Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, THOMAS GEORGE (Viscount Tonypandy), (1909 - 1997), Labour politician and Speaker of the House of Commons burning issue in south Wales as many miners' homes were in danger of reverting to the ownership of the coalowners. Success eventually came with legislation passed in 1967. Thomas had felt so strongly about the issue that at one time he had taken a stall in Cardiff market to publicize the cause. There was a real possibility that Thomas, by now regarded as an accomplished chairman, might have become
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1694 - 1751), cleric and scholar Timothy Thomas; in this letter Williams refers to William Thomas as ' Gwilym Gwalstawd Ieithoedd,' which suggests that he was a good linguist (B.M. Harl. MS. 7013). In B.M. Harl. MS. 7526 is a list of volumes in the library of the first earl of Oxford which Timothy Thomas was reclaiming; among them was a manuscript, ' The Statutes of St. Davids ' (now B.M. Harl. MS. 6280), which Thomas had borrowed from
THOMAS, WILLIAM (1727 - 1795), schoolmaster and diarist Born 29 July 1727, son (it seems) of a William Thomas of St. Fagans, Glamorganshire. He was probably the 'William Thomas, Charity-school Master' who wrote a manuscript of hymns and other matter, now in the C.M. Archives kept at N.L.W., and who is said to have kept school at one time at Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire - he is known to have kept schools in various south-eastern parishes of Glamorgan in
THOMPSON, DAVID (1770 - 1857), colonial surveyor and explorer in British North America influence of the company's surveyor, Philip Turnor, who taught him the elements of astronomy and of triangulation. Surveying and exploration now became his passion, despite the company's disapproval; he learned several Indigenous languages, and 'with Bible and sextant in hand' (he was also an aggressive 'teetotaller') he diligently explored and mapped. With two Ojibwe guides, he surveyed a shorter route
TOY, HUMFREY (d. 1575), merchant , that William Salesbury took up residence in Humfrey Toy the printer's house in London in 1567, in order to see through the press his Welsh translation of the New Testament and that Humfrey Toy printed, in the same year, the second edition of Salesbury's A playne and a familiar Introduction, teaching how to pronounce the Letters in the Brytishe Tongue, now commonly called Welshe; at the end of the
TRAHERNE, JOHN MONTGOMERY (1788 - 1860), antiquary daughter of Thomas Mansel Talbot, Margam; note that there is evidence that he delved deeply into the Margam muniments (now in N.L.W.); his wife was also deeply interested in history and literature. About 1823 he demolished the old house at Coedriglan on the ridge land, and erected a most gracious Regency house on the lower slopes of the hill, which is still happily in the possession of his successors
TREVITHICK, RICHARD (1771 - 1833), engineer tramway, then recently erected to convey the manufactured iron from the Penydarren, Dowlais, and Plymouth Works to the Basin or Navigation (now called Abercynon) and so avoid the canal, then largely owned and controlled by their competitor, Richard Crawshay of Cyfarthfa. By 13 February 1804, the steam engine was completed, and Trevithick wrote, ' We put it on the tramway. It worked very well. … ' By 20
TREVOR family Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, backer of the victorious John Edwards, in association with his father-in-law Roger Puleston of Emral. He spent most of 1595-8 campaigning (as captain of Denbighshire levies) in Ireland, where he was knighted by the lord-deputy in May 1597. He now shared with his three brothers (below) the patronage of lord admiral Howard of Effingham, who made him his vice-admiral in North Wales (c. 1596) and
TREVOR family Brynkynallt, The numerous branches of the Denbighshire Trevor s all descend from Tudur Trevor (fl. 940), son-in-law of Hywel Dda and reputed 'king' of the borderland from the Maelors down to Gloucester; his second son (died 1037) inherited lands round Chirk, now represented by the Brynkynallt estate, and the surname became fixed in the time of his descendant John Trevor ' hên ' (died 1453). The family was
TROY, BLANCHE HERBERT (LADY TROY), (d. c. 1557), Lady Mistress of Elizabeth I, Edward VI and Queen Mary intended her niece Blanche to succeed her but the post of Lady Mistress was given to Kate Ashley, perhaps because she was married. (Blanche remained as second in the household, succeeding Kate Ashley when the latter died in 1565.) It was likely that Lady Troy, probably now in her sixties, was pleased to retire. She had her own furnished apartments at Troy House (see 1552 Will of Sir Charles Herbert
TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712 - 1799), cleric and economist time) had received a letter from Tucker (now a dean) pressing 'the religious people,' i.e. the Methodists, Moravians, and their like, 'to stand up against the invader.' And there is a letter by Tucker in the Trevecka collection - 2258, dated 12 August 1759. On 13 July 1758 he was appointed dean of Gloucester. Tucker had taken a keen interest in political and economic questions at Bristol and he
TURNER, MERFYN LLOYD (1915 - 1991), social reformer and author Tribunal, and was then required to attend a medical examination preliminary to call-up. He refused to comply, entailing prosecution and sentence to three months imprisonment with hard labour, served at Swansea Prison. The sentence enabled him to return to the Appellate Tribunal, where he was now exempted from military service conditionally upon performing social relief work. He began his career as a

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