historian
Theophilus Jones.
Welsh lawyer, known as a historian of Brecknockshire (1759–1812)
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About Theophilus Jones
Theophilus Jones FSA was a Welsh lawyer and an historian of Brecknockshire in Mid Wales. He was born in Brecon, the only son of Hugh Jones, the curate of St David's Church, Llanddew, and his wife, Elinor Evans, the elder daughter of the historian Theophilus Evans. In 1783 Jones married Mary Price from Porth-y-rhyd, in Llanwrda in Carmarthenshire, in St Brides, Pembrokeshire. Jones is famous for his two-volume work History of the County of Brecknock (1805-1809), which he wrote while living in Brecon.
Everything about Theophilus Jones →- Occupation
- historian
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Born
- October 18, 1759
- Died
- January 15, 1812