Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES family Llwyn-rhys, the Boyne. He managed, however, to keep his name out of the public records. He is also credited with having secured, through his influence at Court, a special licence for his father to preach in his own house. This is an echo of the 1672 licence, granted when he could hardly have been more than 12 years old. According to the biographical dictionaries he was educated at a school conducted by his
JONES, ABEL (Bardd Crwst; 1830 - 1901), ballad writer and strolling ballad singer early part of 1901. At one period he lived at Mold, 'in a court off the High-Street,' and Ellis Edwards recounts how he would drop into Daniel Owen the novelist's shop for a chat. He travelled throughout Wales - several of his ballads (of which we have seventy-one) are concerned with events in South Wales. He has been called 'the prince of ballad-singers,' and when we consider how recent were his
JONES, ALAN TREVOR (1901 - 1979), health service administrator and Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine - it hangs in the School of Medicine's main committee room at Heath Park. However, as he wrote in his diary, 'the most gratifying thing of all was an Honorary LLD given to me by the University of Wales, when I was presented before the Court at Swansea with a very complimentary speech by Patrick Mounsey, who could not have been more generous to his predecessor'. During his speech Mounsey referred to
JONES, BENJAMIN MAELOR (1894 - 1982), educationalist and author the Merionethshire Library, he gave his ardent support to the Merioneth Record Office from its establishment in 1952. He was a member of the court (1936-43) and later of the council of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He was also a governor of Dr Williams' school and of Ysgol y Gader, Dolgellau, for years. He served as the first vice-chairman of the Friends of the National Library of
JONES, Sir CYNAN (ALBERT) EVANS (Cynan; 1895 - 1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr made on the reorganisation of the Eisteddfod which resulted in the establishment of the Court and the Council, and in this Cynan played a prominent part. He was appointed President of the Court in 1967. He was also prominent as a National Eisteddfod competitor. In 1921 he won the crown at Caernarfon with his poem ' Mab y Bwthyn ', the story of a young Welshman's experiences in the 1914-18 war. So
JONES, DAVID BEVAN (Dewi Elfed; 1807 - 1863), minister (B, and Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints - Mormons) summer session of the Glamorgan assizes a verdict was reached in favour of the Baptists. In November 1851 the Baptists organised a march of 2,000 supporters under the leadership of Price to repossess Gwawr chapel because Dewi Elfed had refused to surrender the building to them despite the court decision. Dewi Elfed was sent by the Saints as an eloquent and well-known missionary through Glamorgan and
JONES, Sir DAVID BRYNMOR (1852 - 1921), lawyer and historian The eldest son of Thomas Jones (1819 - 1882). Born in London and educated at University College School and at University College. He was called to the Bar in 1876 from the Middle Temple (of which he became Bencher in 1899 and Reader in 1911). He practised for several years on the South Wales circuit, and in 1885 became a County Court judge in England; he resigned in 1892, took silk, and entered
JONES, DAVID LEWIS (1945 - 2010), Llyfrgellydd Ty'r Arglwyddi 1994; FSA, FRHistS, a FRSA yn 2006. Penodwyd ef hefyd yn CBE yn 2005 pan oedd ei ymddeoliad ar y gorwel. Bu farw'n ddisyfyd yn ei gartref Heathfield Court, Chiswick, Llundain, ar 15 Hydref 2010, ac yntau ond yn 65 mlwydd oed, yn fuan ar ôl iddo dderbyn llawdriniaeth. Cynhaliwyd ei angladd cyhoeddus yn Eglwys Henfynyw, Ffos y Ffin, ger Aberaeron, ar brynhawn Sadwrn, 23 Hydref. Er mai dyn swil, tawel
JONES, DAVID LEWIS (1945 - 2010), Librarian of the House of Lords Court, Chiswick, London, following surgery, on 15 October 2010 at the age of only 65. The public funeral service was held at Henfynyw Church, Ffos y Ffin, Aberaeron on Saturday, October 23.
JONES, EDGAR WILLIAM (1868 - 1953), educationalist and broadcaster times Clerk, Treasurer and Warden of the University of Wales Guild of Graduates, the only person to hold all three offices; a member of the Central Welsh Board, the only one to serve for its entire duration; and member of the Court and Council of the University of Wales, of Aberystwyth, of the University College of South Wales, and of the National Museum of Wales. In 1910 he was President of the
JONES, EDWARD (fl. 1781-1831) Temple,' ond dylid cofio mai 'the Temple ' a roddir fel cyfeiriad Robert Hughes ('Robin Ddu') yn rhestr aelodau'r Cymmrodorion yn 1778, a gwyddom mai clerc mewn swyddfa cyfreithwyr oedd hwnnw; gan nad ymddengys enw unrhyw Edward Jones yn rhestrau unrhyw un o'r ' Inns of Court,' haws yw credu mai clerc oedd ' Ned Môn ' yntau. Priodola ' Gwilym Lleyn ' dri llyfr iddo: cyfieithiad Saesneg o ddau draethawd
JONES, EDWARD (fl. 1781-1840), member, from 1781 of the London Gwyneddigion he was secretary in 1782, president in 1785, and life-member of council; as his nickname implies, he hailed from Anglesey. Though he was generally spoken of as ' Jones of the Temple,' his name appears in no register of any Inn of Court, and it seems more probable that he was a lawyer's clerk - so also Robert Hughes (1744 - 1785), known to have been a clerk, is described as 'of the Temple.' Gwilym

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