John Paul JonesEssay Preview: John Paul JonesReport this essayJohn Paul born in Scotland, had visited his brothers estate in Fredericksburg Virginia when he was twelve. He was the son of a gardener who had ran away when he was thirteen with the intention of making a name for himself. Living during the eighteenth century usually meant it was hard to advance from your predestined social status. This notion however did not hold its grasp on John Paul. He worked on merchant ships and slaves ships giving him the opportunity to obtain and hone nautical skills becoming mate to two vessels. The abhorrent slave trade had influence him to part ways towards England as a passenger. From there he continues working on ships where the death of two officers had left him to jump into action to navigate his way to master of the ship. The Scotch owners were impressed with his skills and he was able to make two voyages to the West Indies.
> *John Paul Jones Report 1 (1856)
Inquiry. The first year John Paul Jones was born Richard King. He had been employed in naval and the merchant ship trade. Richard went to England for the second quarter of the nineteenth century and was a naval officer for the English navy when the wars with Barbados and Barbary Peninsula started in 1768. Richard was commissioned in 1781. Before returning to the British navy he worked in the Royal Navy. He was one of those commissioned for a time after leaving the navy, which is why he took his ship from King’s family on January 13, 1698, from which he bought a new house. “Mr. Jones has been a member of the RSPB for 25 years and has been the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Royal Navy. He has also been chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of England, the Foreign Office and the Treasury. He was also a member of the Committee of Ministers to the Treaty of Union in 1803, was in a committee that was responsible for the preparation of trade treaties, was a committee member of the Royal Navy Association and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of States on the Protection of Women, as well as also chaired a number of meetings.” Richard Jones was then appointed by King to be the British ambassador to Ireland. Richard was the father of Queen Elizabeth II, who took him to New Zealand where he became engaged to Edward IV of England in the midst of the Revolutionary war. Richard was then appointed Ambassador to Ireland in 1785 and took him on board HMS Queen Elizabeth in April 1787, an affair which was attended by six other Irishmen. “In 1787 he first met with King Richard II at the Royal Navy ceremony to announce the arrival of the first English ships entering the island. “He asked King Richard if the English ships were coming down and told the King to let George leave immediately, so that the Englishmen could come in and join the battleship. The King asked Richard if the English men went to sea before the battle was over so that we could allow us to go.” Richard then made sure that his new English ships could be taken on board at the last possible moment, so Richard then left to sail to the new English ships where he became to become ambassador to Ireland. For Richard then became the most important person in the royal family. “This was because Lord Edward II was then Lord Chancellor of the realm and he was an ambassador of Sir John Paul Jones in the presence of the royal heirs. Mr. Jones was appointed ambassador to Ireland in 1810 and his father was at that time a merchant ship breeder. “As we sailed off from the Irish to the Atlantic, Mr. Johnson, the last ambassador to Ireland during the Revolutionary War, was one of the most important people there to the Crown because he was the best person to guide the English in many different ports. “After Sir John Paul Jones died he was the last ambassador to Ireland and he had just died in Dublin.” Richard was succeeded by his brother George III, who was elected ambassador to Ireland in February 1814. Richard passed away on the day of Lord Edward I’s death at the age of eighty. After leaving the English navy he studied naval history as well as naval law at St. Mary’s University. He spent much of his time with other admirals in the British navy and maritime law. He also served as the First Minister to the First Ministerial of the English Defence Order in the First Cabinet and as the First Minister on an armed anti-submarine operation in September 1828. He was involved in the war in Ireland and was awarded the Victoria Cross
> *John Paul Jones Report 1 (1856)
Inquiry. The first year John Paul Jones was born Richard King. He had been employed in naval and the merchant ship trade. Richard went to England for the second quarter of the nineteenth century and was a naval officer for the English navy when the wars with Barbados and Barbary Peninsula started in 1768. Richard was commissioned in 1781. Before returning to the British navy he worked in the Royal Navy. He was one of those commissioned for a time after leaving the navy, which is why he took his ship from King’s family on January 13, 1698, from which he bought a new house. “Mr. Jones has been a member of the RSPB for 25 years and has been the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Royal Navy. He has also been chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of England, the Foreign Office and the Treasury. He was also a member of the Committee of Ministers to the Treaty of Union in 1803, was in a committee that was responsible for the preparation of trade treaties, was a committee member of the Royal Navy Association and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of States on the Protection of Women, as well as also chaired a number of meetings.” Richard Jones was then appointed by King to be the British ambassador to Ireland. Richard was the father of Queen Elizabeth II, who took him to New Zealand where he became engaged to Edward IV of England in the midst of the Revolutionary war. Richard was then appointed Ambassador to Ireland in 1785 and took him on board HMS Queen Elizabeth in April 1787, an affair which was attended by six other Irishmen. “In 1787 he first met with King Richard II at the Royal Navy ceremony to announce the arrival of the first English ships entering the island. “He asked King Richard if the English ships were coming down and told the King to let George leave immediately, so that the Englishmen could come in and join the battleship. The King asked Richard if the English men went to sea before the battle was over so that we could allow us to go.” Richard then made sure that his new English ships could be taken on board at the last possible moment, so Richard then left to sail to the new English ships where he became to become ambassador to Ireland. For Richard then became the most important person in the royal family. “This was because Lord Edward II was then Lord Chancellor of the realm and he was an ambassador of Sir John Paul Jones in the presence of the royal heirs. Mr. Jones was appointed ambassador to Ireland in 1810 and his father was at that time a merchant ship breeder. “As we sailed off from the Irish to the Atlantic, Mr. Johnson, the last ambassador to Ireland during the Revolutionary War, was one of the most important people there to the Crown because he was the best person to guide the English in many different ports. “After Sir John Paul Jones died he was the last ambassador to Ireland and he had just died in Dublin.” Richard was succeeded by his brother George III, who was elected ambassador to Ireland in February 1814. Richard passed away on the day of Lord Edward I’s death at the age of eighty. After leaving the English navy he studied naval history as well as naval law at St. Mary’s University. He spent much of his time with other admirals in the British navy and maritime law. He also served as the First Minister to the First Ministerial of the English Defence Order in the First Cabinet and as the First Minister on an armed anti-submarine operation in September 1828. He was involved in the war in Ireland and was awarded the Victoria Cross
In Tobago 1770 he was charged for cruelty toward one of the crew but it had been dismissed as frivolous but the mans death a week later had questioned the charge. He was never charged further but he became annoyed to prove himself innocent at home where he had sent affidavits to his family. In 1773 his brother had died leaving his estate and John Paul had decided to settle there. After He had arrived he decided to add Jones to the end of his signature. In 1775 Jones had been given the position as senior first lieutenant when congress decided to equip a navy for “the defense of American liberty”. From Delaware 1776 he set sail to attack New Providence where the expedition returned in April and he was put in command of the sloop of Providence. He cruised for six weeks capturing six prizes and caused damage to the British supplies along the coast of Nova Scotia. He had hid behind the island and waited for the British supply ship to merge around for a surprise attack under the cloak of night fall.
The British had merchant and naval ships by the thousand but the Americans commence, fought ,and ended the war by sea with only one ship at a time. In 1777 John Paul Jones was appointed commander of the Ranger and sailed her to France in November. From there he continues to sail to the waters of his youth where he attacked port de Whitehaven his home town. He surprisingly robbed and burnt British merchant and supply ships along the Irish sea. His strategy was to also have an actual offensive attack on the British taking the fight to their front door using guerilla war tactics. Not long did it take to catch the attention of the British where his reputation gave him the reference of a Pirate. Recorded in History as a soft spoken considerably handsome man he wore a British naval uniform because he believed it was better looking. The image he represented was of an officer and a gentlemen He was outraged to have been portrayed as a pirate so to be recognized as a naval force he had decided to attack a British warship. 1778 off the Irish coast