Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JENKINS, JOHN DAVID (1828 - 1876), cleric, philanthropist Church. The first volume of this was printed at Oxford, 1869, under the title of The Age of the Martyrs (later translated into Welsh and published at Cardiff, 1890); the rest of the book is still in manuscript. He became vicar of Aberdare, 7 March 1870, but only lived there six years, dying on 9 November 1876, at the age of 48.
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1743 - 1819), Baptist minister son of the Evan Jenkins (1712 - 1723 March 1752) who was pastor of Wrexham ' Old Meeting ' for some months in 1737 and again (after a period at Exeter) from 1740 till 1752, and grandson of John Jenkins (1656? - 1733), pastor of Rhydwilym. Joseph was only 9 when his father died, but Thomas Llewellyn saw to his education in London; later, he went to Aberdeen (M.A. 1765, D.D. 1790). He was baptized
JOAN (d. 1237), princess and diplomat king of Man, although the papal dispensation for this granted in April 1203 was revoked only in February 1205. The manor of Ellesmere was formally granted as a marriage portion to Llywelyn on 16 April 1205, and although the date of the couple's marriage is uncertain, it is likely that they were married in March that year. The marriage was a political exercise from which both Joan and Llywelyn
JOHN, BRYNMOR THOMAS (1934 - 1988), Labour politician general election of 1970 as successor to Arthur Pearson and he continued to represent the constituency until his death. He had first come to prominence in his opposition to the visit of the Welsh hockey team to South Africa and he was a committed devolutionist. Brynmor John was Under-secretary of State for defence for the RAF, under Harold Wilson, March 1974-April 1976, and then Minister of State at the
JOHN, EDWARD THOMAS (1857 - 1931), industrialist and politician Born 14 March 1857 at Pontypridd. His industrial career was bound up with Middlesbrough, where he was on the staff of the firm of Bolckow Vaughan, ironmasters - a firm founded by John Vaughan (1799? - 1868), a Welshman, which attracted many Welshmen to Middlesbrough at one period (see under Edward Williams, 1826 - 1886.) Later, John and a man named Torbock bought the Dinsdale Iron-works, and
JOHN, WALTER PHILLIPS (1910 - 1967), minister (B) University College, Cardiff (1928-34), graduating in Arts and Divinity. Whilst in the grammar school he and R.E. Griffith established the first branch of Urdd Gobaith Cymru in south Wales at Abercynon. He began his ministry at Tabernacl, Pontarddulais in September 1934 and in October 1938 he moved to London to take charge of the Welsh church at Castle Street, where he remained until his death on 15 March
JOHNS, WILLIAM NICHOLAS (1834 - 1898), printer, antiquarian, newspaper proprietor, and editor , 1885. He died at Newport 11 March 1898.
JONES family Llwyn-rhys, marriage, aged 69 (gravestone serving as a gatepost in Llanbadarn Odwyn churchyard). They are said to have had twelve children. Eight are named in the will of John Jones (2 March 1721): David the eldest; SAMUEL, to whom the lease of Llwyn-rhys passed after his father's death; Jenkin; EVAN; GWEN, wife of Morgan Pugh, probably a younger brother of Philip Pugh, senior (see article on his son); SARAH, a
JONES, ALWYN RICE (1934 - 2007), Archbishop of Wales Alwyn Rice Jones was born on 25 March 1934 in Capel Curig, Caernarfonshire, the only child of John Griffith Jones, a slate quarryman, and his wife Annie. Both his parents died young, and he was orphaned at the age of fourteen. He grew up in a Welsh-speaking community and Welsh remained his first language. Jones attended Llanrwst Grammar School and then won a scholarship to read Welsh at St
JONES, DAFYDD (Dafydd Siôn Siâms; 1743 - 1831), musician, poet, and book-binder , and another (1796) on the death of his second wife, Jane Hugh. He died 30 March 1831 and was buried in the burial ground of Nazareth chapel, Penrhyndeudraeth. His work has the interest of marking the transition between the latter half of the 18th cent, and the early phase of 19th century Welsh poetry.
JONES, DAFYDD RHYS (1877 - 1946), schoolmaster and musician ' School in Aberdare, before taking charge of Cwmystwyth school in December 1902. At the end of March 1906 he returned to Patagonia to be first headmaster of the secondary school there. A few weeks earlier Eluned Morgan had visited Cwmystwyth school and addressed the pupils. Apparently there was a connection between this visit and his appointment as headmaster in Gaiman where he spent 8 influential and
JONES, DANIEL (1725? - 1806), poet recorded in the St Asaph Bishops' Transcripts as 10 March, 1806.

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