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Keith Hamylton Jones
{{Infobox ambassador|honorific-prefix=|name=Keith Hamylton Jones|honorific-suffix=[[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]]|image=|alt=|order=11th|ambassador_from=United Kingdom|country=Honduras|term_start=1975|term_end=1978|predecessor=David M. Pearson|successor=John B. Weymes|order2=6th|ambassador_from2=United Kingdom|country2=Costa Rica|term_start2=1974|term_end2=1979|predecessor2=John Blackwell|successor2=Michael Brown|order3=9th|ambassador_from3=United Kingdom|country3=Nicaragua|term_start3=1976|term_end3=1979|predecessor3=[[David Duncan (diplomat)|David Duncan]]|successor3=Michael Brown|birth_date=12 October 1924|birth_place=[[London]], United Kingdom|death_date=23 November 2007|death_place=[[London]], England, United Kingdom|nationality=British|spouse=Eira Morgan|party=|relations=|children=Alison|residence=|alma_mater=Oxford University|occupation=|profession=Diplomat|religion=|signature=|signature_alt=|website=|footnotes=}}'''Keith Hamylton Jones''' [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] (12 October 1924 &ndash; 23 November 2007) was a distinguished [[United Kingdom|British]] [[diplomat]] who served prominently in the 1970s in [[South America]] and [[Latin America]]. He also served in the [[Welsh Guards]] during [[World War II]].

== Life and career ==
Jones was born in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] on 12 October 1924 to George and Gertrude (maiden name Mitchell) Jones. He was educated at the [[University of Oxford]], after his military service, in 1950. Jones graduated with a [[Master's degree]]. Jones married Eira Morgan on 26 August 1953; the couple had one child together, Alison Hamylton-Jones. 

Jones' first posting was as Diplomatic Secretary in [[Warsaw]] in 1950. Before his first ambassadorial posting, he worked with [[Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service]] in [[Manila]], [[Montevideo]] and [[Lubumbashi]]. He was appointed United Kingdom Ambassador to [[Costa Rica]] in 1974, succeeding John Blackwell. Whilst still ambassador in Costa Rica, Jones became the 11th Ambassador to [[Honduras]] in 1975 and then the 9th Ambassador to [[Nicaragua]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46898/page/6825/data.pdf |title=State Intelligence |work=The London Gazette |date=13 May 1976 |access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref><ref>https://issuu.com/fcohistorians/docs/bdd_part_3_with_covers</ref>

Jones retired from all posts in 1979 (except in Honduras which he retired from in 1978) and was awarded the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[1979 Birthday Honours]]. 
[[File:Keith Hamylton Jones Coat of Arms.jpg|thumb|169x169px|Keith Hamylton Jones' Coat of Arms, painted by Anthony Wood in 1991. <ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.dragonlore.co.uk/magazines/issue118.pdf| title=Keith Hamylton-Jones Front Page|last=|first=|date=|website=| work=Dragonlore Magazine|access-date=}}</ref>]]
Jones had a [[Coat of arms]] commissioned by [[Anthony Wood (artist)]] in 1991, as seen below.

In 1972, Jones wrote a book, ''The Ideal World'' under the pen name of Peter Myllent.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AoeCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Keith+Hamylton+Jones%22&q=Keith+Hamylton+Jones#v=snippet&q=Keith%20Hamylton%20Jones&f=false |title=A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language |first=T. J. |last=Carty |publisher=Routledge |year=2000 |access-date=1 November 2016|isbn=9781135955854 }}</ref> After a long, drawn-out struggle with [[Alzheimer's disease]], Jones died on 23 November 2007. He was buried on 5 December in [[Morval, Cornwall]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/70016/hamylton-jones|title=HAMYLTON-JONES - Deaths Announcements |website=announcements.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref>

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[[Category:1924 births]]
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[[Category:British diplomats]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Honduras]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Nicaragua]]
[[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]