About William Jones
Lived 1897 – 1974 (aged 76–77). William Jones was a British priest.
William Edward Jones (11 December 1897 – 11 June 1974) was an eminent Welsh Anglican priest in the 20th century.
He was born in 1897, educated at Jesus College, Oxford, and ordained in 1922. His first post was as a Minor Canon at Brecon Cathedral after which he Priest in Charge at Kondinin, Western Australia. Later he held Incumbencies at St Luke's, Cottesloe and then St Mary's; West Perth. He was Dean of Brecon Cathedral from 1950 to 1964 then Vicar of Penally until retirement in 1969.
He died in 1974 in Pembrokeshire. His widow, Rachel Jones, was appointed BBC Governor for Wales, a post which caused controversy as she was a non–Welsh speaker.
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Who was William Jones?
Anglican priest, Dean of Brecon
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William Jones was born in 1897.
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William Jones died in 1974.
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William Jones was a priest.
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William Jones was British.
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· DBpedia: William Jones (dean of Brecon)
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