Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS (1819 - 1882), Independent minister to his leaving London at the end of 1869; from 1870 till 1877 he was pastor of Walter Road church, Swansea; from 1877 till 1880, of Collins Street, Melbourne - having gone to Australia for his health's sake; and from 1881 till his death he was again pastor (but with an assistant) at Walter Road. He was chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in 1871-2. He died 24 June 1882. He had
JONES, THOMAS (1810 - 1849), Calvinistic Methodist missionary Born 24 January 1810 to Edward and Mary Jones, Tan-y-ffridd, Llangynyw, Montgomeryshire. Originally a wheelwright, he became miller at Llifior, Berriw. About 1835 he began preaching; he was one of the first of Lewis Edwards's students at Bala (1837). Desiring to become a missionary, he offered himself to the London Missionary Society, which however refused to send him to India, thinking that his
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar of two remarkable men. Jones's interests in the Celtic languages was awoken in his early years, perhaps by his sympathy with the Irish struggle for Home Rule in the 1880s, and his interest in Ireland was deepened in 3 visits in 1892, 1908 and 1913, the last two affording him an opportunity to meet a number of scholars and writers who became close friends. These interests and contacts are reflected
JONES, THOMAS JERMAN (1833 - 1890), missionary for twenty years with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists Born 10 August 1833 at Llangristiolus, Anglesey, son of John Jones and Jane, née Jerman; he worked in early life on the farm and later as a quarryman at Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, where he was temporarily disabled through an accident. He studied at Clynnog school under Eben Fardd and later at Bala C.M. College (1860-3). He was ordained and ministered amongst the Welsh in the North of England
JONES, THOMAS JOHN RHYS (1916 - 1997), teacher, lecturer and author moved to Creigiau near Cardiff. After Stella died, he married Eilonwy Jenkins, a music teacher and deputy head teacher at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llanhari. He moved to live in Groes-faen and there, with his wife's assistance, he produced his final version of Teach Yourself Welsh (1991). Following unsuccessful heart surgery, T. J. Rhys Jones died on 24 May 1997 at the University Hospital of Wales in
JONES, THOMAS ROBERT (Gwerfulyn; 1802 - 1856), founder of the charitable movement, the True Ivorites little information about the society in its early period but by 1838 the membership of the first lodge was 252, 12 lodges had been opened in north Wales and the first lodge in south Wales (St. David's) was opened in Carmarthen on 24 April that year. By June 1840 a misunderstanding had arisen between Jones and the movement and he left the Cross Guns lodge to set up a rival lodge. Consequently the St
JONES, WILLIAM (1675? - 1749), mathematician ' nickname, ' Pabo,' for William Jones. The father was John George; the mother was Elizabeth Rowland, of the family of Bodwigan, Llanddeusant (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 3), and Elizabeth's mother was of the family of Tregaian and therefore, according to Lewis Morris (Add. M.L., p. 190), related to the Morris family's father and mother. He was at school at Llanfechell, and showed such skill as a calculator
JONES, WILLIAM (1806 - 1873), cleric and man of letters of Llanenddwyn with Llanddwywe (i.e. Dyffryn Ardudwy, Meironnydd) - and soon afterwards proclaimed that 'the Nevin folk were angels in comparison with those of Llanddwywe.' He died 3 June 1873, and was buried at Llanddwywe. Jones was an able man, but was commonly thought unwise. He published: Portrait of the True Philosopher, 1831; The Character of the Welsh as a Nation, in the Present Age, 1841
JONES, WILLIAM (1762 - 1846), Scotch-Baptist minister, editor, and author correspondence with Alexander Campbell) in 1835. He was editor of The New Evangelical Magazine, 1815-24, and The New Baptist Magazine, 1825, and published a number of books including The History of the Waldenses, 1811; A Dictionary of Religious Opinions, 1815; The Biblical Cyclopaedia, 1816; Christian Biography, 1829; and Autobiography (ed. by his son), 1846.
JONES, WILLIAM (1857 - 1915), Member of Parliament Commons, delivering powerful speeches on the painful controversy at Bethesda (1900-3) and on the question of disestablishment (especially in the debates of 1912 and 1914). He made his greatest mark in the country by the part he took in the two general elections of 1910. Next year he became one of the Junior Lords of the Treasury, as a ' Whip ' to look after the interests of Wales and the attendance of
JONES, WILLIAM (1834 - 1895), Baptist minister , London, 1883; and once again at the end of 1884 to Hermon, Fishguard, where he remained until his death on 24 March 1895. He was buried in Hermon burial ground. His wife predeceased him by a year, and he left two sons. His denomination honoured him with the chair of the Welsh Baptist Union, 1894. He was a man of wide reading, and his preaching was remarkable for the philosophical nature of his sermons
JONES, WILLIAM (1896 - 1961), poet and minister Born 24 September 1896 at Trefriw, Caernarfonshire, son of Henry Jones, Congregationalist minister, and his wife Margaret (Madgie), daughter of William Jones, Presbyterian minister of Trawsfynydd. He was educated at Llanrwst county school (1908) and he entered University College of North Wales Bangor in 1914 and Bala-Bangor College 1914-16. He graduated in Welsh and Hebrew in 1917. He was

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