Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORRIS, RUPERT HUGH (1843 - 1918), cleric and antiquary Born at Holywell 16 March 1843, second son of William Morris (1812 - 1886). From Ruthin Grammar School he went in April 1861 to Jesus College, Oxford, graduating with classical honours in 1865 (D.D. 1884). After four years on the staff of Rossall (he was ordained in 1867), he was principal of Carmarthen Training College from 1869 till 1876; in 1873 he received a canonry at S. Davids, which he
MORRIS, WILLIAM (1705 - 1763), botanist, antiquary, letter-writer during his lifetime. He married (1745) Jane, daughter and heiress of Robert Hughes of Llanfugail (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 41); she died 1 May 1750, and Morris remained a widower. A son and a daughter survived him. The (elder) son, ROBERT MORRIS, born 9 March 1746, married Jane Parry, a widow, of the Bulkeley of Brynddu family (J. E. Griffith, op. cit., 33), sold his share of the Llanfugail estate
MORRIS-JONES, JOHN HENRY (1884 - 1972), Liberal\/National Liberal politician February 1942 and May 1943. One of his reasons for resigning from the Liberal Nationals may have been a desire to have the freedom to criticise the government over its prosecution of the war, including the need to place war production under the direction of a single minister which Morris-Jones had urged in 1941. Morris-Jones, however, rejoined the Liberal Nationals in March 1943, presumably sensing or
MORTIMER family Wigmore, earl of March, combined with his powerful uncle Roger of Chirk, and made the family a major power in Welsh affairs. Fearing the influence of their great rivals, the Despensers, in South Wales, they sided with the earl of Hereford in his quarrel with the Despensers concerning the acquisition of Gower in 1321. They conducted a successful military campaign in South Wales, but in January 1321/2, having
MORTIMER, ROGER de (4th earl of March, 4th earl of Ulster), (1374 - 1398)
MOSTYN family Mostyn Hall, became henceforth the family surname (see NLW MS 1560C). Like his ancestors, Thomas Mostyn was a patron of the bards (Peniarth MS 100; Cardiff MS. 64). His eldest son, WILLIAM MOSTYN, served under William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, at the time of Wyatt's Rebellion. He was returned to Parliament for Flintshire 2 March 1553/4, and again in November of that year (1554). He was high sheriff of Flintshire
MYDDELTON family Gwaenynog, (which he had taken on 22 September 1643), even when there was no one to replace them. He was again entrusted with the defences of North Wales (16 June 1648) in the second Civil War, though the actual campaigning was done by Mytton. But he opposed the king's trial and was expelled from the House in ' Pride's Purge ' (December 1648), retiring to Chirk. Rumours, in March 1651, of his dealings with
MYTTON, JOHN (1796 - 1834), sportsman and eccentric died in the King's Bench debtors' prison, London, 29 March 1834. He married (1) Harriet Emma, daughter of Sir Tyrwhitt Jones, who died 1820, and (2) Caroline Mallet Giffard, who left him.
NAISH, JOHN (1923 - 1963), author and playwright Guards Armoured Training Wing. He was sent to Norway and later to Germany with the British Army of the Rhine occupation forces. On discharge from active duty in March 1947, he worked in Swansea as assistant to the secretary of a company selling cars and agricultural machinery. He then moved to London in October 1948 where he worked as a clerk for a company managing theatres. He then applied for an
NASH, RICHARD (Beau Nash; 1674 - 1761) 'Richard' recurred frequently - but a family which ran out in heiresses. It is yet possible that a cadet of this family had turned to trade and founded a plebeian line which retained the name 'Richard.' ' Beau Nash ' was at Queen Elizabeth's School at Carmarthen, and in March 1691/2 entered Jesus College, Oxford, but he did not graduate.
NEPEAN, MARY EDITH (1876 - 1960), novelist the influence of both Allen Raine (Anne Adalisa Puddicombe), and Caradoc Evans. A further 34 light romantic novels followed, almost all with Welsh settings or characters, and she wrote one book based on her travels, Romance and realism in the Near East (1933), as well as much popular journalism. Her husband died in 1948. She died 23 March 1960 and was buried in the Great Orme cemetery, Llandudno.
NEWCOME, RICHARD (1779 - 1857), cleric Born 8 March 1779 at Gresford, near Wrexham, of which his father was vicar from 1764 to 1803. Son of the Rev. Henry Newcome and Elizabeth his wife, and grand-nephew of Richard Newcome, bishop of Llandaff 1755-61 and of S. Asaph 1761-9, he was educated at Ruthin School and Queens' College, Cambridge, graduated B.A. (1800) and M.A. (1804), was ordained deacon in September 1801 by bishop Bagot and

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