John Jones Maesygarnedd
Colonel John Jones (c. 1597 – 17 October 1660) was a Welsh military leader, politician and one of the regicides of King Charles I.
A brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, Jones was born at Llanbedr in North Wales and is often surnamed Jones Maesygarnedd after the location of his Merionethshire estate. Jones spoke Welsh with his family. He was an avid Republican at a time when most of Wales was Royalist, and for this reason he was described by one of his contemporaries as "the most hated man in North Wales".
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