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JONES, WILLIAM RICHARD (Goleufryn; 1840 - 1898), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer Born at Llanfrothen, Meironnydd, son of Richard Jones. He was apprenticed to a carpenter and did not begin to preach until 1865. He then went to the preparatory school at Clynnog and afterwards, in 1866, to BalaBala C.M. College. In 1869 he became pastor of Ty-mawr and Pen-y-graig churches in Llŷn, being ordained in 1871. His subsequent pastoral charges were Seion and Bethel, Llanrwst, 1873
JONES, WILLIAM SAMUEL (Wil Sam; 1920 - 2007), playwright Wil Sam was born on 28 May 1920 at Belle Vue, Llanystumdwy, the younger of the two sons of Gabriel Jones, mariner, and his wife Ann (née Owen). His brother Elis Gwyn (1918-1999) was a well-known artist and author, and he worked closely with Wil Sam in the theatre. Their father died in an accident at sea in 1939. Wil Sam's formal education took place at the Church School in Llanystumdwy and
JONES, WILLIAM TUDOR (1865 - 1946), minister (U) and philosopher
JONES-DAVIES, HENRY (1870 - 1955), farmer and pioneer of agricultural co-operation , becoming chairman of the council in 1902 and later chairman of the education committee. In 1908 he became County Land Agent for Carmarthenshire, and in the same year he became a Justice of the Peace for the county, and later chairman of Carmarthen County Petty Sessions. But, without doubt, Jones-Davies's most significant contribution was as a pioneer of agricultural co-operation in Wales. In 1902, during
JONES-DAVIES, THOMAS ELLIS (1906 - 1960), doctor and international rugby player Born 4 March 1906, elder son of Henry and Winifred Anna Jones-Davies, Bremenda, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen, St. George's School, Harpenden, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and St. George's Hospital, London. He was awarded the degrees of M.A. and M.D. (Cantab.), and F.R.C.P. and D.P.H. (London). After serving for some time as an
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JOSHUA, SETH (1858 - 1925), minister (Presb.) Born 10 April 1858 in Ty Capel, Trosnant Uchaf, Pontypool, Monmouth, son of George Joshua and Mary (née Walden) his wife. He married Mary Rees, Llantrisant, in Neath, Glamorganshire, 23 September 1883, and they had eight children (one son, Peter, was a minister and a popular evangelist in America; another son, Lyn, was responsible with Mai Jones for the radio programme ' We'll keep a welcome in
KADWALADR, SION (fl. 1750-1765), writer of ballads and interludes stealing half-a-crown, says Ioan Pedr. His interludes appear to have been written after his return; they are: (1) 'Einion a Gwenllian' (NLW MS 552B), written c. 1756 - the suggestion that it was written jointly with Huw Jones may be dismissed; (2) 'Gaulove a Clarinda' between 1756 and 1762 (Cwrtmawr MS 39B); (3) Y Brenin Dafydd a Gwraig Urias, published at Chester c. 1765, written jointly with Huw Jones
KELSALL, JOHN (fl. 1683-1743), Quaker diarist years), but are complete from then on to May 1743. They are an invaluable source for the chequered history of the Lloyd fortunes, for that of the North Wales iron industry, and for that of Quakerism in Wales during that period. Edward Griffith printed excerpts in Wales (O.M.E.), ii - see also Caernarvonshire Historical Society Transactions, 1940, 75-6. Kelsall published a book, The Faithful Monitor
teulu KENYON Gredington, Peel Hall, defence of lord George Gordon in 1780; as judge, he presided over the trial of Stockdale for libel, in 1789, and, for a period, over the trial of Warren Hastings; he also tried Edward Jones, fl. 1741-1806. He was lord lieutenant of the county of Flint 1796-8, and 'Custos Rotulorum' from 1796 until his death. He married, 16 October 1773, at Deane, Lancashire, his cousin Mary, third daughter of George
KILMISTER, IAN FRASER (1945 - 2015), musician family moved to a farm in Benllech, Anglesey. He went to school at Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones in Amlwch, and as he later recalled his experiences there he said 'funnily enough, being the only English kid among 700 Welsh ones didn't make for the happiest time - but it was interesting from an anthropological point of view'. It was at this time that he received the nickname 'Lemmy'; although the widely

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1165 - 1176 of 1927 for "Griffith Hartwell Jones"