Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SAMUEL, CHRISTMAS (1674 - 1764), Independent minister Born in the parish of Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, in 1674. He came of a fairly well-to-do family; he succeeded to the family property and thereafter resided on it for the remainder of his life. It is thought that he attended school under William Evans at Pencader or Carmarthen. He was received into church membership at Panteg, it was there also that he started to preach. He was 14 years old when
SAMUEL, EDWARD (1674 - 1748), cleric, poet, and author November 1702, but exchanged it, 21 January 1721, for that of Llangar, where he remained until his death on 8 April 1748. Two sons became clergymen - EDWARD SAMUEL (1710 - 1762), rector of Llanddulas (1735-47), and his father's immediate successor at Llangar, and WILLIAM SAMUEL (1713 - 1765), rector of Nantglyn, 1743-65, and father of Dr. David Samwell. Edward Samuel wrote some poems in free metre; for
SAMUEL, WILLIAM THOMAS (1852 - 1917), musician
SAMUEL, WYNNE ISLWYN (1912 - 1989), local government officer, Plaid Cymru activist and organiser He was born at Ystalyfera in 1912, orphaned and then brought up by his maternal grandfather, the Reverend William Jones of Soar Baptist chapel, Ystalyfera, and his aunt. He received his education at Ystalyfera Grammar School. He became a deacon at the age of twenty-two and was a prominent local lay-preacher. He joined Plaid Cymru at the beginning of the 1930s at a public meeting at Ystalyfera at
SAMWELL, DAVID (1751 - 1798), naval surgeon and poet Born 15 October, and christened 2 November 1751, son of William Samuel, vicar of Nantglyn, Denbighshire - he was, therefore, grandson of Edward Samuel, of Betws Gwerfil Goch and Llangar. Details of his youth are not known but it seems evident from his work and interests that he received a good education. In 1775 he qualified at the Royal College of Surgeons for the position of medical officer in
SANDBROOK, JOHN ARTHUR (1876 - 1942), journalist ; and he was at Waziristan and on the north-west frontier during the 1921 troubles. The following year he resigned his editorship and returned to Wales as chief associate editor of The Western Mail, succeeding Sir William Davies as editor in 1931. A keen and sympathetic student of Welsh life he attended many national eisteddfodau and contributed reports daily of the proceedings. He took an active part
SAUNDERS, ERASMUS (1670 - 1724), divine Carmarthenshire. (Letters in Inv. Pembrokeshire, xxxvi and xxxvii, and Inv. Carmarthenshire, 266.) He was a protégé of bishop William Lloyd, one of the 'Seven Bishops,' who was translated to Worcester in 1700. From that year the bishop's son (also named William Lloyd) held the living of Blockley in the diocese of Worcester, but surrendered it in 1705, when Saunders, who had been his curate since 1702, became
SAUNDERS, EVAN (d. 1742), deacon at Undergrove, Lampeter, 26 April 1812, at the age of 81. He published Antigraphon; neu Wrthargraphiad Sion, yn achos y Cam-achwyniad a gafodd … mewn Llyfr Newydd, a elwir Amddiffyniad o'r Eglwys Grist'nogol, yn bedyddio Plant Bychain, 1780, and an elegy (Marwnad), 1791, on William Williams, Pantycelyn. His nephew, son of Thomas Saunders, was David Saunders 'II', minister at Zion chapel, Merthyr
SAUNDERS, WILLIAM (1806 - 1851), poet and writer ' Y Gwanwyn,' ' Yr Haf,' ' Yr Hydref,' ' Y Gaeaf,' ' Y Daran,' ' Y Môr,' as well as metrical translations. From 1830 until he died he worked in the printing and publishing office of William Rees (1808 - 1873), Llandovery. Poems and other work by him appear in journals printed by William Rees, e.g. Yr Haul, Y Cylchgrawn, and Yr Efangylydd, he was also responsible for editing part of Rice Rees's
SAUNDERS, WILLIAM (1871 - 1950), minister (B) and educationalist Born 24 May 1871 son of Thomas Saunders and Ann (née Thomas), 5 John St., Aberdare, but the family soon moved to Abercwmboi where his maternal grandfather was a leading member with the Baptists, and he was baptized there in 1883. The family moved yet again in 1887 to Ynysybŵl where William Saunders preached his first sermon in 1890. He was educated in Pontypridd Academy, and in 1892 he entered
SCOTT-ELLIS, THOMAS EVELYN (8th BARON HOWARD DE WALDEN, 4th BARON SEAFORD), (1880 - 1946), landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts Born 9 May 1880, only son of Frederick George Ellis, 7th baron, and Blanche, eldest daughter and co-heir of William Holden, of Palace House, co. Lancaster. Educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he served in the Boer War, and afterwards in World War I. He succeeded, as 8th baron, in 1899. His descent from John Ellis, who was descended from a family of that name seated at
SCOURFIELD, Sir JOHN HENRY (1808 - 1876), author sons. In 1862 on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle William Henry Scourfield, of Moat and Robeston Hall, he assumed the name and arms of Scourfield. He was cr. a baronet by Disraeli on 18 February 1876 but he died on 3 June of the same year. The titles of five publications by Scourfield, all of which are scarce, are given in Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, iii, 37-8. The

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