Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BURTON, URIAH, 'Big Just' (c.1926 - 1986), bare-knuckle fighter and activist , the Belfast Telegraph published a report stating that he had offered to step into the boxing ring and meet anyone who objected to his peace theories. Uriah apparently added that he would not attack but only defend himself. Two years later, on 25 September 1981, the Manchester Evening News reported that Uriah had challenged all comers to a prize fight in the name of law and order with the offer of
BUSH, PERCY FRANK (1879 - 1955), rugby player responsible for that failure. He played a key role in Wales ' historic (3-0) victory over the All Blacks on December 16th 1905. In 1907, he was the captain of Cardiff when they defeated South Africa 17-0. He won only 8 caps, because of the contrast between his style and that of Dickie Owen, the Welsh scrum-half. He was a schoolmaster until 1910, when he settled in Nantes, where he continued to play rugby
BUTE family (marquesses of Bute, Cardiff Castle, etc.), his South Wales estate in 1938. The 4th marquess, who, like his father, was a Knight of the Thistle, died 25 April 1947. The collection of Glamorgan manorial and other records accumulated by the family is now at the N.L.W.
CARNES, EDWARD (1772? - 1828), bookseller and printer It is possible that he started printing in June 1796; he may have been a bookseller before that. One of the best examples of his work is his edition, 1823, of David Jones, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry. His printing office was in Whitford Street in 1828; William Carnes, who was a bookbinder in Well Street at the same time, may have been his brother. Edward Carnes died 25 May 1828, of typhus fever, aged 58.
CECIL family Allt-yr-ynys, Burghley, Hatfield, Northampton) Movements Public and Social Service, Civil Administration Baron Burghley (1571), Secretary of State)1550-3 and 1558-1572), and Lord Treasurer (1572-98). Burghley's continued interest in Wales appears in the pains he took to establish his Welsh pedigree, his introduction into princess Elizabeth's household of one of his Brecknock connections, Thomas Parry (1560), who became her Comptroller, his investment
CHALONER, THOMAS (d. 1598), Ulster King of Arms 1587 Chaloner took as his apprentice Randle Holme, the first of four generations of heralds of that name. This Randle Holme I, who married Chaloner's widow, took his stepson, JACOB CHALONER (1586 - 1631), as his apprentice. He died 25 November 1631. (For the Randle Holmes family see Jnl. Chester Arch. and Hist. Soc., 1892). Thomas Chaloner's great-nephew, ROBERT CHALONER (1612 - 1675), of Lloran
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM (1774 - 1855), industrialist and public figure By the will of Sir John Stepney, dated 9 August 1802 (recited in ' An Act to enable William Chambers…to grant leases of certain estates,' 1840, copy in Cardiff Public Library), his property, in twenty-four parishes, was devised not to his brother, Thomas (who succeeded to the baronetcy on Sir John Stepney's death, 3 October 1811), nor to the heirs of his two sisters, but to six legatees
CHANCE, THOMAS WILLIAMS (1872 - 1954), minister (B) and principal of the Baptist College, Cardiff president of the British C.E. Union in 1924-25. In June 1954, as a tribute to his long-standing service to the East Glamorgan Baptist Association, he received a gift of an oil portrait of himself, painted by Alfred Hall, Cardiff, which he later presented to the Baptist College. He edited and contributed three chapters to the biography of one of his predecessors, The life of Principal William Edwards
CHURCHEY, WALTER (1747 - 1805), attorney and versifier questioned, he appears to have advocated such a suggestion]. He was a prolific writer of religious verse - a list of his published writings is given in the D.N.B. article upon him. [Soon after Wesley's death, he embraced millenarian views.] He died at Hay, 3 December 1805. By his wife Mary Bevan (of Clyro, Radnorshire) he had six children; his second son Walter was town clerk of Brecon from 1814 till 1840.
CLARE family Morgan Gam; he died 25 October 1230. His heir was RICHARD III (1222 - 1262), born 4 August 1222. His wide lands in England and Ireland (here, his mother had possessions), and his semi-independence as a great lord in the March, caused him to be spoken of as 'the foremost baron in England' at his coming-of-age in 1243. But he was prodigal and vacillating, veering alternately between the king and the
CLARK, GEORGE THOMAS (1809 - 1898), engineer and antiquary a remarkable production for a man of 25. In 1843 he helped to found the society afterwards called the Royal Archaeological Institute, and was associated actively with that body and the Cambrian Archaeological Association during the whole of his life. As an engineer, he was attracted to the subject of medieval fortification, and wrote careful studies of individual castles at intervals. These
CLIVE, HENRIETTA ANTONIA (1758 - 1830), traveller and scientific collector Lady Henrietta Clive (née Herbert) was the daughter of Henry Arthur Herbert (Herbert), first earl of Powis (second creation) and his wife Barbara Herbert (née Herbert, 1735-1786). Henrietta was born on 3 September 1758 at her father's principal residence Oakley Park, at Bromfield, near Ludlow in Shropshire. The only sibling who reached maturity was her elder brother George Edward Henry Arthur

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