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JONES, DAVID BEVAN (Dewi Elfed; 1807 - 1863), minister (B, and Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints - Mormons) from about the beginning of 1849. He completed the task of building Gwawr chapel for the church which had been incorporated in June 1848. Dewi altered the chapel lease, deleting the name of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Price (1820 - 1888) and a friend of his and adding his own name and that of a supporter. This was the beginning of the dispute between the two but underlying the disagreement was the accusation
JONES, Sir DAVID BRYNMOR (1852 - 1921), lawyer and historian The eldest son of Thomas Jones (1819 - 1882). Born in London and educated at University College School and at University College. He was called to the Bar in 1876 from the Middle Temple (of which he became Bencher in 1899 and Reader in 1911). He practised for several years on the South Wales circuit, and in 1885 became a County Court judge in England; he resigned in 1892, took silk, and entered
JONES, DAVID HUGH (Dewi Arfon; 1833 - 1869), minister (CM), schoolmaster and poet Born in Ty Du, Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, 6th July 1833, to Hugh and Ellen Jones. He was the eldest of 4 children; one brother was Griffth Hugh Jones, ('Gutyn Arfon'), composer of the hymn-tune ' Llef ', written in memory of Dewi Arfon. When Dewi Arfon was about 5, he went to a school kept by Ellis Thomas, in Capel Coch, Llanberis, and then to a school kept by John Evans, Ceunant Coch. He left
JONES, DAVID JAMES (Gwenallt; 1899 - 1968), poet, critic and scholar Born 18 May 1899 at Pontardawe, Glamorganshire, the eldest of three children of Thomas ('Ehedydd') Jones and his wife Mary. His parents were from Carmarthenshire and his consciousness of his roots was an important element in his personality, as is seen in his essay on Rhydycymerau in the D.J. Williams presentation Festschrift (ed, J. Gwyn Griffiths, 1965). The family moved to Allt-wen and
JONES, DAVID JOHN TAWE (1885 - 1949), musician extensive to be included in this article. He suffered a great deal from the effects of World War I when he was gassed and received a shrapnel wound in his head. Shortly before his death he completed a five-act opera, The Enchantress, based on the biblical theme of ' Jezebel ' - the libretto by J. Dyfnallt Owen and an English translation by ' Wil Ifan ' (William Evans). The opera is scored for full
JONES, DAVID STANLEY (1860 - 1919), Congregationalist minister , under John Thomas, a grandson of Thomas Phillips of Neuadd-lwyd. He was received into church membership at Pisgah, Talgarreg. Apprenticed to a tailor when not yet 12, he afterwards worked at Cwrtnewydd, and later in a shop at Lampeter, but found neither place congenial; nor did a move to Ffestiniog in North Wales prove auspicious. He returned to South Wales, settling down at Deri, Glamorganshire
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JONES, DAVID WATKIN (Dafydd Morganwg; 1832 - 1905), poet, historian, and geologist Born at Merthyr Tydfil, 14 February 1832, he was the son of John Jones, a Cardiganshire man and cousin of Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion, 1792 - 1846). He was at work underground before he was 10, and after declining an offer to be educated for orders in the Church of England, he became, through his own perseverance, an underground fireman by 1859, and in the same year achieved his first
JONES, EDGAR WILLIAM (1868 - 1953), educationalist and broadcaster keenly interested in sport. At Aberystwyth he was the athletic champion and a member of the soccer team (which he captained) and of the first fifteen, and as headmaster there were few school games at which he was not present. On 22 December 1894 he married Ann Gwenllian, daughter of Thomas Jones of Dowlais, and a fellow student at Aberystwyth. She was a lady of considerable ability who at the age of 20
JONES, EDWARD (bu farw 1586), conspirator grammar school at Wrexham - subject to conditions, however, which remained unfulfilled. He recommended his son and namesake to his patron, the earl of Leicester. In London the younger Edward Jones became the friend and admirer of Thomas Salusbury of Lleweni, Leicester's ward, under whose influence he abjured Protestantism, turned with his friend against Leicester as Protestant champion and 'oppressor
JONES, EDWARD (1741? - 1806), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter outside the Connexion,' with the result that a number of his congregation left, and became Independents. This caused Methodist leaders in Wales, such as Thomas Charles and John Elias, much embarrassment, for the two expelled brides were granddaughters of a most highly venerated Methodist 'father'; yet on the other hand Jones's real services to Methodism in London, and his frequent presence at
JONES, EDWARD (1782 - 1855), Wesleyan minister was editor from 1829 to 1835, and published a collection of hymns and (1833) a translation of Wesley's sermons. But he won fame chiefly as a controversialist. In 1812, he published Cyflawn Wrthbrawf i'r Athrawiaeth o Barhad Diammodol mewn Gras, a translation of a book by Thomas Oliver(s); in 1819 Amddiffynydd y Gwir, a reply to a pamphlet by John Parry (1775 - 1846) of Chester; and in 1829 or 1830

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