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JONES, THOMAS HUGHES (1895 - 1966), poet, writer and teacher in September 1909, together with William Ambrose Bebb, Evan Jenkins, D. Lloyd Jenkins and Griffith John Williams. All of these boys came under the influence of outstanding teachers, especially Samuel Morris Powell, to whom generations of pupils owed a great debt. At this time, Thomas Hughes Jones made a name for himself by winning chairs at local eisteddfodau for his poetry. He was given the
JONES, THOMAS IVOR (1896 - 1969), solicitor year), 1939 and 1946 and for many years one of the two Honorary Legal Advisers of the Association. He was one of the Trustees appointed by Sir Howell J. Williams in 1937, to hold the properties which Sir Howell had provided in Grays Inn Road for the purposes of a London-Welsh Centre, and retained that responsibility until his death. He was also active in many other London - Welsh interests, in
JONES, THOMAS LLEWELYN (1915 - 2009), poet and prolific writer T. Llew Jones, who published about 100 books for children and adults, was born at 1 Bwlch Melyn, Pentre-Cwrt, Carmarthenshire, 11 October 1915, the eldest son of James and Hannah Mary Jones and brother to Edwin Sieffre and Megan Eluned. His father was a weaver at the Derw Mill in Pentre-cwrt. T. Llew married Margaret Enidwen Jones, descended from the Cilie family and they had two children, Emyr
JONES, THOMAS ROCYN (1822 - 1877), bonesetter percha splints for keeping the hand at rest and fully extended in cases of paralysis and severe tendon injuries; and he added wedges to inner sides of shoes for foot strain. All these belonged to his common practice at least fifty years before they became part of orthodox professional treatment. Many people affirmed that he had saved their limbs from amputation. He married Mary Rees, a descendant of
JONES, THOMAS TUDNO (Tudno; 1844 - 1895), cleric and poet Born at Llandudno 28 April 1844, the son of Thomas Jones and Mary, daughter of Griffith Griffiths of Bryncelyn Fawr, Llanengan, Llŷn. Having attended local schools till the age of 13, he went to work in a shop kept by his brother. In 1867 he was appointed editor of the Llandudno Directory, and was for a time on the staff of the Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald at Caernarvon. From 1874 till 1880 he
JONES, WALTER DAVID MICHAEL (1895 - 1974), painter and poet the chalice, inscribing its central theme as a circular, redemptive Christian structure. 'Wales', writes Pennar Davies, 'is integral to David Jones's thought.' Jones strongly identified with his Welsh father's culture and ancestry, and through his later friendships with Saunders Lewis and Valerie Wynne-Williams became involved with discussions of Welsh nationalism and the emergence of Plaid Cymru
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1888 - 1961), administrator and politician Born 27 June 1888, the son of Hugh and Mary Jones of Gellifor in the Clwyd valley, Denbighshire. He was educated in schools at Llanrwst and Denbigh, and began his career as a clerk in a solicitor's office. Jones became a solicitor himself in 1922, and was appointed to a post within the Denbighshire County Council. He served as Clerk of the Peace and as Clerk to the County Council from 1930 until
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1566 - 1640), judge he was knighted, made a serjeant at law, and sent to Ireland as lord chief justice of King's Bench. Returning in 1620, he declined nomination as Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire (where he was now regarded as 'prime man'), supporting the unsuccessful candidature of Sir John Wynn against John Griffith. In 1621 he was nominated by bishop John Williams (1582 - 1650) as a judge of Common Pleas
JONES, WILLIAM (1675? - 1749), mathematician Shirburn castle became Jones's home for many years. He lost heavily when his banker failed, but his friendship with the great brought him profitable sinecures. He was married twice: (1) to the widow of the merchant who employed him when he went to London. This might explain how he came by the money which he later lost; and (2) to Mary Nix on 17 April 1731 when he was 56 and she was 25. They had two sons
JONES, WILLIAM (Bleddyn; 1829? - 1903), antiquary, local historian, geologist, and collector of folk-lore Born at Beddgelert, 1829, son of John Jones, sexton (who is referred to in Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago) and Catrin Williams. He was apprenticed to a tailor at Caernarvon in 1841, but apart from a brief spell at Portmadoc he spent his life in business at Llangollen, and died there 30 January 1903. He shared the prize with Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys) for an essay on the antiquities of the
JONES, WILLIAM (1726 - 1795), antiquary and poet tenants to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn complaining of the tyranny of his stewards. As he was one of the supporters of the French Revolution, Government ordered his letters to be opened and examined, and to avoid this he had them addressed to John Jones of Stonehouse. For all that, he was a zealous Churchman, pouring scorn on the Methodists. He was a churchwarden in 1769 and again in 1787. He succeeded in
JONES, WILLIAM (1762 - 1846), Scotch-Baptist minister, editor, and author Born 17 June 1762, at Parkside, Gresford, son of William and Mary Jones; he spent his early youth at Poulton. He moved to Chester in 1780 and was baptized there by Archibald McLean. In 1793 he opened a bookshop at Liverpool, and was appointed elder of the new church formed there by McLean and J. R. Jones 'of Ramoth ', around 1798-9. Finally, in 1812, he became minister of Windmill Street church

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