Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ALLEN, JOHN ROMILLY (1847 - 1907), archaeologist the Inner Temple), he chose, after education at Rugby and King's College, London, to become a civil engineer, in which capacity he was engaged as apprentice on Merseyside, as engineer for Baron de Reuter's Persian railway scheme, and as supervisor of dock construction at Leith, and Boston, Lincolnshire. But at an early age he was attracted to the study of archaeology; a contribution to Archæologia
APPERLEY, CHARLES JAMES (Nimrod; 1779 - 1843), writer on sport Born 1779 at Plas Gronow (now demolished), near Wrexham, second son of Thomas Apperley; his mother was a daughter of William Wynn (1709 - 1760), of Maes y Neuadd, Talsarnau, Meironnydd, rector of Llangynhafal. Educated at Rugby (1790), Apperley became in 1798 cornet in Sir Watkin William Wynn's Ancient British Light Dragoons and served in Ireland. He married (1801) Winifred, daughter of William
BANCROFT, WILLIAM JOHN (1871 - 1959), rugby player and cricketer
BATTRICK, GERALD (1947 - 1998), tennis player Grammar School Gerald Battrick showed considerable promise as a junior tennis player, and in 1962 aged 15 years he was awarded a scholarship to Millfield School, Somerset. Among his fellow pupils was the future rugby international J. P. R. Williams (born 1949), also a Bridgend boy and a junior tennis champion who described Battrick as his role model. In 1965 Battrick had his first major successes
BEVAN, WILLIAM LATHAM (1821 - 1908), archdeacon Born at Beaufort, Brecknock, 1 May 1821, son of William Hibbs Bevan, sometime high sheriff of Brecknock. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, migrating to Hertford College on his election to a scholarship. He graduated in 1842 in the Final School of Litterae Humaniores (Class II), and was ordained deacon by the bishop of London in 1844. After a year as curate of S
BIGGS, NORMAN (1870 - 1908), Wales and Cardiff Rugby wing threequarter
BOOTS, JOHN GEORGE (1874 - 1928), Wales and Newport Rugby forward Born 2 July 1874 at Aberbeeg, Monmouth. He first played Rugby for Aberbeeg in 1890 and in 1895 made his first appearance for the Newport XV. He became an outstanding player and was known as the ' Peter Pan of Rugby Football,' having played in first class football for thirty seasons, twenty-seven of which were spent with the Newport team. Between 1898 and 1904, he was ' capped ' sixteen times for
BROOKE, Dame BARBARA MURIEL (Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte), (1908 - 2000), politician Barbara Brooke was born on 14 January 1908 at Great Milton, Llanwern, Monmouthshire, the youngest of the five children of the Rev. Alfred Augustus Matthews (7 February 1864 - 13 August 1946), vicar of St. Paul's Church, Newport, and a Welsh rugby international, and Ethel Frances (died 1951), daughter of Dr. Edward Beynon Evans, of Swansea. She was educated at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, and
BRYN-JONES, DELME (1934 - 2001), opera singer a colliery electrician. His abiding passion was singing, but he was also a talented rugby player and represented Wales at under-21 level. He received encouragement in music from his paternal grandfather, who was a noted singer and oboist, and Delme's rich baritone voice became well-known even in his late-teenage years. After taking music lessons locally and making something of a reputation in
BUSH, PERCY FRANK (1879 - 1955), rugby player Born 23 June 1879, in Cardiff. The family came originally from Penygraig. His father, James Bush, was an art teacher and one of the founders of the Cardiff rugby club in 1875. Percy Bush was educated at University College, Cardiff. He won 8 caps as an outside-half between 1905 and 1910. He was a remarkable character, full of humour and the unexpected on the rugby field. He was completely self
CARTER-JONES, LEWIS (1920 - 2004), Labour politician Committee and, passionately interested in all kinds of sports, captain of the college, university and county hockey XI. He was head of the business studies department at Yale Grammar School, later Technical School, Wrexham, and he also became a rugby union referee. During World War II, he served in the RAF, becoming flight-sergeant navigator. He had joined the Labour Party in 1940 while a student and
COPPACK, MAIR HAFINA (1936 - 2011), author and columnist ) deals with significant and historical events. She also published the booklet Cwis a Phos (1984). In the last, difficult few weeks of her life, she was still able to present her diaries, Mynd i'r Gwrych, for publication (2011). She was editor of Welsh Family History: A Guide to Research and also gave significant support to the joint authors of a substantial volume on the history of the Ruthin rugby

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