Mary Elizabeth Whitmore Jones (c. 1823 – 1915) was an English author and the first female heir of Chastleton House.

[1] It has been said that other, notable, 19th century authors of patience games "pale into insignificance" when compared with her.

The house was soon let to wealthy tenants, while Mary moved into Chastleton Rectory, where her niece lived with her husband, the Rector.

[1] Whitmore Jones was a prolific author, not least in the field of patience games; other, notable, 19th century authors on the subject were said to "pale into insignificance when compared with the Patience guru of the age – the incomparable Miss Mary Whitmore Jones.

[2] A selection of her works follows:[2][5] Mary Whitmore Jones was also the inventor of the Chastleton Patience Board which she designed between 1875 and 1898 and subsequently had manufactured by J. Jaques & Son.