Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS, JOSEPH (1814 - 1882), sculptor of the Art Journal, commissioned a bust of her husband and a monument to his memory. In 1880 he was asked to design the ' Cymmrodorion Medal.' Between 1838 and 1878 Joseph Edwards exhibited seventy of his works at the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts. Finding himself in straitened circumstances, he was encouraged by G. F. Watts in 1881 to apply for the Turner bequest of £50 per annum, but
PARRY, JOSEPH (1841 - 1903), musician
BAILEY family Glanusk Park, Sir JOSEPH BAILEY, (1783 - 1858), baronet, iron-master, landowner, and M.P., was the elder son of Joseph (or John) Bailey of Wakefield, and Susannah, sister of Richard Crawshay (1739 - 1810), the famous iron-master of Cyfarthfa. When quite a young lad, he tramped the whole way from Yorkshire to seek his rich uncle at Merthyr. By hard work and perseverance he soon obtained a good grasp of the iron
MEADOWS, JOSEPH KENNY (1790 - 1874), draughtsman
THOMAS, JOSEPH WILLIAM (1846 - 1914), chemist
COBB, JOSEPH RICHARD (1821 - 1897), antiquary
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1743 - 1819), Baptist minister son of the Evan Jenkins (1712 - 1723 March 1752) who was pastor of Wrexham ' Old Meeting ' for some months in 1737 and again (after a period at Exeter) from 1740 till 1752, and grandson of John Jenkins (1656? - 1733), pastor of Rhydwilym. Joseph was only 9 when his father died, but Thomas Llewellyn saw to his education in London; later, he went to Aberdeen (M.A. 1765, D.D. 1790). He was baptized
JONES, JOSEPH (1799 - 1871), Catholic priest The name of Joseph Jones is associated with Ysgeifiog, Flintshire. There, presumably, in 1799, he was born and there also, or not far away, he spent part of his adult life. Like some others from the mining districts of Flintshire, he too in his youth moved to work in the lead mines at Minera where, at the time, there were better work opportunities for miners. At Minera he joined Pen-y-bryn church
EVANS, JOSEPH (1832 - 1909), Calvinistic Methodist minister
DAVIES, JOSEPH EDWARD (1876 - 1958), international lawyer
PARRY, JOSEPH (1744 - 1826), painter and engraver of Macclesfield, and in May 1826 removed to London, where he died 15 September of the same year. He was buried in the churchyard of S. Martin-in-the-fields. Joseph Parry's younger son, JAMES PARRY (died 1871), who was also an artist, exhibited in Manchester. His work, too, includes many Manchester scenes; he excelled as an engraver and produced many plates from his own, his brother's, and other
GOULD, ARTHUR JOSEPH (1864 - 1919), Rugby footballer

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