Rowland Jones


Rowland Jones was a Welsh lawyer and philologist of radical linguistic views.

Life

He was the second son of John Williams of Bachellyn, Llanbedrog, Carnarvonshire, where he was born.
He spent some time as clerk in the office of his father, who was a solicitor, but he then obtained a similar situation in London.
He married a young Welsh heiress, and was enrolled as a member of the Inner Temple 26 October 1751.
He is usually described as of Broom Hall, near Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire. He died in Hamilton Street, Hanover Square, London, early in 1774, aged 52. He left three children, two daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, and a son, Rowland.

Works

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