William Wynn Jones
The Rt. Rev. William Wynn Jones | |
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| Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Tanganyika (territory) |
| Diocese | Tanganyika (territory) |
| See | Tanganyika (territory) |
| Installed | 1948 |
| Term ended | 1950 (by his death) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1925 (Deacon) 1926 (Priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1900 Swansea, Wales |
| Died | 29 May 1950 (aged 49) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Buried | Graveyard adjacent to the Anglican Cathedral of Dodoma, Diocese of Central Tanganyika |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Parents | Matthew Tertius Jones (1853 - 1912) (father) |
| Spouse | Ruth L. Minton Taylor, granddaughter of the Premier of Tasmania Henry Dobson, whom he married during 1933 |
| Children | 4, including the Tanzanian-born conservative Naomi Wilson OAM (b. 1940), who was a National Party of Australia member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 1998 |
| Education | Queen's College, Taunton; Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney (BA 1922, MA 1927) |
The Rt. Rev. William Wynn-Jones (10 November 1900 – 29 May 1950) was a Welsh educator and clergyman who served as Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika from 1948 until his death by a car accident in 1950.