Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS TUDNO (Tudno; 1844 - 1895), cleric and poet Born at Llandudno 28 April 1844, the son of Thomas Jones and Mary, daughter of Griffith Griffiths of Bryncelyn Fawr, Llanengan, Llŷn. Having attended local schools till the age of 13, he went to work in a shop kept by his brother. In 1867 he was appointed editor of the Llandudno Directory, and was for a time on the staff of the Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald at Caernarvon. From 1874 till 1880 he
JONES, WALTER DAVID MICHAEL (1895 - 1974), painter and poet the chalice, inscribing its central theme as a circular, redemptive Christian structure. 'Wales', writes Pennar Davies, 'is integral to David Jones's thought.' Jones strongly identified with his Welsh father's culture and ancestry, and through his later friendships with Saunders Lewis and Valerie Wynne-Williams became involved with discussions of Welsh nationalism and the emergence of Plaid Cymru
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1566 - 1640), judge he was knighted, made a serjeant at law, and sent to Ireland as lord chief justice of King's Bench. Returning in 1620, he declined nomination as Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire (where he was now regarded as 'prime man'), supporting the unsuccessful candidature of Sir John Wynn against John Griffith. In 1621 he was nominated by bishop John Williams (1582 - 1650) as a judge of Common Pleas
JONES, WILLIAM (1675? - 1749), mathematician Shirburn castle became Jones's home for many years. He lost heavily when his banker failed, but his friendship with the great brought him profitable sinecures. He was married twice: (1) to the widow of the merchant who employed him when he went to London. This might explain how he came by the money which he later lost; and (2) to Mary Nix on 17 April 1731 when he was 56 and she was 25. They had two sons
JONES, WILLIAM (1726 - 1795), antiquary and poet tenants to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn complaining of the tyranny of his stewards. As he was one of the supporters of the French Revolution, Government ordered his letters to be opened and examined, and to avoid this he had them addressed to John Jones of Stonehouse. For all that, he was a zealous Churchman, pouring scorn on the Methodists. He was a churchwarden in 1769 and again in 1787. He succeeded in
JONES, WILLIAM (1762 - 1846), Scotch-Baptist minister, editor, and author Born 17 June 1762, at Parkside, Gresford, son of William and Mary Jones; he spent his early youth at Poulton. He moved to Chester in 1780 and was baptized there by Archibald McLean. In 1793 he opened a bookshop at Liverpool, and was appointed elder of the new church formed there by McLean and J. R. Jones 'of Ramoth ', around 1798-9. Finally, in 1812, he became minister of Windmill Street church
JONES, WILLIAM (Bleddyn; 1829? - 1903), antiquary, local historian, geologist, and collector of folk-lore Born at Beddgelert, 1829, son of John Jones, sexton (who is referred to in Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago) and Catrin Williams. He was apprenticed to a tailor at Caernarvon in 1841, but apart from a brief spell at Portmadoc he spent his life in business at Llangollen, and died there 30 January 1903. He shared the prize with Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys) for an essay on the antiquities of the
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1888 - 1961), administrator and politician Born 27 June 1888, the son of Hugh and Mary Jones of Gellifor in the Clwyd valley, Denbighshire. He was educated in schools at Llanrwst and Denbigh, and began his career as a clerk in a solicitor's office. Jones became a solicitor himself in 1922, and was appointed to a post within the Denbighshire County Council. He served as Clerk of the Peace and as Clerk to the County Council from 1930 until
JONES, WILLIAM (1896 - 1961), poet and minister for a time though he was never formally its minister. He also assisted in the local branch of the County Library. He came to prominence as a poet during his college days. One of his best-known poems, the ballad ' Y llanc ifanc o Lyn ' appeared in A Book of Bangor Verse (1924). He was friendly with many well known literary figures such as R. Williams Parry and J.T. Jones, Porthmadog, and he won
JONES, WILLIAM ARTHUR (1892 - 1970), musician the end of his life. He was brought up in a musical home; his mother gave him piano lessons from an early age, and he later studied organ playing with John Williams, Caernarfon, and with Roland Rogers, organist of Bangor cathedral. After short periods as organist and pianist to the Honourable F.G. Wynn at Glynllifon, Llandwrog, and from 1910 to 1915 as organist and choirmaster at Rug chapel, Corwen
JONES, WILLIAM HENRY (1860 - 1932), journalist and local historian Thomas Watkin Williams, Wellington foundry, Swansea. He published a large number of articles, booklets, and books on the history of persons and places in Wales and England - see a list of twenty-nine publications printed at the end of his History of Swansea and of the Lordship of Gower (Carmarthen, 1920); this work, his History of the Port of Swansea (Carmarthen, 1922), and his Old Karnarvon, 1882
JOSHUA, SETH (1858 - 1925), minister (Presb.) Born 10 April 1858 in Ty Capel, Trosnant Uchaf, Pontypool, Monmouth, son of George Joshua and Mary (née Walden) his wife. He married Mary Rees, Llantrisant, in Neath, Glamorganshire, 23 September 1883, and they had eight children (one son, Peter, was a minister and a popular evangelist in America; another son, Lyn, was responsible with Mai Jones for the radio programme ' We'll keep a welcome in

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