Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BAILEY family Nant-y-glo, their rich uncle's iron-works. He was one of the witnesses to his uncle's will (26 September 1809), and was bequeathed the sum of £1,000. It is probable that he remained for some time at Cyfarthfa after his uncle's death, but it is uncertain whether he left with his brother when the latter, with the assistance of Matthew Wayne, commenced work at Nant-y-glo in 1811. In any case, he took over
BAUGH, ROBERT (1748? - 1832), engraver, map-maker, and musician Described as 'of Llandysilio,' he was for many years parish clerk of Llanymynech. His name is associated with the well-known map of North Wales, 1795, the work of John Evans, Llwyn-y-groes, Llanymynech, but engraved by Baugh. Baugh made a map of Shropshire for which he was awarded, in 1809, a silver medal and fifteen guineas by the Royal Society of Arts, London. He died 27 December 1832, aged 84.
BOLD, HUGH (1731 - 1809), lawyer John Philipps (many years after her father's death in 1763); Dorothy died in 1806 (Theophilus Jones, II, 95). He died 10 February 1809; his descendants have occupied high positions in the borough and the shire.
BRIGSTOCKE, THOMAS (1809 - 1881), portrait painter Born 17 April 1809 at 61 King Street, Carmarthen, son of David and Mary Brigstocke. At 16 he entered Sass's drawing school at 6 Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, and subsequently studied under H. P. Briggs and J. P. Knight before spending eight years studying and painting at Paris, Florence, Rome, and Naples. In 1847 he spent some months in Egypt where he painted portraits of Mehemet Ali and his
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM (1774 - 1855), industrialist and public figure assumed that his son, WILLIAM CHAMBERS, junior (1809 - 1882), was illegitimate. He was born at Valenciennes in France, 24 May 1809, educated at Eton and S. John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1826, matric. Easter 1828; he does not seem to have graduated). He married Joanna Trant, daughter of Capt. Payne, R.N., on 20 July 1835. They had five children. He died 21 March 1882, aged 72. William Chambers
CLARK, GEORGE THOMAS (1809 - 1898), engineer and antiquary Born in London 26 May 1809, he was the son of George Clark (1777 - 1848), a chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, and Clara Dicey; Samuel Clarke, the theologian, was his great-grandfather. He was educated at Charterhouse and after engaging for some time in medical studies qualified as an engineer. He worked (under Brunel) on the Great Western Railway (he published in 1839 an anonymous guide to the G.W.R
COTTON, JAMES HENRY (1780 - 1862), dean of Bangor cathedral and educationist Born 10 February 1780, second son of George Cotton, dean of Chester, and Catherine, daughter of James Tomkinson of Dorfold Hall, Nantwich. Educated at Rugby school and Trinity College, Cambridge (matric, 1797, LL.B. 1804), he was ordained in 1803, became curate of Stoke, 1803, Thornton, Chester, 1806; rector of Derwen, Denbighshire, 1809, junior vicar of Bangor, Caernarfonshire (by exchange), and
DAVID, JOB (1746 - 1812), General Baptist minister 1809 and retired to Swansea, where he died 11 October 1812 (not 1813 as is generally said). He was a vigorous controversialist, crossing swords with his former tutor Caleb Evans (on behalf of Arminianism), with Priestley (against infant baptism), and with Thomas Coke.
DAVIES, DAVID STEPHEN (1841 - 1898), preacher, temperance reformer, man of letters, and colonist , penniless. It was rumoured in the U.S.A. that they had all been drowned, and a memorial service was held for D. S. Davies, and obituary notices were published. Four months later he returned from the colony to Wales and, in 1875, was invited to become minister of Ebenezer, Bangor, in succession to Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan, 1809 - 1880). He went to New York to fetch his family and there arranged for a third
DAVIES, EDWARD (Celtic Davies; 1756 - 1831), cleric and author on the authenticity of Ossian, 1825. He is remembered today, however, as the author of two works dealing with Welsh and Celtic subjects - Celtic Researches, 1804, and The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, 1809 [hence his nickname]. Although born in a part of the country where the Welsh language was disappearing, and despite the fact that his spoken Welsh was rather imperfect, he
DAVIES, ELLIS THOMAS (1822 - 1895), Independent minister Born March 1822 at Tŷ Mawr, Pennantlliw Bach, Llanuwchllyn, a home celebrated in the history of the local Independent connexion. His father was an elder in the 'Old Chapel,' and Ap Vychan (Robert Thomas, 1809 - 1880) lived with him as a shepherd boy for seven years, a period which, as he acknowledged, had a lasting influence on him. E. T. Davies began to preach about 1842 at the same time as
DAVIES, GRIFFITH (1788 - 1855), actuary first with farmers and later at the Cilgwyn quarry. At the age of 17 and after saving some money he attended for a time the school kept at Caernarvon by Evan Richardson, and here he discovered that he had special aptitude for mathematics. When his savings were exhausted he returned to the quarry, but in 1809 resolved to go to London to improve his English and his mathematics. He attended some classes

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