Henry Festing Jones
Henry Festing Jones (30 January 1851 – 23 October 1928)[1] was an English solicitor and writer, known as the friend and posthumous biographer of Samuel Butler.He was the son of Thomas Jones Q.C., and entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1870.[4] Grad
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Henry Festing Jones (30 January 1851 – 23 October 1928)[1] was an English solicitor and writer, known as the friend and posthumous biographer of Samuel Butler.He was the son of Thomas Jones Q.C., and entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1870.[4] Graduating B.A. in 1873, he was articled to a solicitor. He qualified in the profession in 1876.[3]
Jones met Samuel Butler through Edward Hall, a college friend; they became close in 1876.[2] From 1887, he was Butler's paid companion and musical collaborator.[5] Butler had settled in 1864 in Clifford's Inn, London, where he lived for the rest of his life, dying in 1902;[6] Jones lived in Barnard's Inn and Staple Inn during Butler's lifetime.[
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