Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JOHNES, ARTHUR JAMES (1809 - 1871), county court judge at one time his district extended from Holyhead to Hay. He devoted himself to his work with great earnestness, but his interests were by no means confined to his professional duties. He was associated with such literary clerics as Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), and Thomas Richards, and was one of the promoters of the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine (1830-3). In 1831 he won
JOHNS, DAVID (fl. 1569-1586), cleric and poet 1573 (' David John, clk.'). His successor, John Williams, was collated according to the NLW MS 1626C (285), 16 May 1598, but on account of his plurality he was re-appointed to Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd on 3 June 1603; he was S.T.P., i.e. D.D. His translation of the verses of S. Bernard ('Cur mundus militat') has been copied in many of the manuscripts, and so has his translation into Latin sapphic verse
JOHNS, WILLIAM (1771 - 1845), Unitarian minister, tutor, and writer Born in 1771 in Cilmaenllwyd parish on the Pembrokeshire border of Carmarthenshire. Nothing is known of his family, but it may be noted that the surname John(s) recurs frequently in the records of the Independent congregation of Glandŵr, Pembrokeshire (see J. Lloyd James, Hanes Eglwys Glandŵr, 141-3), which had charge of the Independents of Cilmaenllwyd. The accounts of his early years are
JONES family Llwyn-rhys, , 1697; (2) A continuation of the Secret History … to 1696 … together with the Tragical History of the Stuarts, 1697, and 1717 (note that D. J. distinguishes between the Secret History and the Tragical History, acknowledging the latter as his own work); (3) The Wars and Causes of them between England and France … with a treatise of the Salique Law by D.J. and revised by R.C., 1698, reprinted in Harl
JONES family, smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Cilie, Movements He was the eldest child, born 3 May 1877 in the smithy house, Blaencelyn. After he left Pontgarreg school, he worked in the smithy and on the farm while he attended, intermittently, the tutorial school at New Quay between 1897 and 1899. That year, he went to Bala-Bangor College and to the University College, Bangor to prepare for the ministry. He obtained a B.A. degree in 1903 and a B.D. in 1910
JONES, ALWYN RICE (1934 - 2007), Archbishop of Wales Alwyn Rice Jones was born on 25 March 1934 in Capel Curig, Caernarfonshire, the only child of John Griffith Jones, a slate quarryman, and his wife Annie. Both his parents died young, and he was orphaned at the age of fourteen. He grew up in a Welsh-speaking community and Welsh remained his first language. Jones attended Llanrwst Grammar School and then won a scholarship to read Welsh at St
JONES, BENJAMIN (1756 - 1823), Independent minister (see Cofiant John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, 302-3). He died 17 February 1823 and was buried in Pen-lan cemetery, Pwllheli.
JONES, CADWALADR (1794 - 1883), stonemason and musician also rendered valuable service by holding music classes in the neighbourhood. His compositions included several anthems and hymn-tunes. He was blind during the latter years of his life. He died 3 January 1883 at Brynrwy, Trawsfynydd.
JONES, Sir CADWALADR BRYNER (1872 - 1954), a leading figure in Welsh agricultural education and eminent civil servant presidency in 1944-45. Another institution which owed a great debt to him was the National Show - now the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show. He acted as honorary director, 1908-10, was chairman of its council from 1944 to 1953, and became its president in 1954. His other life-long interests were Dr Williams' School, Dolgellau, to which he gave generous service for 25 years as chairman of the governors, and
JONES, DANIEL (1811 - 1861), Mormon missionary Lake City. The remainder of his life he spent as skipper of a boat on the Great Salt Lake. He died on 3 January 1861, and was survived by three wives and six children.
JONES, DANIEL (1813 - 1846), Calvinistic Methodist missionary and his young daughter were buried together in the Mission's cemetery on 3 December 1846.
JONES, DAVID (Welsh Freeholder; 1765 - 1816), barrister and author Birmingham, 1791, (3) The Welsh Freeholder's Vindication, 1791, (4) Reasons for Unitarianism, 1792, (5) The Welsh Freeholder's Farewell Epistles, 1794. He died in 1816. A Whig in principle, he believed ' in obeying government in civil matters, and asserting the supremacy and independence of the mind.'

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