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JENKINS, DAVID LLOYD (1896 - 1966), writer, poet and schoolmaster . Prifwyl Pan, 1925; ' Cwsg, cwsg, dlysaf un ' (Blake), 1927; and ' Teg ei gwedd ' from Handel's Alcina. In 1929, he wrote with S.M. Powell, the libretto for Trwbadŵr, with music by J.T. Rees. He was an examiner for the Gorsedd of Bards and a member under the name of Moelallt. The great interest in drama at Tregaron County School led him to publish Y Trysor cudd: drama fer yn nhafodiaith canolbarth
JENKINS, EVAN (1794 - 1849), cleric and schoolmaster Evan Jenkins was born on 10 November 1794 at Penycastell near Llangeitho in Cardiganshire, the youngest of three children of Evan Jenkins, a tenant farmer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Davies, 1760-1822). Penycastell in the parish of Llanbadarn Odwyn was part of the estate of the Powell family of Nanteos. His older brother David (1787-1854) taught Classics in Chelsea for three years and was
JENKINS, EVAN (1799 - 1877), cleric Born 12 January 1799, at Waun-fawr near Aberystwyth, to David and Anne Jenkins. In a letter (11 September 1822) to the bishop of Llandaff, he says that he was then about to finish three years' study at 'Usk Divinity School.' He received orders in 1822 and 1823, and was licensed to Trostre, Monmouth, and further (1823) to Monkswood. In 1827, the earl of Bute presented him to the rectory of Dowlais
JENKINS, HENRY HORATIO (1903 - 1985), violinist and conductor Rae Jenkins was born at 13 Hall St, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on 19 April 1903, the son of Henry Jenkins, a colliery labourer, and his wife Ann; the parents were also caretakers of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ammanford. According to the 1911 census there was one other male child, Rees, who was born c.1900. A girl, May, was also mentioned in Rae Jenkins's appearance on Desert Island Discs. The name
JENKINS, JENKIN (bu farw 1780), tutor of Carmarthen Academy . Abraham Rees and the painter Thomas Jones (1742 - 1803) were pupils of his at Llanfyllin (Jeremy, Presbyterian Fund, 88). As a pastor, Jenkins is not well spoken of. In November 1759 he joined Samuel Thomas as tutor at Carmarthen Academy and at the grammar school connected with it. It may indeed be believed that Jenkins was at his best as a schoolmaster, and particularly as a classical teacher, for when
JENKINS, JOHN (1656? - 1733), Baptist minister , at the age of 77, and was buried at Rhydwilym. His brother David was elder at Rhydwilym, and it is believed that the Evan who is entered with them under Cilymaenllwyd in the Rhydwilym register in 1689 was another brother. There is a reference also to his daughter Jennett Richards, and much is known of his son Evan Jenkins and of his grandson Joseph Jenkins, who were both ministers of the Old
JENKINS, JOHN (1808 - 1884), barrister and publicist son of David Jenkins (a builder) and great-grandson of Lewis Rees, was born at Swansea, 21 August 1808, and educated at Carmarthen (1824-6) and at Glasgow (M.A., 1831). After a period as Unitarian minister and schoolmaster at Yeovil (1832-7) and Bath (1837-9), he returned to Swansea and opened a school. He lectured in West Wales for the Anti-Corn-Law League. He was offered an assistant
JENKINS, JOHN DAVID (1828 - 1876), cleric, philanthropist Born at Merthyr Tydfil, 30 January 1828, the son of William David Jenkins (died 1834), Castellau Fach, Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, and Maria, widow of Thomas Dyke, druggist, Merthyr Tydfil. He was educated at Taliesin Williams's school at Merthyr, Cowbridge grammar school, and Jesus College, Oxford (B.A. 1850, M.A. 1852, B.D. 1859, and D.D. 1871). While at Oxford he became a good classical and
JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography Maitland, and although there is a grain of truth in each of these assertions, his own ideal was G.M. Trevelyan. Yet, at bottom he was unique and in Wales there has been no one like him. Nor should be lightly dismissed his work, together with William Rees (his former pupil at Brecon), in preparing The Bibliography of the history of Wales (1931), nor on any account his selfless commitment to The Dictionary
JENKINS, ROY HARRIS (1920 - 2003), politician and author the future of British politics and his own political career. In 1979, he delivered the BBC's Dimbleby lecture, in which he advocated centrist politics and a move away from Britain's two-party system. After his Presidency ended in 1981, he met with likeminded Labour MPs (the so-called 'Gang of Four' of Jenkins, Shirley Williams, David Owen, and Bill Rodgers), issued the 'Limehouse Declaration' of
JENKINS, THOMAS DAVID SLINGSBY - gweler SLINGSBY-JENKINS, THOMAS DAVID
JEREMY, JOHN (DAVID) (1782 - 1860), preacher and schoolmaster

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