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Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh (died 1669) was an Irish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1643.
Jones was the son of Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh and his wife Frances Moore, daughter of Sir Garret Moore, eventual 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda. He succeeded to the titles of Baron Jones of Navan, and Viscount Ranelagh on the death of his father.[1]
Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh in 1632[]
In the timeline created by Grantville's arrival in 1631, Arthur Jones became Viscount Ranelagh in 1633, when his father died of the plague that was brought to London by King Charles' mercenaries. He was a habitual drunk and an unpleasant person whose best point with regard to his wife was that he was he was dead drunk every night and thus not awake to beat or abuse her.
His wife left him in 1632, going first to Grantville, then to Essen. In late 1634, knowing that she was in Brussels, he went there, intending to bring her back to England. When he found her as she was leaving Essen House, he attempted to abduct her and shoot Queen Maria Anna, whom he incorrectly identified as American Nicki Jo Prickett. (Maria Anna was dressed for up-time tennis and trying to be relatively incognito, which added to the confusion). Fortunately, the real Nicki Jo was able to deflect his aim by hitting him with a tennis racquet. A few days later, George Goring, another son-in-law of Richard Boyle, pretending to assist Jones in leaving Brussels by ship, arranged for Jones to "accidentally" fall into the river while drunk.
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- ↑ Most sources seem to place this in January, 1643.