Rees-Jones is a
compound surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
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of Welsh origin. It is composed of the names
Rees
Rees may refer to:
Places
* Rees, Germany, a city on the lower Rhine
* Rees, Illinois, United States, a community in the Jacksonville, Illinois micropolitan area
* Rees River, a river in New Zealand
* 4587 Rees, an Amor asteroid
Other uses
* Re ...
and
Jones
Jones may refer to:
People
*Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname
*List of people with surname Jones
* Jones (singer), a British singer-songwriter
Arts and entertainment
* Jones (''Animal Farm''), a human character in George Orwell ...
. People with this name include
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Deryn Rees-Jones
Deryn Rees-Jones is an Anglo-Welsh
Welsh writing in English ( Welsh: ''Llenyddiaeth Gymreig yn Saesneg''), (previously Anglo-Welsh literature) is a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers.
The term βAn ...
, Anglo-Welsh poet
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Sarah Rees Jones
Sarah Ruth Rees Jones (born 1957) is a British historian. She is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History and a former director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York
, mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom
, establis ...
, British historian
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Trevor Rees-Jones (businessman), billionaire, president and CEO of Chief Oil & Gas
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Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard)
Trevor Rees-Jones (also known as Trevor Rees; born 3 March 1968) is a British author and former bodyguard who was badly injured in a car crash in Paris that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. Because he suffered a serious head injury, h ...
(born 1968), British bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales
See also
* Sir
Edgar Rees Jones
Sir Edgar Rees Jones (27 August 1878 β 16 June 1962) was a Welsh barrister and Liberal Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1910 to 1918, and then for Merthyr from 1918 to 1922. During World War I ...
(1878β1962), Welsh barrister and Liberal Party politician
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Peter Rees Jones
Peter Rees Jones (1843 – 1905) was the founder of the Peter Jones (department store), Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, London, England.
Biography
Jones was born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, the son of Thomas J ...
(1843β1905), department store founder
{{surname, Rees-Jones
Compound surnames
Surnames of Welsh origin