Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BALLINGER, Sir JOHN (1860 - 1933), first librarian of the National Library of Wales Born at Pontnewynydd, Monmouth, 12 May 1860, the son of Henry Ballinger; died at Hawarden, Flintshire, 8 January 1933. He was educated at a school in Canton, Cardiff, and became at 15 an assistant in the Cardiff Public Library, remaining there five years until he became librarian of Doncaster; he returned in 1884 to become chief librarian of Cardiff and to succeed in making it one of the best
DAVIES, Sir WILLIAM (LLEWELYN) (1887 - 1952), librarian appointed first assistant librarian under Sir John Ballinger at the young National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth. When Ballinger retired in 1930 Davies succeeded him as chief librarian, a position which he held until his death. The task which faced him was a formidable one - to continue and develop the work, so successfully begun, of building up in Wales a national library which would rank among the
ELLIS, RICHARD (1865 - 1928), librarian and bibliographer , Merionethshire. The first of these two is not dated, but the second was published in 1904. Towards the end of 1907 Ellis took charge of the Welsh library at Aberystwyth College, and within a year was elected principal assistant to Sir John Ballinger, the first librarian of the National Library of Wales. He did not, however, remain long in his new post but returned to Oxford to try to finish his research. He
FARR, HARRY (1874 - 1968), librarian John Ballinger who left to become the first Librarian of the National Library of Wales. During his 32 years' tenure of office Farr continued and extended the enlightened policies of his predecessor. Two new branch libraries were built at Gabalfa (1928) and Ely (1933), six older branches were extended and children's halls provided where such had not previously existed; public lending centres were
JONES, EVAN DAVID (1903 - 1987), librarian and archivist establishment of the College of Librarianship Wales, rejoiced in its success and was chairman of its board 1968-74. He taught on the UCW, Aberystwyth, archive administration diploma course during the fitful existence of that course in the 1950s. The National Library of Wales to which E. D. Jones came in 1929 was a young institution. His first few years were served under Sir John Ballinger, the first librarian
JONES, JAMES IFANO (1865 - 1955), librarian and bibliographer to work in the Cardiff Free Library, as it was then called, as a temporary assistant Welsh cataloguer. Over the following two years he cooperated with John Ballinger, the Chief Librarian, in the production of a Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department (1898) which has proved an indispensable tool for all who work in the field of Welsh studies and bibliography. His part in this work
KATHERYN of BERAIN (Mam Cymru, The mother of Wales; 1534/5 - 1591) -Wynn, 3rd. bart. of Wynnstay, was a descendant of her third marriage. Sir John Ballinger (in a long article on Katheryn in Y Cymm., xl) gives four genealogical tables, facsimiles of her signature (she appeared to favour the form ' Katheryn '), and reproduces four alleged portraits, to the authenticity or otherwise of each of which he devotes attention.
SALISBURY, THOMAS (1567? - 1620), publisher ' Registers in 1597 was a Welsh version of A godly meditation of the soule concerninge a love towards Christ our Lord, but there is no evidence that this was ever published. In a letter written to Sir John Wynn of Gwydir c. 1610 (Ballinger and Jones, The Bible in Wales and Calendar of the Wynn of Gwydir Papers) Salisbury refers to several books in Welsh lost through the untimely death of Edward Kyffin, the
WOODING, DAVID LEWIS (1828 - 1891), genealogist, historian, bibliophile and shopkeeper leading authority on the authorship of Welsh hymns. His library was given into the care of John Ballinger, chief librarian of Cardiff Free Library (and later of the National Library of Wales, by councillor Ben Davies of Beulah. In addition, a proportion of his MSS, in particular his note-books, were handed over to the care of the library. His work is characterise by attention to detail and an endeavour
WYNN family Gwydir, , Thomas Wiliems of Trefriw. His own The history of the Gwydir family was published in 1770 (ed. Daines Barrington), in 1827 (ed. Angharad Llwyd), 1878 (ed. Askew Roberts), and again in 1927 (ed. John Ballinger). He was also the author of a survey of Penmaenmawr (published in 1859 and reissued in 1906, ed. W. Bezant Lowe). By his wife Sydney, daughter of Sir William Gerrard, he had ten sons and two

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