JOHNES
,
JOHN
(
1800
-
1876
),
barrister-at-law and county court judge
,
son of
John
Johnes
,
D.L.
(
high sheriff
of
Carmarthenshire
,
1803
),
Dolau Cothi, Carms.
, by
Elizabeth
daughter of
John
Bowen
of
Maes
,
Llanwrthwl
(
Brecknock
.). He was educated at
Brasenose College
,
Oxford
. He m. in
1822
,
Elizabeth
, daughter of the
Rev.
John
Edwardes
of
Gileston Manor, Glam.
Called to the Bar
(
Inner Temple
) in
1831
, he served as
assistant commissioner
under the
Tithe Commutation Act
and on the
Admiralty, Copyhold, Enclosure, and Lunacy Commissions
. He was appointed
judge of the county court
of the
Carmarthen
district,
1847
; recorder of the borough of
Carmarthen
,
1851-72
;
chairman of quarter sessions
for the county of
Carmarthen
,
1853-72
; he was a
J.P.
and
D.L.
for the counties of
Carmarthen
,
Cardigan
, and
Pembroke
. During the
Rebecca riots
Johnes
did much to keep his own district quiet, and in
1843
he wrote
An Address to the Inhabitants of Conwil-Caio …
; this was also published by
William
Rees
,
Llandovery
, in a
Welsh
translation:
Annerchiad at Drigolion Plwyf Conwil-Gaio, yn Swydd Gaerfyrddin a'r Plwyfau Cym'Dogaethol
. Besides being an able
lawyer
, he was a keen
agriculturist
and
antiquary
. He was
murdered
by his
Irish
butler
at
Dolau Cothi
on
19 Aug. 1876
.
Author:
Major Herbert Johnes Lloyd-Johnes, F.S.A., (1900-83), Monmouth /
Cirencester
