Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES family, smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Cilie, Alun Jeremiah - were poets skilled in the strict and in the free metres and much of their work has survived. Several anecdotes relating to the family can be found in Ail gerddi Isfoel a hunangofiant byr (1965), and in Awen ysgafn y Cilie. FREDERICK CADWALADR (Fred, 1877 - 1948), Independent minister, writer and nationalist Religion Literature and Writing Patriots Politics, Government and Political
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, CADWALADR (1794 - 1883), stonemason and musician Born at Talgruffydd, near Castell Prysor, Trawsfynydd, Meironnydd, in 1794, the son of John and Cathrin Cadwaladr Jones. He used to walk from Trawsfynydd to Bangor to receive lessons from Dr. Pring, the cathedral organist. He was precentor at Trawsfynydd church for fifty years; when his voice began to fail he used to lead the congregation by playing the violin. He had a choir at Trawsfynydd and
JONES, Sir CADWALADR BRYNER (1872 - 1954), a leading figure in Welsh agricultural education and eminent civil servant Conference of which he was chairman. He was unmarried. He died 10 December 1954 and was buried at Brithdir, where his grandfather Cadwaladr Jones (1783 - 1867) had been Congl. minister.
JONES, FREDERICK CADWALADR (1877 - 1948), Independent minister - see JONES
JONES, JOHN HUGH (1843 - 1910), Roman Catholic priest Born at Tanrhiw, Llanycil on 21 May 1843; his father was John Jones, and his mother Mary née Jones was a grand-daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladr. He was educated at the Bala grammar school; the biographical sketch in Cennad Catholig Cymru states that he also received private tuition from John Williams (Ab Ithel). In 1862 he entered Jesus College, Oxford, intending to prepare for Anglican orders, but
JONES, ROBERT (1560 - 1615), priest, of the Society of Jesus Rome an English translation of a treatise ' De Potestate Papae,' but the general, Aquaviva, withheld permission to publish it, following the established policy of denying as far as possible local opportunity to adversaries of promoting disunion. He wrote an Italian narrative of the execution at Leominster in 1610 of Fr. Roger Cadwaladr, whom he succeeded in visiting in prison on the day he was
JONES, WILLIAM (1770 - 1837), Calvinistic Methodist minister One of the eight North Wales ordinands of 1811; born in 1770, son of Cadwaladr and Catherine Jones of Nant-fudr (Coed-cae-du), Trawsfynydd, Meironnydd. The father was a cattle dealer, and the boy was sent to school in England. Later, having taken a drove up to London, he went to hear William Romaine, and was converted. He joined the Methodists at Trawsfynydd, but in 1794 married Susan Watkins, a
JONES, WILLIAM LEWIS (1866 - 1922), professor of English ground of ill-health he resigned in 1919 and was made Professor Emeritus. He died at Bangor 2 February 1922. In 1901 he had married Edith Owen of Menai Bridge. Lewis Jones wrote many articles for the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, the Quarterly Review, etc. He edited Caniadau Cymru, 1897; Land of my Fathers, 1915; and, in collaboration with W. Cadwaladr Davies, The University of Wales, 1915. He
KADWALADR, SION (fl. 1750-1765), writer of ballads and interludes . The scenes are lively and the satire keen, and the author stands high in the second class of 18th century interludists. He should not be confused with the John Cadwaladr, whose ballads Sir O. M. Edwards printed in Beirdd y Berwyn.
LEWIS, ELLIS (fl. 1640-1661), translator Born at Llwyn-gwern, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, son of Cadwaladr Lewis ap Howel ap John and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Ellis Fychan, Brynllech, also in Llanuwchllyn. Little is known of Ellis Lewis except for references to him (and to his father) in Subsidy Rolls, etc. There exists a document of 16 August 1641 which shows that he possessed much land in the parishes of Llanuwchllyn and Llanycil
LLYWELYN GOCH ap MEURIG HEN (fl. c. 1360-1390), poet One of the last of the 'Gogynfeirdd,' and a native of Merioneth. A large number of his poems are preserved in MSS., including a religious poem, poems addressed to Dafydd ap Cadwaladr of Bachelldref, Goronwy ap Tudur of Penmynydd, and to the South Walians - Hopcyn ap Tomas of Ynys Dawy, Llywelyn Fychan and his brother Rhydderch, and Rhys ap Gruffudd ab Ednyfed. His elegy to Lleucu Llwyd (Lucy

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