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JONES, EDWARD (1790 - 1860), minister (Presb.) Born 11 September 1790, son of Edward Jones, Rhiwlas, in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, Cardiganshire, and Mary his wife. He was taught to be a saddler, and at the age of 20 he went to London, where he heard John Elias preach, and thence to Bristol. He returned to his native district and began to preach with the Calvinistic Methodists; he was ordained to the ministry in 1829. He
JONES, EDWARD (1826 - 1902), Calvinistic Methodist historian -ground. Besides various handbooks for the Sunday school, he published (in Y Drysorfa, 1901 and 1902) articles on old Welsh printers. But his main concern was with the history of his connexion; his materials on the history of the C.M. churches of Bangor and its district were utilized by William Hobley; and he himself published in 1891 Hanes Dechreuad a Chynydd y M.C. yn Llanllechid. But he deserves
JONES, EDWARD (1761 - 1836), poet, farmer, and schoolmaster Born at Tan-y-Waen, Prion, Llanrhaeadr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, 19 March 1761, son of John Jones, farmer, and his wife, Ann, daughter of William Williams, Rhyd-y-Cilgwyn. When he was about a year old the family moved to Bryn-y-gwynt-isaf in the same parish. The father died when Edward was about 10 years old. He had little formal education, and that from Daniel Lloyd, Independent minister at
JONES, EDWARD (1641 - 1703), bishop of St Asaph . Asaph to succeed William Lloyd (1627 - 1717). His administration of his Welsh diocese has been tersely described as corrupt, slack, and oppressive. His conduct became intolerable, and in 1697 his clergy delated him to the archbishop of Canterbury; he was summoned before the archbishop's court in 1698, but his friends managed to postpone the trial till 1700. In 1701 he was deprived of his office and
JONES, EDWARD (1749 - 1779), musician Born in 1749 at Dolydd-byrion, near CricciethCriccieth, Caernarfonshire. He wrote several anthems and hymn-tunes which he left in manuscript. His anthem, ' Arglwydd, chwiliaist ac adnabuost fi,' became very popular; this was arranged by William Owen, Tremadoc, and afterwards by John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), the latter's arrangement appearing in Y Cerddor Cymreig, nos. 107 and 108 (see also a
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher Elen Roger Jones was born on 27 August 1908 in Marian-Glas, Anglesey, the daughter of William Griffith (1873-1935), the Anglesey Education Committee Secretary, and his wife Mary (née Williams, died 1961). Elen was William's first child and Mary's second, as she had a son with her previous husband, a captain who died in a storm whilst travelling on a ship a few months before the birth of their
JONES, EVAN (Ieuan Gwynedd; 1820 - 1852), Independent minister, and journalist Evan Jones (London, 1849), and also A Vindication of the Educational and Moral Condition of Wales in reply to William Williams, Esq., Late M.P. for Coventry by Evan Jones of Tredegar (Llandovery, 1848).
JONES, EVAN (1777 - 1819), Baptist minister Born at Llandysul, Cardiganshire, but his family was of Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, and William Richards of Lynn calls him 'the man from Eglwyswrw.' He began preaching as a member at Pen-y-bont, Llandysul - according to David Jones (Bed. Deheubarth) in 1796, but according to other data in 1792. He spent four years at Bristol Baptist Academy under Ryland, who said that he was the ablest student he
JONES, EVAN DAVID (1903 - 1987), librarian and archivist edit the work of Lewis Glyn Cothi but he was soon recruited by the National Library of Wales, having first, forewarned by a well-wisher, successfully bargained for his salary. He brought to the library palaeographical and diplomatic skills which owed something to the summer courses given at UCW by Hubert Hall. The post to which E. D. (that is how he was commonly known) was appointed was designated
JONES, Sir EVAN DAVIES (1859 - 1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire collector of Pembrokeshire and non-Pembrokeshire material) and the purchase for the Library of the Compton House (Aberaeron) library and the Llywarch Reynolds (Merthyr Tydfil) collection and by his gift to the Library of his own very extensive collection of book plates of Welsh interest. A bust of him by Sir William Goscombe John (1924) and a portrait in oils (1939), are in the National Library. In 1927
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), journalist Gareth Jones was born on 13 August 1905 at Eryl, Romilly Road, Barry, the youngest of three children of Edgar William Jones (1868-1953), a schoolmaster, and his wife Ann Gwenllian (née Jones, 1867-1965). He was first educated at home by his mother, and then attended Barry County School where his father was headmaster. His mother had worked as a tutor to the grandchildren of the industrialist John
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