Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones

1931 -

• Name	Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones  [1]
  Born	19 June 1931	European Hospital, Miri, Sarawak   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Bruton, Somerset, England   [2]
  	King's School, Bruton
  Residence	2003	Mayfield, Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Kent, England   [2]
  Person ID	I148	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	13 June 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary O'Sullivan,   b. 20 May 1934, Registration District of Edmonton, Essex, England
  Married	24 June 1961  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones,   b. 20 Jan. 1965, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	13 June 2026
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Rhys-Jones Quarterly Gules and Azure a lion rampant regardant within an orle Or (RHYS-JONES). Granted to Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones. Designed by Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Sovereign Families of Europe (Online), https://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_UnitedKingdom.php. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 2, page 2721. [S181] Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628–1969, RG 36 (Returns in Africa and Asia, 1895–1965), piece 11 (Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1895–1940), page 6, no. 226, 19 June 1931. "ANNUAL RETURN OF BIRTHS OF BRITISH NATIONALS IN SARAWAK. No. 226. When and where born: 19th June, 1931, European Hospital, Miri. Name: Christopher Bournes Rhys Jones. Sex: Male. Personal name, Surname and Nationality of Father: Theophilus Rhys Jones (Welsh). Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Margaret Patricia Newall Molesworth. Rank or Profession of Father: Labour Superintendent Sarawak Oilfield, Ltd., Lutong. Signature, Description, and Residence of Informant: T. Rhys Jones. When Registered: 30th April, 1936. Signature of Officer Registering the Birth: (Sgd.) E. M. Marjoribanks."