Dictionary of Welsh Biography

IFOR BACH (fl. 1158), lord of Senghenydd
IFOR MEURIG - see IFOR BACH
IOLO GOCH (c. 1325 - c. 1400), poet perhaps, testifies to the influence of that great poet on him. Later in the century he composed an elegy to his bardic companion Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen. The most recent canon of his work contains a total of 39 poems (although many more are attributed to him in manuscripts), and this is a very varied body of poetry. He has a few love poems, including an elaborate description of a girl which is the
JAMES, DAVID (Dewi o Ddyfed; 1803 - 1871), cleric and author Born 6 January 1803 at Manordivy, Pembrokeshire, the son of Abraham and Ann James. Educated at Cardigan grammar school and Ystrad Meurig, he was ordained deacon 19 November 1826, with a title to Grandston, Pembrokeshire, and priest 2 September 1827. He was licensed to Jordanston, Pembrokeshire, 31 July 1828, and served as curate of Almondbury, Yorkshire, 1829-36. Whilst at Almondbury he married
JAMES, Sir DAVID JOHN (1887 - 1967), businessman and philanthropist Born 13 May 1887 in London, one of the two sons of Cathryn (née Thomas) and John James. The family returned to the old home in Pantyfedwen, Pontrhydfendigaid, Cardiganshire when the boys were young. In 1903 David John went to St. John's College, Ystrad Meurig, to prepare for the ministry but remained there for one term only. He returned to London to run the family dairy business and spent the
JENKINS, DAVID ARWYN (1911 - 2012), barrister and historian of Welsh law orthodox, but his contribution to Welsh public and literary life over his long lifetime was prodigious and extended across a wide range of areas of interest. His literary career began in the mid-1930s, sometimes using the pseudonyms 'Myrddin Gardi' or 'D. Meurig Rhys', and he was one of the inaugural editors of the periodical Heddiw which was launched in 1936. His subjects were varied, but an important
JENKINS, EVAN (1794 - 1849), cleric and schoolmaster the status of gentleman claimed by his long-dead father. An estate record at the time of Evan's death in 1806/7 portrays the farm of about 47 acres in a poor condition with buildings in need of repair. There is no indication of farmer Evan's wishes for his younger son, but possibly the extended family decided he should attend Ystrad Meurig school, about eight miles away, where his brother had no
JONES, JOHN (Ivon; 1820 - 1898), man of letters Born 10 May 1820 to David and Hannah Jones, Spite, Bethel, Mynydd-bach, Cardiganshire. He obtained a little formal education from a retired exciseman and one-time pupil at Ystrad Meurig, Owen Morris, who kept school at Bethel. In 1835, he was apprenticed to the grocery trade at Canton House, Aberystwyth. Upon his marriage in February 1848 he established his own grocery business in Princess Street
JONES, MAURICE (1863 - 1957), priest and college principal of the League of Nations Union, 1928. He was a member of the Gorsedd of Bards with the bardic name of Meurig Prysor, and was treasurer of the Gorsedd from 1925 to 1938 when he was elected Gorsedd Bard. He was attendant druid from 1947 to 1957, and he narrowly missed election to the office of archdruid in 1955. In 1955 he was made a Fellow of the Eisteddfod. He was a member of the National Council
JONES, THOMAS (1752 - 1845), cleric Born at Cefn yr Esgair, Hafod, Cardiganshire, 2 April 1752, son of John Thomas. In 1765 he went to school at Ystrad Meurig, and after nine years there he was ordained deacon in September 1774 and licensed to a curacy at Eglwys-fach and Llangynfelyn, Cardiganshire. In 1779 he moved to Leintwardine, Herefordshire, and after serving at Longnor (Salop), Oswestry, and Loppington, he went to Great
LEWIS, EVAN (1818 - 1901), dean of Bangor a member of a family which is very interesting on account of its connection with the Oxford Movement. His father was EVAN LEWIS of Llanilar, Cardiganshire, a cadet of the Lewises of Dinas Cerdin, Llandysul. The father had a brother, DAVID LEWIS (1778 - 1859), who was born at Llanddeiniol, Cardiganshire, and went up from Ystrad Meurig school to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1807, graduated in 1812
LEWIS, THOMAS (1837 - 1892), Independent minister and tutor Born at Mydroilyn, Cardiganshire. Educated at Ystrad Meurig, he kept a school for a time at Crug-y-bar. In 1862 he went to Carmarthen Presbyterian College; in 1864 he took over charge of the Parc-y-felfed school, and after three years there went to Manchester College, from which he graduated B.A. (London) with first class honours. He then went to Cardiff where he kept a high-school, with

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