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 plates. Jones's principal work, containing an exposition of principles and about three thousand characteristic illustrations, coloured. ‘The Athenæum’ (4 April 1857, p. 441) on its appearance described it as ‘beautiful enough to be the horn-book of angels.’ 7. ‘One Thousand and One Initial Letters. Designed and Illuminated by O. J.,’ London, 1864, fol. 8. ‘Seven Hundred and Two Monograms. By O. J.,’ London, 1864, 8vo. 9. ‘Examples of Chinese Ornament’ (with one hundred plates from specimens in the South Kensington Museum, &c.), London, 1867, fol. Jones also issued many illuminated editions, including various books of the Bible (the Psalms, Song of Songs, &c.); the Book of Common Prayer, 1845; Gray's ‘Elegy,’ 1846; the works of Horace, 1849; Moore's ‘Paradise and the Peri,’ 1860; Tennyson's ‘Welcome to Alexandra,’ 1863. The illustrations to Birch's ‘Views on the Nile,’ 1843, fol., were also partly from sketches made by Jones. 

JONES, OWEN (1806–1889), miscellaneous Welsh writer, also known as, born on 15 July 1806, was the son of John and Ellen Thomas of Y Gaerwen Bach, in the parish of Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog, Anglesea. He spent a few years as a farm-servant, but having received a good elementary education, turned schoolmaster, and became local agent of the Bible Society. About 1827 he was appointed a lay preacher among the methodists, was ordained in 1842, and was pastor successively at Llangoed (Anglesea), Mold (1833), Manchester (1844), and Llandudno (1866). He died at Llandudno on 10 Oct. 1889. While at Anglesea he married Ellen, only daughter of Richard Rowlands of Bryn Mawr in the same place.

Jones led an exceptionally active life, and it is said that he preached twelve thousand times, and left behind him six thousand sermons in manuscript; he delivered about one thousand addresses on behalf of the Bible Society, and eight thousand temperance lectures. Besides a large number of articles contributed to Welsh periodicals, he was either the author, translator, or editor of over forty works in Welsh, being from 1867 Welsh editor for Messrs. Blackie of Glasgow. His numerous writings show greater versatility than originality. In 1833 he superintended the publication, at Mold, of James Hughes's Welsh commentary, and in January 1834 he also became editor of a monthly review known at first as ‘Y Cynniweirydd’ (Mold), but, in January 1835, this periodical was converted into a weekly newspaper entitled ‘Y Newyddiadur Hanesyddol,’ and has been subsequently known as ‘Cronicl yr Oes.’ Soon after he started two short-lived temperance magazines, called ‘Y Cymedrolydd’ (Denbigh), and ‘Y Cerbyd Dirwestol’ (Mold) respectively. He wrote an ‘Essay on Infant Baptism,’ edited a Welsh translation of Bunyan's ‘Works,’ with notes, Glasgow, 1870, 8vo, and was the author of a commentary on the Bible in three volumes (1842, 12mo), which raised the standard of biblical exegesis in Wales.

His best-known works are the following: 1. ‘Pymtheg o Ddarlithiau ar Hanes y Cymry’ (‘Fifteen Lectures on Welsh History’), Pwllheli, 1850–3, 8vo. 2. ‘Mynegair Ysgrythyrol’ (a concordance of the Welsh Bible), Denbigh, 1860, 8vo. 3. ‘Cymru, yn hanesyddol, parthedigol a bywgraffyddol,’ 2 vols., Glasgow, 1875, 8vo, being an historical, topographical, and biographical dictionary of Wales, his most important work, in which he was assisted by the Rev. G. Parry (Gwalchmai). 4. ‘Ceinion Llenyddiaeth Gymreig’ (‘Selections from Welsh Literature’), 2 vols., Glasgow, 1876, 8vo. 

JONES, PAUL {1747–1792), naval adventurer. [See .]

JONES, PHILIP (1618?–1674), parliamentarian colonel, born at ‘The Great House,’ High Street, Swansea, about 1618, was the eldest son of David Johnes, who owned the freehold of Penywaun in the parish of Llangyfelach, Glamorganshire. His grandfather was Philip Johnes, a cadet of the house of Blethyn ap Maenarch, lord of Brecon. In 1642 Philip appears to have joined the parliamentary forces, and is said to have ‘suffered much for his constancy to parliament,’ while his ‘care and zeal’ contributed largely to reduce Glamorganshire (Cal. State Papers, Interregnum, Advance of Money, ii. 799). In recognition of his services, after the surrender of Swansea, he was appointed by parliament, on 17 Nov. 1645, governor of the garrison there, and in the following year was created colonel. In 1648, when a fresh revolt of royalists broke out in South Wales, headed by Colonel Poyer and Rowland Laugharne, committees were appointed (21 April 1648) for managing the militia and suppressing the insurrection; Jones was selected a member of the committee for Glamorganshire, and hurried thither with a company of men from Swansea to reinforce the parliamentary troops under Colonel Horton. He took part