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JONES, DAVID LLOYD (1843 - 1905), Calvinistic Methodist minister
JONES, EDMUND (1702 - 1793), Independent minister, and author , went in 1740 to Philip David. Disappointed, he removed in July 1740 to Pontypool and settled at the Transh, where he built an Independent meeting house but still retained charge of the Ebwy Fawr congregation. According to George Whitefield he sold his books for £15 to complete the building. A strong Calvinist and a zealous Evangelical, he was responsible for bringing Howel Harris to preach for the
JONES, EDMUND OSBORNE (1858 - 1931), cleric Born at Barmouth, 24 September 1858, second son of John Jones, rector of Llanaber with Barmouth, and Adelaide his wife. He was educated at Dolgelley grammar school and Friars School, Bangor, under the headmaster-ship of D. L. Lloyd. He matriculated at Oxford in October 1876, as a Postmaster of Merton College, was placed in the first class in classical Moderations in 1878, and in the third class
JONES, EDWARD (1778 - 1837), Wesleyan Methodist minister Generally known as 'Edward Jones, Bathafarn'; born 9 May 1778 at Ruthin but brought up on Bathafarn farm, Llan-rhydd. The fifth of six children of Edward and Anne Jones, he was educated at Ruthin School, and, about 1796, went to Manchester to work in the cotton industry. Converted to Wesleyan Methodism under the preaching of George Marsden, he returned home in December 1779 and formed a Methodist
JONES, EDWARD (1761 - 1836), poet, farmer, and schoolmaster Born at Tan-y-Waen, Prion, Llanrhaeadr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, 19 March 1761, son of John Jones, farmer, and his wife, Ann, daughter of William Williams, Rhyd-y-Cilgwyn. When he was about a year old the family moved to Bryn-y-gwynt-isaf in the same parish. The father died when Edward was about 10 years old. He had little formal education, and that from Daniel Lloyd, Independent minister at
JONES, EDWARD (1641 - 1703), bishop of St Asaph . Asaph to succeed William Lloyd (1627 - 1717). His administration of his Welsh diocese has been tersely described as corrupt, slack, and oppressive. His conduct became intolerable, and in 1697 his clergy delated him to the archbishop of Canterbury; he was summoned before the archbishop's court in 1698, but his friends managed to postpone the trial till 1700. In 1701 he was deprived of his office and
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher . She played her first screen part in a programme on Daniel Owen, with Wilbert Lloyd Roberts (1925-1996) producing, a part she would play again seven years later in a Welsh Theatre Company production. Over the next decade, she appeared in productions such as Byd a Betws and Gwyliwr. She received widespread recognition for her performances of Saunders Lewis's work, Dwy Briodas Ann late in 1973, and
JONES, ELIZABETH JANE LOUIS (1889 - 1952), scholar Born 28 April 1889 at Llanilar, Cardiganshire, only child of John Lloyd, timber merchant, and his wife Elizabeth (née Edwards). She received her early education at the County School, Aberystwyth and proceeded to the University College, Aberystwyth where she graduated in 1911 with first class honours in Welsh. She was awarded a Fellowship by the University and continued to study for a further
JONES, ELIZABETH MAY WATKIN (1907 - 1965), teacher and campaigner example, the inhabitants of Cwm Tryweryn appeared on Granada television's Under Fire programme, filmed in Manchester, brandishing their placards and with Elizabeth and her harp, a symbol of their cultural pride, placed amidst them. The many radio and television interviews in which Elizabeth participated included one on The Dragon's Teeth, where, alongside Megan Lloyd George, she argued against the
JONES, ENOCH ROWLAND (1912 - 1978), euphonium player and singer Rowland Jones was born on 19 July 1912 in the village of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen in the Amman Valley, Glamorganshire,the son of Timothy Jones, a coal miner, and his wife Annie (née Lloyd). He had a younger and an older sister: Peggy and Nellie Bronwen respectively. He demonstrated some musical talent as a child, and at the age of twelve, three years before he started working in the local coal mine, he
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), linguist and journalist Born 13 August 1905, son of Edgar and Gwen Jones, Barry, Glamorganshire. He was educated at Barry County School (of which his father was headmaster), Aberystwyth College (first class hons. French), Trinity College, Cambridge (Modern Languages Tripos I and II, first class hons. French, German, Russian). In 1930, he became foreign affairs secretary to David Lloyd George. From 1931 to 1933 he was
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), journalist experience before he could be considered for a permanent position. In January 1930 he went to work as foreign affairs advisor for David Lloyd George, a man for whom he had great respect, and produced reports on developments within the British Empire, the League of Nations and the Soviet Union. He travelled to report on the rising political, economic and ethnic tensions in central Europe, especially in

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