JONES, WILLIAM (1826 - 1899), secretary to the Peace Society
Date of birth: 1826
Date of death: 1899
Parent: John Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: secretary to the Peace Society
Area of activity: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Author: Annie Grace Bowen-Jones
as successor to Henry Richard, Tregaron; son of John Jones, a Ruthin Quaker, and great-grandson of Jonathan Hughes, the bard mentioned by Borrow in Wild Wales. William was educated at Ackworth Quaker School. Later he was appointed head of a commission for the relief of distress during the Franco-German war of 1870-1. He had discussions with president Cleveland and Li Hung Chang and other statesmen on the principle of arbitration as an instrument of world peace. One of William Jones's closest friends was John Bright; others included Oliver Wendell Holmes and the poet Whittier. He died 10 May 1899 and was buried at Sunderland.
Author
- Annie Grace Bowen-Jones
- Grace Roberts (Mrs. A. G. Bowen-Jones) in Y Llenor: cylchgrawn chwarterol dan nawdd cymdeithasau Cymraeg y colegau cenedlaethol xxix
Sources
Published date: 1959
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