George Jones (British politician)

Sir George William Henry Jones (1874 – 3 January 1956) was a British barrister and Conservative politician.

[1] Jones spent his early years in business before deciding to study law in his thirties, and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1907.

He famously defended the populist Member of Parliament (MP) Horatio Bottomley against fraud charges.

[1] In 1910 he entered local politics, when he was elected as a Municipal Reform Party member of the London County Council, representing Hackney North.

He stood as Conservative candidate in the general election held in December, contesting the constituency of Leeds West.