Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RHODRI ap GRUFFYDD (d. c. 1315), prince of Gwynedd by November 1280. In 1292 he received an annual pension of £40 from the king. Meanwhile he had married, in 1281, Beatrice, daughter and heiress of David de Malpas, and appears henceforth as a landowner of some standing in Cheshire as well as the lord of a manor in Surrey. After the death of Beatrice, in 1290, he took as his second wife one named Catherine, who survived him. There was one son of
RHYGYFARCH (1056/7 - 1099) extant works are a Life of S. David, some Latin verses in a psalter at Trinity College, Dublin, and a ' Lament ' (ascribed to him in B.M. Cotton MS. Faustina C. i). This latter is a short Latin poem bewailing the increasing oppression of the Welsh by the Normans. His chief work, the Latin Life of S. David, was probably written about A.D. 1090, to advocate the claims of S. Davids to be the metropolitan
RHYS family, rhymesters and minstrels DAVID (1742? - 1824) was a carpenter. He composed popular carols and songs. He was a good musician and led the church choir. He died at Penygeulan. THOMAS (1750/51 - 1828) was noted for his wit and pungent songs. He died at Bont. MARY (1744? - 1842) also composed songs, but she was better known for her singing. They were about the last of the wandering minstrels and carol-singers in
RHYS, EDWARD PROSSER (1901 - 1945), journalist, poet and publisher Born 4 March 1901 at Pentremynydd, Bethel (Trefenter), Mynydd Bach, Cardiganshire, son of Elizabeth and David Rees, a blacksmith, from a family of smiths, the family moved later to Morfa Du. As a child he attended Cofadail primary school and proceeded to Ardwyn grammar school (Aberystwyth county school) in 1914. He was there only for some eighteen months as his health broke down and he was at
RHŶS, ELIZABETH (1841 - 1911), teacher, hostess and campaigner for women's rights , and president of the Mid-Oxfordshire office branch in 1892. Her involvement with Liberalism was deepened through her role as hostess at the family's 'open house': as well as students and scholars from Wales, Britain, and beyond, she welcomed David Lloyd George, his wife Margaret and their children, to lodge and dine at the Rhŷs home, and the two families became close friends. Elspeth's
RHYS, HYWEL (1715? - 1799), poet He is probably the Howell, son of Howell Rees, who was christened at Vaynor, 10 September 1715. He began life as a farmer on a tenement called Blaen-y-glais in Vaynor parish, but is said to have been deprived of his farm and subsequently to have rented a public house called Pantydŵr, at Garn, Pontsticill, Brecknock. His wife's name was Catherine, and the marriage may be that between Howell Rice
RHYS, IFAN THOMAS (fl. mid 18th century), poet Born at Llwyndafydd, in the parish of Llandysilio, Cardiganshire, son of Thomas Rees James. Moving from Llwyndafydd he settled at Llanarth in the same county, and became a shoemaker. He composed an elegy on the death of Jenkin Jones (1700? - 1742), of Llwyn-rhydowen. This was published in Hymnau … o waith y Diweddar Barchedig Mr. Jenkin Jones, 1768. His poem, called Y Maen Tramguydd, was
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar Born 21 June 1840 at Aberceiro, Cwmrheidol, Cardiganshire, according to the official registrar. He was the son of Hugh Rees, who worked on the farm to which the cottage in which he was born belonged, but the father also cultivated a few plots of his own. He was educated, first of all at the British school, Ponterwyd, and later at a similar school at Pen-llwyn, seven miles away, where he was a
RHYS, JOHN DAVID (1534 - 1609?), physician and grammarian
RHYS, MORGAN JOHN (Morgan ab Ioan Rhus; 1760 - 1804), Baptist minister, author, and American settler Born 8 December 1760, fourth son of John and Elizabeth Rees, ' Graddfa ' (a farm-house), near Llanbradach, Glamorganshire. He went to a school kept by D. Williams (1709 - 1784) and to Carmarthen, returning to keep a local school between 1780 and 1786. Joining the Baptist church of Hengoed, he was persuaded to prepare himself for the ministry, and having studied for a year at the Baptist Academy
RHYS, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1880 - 1967), minister (B) and author Born 12 February 1880, son of Thomas and Esther Rees, Pen-y-bryn, LlangyfelachLlangyfelach, Glamorganshire. He and his two brothers - M.T. Rees, Meinciau and D.H. Rees, Llandudno Junction - became ministers. His father was related to Morgan Rees who had been instrumental in establishing Salem Church, Llangyfelach in 1777, whilst his mother was of the lineage of Moses Williams, Llandyfân. On
RICHARD, EDWARD (1714 - 1777), schoolmaster, scholar, and poet attributed one of Edward Richard's englynion to Dafydd Ionawr. Edward Richard is the author of the englyn which Saunders Lewis has printed in his book, A School of Welsh Augustans, and NLW MS 5487B, 'Diaries of the Rev. Timothy Davies' (son of David Davis, Castellhywel) proves that this is so. See the two englynion in Blodeugerdd o'r Ddeunawfed Ganrif, 35. Edward Richard's works were printed in 1803, 1811

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