Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MOSTYN family Talacre, son of the 8th baronet, who became vicar apostolic of Wales in 1895, bishop of Menevia in 1898, and from 1921 until his death (25 October 1939) was Roman Catholic archbishop of Cardiff.
MYDDELTON family Gwaenynog, had property) in parliament in 1597 and as lord lieutenant in 1599, and advising the government on the choice of sheriffs there in 1602 (Hist. MSS. Comm., Cecil, iv, 375-6, v. 379, xii, 482-3). He farmed his Denbighshire lands in association with Lincolnshire properties, and drew on them for supplies for Ireland during a crisis of Bagnall's campaign (1595); he advanced money (on mortgage or
MYTTON, THOMAS (1608 - 1656) Halston,, parliamentary commander Anglesey to subjection after the recapture of Beaumaris castle (2 October 1648). On 25 June 1651 he was added to the high court of justice set up by the Rump for the trial of delinquents, and in the same year he was a member of the court martial at Chester which condemned the earl of Derby. From 1647-52 he served frequently as commissioner for taxes and militia in the North Wales counties; he represented
NICHOLL, Sir JOHN (1759 - 1838), judge Doctors' Commons, of which he was admitted an Advocate on 3 November 1785. His practice became extensive and he succeeded Sir William Scott (lord Stowell) as king's Advocate on 6 November 1798, and was knighted according to custom. He was elected to Parliament in 1802 and remained a member for different constituencies until the Reform Act dissolution in December 1832, when he retired. His parliamentary
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM JOHN (1866 - 1943), minister (Congl.) possessed a sense of humour which made him an outstanding character among his fellow ministers. He died 25 November 1943 at the age of 77 and was buried at Porthmadog.
OLIVER, EDWARD (1720 - 1777), early Methodist and Moravian, a carpenter removed to Fishguard. He died at Fishguard, 3 June 1777, and was buried in the Brethren's burial-ground at Haverfordwest.
OLIVER, JOHN (1838 - 1866), poet Born 7 November 1838 at White Hall, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, and christened 18 November, the fourth child of John and Sarah Oliver. He received his early education at the village school (1843-50) and in a Carmarthen school (1850-3), and then determined to prepare himself for the Independent ministry. After a successful career from 1853 to 1859 in the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, where he
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM GEORGE ARTHUR (1885 - 1964), politician and banker prominent politician although occasionally impulsive. After retiring from political life he turned his attention to banking and to his interests in the arts. He had already published Florentine sculptors of the fifteenth century (1930), A guide to the Mantegna cartoons at Hampton Court (1935), and Guides to the ancient monuments of England (3 volumes). He and his father deposited a valuable collection of
OWAIN TUDOR (c. 1400 - 1461), courtier Dwr. During her widowhood, the dowager-queen, Catherine of Valois, mother of the boy-king Henry VI, fell in love with her tall, attractive attendant, and though there is no record of the event, all the evidence points to a secret marriage between them in 1429. The children of this union were: (1) Edmund, earl of Richmond, father of Henry VII; (2) Jasper, earl of Pembroke; (3) Owen, a monk of
OWAIN, OWAIN LLEWELYN (1877 - 1956), litterateur, musician and journalist Born 3 July 1877 at Blaen-yr-yrfa, Tal-y-sarn, Nantlle Valley, Caernarfonshire, one of the eight children of Hugh Owen and his wife Mary. When Owain was young, the family moved to Bryn-y-coed in the same district. At twelve years of age the lad went to work to Gloddfa Glai quarry and to 'Cornwall' later. When he was aged fifteen he took to journalism and became a member of the editorial staff of
OWEN family Plas-du, . 1570), canon of Mantes Religion, was the 3rd son of Owen ap Gruffydd, and was probably also brought up in the household of the earl of Arundel, who presented him (1560) to the living of West Felton, Salop, which he forfeited or resigned in 1570, obtaining a licence to study abroad. He read law at Douai (1570-3), went on to Rome, and after at least one visit home settled in France with recommendations
OWEN family Peniarth, her second husband, Edward Williams (died 1762), son of John Williams of Bodelwyddan, the issue of that marriage being three daughters, (1) Jane (died 1811), (2) Elizabeth, and (3) Margaret. It was this JANE, the heiress of Peniarth, who married WILLIAM WYNNE, of Wern, Penmorfa, Caernarvonshire, in 1771.

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