Peter Jones died On This Day 30 August 1905 in Streatham at the house of his daughter and her husband, acclaimed architect Frederick Wheeler
Peter Rees Jones (1843–1905), department store owner, was born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, the son of Thomas Jones, a modestly successful hat manufacturer. He was educated privately, and after serving an apprenticeship in a Carmarthen drapery establishment, left Wales in 1864 to seek his fortune in London
Peter Jones died of a stroke at "Eversley", 11 Rydal Road, Streatham, on 30 August 1905. After being cremated at Woking, his ashes were interred at Brookwood cemetery, Surrey, on 2 September 1905.
In 1906 the Sloane Square store was sold to John Lewis, eventually becoming part of the John Lewis Partnership.
(Laura Ugolini Oxford DNB and John Lewis memory store)
Peter Rees Jones (1843–1905), department store owner, was born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, the son of Thomas Jones, a modestly successful hat manufacturer. He was educated privately, and after serving an apprenticeship in a Carmarthen drapery establishment, left Wales in 1864 to seek his fortune in London
Peter Jones died of a stroke at "Eversley", 11 Rydal Road, Streatham, on 30 August 1905. After being cremated at Woking, his ashes were interred at Brookwood cemetery, Surrey, on 2 September 1905.
In 1906 the Sloane Square store was sold to John Lewis, eventually becoming part of the John Lewis Partnership.
(Laura Ugolini Oxford DNB and John Lewis memory store)
