Joseph David Jones

Joseph David Jones

Joseph David Jones (1827 – 1870) was a Welsh composer and schoolmaster, commonly known as J. D. Jones. He was the father of industrialist Sir Henry Haydn Jones.

Jones was head of Rhos Street School, and later founded the Clwyd Bank Academy, a private grammar school, at Ruthin. His compositions included songs and hymn tunes, the best-known of which is "Capel y Ddol".

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* [http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/search2?coll_id=263&inst_id=1&term= Archives Network Wales]
*DNB reference: R. M. J. Jones, ‘Jones, Joseph David (1827–1870)’, rev. David J. Golby, first published Sept 2004


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