Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADWALADR, DAFYDD (1752 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist preacher ; his daughter tells us that he composed his sermons while knitting 'very fast'; and as he was an untiring walker (even to London) he became a favourite preacher throughout Wales. He was a great friend of Thomas Charles, and published elegies on the death of Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Ehediadau y Meddwl, Bala, 1816). He died 9 July 1834; he was buried at Llanycil. Practically everything written on Dafydd
CADWALADR, ROGER (1566 - 1610), seminary priest and martyr . Robert Jones, the day he was condemned to death. It was Fr. Jones who wrote, in Italian, an account of his execution at Leominster, 27 August 1610.
CALLAGHAN, LEONARD JAMES (1912 - 2005), politician secretary of the constituency Labour Party, Bill Headon. Callaghan won the nomination against George Thomas by a single vote - because he wore his navy uniform for the interview according to Thomas. Cardiff South had been a Conservative seat since 1918, except a brief period when Arthur Henderson won it for Labour in 1929-31, but in the 1945 election James Callaghan (as he was now known) took the seat
CAMPBELL, ELIZA CONSTANTIA (1796 - 1864), author Born 8 January 1796, she was the daughter of Richard Pryce of Gunley near Forden (one of whose ancestors, Capt. Richard Pryce, was a prominent Montgomeryshire Roundhead). She was twice married: first (1826) to Commander Robert Campbell, R.N. (died 1832), a cousin of Thomas Campbell the poet - one of their sons was Lewis Campbell the Greek scholar; and secondly (1844) to Capt. Hugh Morrieson
CAMPBELL, RACHEL ELIZABETH (1934 - 2017), teacher and community activist died at the age of eighty-two on 13 October 2017. Hundreds of people lined the streets of Cardiff to pay their respects. She had touched many lives and inspired so many. The First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones described her as 'a true pioneer' and an 'inspiration to other black and ethnic minority people'. In 2019 BBC Wales held a public vote to decide who should be the subject of Cardiff's first
CARNE, Sir EDWARD (c. 1500 - 1561), lawyer and diplomat recall, but arrangements for his replacement by Thomas Goldwell, bishop of St Asaph, were interrupted by the demise of the Crown. He repeated the request on Elizabeth's accession, but was instructed to stay at his post, without committing the Government, till a decision should be reached on relations with Rome. Till February 1559, when he was officially recalled, he was sending reports on the friendly
CARNE, THOMAS, M. P. - see CARNE, Sir EDWARD
CARNES, EDWARD (1772? - 1828), bookseller and printer It is possible that he started printing in June 1796; he may have been a bookseller before that. One of the best examples of his work is his edition, 1823, of David Jones, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry. His printing office was in Whitford Street in 1828; William Carnes, who was a bookbinder in Well Street at the same time, may have been his brother. Edward Carnes died 25 May 1828, of typhus fever, aged 58.
CARRINGTON, THOMAS (Pencerdd Gwynfryn; 1881 - 1961), musician and printer and Son, Wrexham. He married Mildred Mary Jones, Minera, in 1905 and went to live in Coed-poeth where he followed his trade as a printer and as a music publisher. From his early childhood it was obvious that he had a special talent as a musician. At the age of nine he had been appointed organist at the Wesleyan Methodist church at Gwynfryn and he held that office for about fifteen years. He studied
CARTER family Kinmel, to William Price of Rhiwlas, Meironnydd, and in 1647 Elizabeth married John Carter. Sir JOHN CARTER (died 1676), colonel in the Parliamentary army Military, was born at Dinton, Buckinghamshire, a village rich in associations with the Parliamentary cause. He was the eldest son of a Thomas Carter; a younger son, William, became a wealthy London merchant. Tradition avers that John started life as a
CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer A native of Carmarthenshire, he has the honour of having established the first permanent printing press in Wales. This was at Adpar (also called Trefhedyn) in the parish of Llandyfrïog, Cardiganshire, in 1718; as far as is known the first two publications to issue from the press were Cân o Senn i'w hen Feistr Tobacco by Alban Thomas and Cân ar Fesur Triban ynghylch Cydwybod a'i Chynheddfau. At
CARTER-JONES, LEWIS (1920 - 2004), Labour politician He was born on 17 November 1920, the son of Tom Jones of Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, a former miner who had become an insurance agent. He was educated at Kenfig Hill council school, Bridgend County School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated with a BA hons. degree in economics and a diploma in education. While at university he became chairman of the Student Finance

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