David Richard Floyd-Jones (April 6, 1813 – January 8, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician.
A descendant of an old Long Island family, he was born at the family mansion on the Fort Neck estate in South Oyster Bay, New York (then Queens, now Nassau County).
[2] He was educated at Christ Church Academy in Manhasset, and graduated from Union College in 1832.
[2] After studying law in Schenectady with Judge Samuel W. Jones, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in New York City in 1835 in partnership with James P. Howard.
[3] Together, they had seven children, including:[2] He died at the family mansion in 1871, and was buried at the Floyd-Jones Cemetery, on his Fort Neck estate.