JARDINE, DAVID (1732 - 1766), Independent minister and head of an academy

Born at Denbigh, son of James Jardine. He was a student at the Carmarthen Academy, 1752-4, and was ordained at Abergavenny, 1754, where he also started a school. Because of a controversy over the question of doctrine taught at the Carmarthen Academy the Congregational Board (London) refused to give that institution a financial grant; Jardine was recommended as tutor of the Board's Academy in Wales, 27 February 1757, and was appointed head of the new Academy at Abergavenny, 7 March 1757, with Benjamin Davies (1739? - 1817) as his assistant. Jardine continued to minister to the church at Abergavenny and to be head of the Academy until he died 1 October 1766. He married the daughter of Lewis Jones, Bridgend, Glamorganshire (1702? - 1772). David Jardine was an excellent teacher and many of his students became prominent amongst Congregationalists.

Author

• Reverend John Dyfnallt Owen, (1873 - 1956)

Sources

• Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, i, 49
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9261A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• Josiah Thomas Jones, Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru (Aberdâr 1867-70), i, 597

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20732834

Published date: 1959

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