Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JAYNE, FRANCIS JOHN (1845 - 1921), bishop Born 1 January 1845, second son of John Jayne of Pant-y-beiliau, Lanelli, Brecknock, and Elizabeth his wife. He was educated at Rugby School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he took three first classes and won several University prizes. He took his B.A. in 1868 and M.A. in 1870. He was elected Fellow of Jesus College in 1868 and tutor of Keble College in 1871. He was ordained deacon and priest
JENKINS, ALBERT EDWARD (1895 - 1953), rugby player Born 11 March 1895 at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, he became the town's idol. His talent on the rugby field flowered when he played as full back for the 38th Division during World War I, but it was as a centre for Llanelli club that he came into prominence. Llanelli was the most successful club for a period during the 1920s, with men like Dai John, Ernie Finch and Ifor Jones in its ranks, but it
JENKINS, THOMAS JOHN PRICE (1864 - 1922), physician; Wales and London-Welsh Rugby centre three-quarter, and founder of the London-Welsh Football Club
JOHN, BRYNMOR THOMAS (1934 - 1988), Labour politician charisma. But it was easy to underestimate him, and he had a witty felicity in debate. He married on 6 August 1960 Anne Pryce Hughes, the daughter of David L. Hughes. They had one son and one daughter. They lived at 'Yalehaven', Church Village, near Pontypridd. His hobby was watching rugby football. He died on 13 December 1988 at St Thomas's hospital, London after suffering a heart attack and was
JOHN, JAMES MANSEL (1910 - 1975), Baptist minster and college professor wife had died in 1955 while he was minister in Aberafan, and in August 1959 he married Dorothy Penhale, a Port Talbot schoolmistress. They had one son, Rhys (born 1963). Mansel John had an enduring interest in rugby and while a pupil in Aberdare Boys' Grammar School he was given a trial for the Welsh schoolboys' team. He served on the executive committees of Undeb Cymru Fydd and the Welsh Association
JONES, Sir CYNAN (ALBERT) EVANS (Cynan; 1895 - 1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr topical was the subject and so simple and straightforward the style and the versification that the poem attained immediate popularity. The subject of Cynan's second prize poem, ' Yr Ynys Unig ' (Mold 1923), the story of Father Damien's mission to the lepers, made this an equally popular composition. His third crown poem, ' Y Dyrfa ' (Bangor 1931), described a rugby match, the first time such a topic was
JONES, SAMUEL (1898 - 1974), journalist, broadcaster and Head of the BBC in Bangor enlisted in the Royal Navy and spent nearly two years as 'Ordinary Signalman.' He left the Navy on 10 February, 1919. In the autumn of 1919 he resumed his formal education at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He played for the College Rugby club and, later, the Hockey club. He won his Education Certificate - second class - in his third year 1922-23. He graduated the following year, 1924, in
JONES, WALTER IDRIS (1900 - 1971), Director General of Research Development for the National Coal Board (NCB) Wales in 1957, having published papers in scientific and technical journals over the years. He retired in 1963. Memorial Lectures in his honour were estalished by the Energy Institute and University College of Wales. From 1963 to 1971 he was Vice-President of UCW, Aberystwyth. While at college he was captain of the rugby team at Aberystwyth (1919-22), a member of Cambridge University Rugby XV (1923-25
JONES-DAVIES, THOMAS ELLIS (1906 - 1960), doctor and international rugby player rugby, tennis, cricket, and hockey, but it was as a centre three-quarter rugby player that he was best known. A Cambridge 'Blue ', he played rugby for Llanelli, London Welsh, United Hospitals, Middlesex, and the Barbarians. He was selected to play for Wales on a number of occasions. He was also a member of the British touring team which toured New Zealand and Australia in 1930. Like his father Dr
LAWS, EDWARD (1837 - 1913), historian was the eldest son of admiral John Milligen Laws (born 1799) of Marchfield House, Binfield, Berks., and Mary (1815 - 1899), daughter of Charles Delamotte Mathias (1777 - 1851), of Lamphey Court and Llangwaran, Pembrokeshire. His parents were married on 25 June 1836 and he was born on 17 April 1837 and christened in Lamphey church on 4 July. He was educated at Rugby and Wadham College, Oxford
LEWIS, CHARLES PRYTHERCH (1853 - 1923), Welsh Rugby footballer and Oxford 'triple Blue'
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (1893 - 1982), architect and Lord Mayor of Liverpool of that divided city, Willy Brandt. The early 1960s was a period of regeneration for Liverpool and of popular cultural activities on the banks of the Mersey. Everton football club won the English championship in 1962-63 but Lewis preferred to watch cricket or rugby. Similarly, the singing of popular groups of the time, such as the Beatles, was not to his taste and he continued to take an interest

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