JONES, WILLIAM HENRY (1860 - 1932), journalist and local historian

Born 4 February 1860 at the Mumbles, near Swansea, the son of William Henry Jones (1826 - 1912) and his wife Ann (Fisher). He was educated at the Goat Street British School, Swansea. For years afterwards he worked as a journalist and editor of newspapers at Swansea, Caernarvon (1879), Exeter, Norwich, and Yarmouth; he returned to Swansea in 1913. He married, 1885, Annie Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Watkin Williams, Wellington foundry, Swansea. He published a large number of articles, booklets, and books on the history of persons and places in Wales and England - see a list of twenty-nine publications printed at the end of his History of Swansea and of the Lordship of Gower (Carmarthen, 1920); this work, his History of the Port of Swansea (Carmarthen, 1922), and his Old Karnarvon, 1882, constitute his most valuable contribution to local history. He was appointed, c. 1920, librarian and curator of the Royal Institution of South Wales, Swansea; he was also regarded as the official archivist of the town of Swansea. He died 17 March 1932 at his home in Sketty Road, Swansea.

Author

• Sir William Llewelyn Davies, (1887 - 1952)

Sources

• Who's who in Wales, 1920
• S.W. Post, 17 March 1932
• Western Mail, 18 March 1932

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20734629

Published date: 1959

Article Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/