Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, JOHN (1725? - 1796), musician Born c. 1725. He was appointed organist at Middle Temple on 24 November 1749, organist at Charterhouse (as successor to Dr. Pepusch) 2 July 1753, and organist at St. Paul's cathedral, Christmas 1755. He published some salm-tunes in 1785; one of these was sung when George III visited St. Paul's, 23 April 1789, and also at the annual services for the children of the ' Welch Charity '. After hearing
JONES, JOHN CHARLES (1904 - 1956), Bishop of Bangor Born 3 May, 1904, the ninth child of Benjamin and Rachel Jones, Llan-saint, Carmarthenshire. He was educated in Carmarthen Grammar School, and after graduating first class in Hebrew at University College Cardiff in 1926, he went on to Cambridge with a Hody Scholarship. He was at Wadham College, where he won the Junior LXX prize and the Pusey and Ellerton scholarship in 1927. He graduated B.A. in
JONES, JOHN EDWARD (1905 - 1970), secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru . One of his grandfathers was imprisoned during the tithe war. He was educated in the primary school at Melin-y-Wîg - a name revived by him - 1910-18, and Bala grammar school, 1918-24, before entering the University College of Wales at Bangor in 1924. There he became secretary of the Students' Union and succeeded in making Welsh jointly official with English. He was a leading member of the society of
JONES, JOHN EMRYS (1914 - 1991), secretary and organiser of Labour Party Wales his retirement in 1979 he was awarded a CBE. He was succeeded by Hubert Morgan as organiser to Labour Party Wales. He died on 24 December 1991 at his home in Bristol. Emrys Jones possessed a calm personality and he was not given to displays of great emotion. He was unfailingly supportive and sincere, with a deep sense of commitment. He was also very self-effacing, sometimes to the point of
JONES, JOHN ISLAN (1874 - 1968), minister (U) and author England : Accrington (1906-09), Bolton (1909-17) and Hindley (1917-39), before retiring to his native district. He was at an advanced age when he was invited to be principal of Carmarthen Presbyterian College in 1945; he remained there for 3 years, ministering to Parcyfelfed (U) church at the same time. He was a man of strong convictions, proficient in the cynganeddion and a choirmaster. He published A
JONES, JOHN OWEN (OWEN BRYNGWYN; 1884 - 1972), singer the name of his home in Llanegryn). He married, 24 March 1923 in Manchester, Dorothy Mary Elliott of Maidenhead, a trades union official, and they made their home in Hampstead, London, until 1962 when they moved to Ashtead, Surrey. In 1939 he resumed his teaching career and he was science teacher at Epsom College until 1954. As a singer he was in great demand as a soloist in oratorio and in
JONES, JOHN ROBERT (1911 - 1970), philosopher and patriot and Ac Onide, both of which were published after his death. He died 3 June 1970 at his home in Swansea and was buried in Pwllheli. He published a number of books and pamphlets: Yr Argyfwng Gwacter Ystyr (1964); Prydeindod (1966); Arwyddion yr Eiriolaeth (from Yr Ymofynnydd); Cristnogaeth a Chenedlaetholdeb; ' Gweithredu Anghyfreithlon ' in Areithiau Eisteddfod Aberafan; Ni fyn y taeog mo'i ryddhau
JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1868 - 1945), builder he arranged for the blocks to be sent to those communities that were keen to stage the pageant, which lasted an hour and a half. J. W. Jones was an excellent ambassador for the Welsh people in Liverpool and his passing was a huge loss to the communities of South Liverpool. He died on 24 August 1945, and was laid to rest in the family grave at Allerton Cemetry.
JONES, LEWIS (fl. 1703) Pandy, Llan-uwchllyn, poet examples of the latter's poetry is found in NLW MS 672D (257), NLW MS 4698A (141), and, possibly, in Cwrtmawr MS 206B (176), NLW MS 4697A (67) NLW MS 12867D (35), and Swansea MS. 3 (13). [It is possible that Ioan Pedr copied MSS. by these two - see Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, iv, 4, p. 167.]
JONES, LEWIS (1837 - 1904), pioneer in Patagonia, and writer the Colony for thirty-five years, but he was heart-broken when the land was ravaged by the great floods of 1899. He died 24 November 1904 at the age of 68.
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, LLEWELYN (1894 - 1960), minister (Presb.), editor and author hymns of Williams, Pantycelyn. He was ordained in 1922, and served his ministry at Colwyn Bay (1922-24), Moriah, Utica, U.S.A. (1924-31), and Douglas Road, Liverpool (1931-51). In 1951 he was appointed general secretary of the Presbyterian Missionary Society, and visited the mission fields in India, Pakistan and Brittany. In 1926 he married Elizabeth Margaret Edwards, and they had two sons. He died 24

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