursing home last night, it was announced at Warwick Castle today.
This is Lord and Lady Brooke's second child. They have a son born in January 1957. Before her marriage Lady Brooke was Miss Sarah Chester Beatty."}}{{Cite web |date=7 June 1958 |title=page 2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/867143307/?match=1&terms=%22Lady%20Brooke%22 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph |language=en-GB |quote="Lady Brooke, wife of Lord Brooke, son and heir to the Earl of Warwick, gave birth to a daughter in a London nursing home last night, it was announced at Warwick Castle today."}} from his wife's first marriage to David Greville, 8th Earl of Warwick. His step niece was the socialite Annabelle Neilson.{{Cite news |date=28 June 1956 |title=SARAH BEATTY FIANCEE; Engaged to Lord Brooke, Son of the Earl of Warwick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/06/28/archives/sarah-beatty-fiancee-engaged-to-lord-brooke-son-of-the-earl-of.html |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-GB |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=27 January 1996 |title=The Earl of Warwick |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12050003.the-earl-of-warwick/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=The Herald |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Thomas Jr |first=Robert Mcg. |date=24 January 1996 |title=Earl of Warwick, 61, Who Sold His Castle to Madame Tussauds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/24/world/earl-of-warwick-61-who-sold-his-castle-to-madame-tussauds.html |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-GB |issn=0362-4331}}

Jones died at his home, Monks Park House, in Corsham, Wiltshire], on 5 December 2007. He was 82. His funeral service took place at St Philip and St James Church, Wiltshire on 17 December 2007.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2007 |title=Dec 11, 2007, page 24 - The Daily Telegraph at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/753423056/?terms=%22Thomson-Jones%22%20%22Tom%22&match=1 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-GB}}

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