Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GEORGE, THOMAS (fl. 1829-1840), miniature painter , son of Thomas George, mason, and Ann, his wife, who was christened at Fishguard 28 May 1810, but Basil Long suggests that he was born in 1790. The latter date may be considered more likely as George
GRIST, IAN (1938 - 2002), Conservative politician He was born at Southampton on 5 December 1938, the son of Basil William Grist, MBE, a land agent and garage owner, and Leila Helen Grist. He was educated at Hildersham House preparatory school in
JONES, ALAN TREVOR (1901 - 1979), health service administrator and Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine beds and deputy superintendent at St Marylebone Infirmary, working under Dr Basil Hood, he acquired a particular interest in the minutiae of medical administration which never left him. In 1929, hoping
REES, MERLYN (1920 - 2006), politician Basil Hume, Lord Devlin, Lord Scarman, and Roy Jenkins to campaign for the release of the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven. He opposed the party's leftward trajectory under new leader Michael Foot and

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