Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ADAM OF USK (Adam Usk; 1352? - 1430), lawyer this was his real intention or not (and Owen was plainly doubtful of his allegiance), he achieved that purpose, and for some years lived, under Charlton's protection, as a poor chaplain at Welshpool. It was not until March 1411 that a full royal pardon gave him freedom once more, and enabled him to rebuild his broken fortunes. But his heyday was over, and he spent the rest of his life in comparative
ALLEN, EVAN OWEN (1805 - 1852), writer
ANWYL family Park, Llanfrothen to Edward, eldest son of Edward Anwyl of Bodtalog, Towyn, his heir-at-law, in addition to other bequests. The will was the subject of litigtion for many years, and although in 1716 the Master in Chancery considered that the estates if sold would not discharge the debts, legacies, and costs, they eventually passed, however encumbered, to the Williams es and the Owen s. Park and Llwyn were mortgaged
AP GWYNN, ARTHUR (1902 - 1987), librarian and the third librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Libraries chaired by the College Principal, Dr. Thomas Parry. The Librarian's last words to the Governors in September 1967 were: 'Given propitious circumstances, including universal acceptance of the urgency of the case, it is hoped that the middle years of the quinquennium may yet see the foundation of a new library laid.' Arthur ap Gwynn lived to see the opening of the Hugh Owen Library 1 September
AP ROGER, OWEN - see ROGERS, OWEN
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.
BADDY, THOMAS (d. 1729), Independent minister and author The date of his birth is unknown. He would seem to have been a Wrexham man; the Presbyterian Fund Board, when making him a grant in 1690, describes him as 'Mr. Tho. Baddie of Wrexham' (Nicholson and Axon, The Older Nonconformity in Kendal, 579); and he had a brother, Owen Baddy, who was a schoolmaster at Wrexham (Palmer, The Older Nonconformity of Wrexham, 69 n.); the name is said to be a
BARLOW, Sir WILLIAM OWEN Orielton (d. 1851) - see OWEN
BARRINGTON, DAINES (1727/1728 - 1800), lawyer, antiquary, and naturalist John Wynne and Sir Hugh Myddelton; in another he asks Lloyd to return to him the 'MS. memories of Owen Glendower.' There are references to Barrington in Morris Letters - see the indexes by Hugh Owen - 'a great antiquary and lover of British antiquities' said Lewis Morris of him in one letter (ii, 344); it is obvious also that Barrington was anxious to see the publication of the result of some of the
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.
BERRY, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1869 - 1945), minister (Congl.) and writer 10 August 1903, Hannah M. Watkins of Gwaelod-y-garth. They had one daughter. In 1911 R. G. Berry, as he came to be known, became prominent as one of the pioneers of the drama in Welsh. Amongst his plays are Asgre lân, Owen Gwynedd, Ar y groesffordd, and Y Ddraenen wen : shorter plays are Noson o farrug, Cadw noswyl, Dwywaith yn blentyn, and Yr Hen anian. He mastered the art of setting his plays
BEVAN, THOMAS (Caradawc, Caradawc y Fenni; 1802 - 1882), antiquary contributions to Seren Gomer of Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) and David Owen (Brutus) in their discussion on the poverty of the Welsh language and literature (1824). He married Catherine Anthony, daughter of Benjamin Anthony, Llanwenarth, 17 July 1826, and joined his father-in-law as a carrier by canal and waggon. He was appointed secretary of the Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Society in 1833. He resigned his office

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