Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JOHNS, WILLIAM (1771 - 1845), Unitarian minister, tutor, and writer Born in 1771 in Cilmaenllwyd parish on the Pembrokeshire border of Carmarthenshire. Nothing is known of his family, but it may be noted that the surname John(s) recurs frequently in the records of the Independent congregation of Glandŵr, Pembrokeshire (see J. Lloyd James, Hanes Eglwys Glandŵr, 141-3), which had charge of the Independents of Cilmaenllwyd. The accounts of his early years are
JONES family, smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Cilie, wife, Mary George (1853 - 1930) from the George family of Pembrokeshire, came to Blaencelyn in the parish of Llangrannog in 1876 to run the smithy. Their first eight children were born at the smithy; the family moved in 1889 to Cilie farm where the rest of the twelve children were born. Examples of Jeremiah Jones's poetry can be found in Awen Ysgafn y Cilie (1976). All his sons learned the
JONES family Llwyn-rhys, added at right angles to the house to serve, it is said, as the meeting house. Preaching continued there until 19 October 1735. The house became an irreparable ruin about 1918. John Jones (1640? - 1722) traced his descent, through his father, John ap Ieuan Lloyd, from the Clements, lords of Caron, and through his mother, Angharad, daughter of Ieuan ap Thomas, from Rhydderch of Glyn Aeron (Golden Grove
JONES, ARTHUR (fl. 18th century), poet, of Llangadwaladr, Denbighshire, and sexton of Ruabon (where he died) two englynion addressed to Richard Lloyd, a doctor at Llanfyllin (NLW MS 6729B).
JONES, BASSETT (fl. 1634-1659), scholar and physician Speaking. As a Supplement to Lillie's Grammar (sic), philosophically, mythologically and emblematically offered by B.J. (London). Bassett Jones's wife was Catherine, daughter of William Lloyd; if she came from Brecknock this might help to explain the reference by G.T. Clark to the possession of lands in Pencelly, near Brecon, by Bassett Jones, although there is no reference to it in Theophilus Jones's
JONES, CADWALADR (1783 - 1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd Born May 1783 at Deildre Uchaf, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, the only child of John and Dorothy Cadwaladr. His parents were never Nonconformists and were not regarded as particularly devout, although they inclined to the Church of England. He was 11 years of age when George Lewis (1763 - 1822) became minister at Llanuwchllyn, and it was Dr. Lewis who admitted him to membership of the Old Chapel in
JONES, Sir CADWALADR BRYNER (1872 - 1954), a leading figure in Welsh agricultural education and eminent civil servant U.C.W., Aberystwyth. He was a member of the college council from 1920 till his death. He did much to ensure that the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, with George Stapledon as first director and Professor of Agricultural Botany, came to Aberystwyth. In recognition of his services to higher education the University of Wales awarded him the hon. degree of LL.D. in 1938. His official career was fittingly
JONES, DAVID (Dewi Wyllt; 1836 - 1878?), musician Born in 1836 at Mallwyd, Merionethshire. His father was a weaver who gave him a good education. ' Dewi Wyllt ' played the organ in Mallwyd church and at the age of 23 published a collection of 142 tunes under the title Udgorn Seion, which included works by Ambrose Lloyd, ' Owain Alaw ' and ' Eos Llechid '. The family moved from Mallwyd to Caernarfon c. 1859. He was apprenticed as a medical
JONES, DAVID GEORGE (1780 - 1879) Tir-Waun,, blacksmith
JONES, DAVID GWYNFRYN (1867 - 1954), minister (Meth.) Wales Socialist Alliance, parliamentary candidate for Flintshire in 1922 and 1924. He was co-author of Cofiant Glanystwyth, and he edited Odlau Moliant for the Welsh church in Cape Town. He lectured widely and contributed regularly to Welsh periodicals. He married Christiana Lloyd, and they had two sons. He died on 18 December 1954.
JONES, DAVID HUGH (Dewi Arfon; 1833 - 1869), minister (CM), schoolmaster and poet a teacher in the British School, Llanrwst. He became a close friend of Trebor Mai (Robert Williams) and other local poets. While in Llanrwst he became interested in poetry. He was the teacher when John Lloyd Williams, musician and botanist, was a pupil there. Towards the end of this period, he began to preach. However, it was in Capel Coch, Llanberis, in 1861, that he was officially accepted by
JONES, DAVID LEWIS (1945 - 2010), Librarian of the House of Lords array of high calibre, eloquent speakers to address the Society and increased turnout at meetings. For many years from 1998 he was also the secretary of the Lloyd George Statue Appeal Trust set up to achieve a memorial statue to David Lloyd George in Parliament Square, a commitment which proved an irksome, long-term undertaking, eventually achieved only in 2007 - to Jones's great delight and relief

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