Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JENKINS, HERBERT (1721 - 1772), early Methodist exhorter, afterwards Independent minister Born in Mynydd-islwyn parish, Monmouthshire. According to Bradney (Hist. of Mon., I, ii, 442), his father was Herbert Jenkins and his grandfather that William Jenkins of Aberystruth parish who was curate (and kept school) at Trevethin (Pontypool) from 1726 till 1736. It may be that the parents had 'dissented'; tradition asserts that they were attached to the church of Edmund Jones, and certainly
JENKINS, JOHN (1656? - 1733), Baptist minister Meeting, Wrexham. A volume of sermons in his hand was formerly in the possession of William Herbert, minister of Maesyberllan, and of Joshua Thomas, Leominster.
JENKINS, JOHN DAVID (1828 - 1876), cleric, philanthropist Born at Merthyr Tydfil, 30 January 1828, the son of William David Jenkins (died 1834), Castellau Fach, Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, and Maria, widow of Thomas Dyke, druggist, Merthyr Tydfil. He was educated at Taliesin Williams's school at Merthyr, Cowbridge grammar school, and Jesus College, Oxford (B.A. 1850, M.A. 1852, B.D. 1859, and D.D. 1871). While at Oxford he became a good classical and
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1859 - 1929), Calvinistic Methodist minister preach. He was educated at William James's school at Cardiff, the Pontypridd Academy, and Trevecka. He was ordained at the Aberystwyth Association, 1887, and became minister successively of Caerphilly, Spellow Lane (English), Liverpool, New Quay, Cardiganshire, Salem (Dolgelley), Garreg-ddu (Ffestiniog), and Llandovery. He died 27 April 1929 and was buried in Cwmystwyth chapel cemetery. He took a
JENKINS, KATHRYN (1961 - 2009), scholar and hymnologist was for 'classical' Welsh hymnody and the work of William Williams (Pantycelyn) in particular. Her PhD dissertation was on his place in the history of the Welsh hymn and over the years she published a stream of articles on aspects of his work. In the anthology of his hymns that she prepared in 1991 on the bicentenary of his death, Anthem Angau Calfari, she was able to combine her scholarship and her
JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography Born 31 August 1881 in Liverpool, son of Robert Jenkins and Margaret (née Thomas). The family moved to Bangor when his father was appointed clerk to William Cadwaladr Davies, registrar of the new college, but after the early death of his parents (his mother in 1887 and his father in 1888) he was raised by his mother's family at Bala; he always acknowledged a deep debt to his grandmother, Margaret
JENKINS, Sir WILLIAM ALBERT (1878 - 1968), shipbroker and politician Born in Swansea 9 September 1878, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Ann Jenkins. He married, 1906, Beatrice (died 1967), daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Tyler, Pirbright, Surrey. He was prominent in the Welsh coal industry as principal of William A. Jenkins and Company, Wholesale Coal and Coke Factors, and also as a shipbroker. He won recognition in many European countries for his commercial
JENKYN, THOMAS WILLIAM (1794 - 1858), Independent minister and professor of theology
JERVIS, WILLIAM - see JARVICE, WILLIAM
JOAN (d. 1237), princess natural daughter of king John by an unknown mother. She was betrothed to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1204, and married to him in 1205. Her role as ambassadress and intermediary between her husband and the Crown in the period 1211-32 was an important one. In spite of the tragic liaison with William de Breos (see Braose family), which resulted in a short term of imprisonment for Joan, Llywelyn's
JOAN (d. 1237), princess and diplomat Nottingham, received two letters warning him to desist from his Welsh campaign. He was informed of a baronial plot in which he would either be killed by his own magnates or taken captive by his enemies. One letter was from William the Lion, king of Scots and the other from Joan. John called off the operation and returned to London to contend with suspects in the conspiracy. Between 1214 and 1215 Joan
JOHN, AUGUSTUS EDWIN (1878 - 1961), artist Born 4 January 1878, third child of Edwin William John and his wife Augusta (née Smith); younger brother of Gwendolen Mary John. The family moved to Tenby from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, after the death of their mother in 1884. After being educated locally and at Clifton, Augustus John went to London in 1894, where he studied art at the Slade School for four years under Henry Tonks and

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