Mary Jones is a historian whose chief interest is in the Victorian and Edwardian Navy. She has an MA from Exeter University centring on the Victorian Australia Station, and a Doctorate from Exeter centring on the Victorian and Edwardian Naval Officer Corps. She has written about Captain Francis Clayton on the Australian Station, 1884-888 for the Navy Records Society and Admiral Sir William May for Mariner's Mirror. She has given papers at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich and King's College in London. She has written on various aspects of local history. She came to naval history somewhat late, as a retired teacher, and admits to having trouble with the hardware , but insists that it is the software of the personnel that is responsible for the quality of the Service.