page_title: Joseph David Jones
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph David Jones
caption_attribution_description: English: A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person&#58; &#32;Joseph David Jones&#32;– Welsh composer and schoolmaster
context_page_description: Joseph David Jones was a Welsh composer and schoolmaster, commonly known as J. D. Jones. He was the father of the politician and industrialist Sir Henry Haydn Jones and the renowned Congregationalist minister, John Daniel Jones.
  Jones was head of Rhos Street School, and later founded the Clwyd Bank Academy, a private grammar school, at Ruthin. His compositions included songs and hymn tunes, the best-known of which is 'Capel y Ddôl'.
context_section_description: Joseph David Jones (1827 – 17 September 1870) was a Welsh composer and schoolmaster, commonly known as J. D. Jones.  He was the father of the politician and industrialist Sir Henry Haydn Jones 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 grammar school, at Ruthin.  His compositions included songs and hymn tunes, the best-known of which is 'Capel y Ddôl'.
caption: Portrait of J. D. Jones
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