Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS (Canrhawdfardd; 1823 - 1904), preacher, printer, and musician Born 2 July 1823 at Bwlch-y-creigiau, near Nannerch, Flintshire, the son of John and Mary Jones. He learned to read music when quite young; when only 16 he led the singing in the local Wesleyan chapel. He also started to hold music classes in the districts surrounding his home. In 1849 he began to preach with the Wesleyans; in 1851 he moved to a place near Holywell and, from there, to Lixwm. In
JONES, THOMAS (1908 - 1990), trade unionist and Spanish Civil War veteran Although he was a proud Welsh-speaking Welshman, Tom Jones was in fact born in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, on 13 October 1908, the son of a Welsh collier and an English kitchen maid. His father, William Jones, was a native of the Mold area of Flintshire who had moved to Lancashire with his Staffordshire-born wife Mary (née Clayton) because of the higher wages paid at the Bryn Hall colliery
JONES, THOMAS (c. 1622 - 1682), Protestant controversialist . 20 February 1651). On 4 September 1654 he was certified by the ' Triers ' as fit to hold a living in the Cromwellian Church, and was presented to the rectory of Castell Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, where he learnt enough Welsh to carry out his duties. Although he claimed to have received episcopal ordination in 1654, he was ejected at the Restoration in favour of the dispossessed incumbent Rice Wyn
JONES, THOMAS, vicar - see JONES, JOHN
JONES, THOMAS, early Welsh Moravian - see JONES, JOHN
JONES, Sir THOMAS ARTEMUS (1871 - 1943), journalist, judge and historian Born 18 February 1871 at 22, Lôn Abram, Denbigh, the sixth son of Thomas Jones, stonemason. At 11 years of age, he left the National School to work at the station bookstall, and while there, he taught himself shorthand. In 1886 he was appointed junior reporter on the Denbighshire Free Press, for which he reported the Tithe War. He left Denbigh in 1889 to work on newspapers in Herefordshire, East
JONES, THOMAS GRIFFITHS (Cyffin; 1834 - 1884), antiquary son of David and Elizabeth Jones; was born at Llansantffraid, Montgomeryshire, 12 January 1834. His father, a shopkeeper, died when he was 14 and he carried on the business until his own death, 10 September 1884. Since he had received very little schooling, owing to ill-health, he undertook to educate himself by extensive reading and writing. He took great delight in collecting books and
JONES, THOMAS GRUFFYDD (Tafalaw Bencerdd; 1832 - 1898), musician Born 6 January 1832 at The Forge, Pen-y-cae, Monmouthshire, the son of Gruffydd and Hannah Jones. He was apprenticed as carpenter but his chief delight lay in music. He received his first lessons in music from Rosser Beynon. When only 16 he became precentor at Sardis, Pontypridd, of which his father was then the minister. In 1850 he began to send his compositions to eisteddfodau; at an eisteddfod
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar Born in Gwyndy Uchaf, Betws yn Rhos, Denbighshire, 10 October 1871, eldest child of Isaac and Jane Jones. His father was a farmer and also a lay-preacher with the Calv. Methodists and a poet. The son began to add Gwynn (from Gwyndy) to his simple baptismal name Thomas about 1890 when, among other pen-names, he used Gwyn(n)vre ap Iwan (or ap Isaac). Apart from elementary education in Llanelian
JONES, THOMAS HENRY (1921 - 1965), lecturer and poet Born 21 December 1921 at Cwm Crogau, Llanafan Fawr, Brecknockshire, eldest of the five children of Llywelyn Jones, a foreman roadman and Ruth (née Teideman) his wife. He attended Llanafan school five miles away, and Builth county school. In 1939 he went to U.C.W., Aberystwyth but joined the Royal Navy in 1941 and resumed his studies in 1946 to graduate with first-class honours in English in 1947
JONES, THOMAS HUGHES (1895 - 1966), poet, writer and teacher elder there in 1936. He married in 1934 Enid Bumford from Llanfair Caereinion, a college friend. He left his post with the Commission for the Protection of Rural Wales in 1932 for a part-time post, teaching Welsh, at Newtown grammar school. He also held external classes in Newtown. At the outbreak of World War II, a panel of teachers, with Jones as chairman and David Rowlands as Secretary, was
JONES, THOMAS IEUAN JEFFREYS - see JEFFREYS-JONES, THOMAS IEUAN

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