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teulu JONES Llwyn-rhys, added at right angles to the house to serve, it is said, as the meeting house. Preaching continued there until 19 October 1735. The house became an irreparable ruin about 1918. John Jones (1640? - 1722) traced his descent, through his father, John ap Ieuan Lloyd, from the Clements, lords of Caron, and through his mother, Angharad, daughter of Ieuan ap Thomas, from Rhydderch of Glyn Aeron (Golden Grove
JONES, Castellmarch - gweler JONES, Sir WILLIAM
JONES, Syr THOMAS (bu farw 1622?), cleric and poet of the present note connects him with Monmouthshire. B.M. Add. MS. 14878, written c. 1692, contains an awdl-gywydd on the deliverance from the Armada, by ' Thomas Jones, parson of Llanfair, Monmouth '; this was printed by J. H. Davies in Hen Gerddi Gwleidyddol, 1901. The parish is that of Llanfair Kilgedin near Llanover; a Thomas Jones was rector there in 1590 (Bradney, iv, 258-9), and as his son
JONES, ABEL (Bardd Crwst; 1830 - 1901), ballad writer and strolling ballad singer Born at Llanrwst, son of Abel Jones, 'carrier,' and of his wife Jane - both died, aged 74, in 1876; his brother William (died 1893) was also a 'character.' Abel was a one-eyed man; there is a portrait of him in Cymru (O.M.E.), xxvii, 173 and in Cerddi Cymru (n.d.), vol. i. He is known to have been singing at least as early as 1864, and Elfyn (R.O. Hughes) heard him singing at Abergele in the
JONES, ABRAHAM, printer - gweler JONES, RICHARD
JONES, ALAN TREVOR (1901 - 1979), health service administrator and Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine he later observed, 'an unnecessary exhibition of patriotism to those of us who were content with the easier and less arduous London Degree' - he proceeded to University College Hospital, London, obtaining the MB BS Lond. in 1924. After being a houseman to the distinguished Welsh physician, Sir Thomas Lewis, Trevor Jones held a series of hospital appointments in London and the provinces which
JONES, ALFRED ERNEST (1879 - 1958), psychoanalyst and Sigmund Freud's official biographer Born 1st January, 1879, in Gowerton, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Jones. He was removed from the local school to schools in Swansea, and from there he won a scholarship to Llandovery College. Subsequently, he became a student at University College, Cardiff, and University College, London, and while he was there, in 1900, he gained the diplomas of the Conjoint Board
JONES, Sir ALFRED LEWIS (1845 - 1909) Born 24 February 1845, at Carmarthen, son of Daniel Jones by his wife, Mary, daughter of Henry Williams, rector of Llanedy, Carmarthenshire. The family moved to Liverpool when he was 2 years of age. Commencing his career as a ship's apprentice, he became a clerk in the firm of Fletcher and Parr, shipping agents, and rose to be manager of the firm. He subsequently became one of the leading figures
JONES, ALICE GRAY (Ceridwen Peris; 1852 - 1943), author Born December 1852 at Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire, daughter of David and Ellen Jones. Her father was a brother of Rev. John Jones, Brynrodyn, and her mother a cousin of Rev. John John Roberts, ' Iolo Caernarfon '. She was educated at Dolbadarn primary school and at the Swansea Training College, and was headmistress of her old school prior to her marriage in 1881 to Rev. William Jones, minister at
JONES, ALWYN RICE (1934 - 2007), Archbishop of Wales assistant tutor in religious education at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, joint secretary of the standing committee on theological education in Wales and a religious adviser to the Welsh committee of the Independent Broadcasting Authority. Later, in 1991, he became chair of the Religious Advisory Panel of S4C, the Welsh language channel. Jones married Meriel Thomas in 1968 and the couple
JONES, AMBROSE (bu farw 1678), bishop of Kildare - gweler JONES, MICHAEL
JONES, ANEURIN (Aneurin Fardd; 1822 - 1904), man of letters Born 27 October 1822 at the Church House, Bedwas, Monmouthshire, son of John Jones (Shôn Fardd), who was subsequently a miller at Gelli-groes, Pontllan-fraith. He received a good education and served his apprenticeship as an architect and civil engineer. He followed his profession at Gelligroes, and after the death of his father took over the mill as well, in addition to cultivating a little land

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