John Daniel JonesCH (13 April 1865 – 19 April 1942) was a
WelshCongregational minister.
He was born in
Ruthin,
Denbighshire, the son of
Joseph David Jones (1827–70), a schoolmaster in the town and a respected musician and composer. The family moved to
Tywyn, his mother's home town. In 1877, after the early death of his father, his mother married David Morgan Bynner, a Congregational minister at
Chorley. After studying at Manchester University, Lancashire Independent College and St Andrews University, he was ordained at Newland Congregational Church, Lincoln in 1889.[1]
Jones became well known as the minister of Richmond Hill Church,
Bournemouth where he was minister from 1898-1937. He was elected chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in 1909–10, and again in 1925–6. In 1919 he was elected an honorary secretary of the union, a position which he held until his death.[2]
Politically a Liberal, Jones spoke regularly in support of his brother
Henry Haydn Jones, MP for Merioneth from 1910-45. Lloyd George was a personal friend and in retirement a near neighbour and visitor.[3]
After his return to Wales to retire, he was the subject of a memorable satirical poem by
Saunders Lewis.[4]
Works
The Glorious Company of the Apostles (1885)
The Model Prayer: A Series of Expositions on “The Lord’s Prayer” (1899)