Jamaica Choral Society Alfred Jones Shipping Liverpool 1906 Exhibition Postcard

nr08  Antique 1906 postcard advertising the forthcoming visit of the Jamaica Choral Society appearing at the Liverpool 1906 Products Exhibition between 30th Jan to 8th Feb 1906 lightly aged & small surface places but unused in otherwise excellent condition. The card details they are coming to the event by private invitation from Liverpool's historic Sir Alfred Jones (see below).

Sir Alfred Lewis Jones KCMG comYC (24 February 1845 13 December 1909) was a Welsh businessman and ship-owner. Described by W. T. Stead as "The Uncrowned King of West Africa", Jones was a pre-eminent figure in the colonial shipping trade who amassed considerable business through his many exploits. He was also regarded as a public benefactor in later life and through the execution of his will. In the early 1900s, Jones had a monopoly on the Congo Antwerp mail traffic as well as consular duties representing King Leopold II's Congo State in Liverpool. In June 1903, he became chairman of the Liverpool Institute of Tropical Research, president of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and a member of Joseph Chamberlain's tariff commission, formed in 1904. He was also appointed a justice of the peace (JP) for Liverpool.