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T. D. Jones & Co.
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The legal firm of T. D. Jones & Co., Solicitors, London, was established in 1894 by Thomas Davies Jones (1864-1953) with offices in Fleet Street. T. D. Jones was the only son of Thomas Jones of Cefngwyn, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire. After being admitted as a solicitor, he was for a time assistant solicitor to the North Eastern Railway Company, and later in his career held the position of Honorary Solicitor to the London Welsh Charitable Aid Society. He was also a member of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and the Cambrian Archaeological Association. In 1921, his nephew Thomas Ivor Jones (1896-1969) joined the practice as a partner, finally taking over the running of the firm after the death of T. D. Jones in the 1950s.
T. Ivor Jones was born at Caergai, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire on 13 July 1896. He was particularly active within the expatriate Welsh community in London, being regarded as a prominent figure of 'the young set', and was one of the founder members of the Young Wales Association, which later became the London Welsh Association. He held several positions within the Association and remained one of its Honorary Legal Advisors for many years. In addition to this, he was legal advisor to Urdd Gobaith Cymru and an elder of the Charing Cross Road Welsh Presbyterian Church, as well as being involved with the Merionethshire Society, Undeb y Cymdeithasau and the London Welsh School. The firm of T. D. Jones & Co. accordingly dealt with many Welsh clients living in London and also acted as the London agent for several solicitors based in Wales. T. Ivor Jones died on 29 March 1969, and in July of the following year the practice was sold to its new owner who subsequently went into a partnership with another firm of solicitors.