David Brynmor Jones


David Brynmor Jones was a British barrister, historian and Liberal Member of Parliament.

Life

David Brynmor Jones was born in 1851 in Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom, the first of the six children of Thomas Jones, a Congregationalist minister, and Jane Jones. His younger siblings were Annie, John Viriamu Jones, Irvonwy, Leifchild, and Morlais Glasfryn.
In September 1858, when he was seven years old, his parents moved to London; where he became a pupil at University College School. In 1867, when he was sixteen, his mother died; and in 1869 his father left London for health reasons. Afterwards Jones became a student at University College, London.
He was called to the bar in 1876 from the Middle Temple. In 1885 he became a county court judge.
From 1892 to 1895 he was Member of Parliament for Stroud; during which period he served on the Welsh Land Commission. In 1895, he chose to transfer his candidacy to the safer Liberal seat of Swansea District, where he served as Member of Parliament from 1895 until 1914.. During this period he was knighted, served on the Welsh Church Commission, and in 1912 became a member of the Privy Council, becoming entitled to the full style: The Right Honourable Sir David Brynmor Jones.
He published several articles on the legal history of Wales. He died on 6 August 1921.

Family

Brynmor Jones married in 1892 Florence Cohen, daughter of Lionel Cohen. Mrs. Brynmor Jones took an active part in the organization and funding of a military field hospital during the Second Boer War, known as The Welsh Hospital.

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