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JONES, EMYR WYN (1907 - 1999), cardiologist and author elected Chairman of the Eisteddfod Council (1973-1976), before becoming President of the Court of the National Eisteddfod (1983-1986). In 1987, he was elected a Fellow of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. After his retirement he became a prolific author in Welsh and English on a wide range of historical subjects. An indefatigable researcher, his work can be seen in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography and
JONES, Sir EVAN DAVIES (1859 - 1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire excellent service to the Representative Body of the Church in Wales over many years (he served for some time as Chairman of its Finance Committee), to the University of Wales, and to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. His service to the National Library of Wales was notable both for its length and for its outstandingly devoted character. He was an original member (1907) of the Court of
JONES, FRANCIS WYNN (1898 - 1970), statistician and writer and cultural life in London, a member of Council and a vice-president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He was made an O.B.E. in 1959. After retiring he was treasurer and vice-president of Urdd Gobaith Cymru, a member of the Court and Council of the University College of Wales and an elder in Seilo (CM) chapel, Aberystwyth. Though he spent much of his life in London he lost none of his
JONES, GLANVILLE REES JEFFREYS (1923 - 1996), historical geographer share his interest in the land and its people with his wife Pam, whose love he deeply cherished, and he had a close bond with his daughter and his son whose professional achievements was a source of a great pride. A representative selection of his very numerous papers have been brought together in volume form, and The Welsh King and his Court, ed. T. M. Charles-Edwards et al. (2000), to which he had
JONES, GLANVILLE REES JEFFREYS (1923 - 1996), daearyddwr hanesyddol Court (gol. T. M. Charles-Edwards et al. 2000), cyfrol yr oedd wedi cyfrannu iddi, er cof amdano. Priododd Glanville Jones, gyntaf, Margaret Rosina Ann Stevens yn 1949 (diddymwyd y briodas yn 1958) ac yn ail Pamela Winship, yn 1959; cawsant ddau o blant, Sarah Catryn a David Emrys Jeffreys. Bu farw yn Leeds 23 Gorffennaf 1996; bu'r gwasanaeth angladd yn eglwys St Margaret ac yna yn amlosgfa Rawden
JONES, GRIFFITH (1683 - 1761), cleric and educational reformer times before bishop Ottley, chancellor Edward Jones, and David Havard, bishop's deputy at the bishop's Court at Carmarthen, for ignoring Church laws and customs. On 27 July 1716 he was appointed by his patron, Sir John Philipps, to the rectory of Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire. Here, S.P.C.K. duties received much of his attention, and, together with Moses Williams and Erasmus Saunders, he supported
JONES, GWILYM THOMAS (1908 - 1956), solicitor and administrator , and then the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where he graduated with an M.A. degree in Law. In 1936, whilst working as a solicitor in Pwllheli, he was appointed as official court translator for the trial of the 'Penyberth Three' - Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine, and D. J. Williams - at Caernarfon and then at the Old Bailey in London when the case was transferred there. In 1938, he became
JONES, JOHN (c. 1578-1583 - 1658?) Gellilyfdy, Loveday, Ysgeifiog, calligrapher and transcriber of manuscripts Court of the Marches at Ludlow; Robert Williams (Enwogion Cymru: a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen) states that he was then an attorney. Two years later he is found in London, in prison, this being (probably) the first of many periods which he was destined to spend in prison. In 1612, however, he is at Cardiff, transcribing 'the Book of Llandaff.' In 1617 he is back in prison, this time
JONES, JOHN Maes-y-garnedd,, 'the regicide' (now dead) as M.P. for Merioneth. The outbreak of the second Civil War brought him back into the field in June 1648, when he helped to prevent the surprise of Denbigh castle (4 July) and to effect a second reduction of Anglesey (2 October). Back at Westminster he attended regularly the 'court of justice' which tried Charles I (whom he held responsible for the Irish massacres of 1641), signed the
JONES, JOHN Maesygarnedd,, 'y brenin-leiddiad' Ryfel Cartrefol allan daeth yn ôl i frwydro (ym mis Mehefin 1648), a bu'n helpu i arbed cymryd castell Dinbych yn sydyn (4 Gorffennaf) ac i orchfygu sir Fôn am yr ail waith (2 Hydref). Wedi iddo ddychwelyd i Westminster bu'n aelod cyson o'r 'court of justice' a fu'n profi Siarl I, y gŵr a oedd yn gyfrifol, ym marn Jones, am y colli bywydau yn Iwerddon yn 1641; torrodd ei enw ar warant gosod Siarl i
JONES, JOHN RICE (1759 - 1824), lawyer and settler in the American mid-west , owning the oldest and most prolific mine in the territory, and introducing the reverberatory furnace. In 1817 he joined in petitioning for the admission of Missouri as a state, and took a 'conspicuous' part in the convention which drafted its constitution in 1820. From 1821-4 he was a judge of the supreme court in the new state. He was also an original trustee of Indiana University (1806) and of Potosi
JONES, JOSEPH (1877 - 1950), principal of the Memorial College, Brecon Committee. He was a member of the County Councils Association and a vice-president of the Federation of Education Committees. He figured prominently on the councils of the University of Wales, a member of the Court, Council and of the governing bodies of several of the colleges. He was Dean of Divinity 1931-1934. A Liberal in politics, he contested the Welsh University Parliamentary seat in 1924, and was

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