Dictionary of Welsh Biography

FOULKES, THOMAS (1731 - 1802), early Methodist exhorter Lloyd; she was the sister of Simon Lloyd (1756 - 1836), and see the article John Foulkes Jones). Unwilling to compete in business with his step-daughter Mrs. Charles, Foulkes now set up at Machynlleth, and flourished there, continuing to exhort as a Calvinistic Methodist itinerant and to dispose liberal charity. He died at Machynlleth 15 May 1802; Thomas Charles and John Evans preached at his funeral
FOX, Sir CYRIL FRED (1882 - 1967), Director of the National Museum of Wales Stanstead, Essex. When the commission finished its work, about 1912, some of its members set up a research station at Cambridge and Fox was appointed to take care of its administration until the Ministry of Agriculture took control of it. He was now without work and some of his friends at Cambridge arranged for him to register for a degree course at Magdalene College, Cambridge, but at the end of his
FRANCIS, DAVID (1911 - 1981), trade unionist and miners' leader anthracite coalfield were visibly breaking down as local miners, avid in their defence of their traditional customs and working practices, now displayed much broader horizons and perspectives. He was consequently fully embroiled in the intense hardship and social deprivation which accompanied the anthracite coal strike of 1925, the nine-day General Strike of May 1926 and the subsequent long stoppage which
FRANCIS, GEORGE GRANT (1814 - 1882), business man and antiquary publications arose out of his local interests, and, being issued in small limited editions, are now extremely scarce. Among them may be mentioned: Original Charters and Materials for a History of Neath and its Abbey, 1845; The Free Grammar School, Swansea, 1849; Charters granted to Swansea, 1867; The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District, 1867, with a second and enlarged edition in 1881.
GALLIE, MENNA PATRICIA (1919 - 1990), writer . Williams, miner, poet, and J. P., is a particularly memorably portrait. The novel was written in Northern Ireland where, after four years (1950-1954) at the University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University), Bryce had taken up a chair at Queen's University, Belfast. Encouraged by the success of Strike for a Kingdom - it had been a runner-up for the Golden Dagger Award, and had won highly
GIBBON, BENJAMIN PHELPS (1802 - 1851), line-engraver Son of Benjamin Gibbon, vicar of Penally, Pembrokeshire, and Jane his wife, was born in 1802. He was educated at the Clergy Orphan school and learned engraving under Edward Scriven and J. H. Robinson. He engraved several works after Edwin Landseer and among his engraved portraits is one of queen Victoria after William Fowler. A delicacy of touch distinguished his works, but they are not now much
GIFFORD, ISABELLA (c. 1825 - 1891), botanist and algologist the family. It was probably in 1848 that Isabella and her parents moved for the last time and made their permanent home at The Parks, Minehead, Somerset (she mentioned her first visit to Minehead beach in that year). This was also the year of the appearance of a second edition of her book, now bearing the title The Marine Botanist: An introduction to algology. The following year, a distinguished
GILLHAM, MARY ELEANOR (1921 - 2013), naturalist and educator she spent three years as Assistant Lecturer at the University of Exeter, based in the newly opened Hatherly Biological Laboratories. There she continued researching island ecology, adding Lundy in the Bristol Channel as one of her islands of interest. For reasons now unclear, Gillham decided to move on from Exeter and secured an exchange lectureship at Massey College (now Massey University) in New
GLASCOTT, CRADOCK (1743 - 1831), Evangelical cleric , Alumni Oxonienses), graduated, and was ordained at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1765; he was then appointed curate of Cleverly, Berks. At first he corresponded regularly with Wesley. He became an extreme Calvinist and in consequence was dismissed from his curacy. He was now welcomed by the countess of Huntingdon and for some fourteen years was one of the pillars of her connexion. He was one of her
GLYNNE family GLYNNE (1689 - 1719) was an M.A. (Oxford), and Fellow of All Souls. Sir William died in 1721 and was succeeded by his brother Sir STEPHEN GLYNNE (died 1729), 3rd baronet, who married Sophia, sister of lady Mary Glynne. In April 1729 he died, and was followed in July by his eldest son and successor Sir STEPHEN GLYNNE (died 1729), 4th baronet. The title and estates now fell to the second son, Sir WILLIAM
GRENFELL, DAVID RHYS (1881 - 1968), Labour politician his contribution to public service. A bust of him now stands in the Swansea Guildhall. He was made a CBE in 1935 and was awarded the honorary degree of Ll.D. by the University of Wales in 1958 in recognition of his extensive public work. He was also awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1953. Grenfell was a member of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydein. He had a command of the English, Welsh
GRIFFITH family Cefn Amwlch, Penllech, Llŷn Westminster for the fourth time in 1640, now as member for Beaumaris, Griffith appears to have left the House by the Autumn of 1642 to join king Charles at Oxford, and it was there that he died in July 1643, apparently of the plague. His younger brother, EDMUND GRIFFITH II, was a successful cloth merchant in London, and died before 1660 at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire; while another brother, OWEN GRIFFITH

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