Edward Jones (d. 1706; fl. 1687–1706)

Identifiers

Occupations

  • Printer

Names

  • Edward Jones
  • Edoard Jones

Edward Jones, printer, 1688–1706; King's Printer at the Savoy; in Dublin.

A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, by Henry Plomer (1922)

JONES (EDWARD), King's Printer in London, the Savoy; and Dublin. 1688–1705/6. The King's printers, Bill, Hills and Newcombe, having printed the Declaration made by James II against the Prince of Orange, they were, on the accession of William, replaced by Edward Jones. Dunton [p. 324] speaks highly of his character, and adds "He has got a noble estate 'by authority' and is deservedly famous for printing 'The True News' and publishing the London Gazette". In 1690 he had an office in Dublin. Jones died at his house at Kensington on Saturday the 16th February 1706, and was buried in Hampstead cemetery. Immediately on his decease there was published an elegy on him, The Mercury Hawkers in Mourning. [Nichols, Lit. Anecd., IV. 81.]