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

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*DNB reference: R. M. J. Jones, ‘Jones, Joseph David (1827–1870)’, rev. David J. Golby, first published Sept 2004 1827 births 1870 deaths Welsh composers Welsh male composers 19th-century Welsh composers 19th-century Welsh male musicians {{UK-composer-stub