Sir Thomas Duncombe Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet (5 January 1832 – 18 December 1891) was a

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landowner and Liberal politician. He was one of the founders of the Y Wladfa settlement in

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, South America. Love Jones-Parry inherited the Madryn estate from his father, Sir Love Jones-Parry. He was educated at

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and

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, later becoming a high sheriff in 1854. He was a prominent figure in

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ic circles, where he had the

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"Elphin". Jones-Parry rose to prominence in politics when he won the

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seat in the 1868 election, defeating the

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candidate, George Douglas-Pennant (later Lord Penrhyn). The five year old

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carried the Liberal banner at the head of the victory parade in

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. He lost this seat at the next election, but won the Caernarvon Boroughs seat at a by-election in 1882 and held it until

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. He was made a

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for his services to the Liberal Party. Towards the end of 1862 Captain Love Jones-Parry, accompanied by Lewis Jones, left for

to decide whether it was a suitable area for Welsh emigrants. The trip was largely financed by Jones-Parry, who paid at least £750 from his own pocket. They first visited Buenos Aires where they held discussions with the Interior Minister

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then, having come to an agreement, they headed south. They reached Patagonia in a small ship named the ''Candelaria'', and were driven by a storm into a bay which they named "Porth Madryn" after Jones-Parry's estate in Wales. The town which grew near the spot where they landed is now named Puerto Madryn . Following a favourable report from Jones-Parry and Lewis Jones, a group of 162 Welsh emigrants departed for Patagonia in the ship ''Mimosa'' in 1865. Later there was criticism that the report had given too favourable an impression of the area, though the criticism was directed at Lewis Jones rather than Love Jones-Parry.

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External links

Project-Hiraeth – Documents the stories of the Welsh colony in Patagonia, Argentina through film, text and illustration.
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Photograph of Love Jones-Parry, c.1865
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones-Parry, Love 1832 births 1891 deaths People from Gwynedd Jones-Parry, Thomas Duncombe Love, 1st Baronet Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 High Sheriffs of Caernarvonshire Welsh pioneer settlers in Patagonia Members of Parliament for Caernarfon People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford