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JONES, EDMUND (1702 - 1793), Independent minister, and author first time in Monmouthshire in March and April 1738, at Ebwy Fawr (probably in Ty-llwyn), on which occasions the subsequent leaders of Methodism in Monmouthshire were converted, notably John Powell and Morgan John Lewis. Though friendly to Harris, Jones feared that the progress of Methodism among Nonconformists might draw many of them to the Established Church, as Harris desired, in hope of reforming
JONES, EDMUND DAVID (1869 - 1941), schoolmaster and author , youngest daughter of T.J. Morgan, Calvinistic Methodist minister at Pen-y-garn, near Aberystwyth. He died following an accident, on 13 February 1941, and was buried at the new cemetery on the Llandygái road.
JONES, ELIAS HENRY (1883 - 1942), administrator and author Born at Aberystwyth 21 September 1883, eldest son of Sir Henry Jones and Annie (Walker). He was educated at Glasgow High School, Glasgow University, the University of Grenoble and Balliol College, Oxford, where he proceeded M.A. After being called to the Bar, he passed the Indian Civil Service administrative grade examinations, and in 1905 went to serve in Burma. He retired in 1922 as Financial
JONES, ELIZABETH JANE LOUIS (1889 - 1952), scholar lecturer in Welsh and English in 1916 at Bangor Normal College. In 1917 she married E. Louis Jones, a solicitor of Llanfyllin, son of Dr. Richard Jones, Harlech, and they had four children but two of them died young. In 1928 she published with Professor Henry Lewis, Mynegai i farddoniaeth y llawysgrifau (University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies, 1928). She died 14 May 1952 at Wrexham, and was buried
JONES, EMRYS (1920 - 2006), geographer Emrys Jones was born at 3 Henry Street, Aberaman, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, 17 August 1920. His parents were Samuel and Annie (née Williams) Jones. The geologist Sir Alwyn Williams, his mother's nephew, was a cousin. From his upbringing in the mining valleys, and like many of his contemporaries of the depression years, he inherited a tradition of total commitment to Wales, its language and
JONES, EMYR WYN (1907 - 1999), cardiologist and author numerous journals. His main interests were the Liverpool Welsh, the Quakers, Henry Tudor and the Battle of Bosworth, and Henry Morton Stanley. In Henry Stanley: Pentewyn Tân a'i Gymhlethdod Phaetonaidd ('A Firebrand and his Phaetonian Complex', 1992) he demonstrated that Stanley was a consummate liar. In his own field he published several volumes of essays which reflect his interest in traditional
JONES, EVAN (1790 - 1860), the last of the Usk japanners was descended from the Allgood family. He bought the japannery from John Pyrke in 1826, but after the death of John Hughes (1784 - 1851), and of his artist Morgan Davies (1770 - 1837), he paid comparatively little attention to this business, and became increasingly absorbed in his farm, his ironmongery shop, his brickworks, and his gasworks, not to mention his participation in public life - he
JONES, EVAN (Gwrwst ab Bleddyn Flaidd, Gwrwst; 1793 - 1855), Baptist minister and littérateur Born at Llanddoget, Denbighshire, 26 August 1793. He began to preach when he was 18 years old, and became missionary to Llŷn and Eifionydd in 1815. He was ordained at Garn Dolbenmaen, 25 November 1817, and moved in 1820 to Llangollen, in 1822 to Dolgelley, and in September 1823 to Castleton, Monmouth, where he remained until his death on 1 December 1855. In 1824 he married Mary Morgan, Maesyfelin
JONES, EVAN (1836 - 1915), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and publicist began to preach, entering Bala C.M. College in 1863. In 1867 he became pastor of the churches at Corris and Aberllefeni and was ordained in 1869; in 1872 he accepted a call to Dyffryn Ardudwy (succeeding Edward Morgan (1817 - 1871)); and in 1875 he became pastor of the church at Moriah, Caernarvon, where he remained until his retirement in 1906. He died at Caernarvon, 29 September 1915, and was buried
JONES, EZZELINA GWENHWYFAR (1921 - 2012), artist and sculptor many more sculptures in bronze but was also experimenting with various other styles and media. She was also establishing connections that enabled her to show her work in Manchester in the Henry Donn Gallery and in Bristol in the Patricia Wells Gallery. The 1990s was a busy period for Ezzelina. 1994 saw an exhibition in Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr, significantly entitled: 'My Wales - Fy Nghymru i
JONES, HENRY (bu farw 1592), civil lawyer
JONES, Sir HENRY (1852 - 1922), philosopher

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