Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRICHARD, JOHN WILLIAM (1749 - 1829), man of letters probable. He married twice: (1) in 1775, Catherine, daughter of David Roberts of Llan-dyfrydog - she died in 1779, leaving a daughter; (2) in 1785, Gwen, daughter of William Owen of Crafnant near Harlech (afterwards of Fronolau, Penmorfa) - she died in 1797, leaving five children. Though his father had been an Independent, Prichard was a zealous Methodist. He farmed Boteiniol in Llantrisant parish, but
PRICHARD, RICHARD (1811 - 1882), Wesleyan minister (1836, 1866-8), Llanrwst and Abergele (1837-9), Llanfair-caereinion (1840-2), Mold (1843-4, 1858-60), Llanfyllin (1848-50), Beaumaris (1851), Liverpool (1852-4, 1863-5), Ruthin (1855-7), Coedpoeth (1861-2), Rhyl (1869-71), and Conway (1872). After his retirement in 1873 he made his home at Rhyl, where he died 12 May 1882. He was secretary of the North Wales provincial loan fund from the date of its
PRICHARD, WILLIAM (1702 - 1773), early North Wales Nonconformist Born in 1702 at Bryn-rhydd, in the parish of Llanarmon, Caernarfonshire, son of Morris and Margaret Prichard; christened at Llanarmon, 13 February 1701/2. Although he had had a good education and was a cultured man, he became a farmer at Glasfryn Fawr in the parish of Llangybi. One Sunday afternoon, after church was over, he went to the village inn as usual and got so drunk that instead of
PROGER family whom Henry Proger was one; Proger took sanctuary in the Venetian embassy, and thence escaped to France. After the Restoration, he was knighted. He lived at times at Gwern-vale, but mostly in London, where he died; his will was proved in 1686. His son, CHARLES PROGER, a spendthrift, sold Gwern-vale to his uncle Edward (below). (2) VALENTINE PROGER - ' Capt. Valentine Progers ' in the list of prisoners
PROPERT, JOHN (1793 - 1867), physician, founder of the Medical Benevolent College, Epsom Ross. He died 8 September 1867. His son, JOHN LUMSDEN PROPERT (1834 - 1902), was a well-known physician and art critic.
PROSSER, DAVID LEWIS (1868 - 1950), archbishop Trinity church at Aberystwyth. He had his priest's orders from John Lloyd, suffragan Bishop of Swansea, 21 December 1893. In 1896, he became curate of Christ Church, Swansea, where he remained until 1909, when he became vicar of Pembroke Dock. He was appointed Archdeacon of St. David's in 1920 and was consecrated Bishop of St. David's in succession to John Owen 2 February 1927. In 1944, he was elected
PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales 8 hours a day, 6 days a week, in the Lady Windsor Colliery for the sum of two shillings a day. Clifford Prothero went to work at a smaller colliery called Darran Ddu. As a family they attended Zion English Baptist Chapel where he came under the influence of two very able deacons William Watkins and Richard Woosnam. The influence of Welsh Nonconformity was acknowledged by him and was very evident
PRYCE, THOMAS MALDWYN (1949 - 1977), racing driver drivers, the prize for which was a Formula Ford car, with support for a year's racing. He moved to lodgings near Brands Hatch and spent the next four years learning the ropes in the junior formulae, winning the F100 title in 1972 and impressing in Formula 3, Formula Atlantic and Formula 2. His break into Formula 1 came in 1974 via the tiny and underfunded Token team: the car's debut was at the
PRYDDERCH, RHYS (1620? - 1699), Independent minister and schoolmaster pupils at the Aberllyfni school numbered between 80 and 100, and he was given a grant of £6 a year from the Common Fund of the 'Happy Union' (1690-2). He became very well known as teacher and preceptor. Among his many pupils was William Evans, Pencader, the first head of the Carmarthen Academy. He published Gemmeu Doethineb, a valuable collection of proverbs and proverbial lore. He died 25 January 1699.
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet Llanenddwyn, about eight miles away from Maentwrog in the direction of Barmouth. This was probably the explanation of the tradition that his home was at Gerddi Bluog, Harlech. He was made a canon of St Asaph, 8 October 1602. Little is known about his life. We hear of him in suits before the Court of Star Chamber, and we know that he assisted bishop William Morgan in the work of translating the Bible. The
PRYS, ELIS (Y Doctor Coch, The Red Doctor; 1512? - 1594) Plas Iolyn, died 8 October 1594. Thomas Prys of Plas Iolyn was his son.
PRYS, OWEN (1857 - 1934), Calvinistic Methodist minister and college principal his imagination and in the fervour of his spirit that truth would become a blinding flame. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Parry of Tal-y-bryn, Bwlch, Brecknock, 2 August 1893, and they had two daughters. He filled a very definite niche in his denomination. In 1904 he delivered the ' Davies Lecture ' at Cardiff, his subject being ' The Doctrine of Man.' He was elected moderator of the

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