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JONES, GRIFFITH HARTWELL (1859 - 1944), cleric and historian Born 16 April 1859, son of the Rev. Edward Jones (1826 - 1892), vicar of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. David Jones ('Dewi Fardd'), Trefriw was one of his ancestors and John Jones (1786 - 1865), printer of Gwyndod Wryf Press, Llanrwst, was his grandfather. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Jesus College, Oxford. He was D.D. and D.Litt. of Oxford. From 1888 to 1893 he was Professor of Latin at
JONES, GWILYM CLEATON (1875 - 1961) Cape Town, Johannesburg, bank manager Welsh and he supported the Cape Town eisteddfod from the outset. He was admitted to the Gorsedd of Bards under the name ' Ab Eiddon ' in the national eisteddfod at Denbigh in 1939 and was one of the vice-presidents of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. His youngest brother was John David Rheinallt Jones, and he was an ardent admirer of his efforts as director of the South African Institute of
JONES, GWILYM RICHARD (Gwilym Aman; 1874 - 1953), musician, conductor of choirs and singing festivals, hymnist . Jones was given music lessons by Joseph Parry, then choirmaster at Ebenezer Independent chapel, Swansea. In Brynaman, there was a famous choir, conducted by John Jones (Pen-crug) and with David Vaughan Thomas as the accompanist; this rich musical tradition was an inspiration to a young musician like Gwilym R. Jones who was born to be a conductor of choirs. The first post he held was choirmaster at
JONES, HENRY (bu farw 1592), civil lawyer of the earl of Pembroke) in the Parliaments of 1558-9. He acquired a high reputation as a civil lawyer, and on 17 October 1571 he was one of the five learned doctors, including also William Aubrey, and David Lewis, judge, consulted by Elizabeth on the amenability of John Leslie, bishop of Ross, to the English courts for his intrigues against the English queen while ambassador here for the Queen of
JONES, HERMAN (1915 - 1964), minister (Congl.) and poet was published (1967). On 14 August 1946 he married Ffion Mai, daughter of David Thomas, Bangor (1880 - 1967), and they had two sons.
JONES, HUGH (Huw Myfyr; 1845 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet , and thence, in 1890, to Dinorwig. His pastorate there was stormy - though an able man, he was 'temperamental.' He died suddenly, 9 December 1891, aged 46; a biography (by David Williams), with a selection of his sermons, appeared in 1893. He was a poet of some standing; he published, in 1885, a metrical psalter, Salmydd y Cyssegr, and several of his elegies, notably those on his tutors, Dr. Lewis
JONES, HUGH (Cromwell o Went; 1800 - 1872), Congregational minister . After moving to Carmarthen in 1845, where again he was accused of 'presbyterianizing,' and found several pulpits closed to him, as he was on bad terms with David Rees of Llanelly (1801 - 1869), he became a staunch supporter of the movement to make the education of children a charge upon the rates. He died 5 March 1872.
JONES, HUMPHREY ROWLAND (1832 - 1895), evangelist full swing. Jones caught the fire, and on returning to Tre'raddôl started the Welsh Revival of 1858-60, and, with David Morgan, Yspyty (1814 - 1883), was very successful. The strain proved too much for him, and he retired, leaving the field to Morgan. In 1871, he returned to America with his health impaired physically and mentally. He was a hospital patient at Winnebago, Wisconsin, for five years. On
JONES, IDWAL (1899 - 1966), educationist and university professor Born 31 December 1899 in Pen-clawdd, Glamorganshire, son of Llewelyn and Margaret (née Rees) Jones. After attending primary school at Pen-clawdd, and the County School, Gowerton, he went on to University College, Aberystwyth where he graduated B.A. with Honours in English in 1922. He gained his M.A. in 1924 with a dissertation on ' The Critical Ideas of Matthew Arnold, with special reference to
JONES, IORWERTH (1913 - 1992), minister, author and editor Presbyterians' Y Drysorfa in 1969, he was the first editor of the new magazine, Porfeydd. In 1972 he was chosen as the editor of the Independents' weekly newspaper, Y Tyst. He was a very lively and able editor. He wrote a biography, David Rees Y Cynhyrfwr, which was published in 1971, and he was awarded an University of Wales M.A. and the Ellis Griffiths Memorial Prize for his work. In 1988 he published
JONES, JACK (1884 - 1970), author and playwright Born 24 November 1884, at Tai Harry Blawd, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, the eldest of nine who survived of the fifteen children born to his mother, Sarah Ann, and his father, David, a miner. Educated at St. David's elementary school, Merthyr Tydfil, he left school at the age of twelve to work with his father at the coal-face. From 1902 to 1906, he was a regular soldier, serving in South Africa
JONES, JAMES IFANO (1865 - 1955), librarian and bibliographer . Dyfnallt Owen's grandmother. He was educated at the Park Board School, Trecynon, popularly known as ' Ysgol y Comin ', which he left at the age of 11 to attend for one year a private school kept by Owen Rees in Seymour Street, Aberdare. He started work at the age of 12 as an apprentice in the printing works of the newspaper Tarian y Gweithiwr. In 1884 he joined as a compositor and proof reader the

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