JOHNES, JOHN (1800 - 1876), barrister-at-law and county court judge

Son of John Johnes, D.L. (high sheriff of Carmarthenshire, 1803), Dolau Cothi, Carmarthenshire, and Elizabeth daughter of John Bowen of Maes, Llanwrthwl (Brecknock.). He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He married in 1822, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Edwardes of Gileston Manor, Glamorganshire Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1831, he served as assistant commissioner under the Tithe Commutation Act and on the Admiralty, Copyhold, Enclosure, and Lunacy Commissions. He was appointed judge of the county court of the Carmarthen district, 1847; recorder of the borough of Carmarthen, 1851-72; chairman of quarter sessions for the county of Carmarthen, 1853-72; he was a J.P. and D.L. for the counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke. During the Rebecca riots Johnes did much to keep his own district quiet, and in 1843 he wrote An Address to the Inhabitants of Conwil-Caio …; this was also published by William Rees, Llandovery, in a Welsh translation: Annerchiad at Drigolion Plwyf Conwil-Gaio, yn Swydd Gaerfyrddin a'r Plwyfau Cym'Dogaethol. Besides being an able lawyer, he was a keen agriculturist and antiquary. He was murdered by his Irish butler at Dolau Cothi on 19 August 1876.

Author

• Major Herbert Johnes Lloyd-Johnes, (1900 - 1983)

Sources

• Personal knowledge

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733488

Published date: 1959

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