Walter Jones

Walter John Henry Jones (4 June 1866 to 14 April 1932) was an English polo player. He was born at The Elms, Warrington, the son of William Charles Jones, owner of Jones Brothers Cotton Mills in Leigh, and was educated at Harrow School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He played polo mainly for the Rugby team and also for his own Blakemere team. He represented Great Britain in polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics, playing for the Hurlingham team, which won the silver medal. Away from the polo field he worked as a cotton broker and was an important collector of first editions and watercolours, including J. M. W. Turner's The Blue Rigi, and he enjoyed big-game hunting and fishing.