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JONES, THOMAS (c. 1622 - 1682), Protestant controversialist , but was made chaplain at Ludlow to Richard, earl Carbery, the president of the revived Council of Wales, and in 1663 domestic and naval chaplain to the duke of York. On 11 November 1665 his patron's influence secured him presentation by the Crown to the rectory of Llandyrnog, Denbighshire, during an interregnum in the see of Bangor, to which the living had formerly been annexed; and when in 1666 he
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar published in Y Faner and the Abergele Visitor, but his first separate publication was Dyddiau'r Parch. Richard Owen (1891), a booklet about half of which was the work of 'Gwynvre ap Iwan' and the rest by 'Gwilym Meredydd' (Reverend W.M. Jones). His satire 'Gwlad y Gân' appeared in Cymru (two cantos in 1896 and 1897) and in Papur Pawb (three cantos in 1898). This was his first substantial poem, and was
JONES, WILLIAM (1826 - 1899), secretary to the Peace Society as successor to Henry Richard, Tregaron; son of John Jones, a Ruthin Quaker, and great-grandson of Jonathan Hughes, the bard mentioned by Borrow in Wild Wales. William was educated at Ackworth Quaker School. Later he was appointed head of a commission for the relief of distress during the Franco-German war of 1870-1. He had discussions with president Cleveland and Li Hung Chang and other
JONES, WILLIAM (1857 - 1915), Member of Parliament Born in 1857 at Ceint Bach near Llangefni, to Richard and Alice Jones. He became pupil, and afterwards pupil-teacher, at the British school there; for two years (1873-5) at the Bangor Normal College. For a short period he was head master of the Goginan school in north Cardigan, before migrating to London to become assistant at Wallington Road in north London (1879-88). He was a member of the
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1566 - 1640), judge (accepting office reluctantly, since he declared it involved him in a loss of £300 a year), and in 1623 he was transferred to the King's Bench. It was on his advice that Williams bought Penrhyn (to his regret) in 1622. This, and the conduct of Wynn's son, Sir Richard, may have contributed to the breach with both the lord keeper and the Gwydir connection, which culminated in Sir William's successful
JONES, WILLIAM (1675? - 1749), mathematician contacts with Welsh concerns were casual, though none the less interesting. It seems that Richard alone of the Morris family knew him personally, though Lewis in 1749 wrote to him. But in 1747 (Morris Letters, 129), we find Richard suggesting that Jones should propose Lewis for membership of the Royal Society - a service which he had already rendered to Moses Williams (1685 - 1742). When Richard Morris's
JONES, WILLIAM ARTHUR (1892 - 1970), musician Born at Caernarfon, 5 April 1892, son of J.R. Gwyndaf Jones, proof-reader for Y Genedl, and Elizabeth Jones his wife. On his father's side he was related to Richard Jones, ' Gwyndaf Eryri ', while his mother was the daughter of John Jones, ' Eos Bradwen '. Because of his mother's family connections he was known as ' William Bradwen ' when he was a child at school, and he chose to keep the name to
JONES, WILLIAM ELLIS (Cawrdaf; 1795 - 1848), poet and man of letters Born 9 October 1795, at Tyddyn Siôn, Abererch, Caernarfonshire. Having received his education at a local school and from his father, Ellis Jones, who was himself a schoolmaster, he was in 1808 apprenticed as a printer with his cousin, Richard Jones (1787 - 1855). On completing his apprenticeship he was engaged by another cousin of his, Lewis Evan Jones, at Caernarvon. There he came to know Dafydd
JONES, WILLIAM GARMON (1884 - 1937), professor of history and librarian of Liverpool University Born 15 November 1884 at Birkenhead, son of William Jones of Birkenhead (of the firm of Jones, Burton and Co., engineers, Liverpool) and Jane Jones of Mold. He was educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, his intention being to qualify for a business career. He actually worked in a Liverpool office for two years and in 1903 went to Liverpool University to study for a degree in engineering
JONES, WILLIAM OWEN (1861 - 1937), minister of the 'Free Church of the Welsh', Liverpool Born 7 April 1861, at Penbryn, Chwilog, the son of Richard Jones, farmer, and Ellen Hughes. He attended several schools in the district, including that of Llanystumdwy. He also went to the Holt Academy, and to Clynnog School. He was subsequently at the Calvinistic Methodist Theological College, Bala, the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and S. John's College, Cambridge, where he took
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
KATHERYN of BERAIN (Mam Cymru, The mother of Wales; 1534/5 - 1591) , son and heir of Sir John Salusbury of Llewenni (the settlement deed is dated 11 February 1556/7). They had two sons (a) Thomas (born probably 1564) and (b) John (born 1565 or 1566); John died 1566, before his father; (2) in 1567 to Sir Richard Clough; she went with Clough to Antwerp, where he was concerned in business for Sir Thomas Gresham. It is said that Maurice Wynn of Gwydir proposed to her as

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