Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JAMES, THOMAS DAVIES (Iago Erfyl; 1862 - 1927), clergyman, and popular preacher and lecturer Son of Thomas James and his wife; born at Manafon, Montgomeryshire, 13 August 1862. Soon afterwards the family moved to Wyddi-goed, Llanfechain, but his parents died when he was young and he was brought up by his grandparents at Garth Isaf, Rhosybrithdir, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. He began preaching with the Methodists at Rhosybrithdir, went to Didsbury College, Manchester, and after passing his
JONES, GRIFFITH (1808 - 1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister Son of John Humphreys, Ty'n-y-clawdd, Tre-garth, Caernarfonshire. He had a short course of schooling at Carneddi and Llanfairfechan and was taught boot-making by his father. He began to preach in 1832. After spending about a year at Bala College, and after being received into the Association in 1834, he was ordained in 1845. He refused to be transferred from his native village, where he died 18
JONES, JOHN (Vulcan; 1825 - 1889), Wesleyan minister (1858), Tre-garth (1860), Holyhead (1863), Liverpool (1866), Tre-garth (1869), Bangor (1872), Rhyl (1875), Shaw Street, Liverpool (1878), Bangor (1881), Caernarvon (1884), and Tre-garth (1885). He retired in 1887 and died 17 December 1889. He was interested in poetry, politics, and music, but his chief pre-occupations were philosophy and theology and he wrote a great deal on these subjects to the
JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1868 - 1945), builder built Garth Drive in Allerton where he lived for years with his family at no. 10, a house that he called Hiraethog. He built a road connecting Garth Drive and called it Tanat Drive as a tribute to his wife who hailed from the valley of that name in Montgomeryshire. His firm was given the contract in 1923 to repair and maintain all the public buildings in Liverpool under the jurisdiction of the
JONES, LEWIS DAVIES (Llew Tegid; 1851 - 1928), eisteddfodwr Born at Ffriddgymen, near Bala, 3 November 1851. He went to the British School at Bala in 1862, and after a period as pupil-teacher entered the Bangor Normal College in January 1872. He spent two years there, and after eighteen months' teaching at Cefnfaes school, Bethesda, he was appointed headmaster of Garth school, Bangor, in June 1875. He held this post for twenty-seven years, relinquishing
JONES, ROBERT LLOYD (1878 - 1959), schoolmaster, children's writer and dramatist Alice Jones, Minffordd (died 1942), and three sons were born to them; (2) in 1944 to Sarah Roberts, Bethesda (died 1962). He died at Tre-garth 3 February 1959 and was buried at Coetmor cemetery, Bethesda.
JONES, WILLIAM (1726 - 1795), antiquary and poet also collected the pedigrees of the old Welsh families with a view to their publication. Descriptions which he wrote of the parishes of Llanerfyl, Llangadfan, and Garth-beibio were published by Gwallter Mechain in the Cambrian Register, 1796. He was greatly influenced by the works of Voltaire, wrote articles and delivered speeches in favour of national independence, and sought to persuade the local
LLOYD family Leighton, Moel-y-garth, difficulty in securing his pay. The date of his death is unknown. Sir CHARLES LLOYD (died 1678?), merchant and politician Business and IndustryPolitics, Government and Political Movements, was the son of David Lloyd of Moely-garth, a member of the Shrewsbury Drapers' Company and fourth son of Humphrey Lloyd of Leighton, above. After the death of his elder brother John he inherited the property of Moel-y
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist sometime to Carmarthen, spending the night in his old home Garth Martin. A little while later he gave up the travelling, retiring from his post and settling in Maerdy. He met Gwyneth Owen, from Powys, and they were married in July 1984. Tecwyn Lloyd continued to hold classes in east Merionethshire and to research local and family history of the Llawrybetws area, noting the changes that had occurred
MEYRICK family Bodorgan, noting here that it was he who engaged Lewis Morris to measure the Bodorgan estate. Owen Meyrick was succeeded by his son, OWEN MEYRICK II (1705 - 1770), who married a wealthy heiress, the daughter of John Putland of London; and by his grand-son, OWEN PUTLAND MEYRICK (1752 - 1825), who was equally fortunate in his marriage - to Clara, daughter and heiress of Richard Garth of Morden, Surrey. The estate
MYTTON, THOMAS (1608 - 1656) Halston,, parliamentary commander branch of the family, descended from a younger brother of Thomas Mytton's great-grandfather, acquired land in Montgomeryshire, intermarried with the Devereux family of Vaynol, and founded the family of Mytton of Garth.
OWEN, JOHN (John Owen of Tyn-llwyn; 1807 - 1876), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer on agriculture - 1917), minister, author and farmer Religion Literature and Writing Nature and Agriculture was born at Gwindy in July 1849, and died at Criccieth 15 April 1917. From Garth school at Bangor and the Liverpool Institute, he went to Bala C.M. College in 1867, began preaching, and went up to Edinburgh, where he graduated. On 30 March 1875 he was inducted as pastor at Criccieth, and remained there till his

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