Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, SAMUEL (1898 - 1974), journalist, broadcaster and Head of the BBC in Bangor Representative at a radio station that did not exist (until later in 1935) and at a location far removed from Cardiff - at Bangor. Friends consoled him by reminding him of the happy days he had spent in Bangor as a student, and of the views such as the Menai Straits. He responded “I hate the bloody ditch!” He overcame the setback. He started work as head of the new radio station in Bangor on 1 November, 1935
JONES, SARAH RHIANNON DAVIES (1921 - 2014), author and lecturer lectureship at Caerleon College in Monmouthshire, and moved on in 1965 to the Normal College in Bangor, again as a Welsh lecturer, where she remained until her retirement in 1983. She made her home in Menai Bridge. Whilst she was at school and college, poetry was Rhiannon Davies Jones's main medium, but none of her early work survives except the collection of poems for children, Hwiangerddi ('Lullabies
JONES, THOMAS PARRY (1935 - 2013), inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Halliwell, by whom he had three children, Diane, Gareth and Sara; the marriage was dissolved in 1986. In 1997 he married Rajkumari Williamson. Tom Parry Jones died on 11 January 2013 at Llandudno General Hospital after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. A funeral service was held at Capel Mawr, Menai Bridge, Anglesey on 18 January followed by cremation at Bangor Crematorium on the following day
JONES, WILLIAM ELWYN EDWARDS (1904 - 1989), Labour politician . Jones married in 1936 Dyddgu, the daughter of Reverend Dr E. Tegla Davies, and there were three children of the marriage, one son and two daughters. They lived at 23 Glyngarth Court, Glyngarth, Menai Bridge. He died 4 July 1989.
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
LEWIS MENAI (fl. second half of the 16th century), poet
LEWIS, EVAN (1818 - 1901), dean of Bangor , and proceeded D.D. in 1826; after serving in various London parishes he kept a grammar school at Twickenham, where he died 4 January 1859 (Glan Menai, Enwogion Sir Aberteifi). Evan Lewis of Llanilar's elder son was DAVID LEWIS (1814 - 1915), cleric, afterwards Roman Catholic. He went up to Jesus College, Oxford, in March 1834, at 19, graduated in 1837, became Fellow (1839-46) of his college, was
LLOYD family Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, Brwynog, Siôn Phylip, Richard Phylip, Richard Cynwal, Wiliam Cynwal, Rhys Cain, Wiliam Llŷn, Siôn Tudur, Simwnt Fychan, Tomos Prys, Huw Arwystli, Lewis Dwnn, Tudur Aled, Lewis Môn, Lewis Menai, Owain Gwynedd, besides other lesserknown bards. Even the learned Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd wrote poems to members of this family. (For the 'bardic controversy' between Richard Phylip and Richard Cynwal
LLOYD, DAVID JOHN (1886 - 1951), headmaster served with the R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. He was headmaster of the County School, Port Talbot, 1919-20, and Newport Secondary School, 1921-35. He moved to Wrexham in 1935 to be headmaster of Grove Park School, where he remained until his retirement in 1946 when he moved to Menai Bridge, Anglesey. He married Olwen Beynon in 1914, and died 2 November 1951. They had 4 sons and a daughter. During his headship at
LLOYD, Sir JOHN EDWARD (1861 - 1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig weekly for some time after with his successor to review the progress of the work and to make valuable suggestions; and of course the work continued by his two successors, as far as possible, along the lines which he himself had drawn up. But his health was now deteriorating, and he died on 20 June 1947. He was buried in the old cemetery at Llandysilio, on the island opposite Menai Bridge. He had been
LLOYD, THOMAS ALWYN (1881 - 1960), architect and town planner assistant to Sir Raymond Unwin in the Hampstead Garden Suburb. He was appointed, in 1913, the consulting architect to the Welsh Town Planning and Housing Trust and he designed a number of new villages in England and Wales, e.g. in Fishguard, Llanidloes, Menai Bridge and Llangefni as well as St. Francis Church in Barry, St. Margaret, Wrexham, the Students' Union, Cardiff, and housing for the Forestry
LLYWARCH ap BRAN (fl. c. 1137), founder of one of the 'Fifteen (Noble) Tribes of Gwynedd' is described as brother-in-law of Owain Gwynedd, their wives being daughters of Gronw ab Owain ab Edwin, lord of Tegeingl. Like Hwfa ap Cynddelw, he is said to have been steward to Owain Gwynedd and to have lived in the township of Tref Llywarch, Anglesey; he is also described as lord of the commote of Menai, Anglesey. For the names of some of the families who claimed descent from him see Philip

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