Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ALBAN DAVIES, DAVID (1873 - 1951), business man and philanthropist years old. On 28 November 1899 he married Rachel Williams of Brynglas, Moria, Penuwch, in Holy Trinity Church, Aberystwyth; they had 4 sons and a daughter. Davies and his wife went to London to work with Rachel's brother Evan who had a successful dairy business. David Alban Davies eventually bought Hitchman's Dairies, Ltd., which grew into a flourishing business under his direction. In 1933 he built
ALLEN, EVAN OWEN (1805 - 1852), writer
ALLGOOD family business to his nephew Thomas Hughes (1740 - 1828). See further, Pyrke, John, and Evan Jones (1790 - 1860).
ANWYL family Park, Llanfrothen The Anwyl s of Park, Llanfrothen, Meironnydd, derived from Robert ap Morris of Park (died 1576), fourth son of Morris ap John ap Meredydd of Rhiwaedog, whose exploits are recorded in the The history of the Gwydir family by Sir John Wynn. The younger sons of Robert ap Morris took the surname Roberts: John, of Vanner, being father of David, rector of Llanbedrog, chaplain to the earl of Warwick
AP GWYNN, ARTHUR (1902 - 1987), librarian and the third librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth folklore since the book appeared in 1930. Nothing gave him greater pleasure than the publication of the Cofiant to his father in 1973 by David Jenkins and the bibliography Llyfryddiaeth Thomas Gwynn Jones edited by D. Hywel Roberts in 1981. He had contributed 550 items to the latter. Tall and erect in bearing, determined in step with a slight shadow of a smile over his moustache, he was a man of strong
ARMSTRONG-JONES, Sir ROBERT (1857 - 1943), physician and alienist council and vice-president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He married in 1893, Margaret Elizabeth (died May 1943), elder daughter of Sir Owen Roberts, London, and Plas Dinas, Caernarfon, and they had one son (Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones whose son, Lord Snowdon, married Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II), and two daughters. He died 31 January 1943.
BARRINGTON, DAINES (1727/1728 - 1800), lawyer, antiquary, and naturalist work of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) on early Welsh literature, and it was (bishop) Percy and Daines Barrington who brought Ieuan to the notice of Thomas Gray and of Samuel Johnson (Cymm., 1951, 69). He died 14 March 1800.
BEBB, WILLIAM AMBROSE (1894 - 1955), historian, prose writer and politician scene or the expression of some important principle which he wished to impress upon the reader's mind. Bebb translated two works from French : Geiriau credadun (1923), Lamennais's Paroles d'un croyant, and Mudandod y môr (1944), Le Silence de la mer, by ' Vercors ', a story of occupied France during World War II. He married Eluned Pierce Roberts of Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, in 1931, and they had
BELL, Sir HAROLD IDRIS (1879 - 1967), scholar and translator (1929), translated by Olwen Roberts, the wife of J.E. Jones. In 1954 he published The Crisis of our Time and other papers, consisting of essays on the state of society, Welsh nationalism, the attitude of the Church in Wales towards Welsh culture, and his own religious experience as a convert from agnosticism to the Christian faith. Bell was a man of great charm and courtesy, who retained his natural
BERRY, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1869 - 1945), minister (Congl.) and writer Born 20 May 1869 in Llanrwst, Caernarfonshire son of John and Margaret (née Williams) Berry, the father originally from Penmachno and the mother from Llannerch-y-medd. He received his education in the local British, national, and grammar schools at Llanrwst. He was received into membership of Tabernacl (Congl.) church under the pastorate of Thomas Roberts. He proceeded with a scholarship to
BEVAN, ANEURIN (1897 - 1960), politician and one of the founders of the Welfare State Evan Davies as the Labour M.P. for the Ebbw Vale division. He continued to represent this constituency in Parliament until his death. Aneurin Bevan quickly proved himself an effective debater in the House of Commons, one who spoke regularly, especially on unemployment and matters relating to the coal industry. During the 1930 s he launched particularly pungent assaults on Neville Chamberlain. Early
BEVAN, EVAN (1803 - 1866), poet

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