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JONES, HUMPHREY (Bryfdir; 1867 - 1947), poet and 'compère' of eisteddfodau Born 13 December 1867, in Cwm Croesor, Merionethshire, son of John Jones a smallholder and Mary (née Roberts) and grandson of Robert Roberts of Erw Fawr who founded the Sunday school at Llanfrothen. He lived practically the whole of his life in Blaenau Ffestiniog. After leaving school at the age of 12 he became a quarryman and eventually attained an official position. He learned the rudiments of
JONES, IORWERTH (1913 - 1992), minister, author and editor August 15 1940 he married Nesta Roberts from Llandegái, Bangor, a nurse by profession, whose roots were in Anglesey, her father from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, her mother from Llangoed. They had two daughters, Nia and Eurgain, and a son, Powys. He accepted a call to Capel Als, Llanelli in 1969, and remained there until he was elected General Secretary of the Union of Welsh Independents in 1975. Prior to
JONES, JAMES IDWAL (1900 - 1982), headteacher and Labour politician Robert Richards MP. He continued to represent Wrexham until his retirement from parliament in June 1970. He was chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party, 1957-58, and of the Welsh Labour Group, 1960-61. In 1965 he also served as a member of the Commons Group Reviewing Electoral Law and Procedure. During his parliamentary career he was instrumental in securing many new industries for the Wrexham area
JONES, JOHN (1772 - 1837), barrister, translator, and historian Born at Derwydd, near Llandebie, Carmarthenshire, 17 August 1772. Little is known of his early years; it is said that although his early education was scanty, he became well read in the classics. He was for some time a master at Wimbledon, having (Sir) Robert Peel as one of his pupils. Later he studied in Germany, subsequently receiving the degree of LL.D. at Jena University. After returning to
JONES, JOHN (1837 - 1906), minister (Presb.) and writer 19 or 20 June 1906; he was buried at Glanadda, Bangor. He led a fairly prosperous life; he travelled much; he was interested in geology and geography, and wrote much on these subjects for the Traethodydd. He also published biographies of two eccentric ministers, Michael Roberts of Pwllheli and John Jones, Bryn'rodyn.
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 (Idris Fychan; 1825 - 1887), shoemaker and harpist Born at Dolgelley, a member of the same family as Ellis Roberts (Eos Meirion), harpist to the Prince of Wales. His mother was considered a good singer with the harp. He went to London in 1851 but moved to Manchester in 1857. Besides being considered the best singer with the harp in his day, he was also accounted a good poet. He was awarded the prize at the Rhuddlan eisteddfod of 1850 for an essay
JONES, JOHN (1773 - 1853), cleric , ' Alun ' at the commencement of their careers. He was a scholar and in 1834 he published the second edition of British Antiquities Revived by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (1662). Occasional references in his letters reveal that he was also quite critical of the scholarship of John Williams, ' Ab Ithel ' affected by its Iolo mania and druidism. He paid for the monument to ' Dafydd Ionawr ' in Dolgellau old
JONES, JOHN (Mephiboseth; 1850 - 1926), Baptist minister, poet, and author Born at Llangoed, Anglesey, 7 April 1850, the fourth of seven children of John Jones and Ellen Roberts, his wife. He had little education; at an early age he was working in the slate quarries, but in 1870 when he began to preach he attended the local church school and later spent a term at Beaumaris. In 1872, before entering the Baptist College at Llangollen, he had pastoral charge of several
JONES, JOHN (Tegid, Ioan Tegid; 1792 - 1852), cleric and man of letters ed. in 1842 and was praised by eminent Hebraists on the Continent. Welsh studies, however, filled a more important place in his interests. In his youth at Bala, he had taken his place in the bardic succession of the region, receiving his instruction at the hands of Robert William, whom he commemorated in an elegy, and in his turn becoming the instructor of Charles Saunderson. As a poet (his poetry
JONES, JOHN (1786 - 1865), printer and inventor declares that they were printed in Dublin, but this was a ruse to avoid paying tax. When the tax was discontinued in 1834, the almanacs were openly printed at Llanrwst. John Jones printed the works of important contemporary authors such as William Williams 'Caledfryn', Robert Jones, Rhoslan, Ieuan Glan Geirionnydd, John Elias, Gwilym Hiraethog, as well as classical works such as Drych y Prif Oesoedd
JONES, JOHN (1820 - 1907), minister (B) and historian by John's efforts at Evenjobb in 1849. John also conducted a day school in Gladestry chapel, the salary derived from the Edward Gough charity. In 1849 he married Anne Roberts (born 1825 in Cheltenham but of a Methodist family) of Abbey Cwmhir. For a few years before her death she kept a girls' school in Kington. She and her husband had eight children, six of whom died young. John Jones held

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