Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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
WATKINS, Sir PERCY EMERSON (1871 - 1946), civil servant ) Mary Jane Jones of Llanfyllin, and had one son. In 1930 he was knighted and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Wales. Lady Watkins died in 1939, and in 1941 he married (2) Lil Bush (née Lewis). He died 5 May 1946. In addition to various articles and memoranda he published his autobiography in 1944 under the title A Welshman Remembers.
WATKINS, Sir TASKER (1918 - 2007), barrister and judge lives of his men, and had a decisive influence on the course of the battle. Watkins was decorated with the Victoria Cross by King George VI on 8 March 1945 at Buckingham Palace. He was famously reticent both in public and in private about his gallantry, choosing not to talk about it, but he was reported as saying "The boys were wonderful. They were Welsh" (Western Mail 9 May 1945) and when he was
WATKINS, TUDOR ELWYN (Baron Watkins of Glantawe), (1903 - 1983), Labour politician Athletic Club, Cricket Club, Ystalyfera Football League and the Horticultural Society and Show. He was a lifelong diabetic, but always strove to conceal this handicap from his constituents. Watkins married on 13 April 1936 Bronwen, the third daughter of T. Strather of Talgarth. There were no children. They made their home at Bronafon, Penyfan Road, Brecon. He died at Brecon War Memorial Hospital on 2
WATKINS, VERNON PHILLIPS (1906 - 1967), poet Intelligence, Vernon Watkins lived all his adult life in Gower (after marriage at 'The Garth' on Pennard Cliffs), ' the oldest cashier', as he was fond of claiming, in the banking service. The recipient of many literary prizes, he was awarded a D.Litt. by the University of Wales in 1966 and became a Gulbenkian Scholar at University College, Swansea. He died 8 October 1967 while playing tennis soon after his
WAYNE family, industrialists an official of the Llynfi Valley iron-works. He married, 1837, Gwenllian, daughter of Rees Jenkins of Glyncorrwg. (2) THOMAS WAYNE (1810 - 1867), who was for many years the agent of the canal company, and acted as treasurer and trustee of the Aberdare Turnpike Road Trust. He took a prominent part in building S. Elvan's church at Aberdare. He gave evidence before the Royal Commission on the Turnpike
WEBB, HARRI (1920 - 1994), librarian and poet opened with his father which remained unhealed with Harri not attending his funeral. After graduation Webb volunteered for the Royal Navy and served on a number of vessels through the war years. He was on board HMS Tetcott, a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer, the last ship to leave Tobruk as it fell to the Germans. Years later he recalled the terrifying experience of being dive-bombed at sea but expressed
WEBBER, Sir ROBERT JOHN (1884 - 1962), managing director of Western Mail and Echo Limited 26 June 1963); they had one daughter (Joan Suzanne Prichard; died in Toronto, 1983). He died 18 December 1962. FRANK EDWARD WEBBER (1893 - 1963), general manager of Western Mail and Echo Ltd. Business and IndustryPrinting and Publishing; Born 8 October 1893, the youngest of Charles and Hannah Webber's three sons. He was educated at Barry School and the University College, Cardiff. He enlisted in
WHELDON, THOMAS JONES (1841 - 1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister Civil Service, preferring to adhere to the ministry. From 1864 to 1873 he was in charge of the Welsh and English churches at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, from 1873 to 1892 in charge of the Tabernacl and Bethesda churches at Blaenau Ffestiniog, and from 1892 to 1909 pastor of the Tabernacl church, Bangor. He retired to Rhyl in 1909 and died there 28 October 1916. He married Mary Elinor Powell (died 8 June
WHITE, EIRENE LLOYD (Baroness White), (1909 - 1999), politician seat. Meanwhile, she became a political journalist with the Manchester Evening News; she was among the first women to hold such a post and she was the first correspondent from a provincial newspaper who obtained access to the parliamentary lobby. On 2 January 1948, she married John Cameron White, also a political journalist, whom she met at a press briefing at 10 Downing Street. A member of the
WHITE, RAWLINS (fl. 1485?-1555), one of the only three Marian martyrs in Wales the others were bishop Robert Ferrar and William Nichol of Haverfordwest, of whom nothing further seems to be known. White, a fisherman (from c. 1535) at Cardiff, is first heard of in the Ministers' Accounts of 1541-2, when he was the tenant of a half-burgage in the street extending from the West Gate as far as the wall of the town in front of ' le slauterhouse in Hom'by ' (= Womanby), i.e. in
WILDE, WILLIAM JAMES (1892 - 1969), boxer, world flyweight champion (1916-23) Born 12 May 1892 in Quakers Yard, Merthyr Tydfil, the son of James and Margaret Wilde. When he was four years old the family moved to 8 Station Road, Pontygwaith, Tylorstown, Rhondda, Glamorganshire. When still young he showed considerable toughness in defending himself in street fights and when he began work at the local colliery, he worked with Dai Davies, an old mountain fighter, who taught

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