Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PARRY, EDGAR WILLIAMS (1919 - 2011), surgeon Edgar Parry was born on 1 May 1919 in the Post Office, Salem, Betws Garmon, Caernarfonshire, the second child of Gruffydd Henry Parry, a farmer of Hafod y Rhug, Llanrug, and his wife Helena Parry (née Williams). He had an elder sister Mary (Vaughan Jones) who became a Biology teacher and headmistress. The family subsequently moved to Plas Glanrafon, Waunfawr where Edgar was brought up. Edgar
WILLIAMS, MEIRION (1901 - 1976), musician William Robert Williams was born on 19 July 1901 in Glanywern, Dyffryn Ardudwy. He began to use the name 'Meirion' when a student and adopted it officially during the Second World War. He was the son of Robert Parry Williams and Mary Elizabeth (née Roberts), the father a shopkeeper and sub-postmaster. His dark colouring was attributed by some to Italian ancestry on his mother's side. Meirion
EVANS, EDGAR (1876 - 1912), explorer Edgar Evans was born on 7 March 1876 at Fernhill Top Cottage, Middleton near Rhossili on Gower, the eldest of four children of Charles Evans, mariner, and his wife Sarah (g. Beynon). The family moved to nearby Swansea, where Edgar was educated at the St Helen's Boys School up to the age of 13. He then worked for a short while at the city's Castle Hotel and the Swansea post office, but he sought
EVANS, SAMUEL (1859 - 1935), chairman of the Crown Mine, Johannesburg, educational pioneer Sir Edgar Vincent (lord D'Abernon), financial adviser to the Egyptian Government. In 1887 he became chief controller of the Egyptian Coast Guard Service, and in 1890 inspector-general of the Ottoman Bank. In 1897, as Sir Edgar Vincent's representative, he went to Johannesburg; in 1898 he became a partner in Eckstein and Co., retiring in 1902 to become chairman and managing director of the Crown Mine
PARRY-WILLIAMS, HENRY (1858 - 1925), schoolmaster and poet Born 11 June 1858, the son of Thomas and Mary Parry, Gwyndy, Carmel, Caernarfonshire. He was a half-brother of Robert Parry, father of the poet R. Williams Parry and of Richard Parry, father of Thomas Parry (1904 - 1985). As a young man he adopted the surname of his paternal grandfather, Henry Williams, in addition to his own. He received his elementary education at Bron-y-foel school, and stayed
JONES, EDGAR (1912 - 1991), minister, pastor, scholar Edgar Jones, a miner's son, was born in Ynys-hir, Rhondda 11 March 1912. He was educated in the village school and the Rhondda Boys' County School, Porth. He was obliged to leave school to work in the local colliery but he continued to study with the aim of entering the ministry. He was accepted to University College Cardiff where he graduated B.A. with honours in Hebrew, and then proceeded to
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar T. H. Parry-Williams was born on 21 September 1887 to Henry Parry-Williams (1858-1925) and Ann, née Morris (1859-1926), at Rhyd-ddu, Arfon. Christened 'Tom' (not 'Thomas'), he was the second of six children, the siblings being Blodwen, Willie, Oscar, Wynne and Eurwen. Literary tendencies can be seen on both maternal and paternal sides of the family. The brother of Ann, R. R. Morris, was a
PARRY, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1884 - 1956), poet, university lecturer Born 6 March 1884 at Madog View, Tal-y-sarn, Caernarfonshire, son of Robert and Jane Parry (his father was a half-brother of Henry Parry-Williams). He received his education at Tal-y-sarn elementary school, Caernarfon county school, 1896-98, and the new Pen-y-groes county school for one year. He spent three years, 1899-1902, as a pupil-teacher. He entered the University College of Wales
IAGO ab IDWAL FOEL (fl. 942-979), king of Gwynedd kings, submitted to Edgar, at Chester, in 973, an event which inspired the legend of Edgar's triumphal passage along the Dee. The date of his death is unknown. Pedigrees ascribe to him another son, Cystennin, who founded no family.
PARRY-WILLIAMS, DAVID EWART (1900 - 1996), musician Born Glynneath, Glamorgan, 25 June 1900, the son of the village schoolmaster, Tom Williams, and his wife Mary Ann who ran the local Post Office. He received instruction in music from his uncle, who was the organist at Bethania chapel in Glynneath, and played the cello in a small orchestra at Bethania. When his uncle moved to London to be organist of Charing Cross Welsh chapel, the nephew visited
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), linguist and journalist Born 13 August 1905, son of Edgar and Gwen Jones, Barry, Glamorganshire. He was educated at Barry County School (of which his father was headmaster), Aberystwyth College (first class hons. French), Trinity College, Cambridge (Modern Languages Tripos I and II, first class hons. French, German, Russian). In 1930, he became foreign affairs secretary to David Lloyd George. From 1931 to 1933 he was
PARRY-WILLIAMS, AMY (1910 - 1988), singer and author became a teacher at Carmarthen Girls' Grammar School and then a lecturer at Barry Training College. In August 1942 she married her Professor at Aberystwyth, T. H. Parry-Williams. There were no children of the marriage. Amy showed musical promise at an early age, and along with her brother Madoc and sister Mary would compete regularly at eisteddfodau in Carmarthenshire and at regional and national level

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