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JONES, RICHARD (Glan Alaw; 1838 - 1925), minister (Presb.)
JONES, RICHARD (1787 - 1855?), printer and publisher , suffice here. Richard Jones was apprenticed in the printing office of Thomas Williams, Dolgelley (for him also see Ifano Jones, op. cit.); he became his former master's partner in 1807, and, in 1808, when Williams retired, sole owner of the business. He. married Catherine Evans at Dolgelley on 7 May 1809. Richard Jones was the first printer of Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd, a journal which began its career in
JONES, RICHARD (Gwyndaf Eryri; 1785 - 1848), poet, farmer, and stone-mason Born at Erw Ystyfflau, Llanwnda, Caernarfonshire, towards the end of 1785, son of John and Margaret Jones; he was christened at Llanwnda church 29 January 1786. He died 21 June 1848 and was buried in Llanbeblig churchyard, Caernarvon. He was a self-educated but highly successful eisteddfodic poet. In 1821 he won the chair at the Caernarvon eisteddfod for an awdl on music, the Gwyneddigion medal
JONES, RICHARD (1784 - 1840), Calvinistic Methodist minister - gweler JONES, LEWIS
JONES, RICHARD Maesygarnedd - gweler JONES, JOHN
JONES, RICHARD IDWAL MERVYN (1895 - 1937), schoolmaster, poet, and dramatist Born 8 June 1895 at Rhoslwyn, LampeterLampeter, Cardiganshire, the son of D. Teifi Jones, a native of Cwmerfin who became a well-known Liberal and conductor of eisteddfodau, and his wife Mary, who was descended from the Jones family of Llwynrhys - she was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Jones, Tynygwndwn and Bethel Parc-y-rhos. He was educated at the Lampeter primary school (1900-8) and S
JONES, RICHARD LEWIS (1934 - 2009), poet and farmer Richard Jones, or Dic as he was known throughout Wales, was born on Good Friday, 30 March 1934 at Pen-y-graig, a smallholding near Tre'r-ddôl in North Cardiganshire. His mother, Frances Louisa (1910-1986) was one of the daughters of the Isaac family who farmed there. She qualified as a teacher and after taking up a post at Blaen-porth school she married a local farmer, Alban Lewis (Abba) Jones
JONES, RICHARD ROBERT (Dic Aberdaron; 1779 - 1843), polyglot , Cefnymeysydd. Editorial note 2021: In an autobiography which he began towards the end of his life Dic notes that his sister Jane told him that he was born in 1780, and that is the date on his gravestone. However, the records of St Hywyn’s Church, Aberdaron, show that he was baptized on 4 July 1779. He was the third of four children of Robert Jones and his wife Margret. [Information from Alun Jones]
JONES, ROBERT (Trebor Aled; 1866 - 1917), poet and Baptist minister 1905. He published Fy Lloffyn Cyntaf, sef Casgliad o Gynyrchion Prydyddol, 1894; Cofiant y Diweddar Thomas Jones, Llansannan, 1901; Awdl Geraint ac Enid (Testyn y Gadair, Eisteddfod Frenhinol Genedlaethol Rhyl, 1904, 1905); Pleser a Phoen, sef Cyfrol o Farddoniaeth yn y Llon a'r Lleddf, 1908; Talhaiarn, 1916. He died 7 January 1917.
JONES, ROBERT (1810 - 1879), cleric and author Born 6 January 1810, eldest son of Robert Jones of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire. He was educated at Oswestry Grammar School, matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, 12 December 1834, and took his B.A. in 1837. He was ordained deacon by bishop Carey of S. Asaph, 1 July 1837, and licensed to the curacy of Northop, Flintshire. He received priest's orders on 5 May 1838, and served as curate of
JONES, ROBERT (1769 - 1835), cleric and friend of William Wordsworth; born at Plas-yn-llan, Llangynhafal, near Ruthin, in November 1769, the son of Edward Jones, attorney. He was educated at Ruthin Grammar School and S. John's College, Cambridge, where he was a fellow-student of Wordsworth 's. He accompanied the poet on one walking tour on the Continent in 1790, and on another through North Wales in 1791. Ordained at S. Asaph in
JONES, ROBERT (1745 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and author Born 13 January 1745, son of John and Margaret Williams of Suntur, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire. He was taught to read by his mother, and he attended one of Griffith Jones's circulating schools, kept by Thomas Gough. Robert Jones succeeded in persuading Bridget Bevan to reopen the circulating schools in North Wales, and he himself was a teacher at Llangybi (1766), Beddgelert (1767), Capel Curig

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