Joseph David Jones (1827 – 17 September 1870) was a

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composer and schoolmaster, commonly known as J. D. Jones. He was the father of the politician and industrialist Sir

Henry Haydn Jones Sir Henry Haydn Jones (27 December 1863 – 2 July 1950) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician. Upbringing Henry (sometimes known as "Harry") Haydn Jones was born in Ruthin, Wales. He was the son of Joseph David Jones (1827–70), a schoo ...

and the renowned Congregationalist minister, John Daniel Jones (1865-1942). Jones was head of Rhos Street School, and later founded the Clwyd Bank Academy, a private

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, at

Ruthin Ruthin ( ; cy, Rhuthun) is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales, in the south of the Vale of Clwyd. It is Denbighshire's county town. The town, castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hill, skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and ...

. His compositions included songs and

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s, the best-known of which is 'Capel y Ddôl'. Clwyd Bank Rhuthun Stryd Clwyd Street 01.JPG, Commemorative plaque Clwyd Bank Rhuthun Stryd Clwyd Street 03.JPG, Clwyd Bank

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*DNB reference: R. M. J. Jones, ‘Jones, Joseph David (1827–1870)’, rev. David J. Golby, first published Sept 2004 1827 births 1870 deaths Welsh composers Welsh male composers 19th-century British composers 19th-century British male musicians {{UK-composer-stub