# Joseph David Jones

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**Joseph David Jones** (1827 – 17 September 1870) was a [Welsh](/source/Wales) composer and schoolmaster, commonly known as **J. D. Jones**. He was the father of the politician and industrialist Sir [Henry Haydn Jones](/source/Henry_Haydn_Jones) and the renowned [Congregationalist](/source/Congregationalist) minister, [John Daniel Jones](/source/John_Daniel_Jones) (1865-1942).[1]

Jones was head of Rhos Street School, and later founded the Clwyd Bank Academy, a private [grammar school](/source/Grammar_school), at [Ruthin](/source/Ruthin). His compositions included songs and [hymn tunes](/source/Hymn_tune), the best-known of which is 'Capel y Ddôl'.

## Sources

**Notes**

1. Robert David Griffith (1959). "Davies, Joseph David (1827-1870), schoolmaster and musician". s-JONE-DAV-1827. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

**Bibliography**

- [Archives Network Wales](http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/search2?coll_id=263&inst_id=1&term=)
- DNB reference: R. M. J. Jones, ‘Jones, Joseph David (1827–1870)’, rev. David J. Golby, first published Sept 2004

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