Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BRYDGES, Sir HARFORD JONES (1764 - 1847), diplomatist and author proficient in Oriental languages and was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia; this post, that of the first British ambassador to Persia, he held from 1807 (in which year he was created a baronet) until 1811. He published The Dynasty of the Kajars, translated from the original Persian manuscript, 1833; An Account of His Majesty's Mission to Persia in the years
CANNON, MARTHA MARIA HUGHES (1857 - 1932), doctor and politician seat in the state senate. One of the Republican candidates standing against her was her husband, Angus. When the day of the election came in November 1896, it was Martha and the Democrats that swept the board. She was the first woman to be elected to the state senate of Utah, which is why her statue stands today in the court of the Utah Capitol Building. But she was also the first woman to be elected
CARADOG FYNACH (d. 1124), recluse drove him from the court and he resolved to embrace religion. He first found a foothold at Llandaff, where he was tonsured by bishop Herwald; ere long, he was attracted to the solitary life and made a home for himself as monk at the deserted and overgrown church of Llangenydd in Gower. His next move was to S. Davids, where he was ordained priest; the 'island' of Barry (Llanrhian) on the north coast of
CASSON, LEWIS (1875 - 1969), actor a chynhyrchydd dramâu Ganwyd ym Mhenbedw, swydd Caer, 26 Hydref 1875, yn fab i Thomas Casson o Ffestiniog, Meirionnydd, a'i briod Laura Ann (ganwyd Holland-Thomas). Ar ôl gadael Ysgol Ramadeg Rhuthun bu'n cynorthwyo'i dad i wneud organau, a mynychodd y Coleg Technegol Canolog, South Kensington, am gyfnod, cyn mynd i Goleg S. Mark, Chelsea, i'w hyfforddi'n athro. Yn 1903 ymddangosodd ar lwyfan y Court Theatre fel actor
CASSON, LEWIS (1875 - 1969), actor and theatrical producer actor at the Court Theatre, in Man and Superman and other plays. His career took a decisive turn when he joined Miss Horniman's repertory company at the Gaiety, Manchester, in 1907, for there he began directing, and he also met Sibyl Thorndike, whom he married 22 December 1908 in Aylesford, Kent. They had four children. During World War I he served as a sergeant in the Army Service Corps (1914-15) and
CECIL-WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN LIAS CECIL (1892 - 1964), solicitor, secretary Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and driving force behind the publishing of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography School from where he went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read law and graduated M.A. and LL.B. He registered in the Inns of Court OTC in 1914 and the following year joined the Royal Welch Fusiliers, serving in France and achieving the rank of captain. He was wounded three times. In 1920 he became a solicitor and practised in London, first alone and then in partnership. He retired in
CECIL-WILLIAMS, Syr JOHN LIAS CECIL (1892 - 1964), cyfreithiwr, ysgrifennydd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion a phrif hyrwyddwr cyhoeddi'r Bywgraffiadur Cymreig . Oddi yno aeth i Gaergrawnt (Coleg Gonville a Caius) i ddarllen y gyfraith, a graddio yn M.A., LL.B. Ymrestrodd yn yr Inns of Court OTC yn 1914, a'r flwyddyn wedyn ymunodd â'r Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig, gan wasanaethu yn Ffrainc a chyrraedd rheng capten. Fe'i clwyfwyd deirgwaith. Yn 1920, fe'i derbyniwyd yn gyfreithiwr a dechreuodd ddilyn ei alwedigaeth yn Llundain, yn gyntaf ar ei liwt ei hun, ac
CEMLYN-JONES, Sir ELIAS WYNNE (1888 - 1966), public figure health service, the court of the National Museum of Wales, and the council of the University College of North Wales, Bangor. During 1939-46 he was active in the work of the War Agricultural Executive Committee in Anglesey. He received a knighthood in 1941. In 1931 he went on a 7000-mile journey through Russia with Frank Owen to capture the atmosphere of the country after the revolution for a novel on
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM (1774 - 1855), industrialist and public figure suit (Court of Chancery, 1865). In 1853, William Chambers, junior, purchased Hafod (which had twice changed hands since the death of Thomas Johnes). He, in turn, surrendered it before he died. The son of William Chambers, junior, JOHN GRAHAM CHAMBERS (1843 - 1883), athlete and journalist, was born at Llanelly, 12 February 1843, educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (matric. 1861, B.A. 1865
CHAPPELL, EDGAR LEYSHON (1879 - 1949), sociologist, a pioneer of town and village redevelopment, and writer Court of Governors of the National Library of Wales. In 1948, he was awarded the degree of M.A., honoris causa, by the University of Wales. His main publications, apart from contributions to newspapers and journals (he was for a time editor of The Welsh Outlook) are: Gwalia's Homes, 1911; Pithead and Factory Baths (with J.A. Lovat-Fraser), 1920; The Housing Problem in Wales 1920; History of the Port
CHARLES, GEOFFREY (1909 - 2002), photographer fascination. At Grove Park School he was encouraged to apply for a Diploma in Journalism at the University of London, from where he graduated with first class honours in 1928. Initially he worked as a reporter for the Western Mail covering inquests, dirt track and greyhound racing. Subsequently he worked for the Mountain Ash and Aberdare Express writing on council meetings and court cases. Seeking the
CLARE family castle, between Caerphilly and Cardiff). The king seized the opportunity of challenging the 'marcher right' to wage private war, and summoned the two lords to appear, first before a court of their peers in the March, and then (in view of the marchers' disinclination to prejudice the 'rights' of their order) before their overlord the king's own court. Both lords were condemned to imprisonment and to the

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