Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VAUGHAN family Pant Glas, - he was sheriff in 1698, when he was referred to as ' Henry Vaughan of Pant Glas,' and so he was called in the will (1699) referred to above, and in the Parochialia of Edward Lhuyd. The date of his death is not known. (3) KATHERINE VAUGHAN died a spinster at Pant Glas shortly after 1700, leaving money for the building of alms-houses for women at Ysbyty Ifan. (4) ANNE VAUGHAN (who was possibly the
VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN NOEL YOUNG (1917 - 2003), Anglican priest Benjamin Vaughan was born on 25 December 1917 in Newport, Pembrokeshire, the son of James O. Vaughan (b. 1877), an alderman in the town, and his wife Elizabeth (née Lewis, b. 1877). He was educated at St David's College, Lampeter, where he took a first in Classics and then at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he achieved a second in Theology. He completed ministerial training at Westcott House
VAUGHAN, Sir GRUFFUDD (d. 1447), soldier period. Sir John Grey fell at Baugé, 3 April 1421, and it is said that his body was brought home for burial at Welshpool. It would have been natural for Gruffudd Vaughan to have taken a leading part in such an arrangement. A Welsh poet, Owain ap Moel perhaps (see under Llywelyn ap Moel), in a cywydd states that Gruffudd Vaughan was made an esquire in London and knighted in a town beyond Rouen in France
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND (c.1590 - 1667) Caer-gai,, poet, translator, and Royalist The eldest son of John Vaughan and his wife Ellen, daughter of Hugh Nanney of Nannau, Merioneth; was born about 1590. He was a descendant (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 3) of the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth in Montgomeryshire, and it appears that it was his grandfather, of the same name as himself, who was the first of the family to live at Caer-gai (B.M. Harl. MS. 1973). He spent some time at
VAUGHAN, Sir THOMAS (d. 1483), soldier, court official, ambassador, chamberlain to the prince of Wales He was the son of Robert Vaughan of Monmouth and Margaret his wife. The assertion in History of Parliament (1439-1509) that he was the heir of Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower must be rejected. He received denizenship (being a Welshman) by order of the Privy Council and at the instance of lord Somerset and Adam Moleyns, 30 March 1442/3. He was granted the offices of steward, receiver, and master of
VICARI, ANDREW (1932 - 2016), painter beginnings. In 2006, his fortune had been valued at over £90 million yet only eight years later he was declared bankrupt. Andrew Vicari died in Morriston Hospital, Swansea, on 3 October 2016.
VILE, THOMAS HENRY (1882 - 1958), rugby player British team to Australia and New Zealand. Because of the presence of Richard M. (' Dickie ') Owen in the Welsh team, he had to wait until 1908 before gaining his first cap. He became captain of the Newport team in 1909, and the partnership between him and Walter Martin was one of the most brilliant ever known. He had an acute tactical mind. He steered Newport to their historic win (9-3) over South
WALLENSIS four men, all of whom are mentioned in the D.N.B., bore this appellation, and it will be convenient to deal with them all under this one heading. (1) JOHANNES WALLENSIS (fl. 1215), lecturer in canon law at the university of Bologna EducationLaw. his surname is the only indication of his Welsh origin. (2) JOHANNES WALLENSIS (died 1285?); see under ' Johannes.' (3) THOMAS WALLENSIS (died 1255), a
WALTERS, THOMAS (1729 - 1794), Independent minister minister (by the congregation itself, following the example of New Inn - see under Morgan John Lewis), as an Independent, of course. He died 25 May 1794, at the age of 65. Bethel continued to flourish for some time after the death of Thomas Walters, but about 1811 a minority seceded and founded the Methodist chapel at Gelli-groes. The direct successor of Thomas Walters as minister of Bethel (until 1811
WARTSKI, ISIDORE (1878 - 1965), businessman served on its Chamber of Commerce, as chairman, for many years, as well as the North Wales Holiday Resorts Association. A popular figure, he sponsored various local sports and charitable organisations. He was elected to the town council in 1924 and served on most of its committees. During his 25-year tenure, Wartski had a major impact on the city including rehousing residents from the disease-ridden
WATERHOUSE, THOMAS (1878 - 1961), industrialist and public figure mind; he was tough yet fair, and those who knew him well realised that he also had a warm heart and a lively sense of humour. A fearless, independent man, he upheld for over half a century the highest standards in the public life of his county and country. He married Doris Helena Gough, Olton, Warwickshire, in 1915; they had four sons and one daughter. He died 3 July 1961. There is a portrait of him
WATKIN, EVAN (fl. circa 1801 - circa 1845), schoolmaster and writer . He wrote (1) A new translation of Homer's Iliad, with notes, by Blank Blank, Esq. (London, published by A. Robertson and Co. Printed by J. Cox, Aberystwyth, 1825); (2) A Key to the Greek Language (London, A. Robertson and Co.); (3) Greek Delectus for the Use of Schools; (4) Greek Grammar. He relinquished teaching in 1840 and edited, for John Cox, Aberystwyth, The Demetian Mirror, or Aberystwith

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