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JONES, HUW (1700? - 1782), poet, publisher, and one of the principal Welsh balladists of the 18th century another book, Diddanwch teuluaidd, edited by Huw Jones, made its appearance; this included the works of the Anglesey poets - Goronwy Owen, Lewis Morris, Hugh Hughes, and others. It was printed in London. A 2nd impression appeared in 1817 (Caernarvon), and a 3rd in 1879 (Liverpool). Huw Jones did his people a great service as a bookseller and editor of books. He tramped the fairs and markets of the
JONES, IDWAL (1899 - 1966), educationist and university professor Trans. of the Cymm., 1933), the broadcast history lessons, ' Y plentyn a'r Eglwys ', and ' Y Bardd a'r Athro '. He possessed an inherent nobility of spirit, and even in his last days of illness he was a strikingly elegant and charming personality. On June 29, 1933 he married Kitty, daughter of Sir John Herbert Lewis of Plas Penucha, Caerwys; and this was no doubt what impelled him to compile the
JONES, JAMES IFANO (1865 - 1955), librarian and bibliographer printing house of Jenkin Howell. Meanwhile, he seized every opportunity for self-improvement. The great formative influence of his early years was the Sunday school at Gadlys Baptist chapel and the cultural activities associated with it. He became the secretary of the Aberdare and District Baptist Sunday School Union, he was keenly interested in music and acted as the chapel organist; he was an
JONES, JOHN (EMLYN) (Ioan Emlyn; 1818 - 1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters Fawr (by Titus Lewis), published Tiriad y Ffrancodym Mhencaer in 1856 and Gramadeg Cerddorol in 1860, not to speak of other books. He undertook the resumption of Y Parthsyllydd, a large-scale treatise on geography which had been begun by John Jenkins of Hengoed and Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), but failed to complete it (it was completed in 1875 by J. Spinther James). Two bardic chairs fell to
JONES, JOHN (Tegid, Ioan Tegid; 1792 - 1852), cleric and man of letters , and he helped her with her translation. With Gwallter Mechain, he edited the poems of Lewis Glyn Cothi for the Cymmrodorion Society (1837-9); and wrote the historical introduction. Unfortunately he adhered to the orthography and etymologizing of W. O. Pughe; this not only led him astray in his treatment of Lewis Glyn Cothi's text but also seriously affected the edition of the Welsh New Testament
JONES, JOHN (Vulcan; 1825 - 1889), Wesleyan minister various periodicals. He edited Y Winllan, 1870-3, and was responsible for some years for its music; he was also on the editorial board of Y Gwyliedydd. He wrote Traethawd ar Resymeg, 1857, Athrawiaeth yr Iawn, 1861 (a review of Lewis Edwards's book), Penarglwyddiaeth Duw, 1873, Y Beibl, 1875 (an unsuccessful pryddest in the Bangor eisteddfod of 1874), and Ameuyddiaeth, 1877.
JONES, JOHN (CYNDDYLAN) (1841 - 1930), preacher and theologian from crossing swords with the Principal, Lewis Edwards, on the topic of the Doctrine of Atonement. He went to Treveca College in 1865 and on completing a course in 1867 he accepted a call to serve as minister of the English Presbyterian church at Pontypool. He married there but as his stipend was insufficient to maintain his family, even though he turned to journalism to supplement his income, he
JONES, JOHN CHARLES (1904 - 1956), Bishop of Bangor Memorial College, Mukono, Uganda, as tutor in theology. From 1939-45 he was warden and sole administrator at the college. With the assistance of his wife Mary, daughter of William Lewis of Carmarthen and a professional nurse, he established a section to educate the wives of native clergy. He returned to Wales in 1945 as vicar of Llanelli. He was enthroned as Bishop of Bangor, Epiphany 1949 - the first
JONES, JOHN EDWARD (1905 - 1970), secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru Party. The campaign against the flooding of Cwm Tryweryn became very strong; but no doubt the campaign against the Bombing School in Llŷn in 1935 was the most notable, with the imprisonment of Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D.J. Williams. These numerous operations demanded great effort in gaining the country's support. He contributed more than anyone to the great feat of keeping Plaid Cymru
JONES, JOHN FOULKES (1826 - 1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Machynlleth, 6 June 1826, son of John Jones of Fron Deg (Wrexham) and his wife Lydia, daughter of Thomas Foulkes and grand-daughter of Simon Lloyd of Bala. Foulkes Jones at the age of 13 was sent to the recently opened C.M. College at Bala, under Lewis Edwards and David Charles. Deciding (1843) to enter the ministry, he returned to Bala for a second period, and thence went (1844) to
JONES, JOHN ISLAN (1874 - 1968), minister (U) and author brief history of the Unitarian Church, Accrington (1909), Egwyddorion yr Undodiaid (1948), and his reminiscences, Yr hen amser gynt (1958), which won him a prize offered by Ceredigion Education Committee. There are articles written by him in the Ymofynydd (1905-59), Cymru, and Trans. Unitarian Historical Society (see Glyn Lewis Jones, A Bibliography of Cardiganshire, 1600-1964). He died a bachelor, 28
JONES, JOHN OWEN (Ap Ffarmwr; 1861 - 1899), journalist Son of Owen and Emma Jones; born at Ty'n y Morfa, Trefdraeth, Anglesey, 1 January 1861. Following his father's death and his mother's second marriage, the family removed to Cae'r Llechau, Dwyran (about 1865). Educated at the Board school, Dwyran, he was apprenticed at 14 as a draper to Lewis Lewis, Caernarvon. During this period he read widely in the works of authors like Darwin, Huxley, Ruskin

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