Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, GWILYM EIRWYN (EIRWYN PONTSHÂN; 1922 - 1994), carpenter, entertainer, nationalist , it had its own anthem and banner. This was when Eirwyn was first seen wearing his white cap, which became a kind of official emblem of his. The little man with the moustache and the white cap became a national figure. At the Fishguard Eisteddfod of 1986 he was made a member of the Gorsedd as 'Pontshân'. At the end of the fifties he set up on his own as a carpenter and undertaker and moved back to
JONES, JOHN (c. 1578-1583 - 1658?) Gellilyfdy, Loveday, Ysgeifiog, calligrapher and transcriber of manuscripts ., although not uniformly good, show that he aimed at something more than a faithful transcript of the original text - he wished that copy to be an artistic copy with the addition of embellishments by himself. All his work is in black upon white. Sometimes the initials are in open-work with the interstices filled in solid black, and, whereas many of his initial capitals are capable of reproduction, others
JONES, JOHN DAVID RHEINALLT (1884 - 1953), philanthropist, founder and Director of the South African Institute of Race Relations towards improving relations between the coloured and white populations was truly remarkable. His wife, Edith Beatrice (née Barton) whom he married in 1910, died in 1944. He married (2) Helen Clare Norfolk Francis (née Verley) in 1947. He died 30 January 1953 and his remains were buried in Braamfontein crematorium.
JONES, JOHN EDWARD (IOAN MAESGRUG; 1914 - 1998) Red Cross, a governor of Aigburth Vale comprehensive school 1985-88. He was a director of the Chatham Building Society 1955-59 and the Welsh Calvinistic Assurance Trust 1953-59. He was a member of the Gorsedd of Bards (white robe) taking the name 'Ioan Maesgrug', a Fellow of the Merseyside Eisteddfod and an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Wales at Heathfield Road, serving as Moderator of the
JONES, MORGAN GLYNDWR (1905 - 1995), poet, novelist and short story writer a range of writers, including Dylan Thomas. Later publications included a further collection of short stories, Welsh Heirs (1977) and two books of translations of hen benillion, When the Rose-bush Brings Forth Apples (1980) and Honey on the Wormwood (1984). Glyn Jones was awarded the degree of D.Litt by the University of Wales in 1974, was awarded the White Robe of the Gorsedd in 1988, and in the
JONES, NANSI RICHARDS (Telynores Maldwyn; 1888 - 1979), harpist published by Gomer Press in 1972. Also in 1972 the second recording of Nansi's performances was made by Decca 'Celfyddyd Telynores Maldwyn' (The Artistry of Telynores Maldwyn). This was released in 1973 and apart from 3 pieces, was exclusively played on the triple harp. Nansi returned to New York in September of 1973 to perform. Nansi was honoured with the White Robes of the Gorsedd of Bards at the
JONES, THOMAS (1870 - 1955), university professor, civil servant, administrator, author (1928), St Andrews (1947) and Birmingham (1950). He was awarded the medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion in 1944. He married Eirene Theodora Lloyd in 1902. There were three children of the marriage, Eirene Lloyd (Baroness White), 1909 - 1999; Tristan Lloyd Jones, 1913 - 1990, Elphin Lloyd Jones, 1916 - 1928. Thomas Jones suffered a serious fall indoors at his home in St. Nicholas-at-Wade
KITCHIN, ANTHONY (1477 - 1563), bishop of Llandaff . He held the bishopric under four Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth, and thereby, and through a further charge of spoliation, had acquired an odious reputation. Confused by the ecclesiastic wranglings of his day, he adopted a cui bono policy and allowed the same latitude to other men. He strove hard and patiently to save Rawlins White, the Cardiff fisherman, from a martyr's death. He was not a
KNIBB, MARY (c.1798 - 1866), abolitionist and social reformer fellow countrymen. She and William believed that they had been sent to the island not to turn the African Jamaicans into Caribbean versions of Englishmen but to assist them in creating a new Jamaica, one where Black and White had equal opportunities. Mary's daughter Ann married Ellis Fray, a Black graduate of the Calabar seminary, a facility set up by the Knibbs to enable African Jamaicans to train for
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist New York. A diary was kept of the movements of the delegation (which also included Mary Ellis and Gladys Thomas) recording the presentation of the petition at the White House to President Calvin Coolidge, together with the journey to the West Coast. By the end of March 1924, the petitioners were back in Britain, and Elined was again promoting the cause of the League of Nations. Only through the
LANGFORD family Allington, and Culture John Griffith of Cae Cyriog states that he was lieutenant of Bromfield and Yale under William Herbert, earl of Pembroke. Richard Langford took a keen interest in Welsh literature, and copied manuscripts, e.g. 'The White Book of Rhydderch,' in 1573, including portions of that important manuscript which were afterwards lost from it. Little of his work has survived. Parts of Peniarth MS 283
LEWIS GLYN COTHI (fl. 1447-1486), one of the greatest of the 15th century Welsh bards be dated much later than c. 1486 or 1487, and it may be concluded that he died before 1490. There is a tradition that he was buried at Abergwili. A considerable body of his poetry has survived in his own hand, and his manuscripts show that he was also versed in heraldry. He wrote a few columns in the 'Red Book of Hergest,' and the 'White Book of Hergest,' lost in a fire at a London bookbinder's

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