Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, GARETH - see HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (GARETH HUGHES; 1894 - 1965), actor Elementary School, Llanelli. Although apprenticed to a chemist in Vaughan Street, he left home in 1911 to pursue an acting career in London, and it was at this time that he adopted the stage name Gareth Hughes. He obtained work with the Alan Wilkie Shakespearean touring company and F. B. Wolfe's Repertoire Company performing melodrama in 1911. Further engagements in south Wales and then with Denis Hogan
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach Smith as manager and a Welshman, John Dawes, as captain, he succeeded in blending open rugby with the psychology he had developed at Stradey. He was well aware that many talented Lions' squads had returned empty handed and saw clearly from the beginning that his aim was simply to instil in greats, such as Gareth Edwards and Willie John McBride, the necessary self-belief. He had managed to persuade an
JANNER, BARNETT (BARON JANNER), (1892 - 1982), politician and when Gareth Jones died, Mrs Edgar Jones commented 'Now Barney is our only son'. Janner returned in May 1953 to pay a moving tribute at the funeral of Edgar Jones. He won a scholarship in 1911 to the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire where he graduated with a BA honours degree in 1914. At university, he was elected president of the Students Representative Council and became
JONES, EDGAR (1912 - 1991), minister, pastor, scholar of a son, Gareth, and daughter, Valerie. Eirlys, his life partner who shared in all his work – she knew all his students and shared in his pastoral care for them – died in February 2006. Edgar Jones will be remembered for his enthusiasm in interpreting the scriptures for the ordinary members of his churches, his humanity and love for his family, his care for his students, his ready friendship for
JONES, EDGAR WILLIAM (1868 - 1953), educationalist and broadcaster , went as a tutor to the grandchildren of John Hughes (1814 - 1889), the pioneer in the development of Russian metallurgy, at Yuzovka, in the Donets basin. They had three children, Gareth and two daughters, Gwyneth and Eirian. He died 1 May 1953.
JONES, EMYR WYN (1907 - 1999), cardiologist and author for due recognition of the Welsh language within the health service. In 1936 he married Enid Llywelyn Williams (1909-1967), daughter of Dr David Llewelyn Williams and sister to Alun Llywelyn-Williams. They had one daughter, Carys (b. 1937) and one son, Gareth Wyn (b. 1940). During the intense bombing of Liverpool in the Second World War, the family moved first to Enid's parents' house in Old Colwyn
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), journalist Gareth Jones was born on 13 August 1905 at Eryl, Romilly Road, Barry, the youngest of three children of Edgar William Jones (1868-1953), a schoolmaster, and his wife Ann Gwenllian (née Jones, 1867-1965). He was first educated at home by his mother, and then attended Barry County School where his father was headmaster. His mother had worked as a tutor to the grandchildren of the industrialist John
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), linguist and journalist
JONES, THOMAS PARRY (1935 - 2013), inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Halliwell, by whom he had three children, Diane, Gareth and Sara; the marriage was dissolved in 1986. In 1997 he married Rajkumari Williamson. Tom Parry Jones died on 11 January 2013 at Llandudno General Hospital after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. A funeral service was held at Capel Mawr, Menai Bridge, Anglesey on 18 January followed by cremation at Bangor Crematorium on the following day
MASON, LILIAN JANE (1874 - 1953), actress recruited more Welsh actors to tour the play around the UK, effectively forming what was to become known as the Welsh Players. Lilian, Hopkins and Tom Owen were now joined by Gareth Hughes, William Hopkins (Dick's brother) and Eleanor Daniels. The Welsh Players was the first company of its kind. They played a production of The Joneses at The Strand Theatre in London in October 1913 before presenting three
MORGAN, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive Barbarians v New Zealand game in Cardiff, and Morgan was called in as a last minute replacement. Without time to research the players taking part, and within a minute of the start, Morgan provided the commentary to arguably the greatest try ever scored in Rugby Union history - scored by Gareth Edwards - and certainly the most replayed passage of rugby of all time. In early 1973, Morgan was offered a staff

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