Charles Ernest Jones signed one rupee notes?

 By Dr. Nilaish 

It was a mystery to locate the signatory of 1940 dated but issued 1944 one rupee notes. These notes were signed by Sir Charles Ernest Jones (C.E. Jones) (1892 - 1953). He served in Ceylon Civil Service for a long time and then joined as Secretary to the Treasury. 

Sir Charles Ernest Jones 

Image Courtesy: Wikipedia. 

Jones finished B.Sc. from University of London in 1913 and joined Ceylon Civil Service on 28 November 1914. He also became member of Asiatic Society in 1917. Gradually, he paved his path to join as Controller of Exchange, Imports and Exports. He replaced Harold James Huxham in 1942 as Finance Secretrary of Ceylon. He was also acting Financial Secretrary of India. However, we need some documentary evidence to establish his period? 

My claim is based on the signature on Indian notes and Ceylon notes which is same. Take a look! It is probable that he signed Indian notes too? Still needs to be investigated. I believe that he also signed Indian notes with slappy signature running diagonally. 

Check signature of C.E. Jones on this Ceylon one rupee notes. 

C.E. Jones signature on Indian one rupee notes.