Barry Jones was a consultant oral surgeon at Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe hospitals. He was born on 3 April 1935 to John Jones, a dentist, and Olga Jones née Cowan, in Hartlepool. He used to tell how his father would recruit him and his brother to administer anaesthetic gases at his surgery. After education at Perse School, Cambridge, he studied dentistry at King’s College, University of Durham, based in Newcastle. Whilst there, he was a prominent member of the drama society, acting, directing and even performing at the Edinburgh Fringe. After qualification in 1960, he moved to London to train in oral surgery, beginning at St George’s Hospital, Hyde Park Corner. He gained his fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1964 and subsequently took up a consultant post in High Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville hospitals, where he worked until retirement. He was a kind and gentle family man, who enjoyed the theatre, opera, music, travel and rugby. He died on 10 July 2025 at the age of 90 and was survived by his wife Brenda (née Porter) and three children, Aaron, Kate, an anaesthetist, and Oliver.