Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PHILLIPS, DAVID (1812 - 1904), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet and editor Born 14 December 1812 at Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire, son of the Rev. Joshua Phillips (1785 - 1868) and grandson of John Phillips (1750 - 1842) of Meidrym, who was also a well-known Methodist preacher. As a young man he went to live at Maes-teg, Glamorganshire, where he was postmaster. He began to preach in 1839 and was, in some sense, the pastor of Tabor chapel. He was ordained in the
PHILLIPS, EDGAR (Trefîn; 1889 - 1962), tailor, school-teacher, poet, and Archdruid of Wales, 1960-62 Born 8 October 1889 in Rose Cottage, Tre-fin, Pembrokeshire, only child of William Bateman and Martha (née Davies) Phillips. His father was a sailor but after leaving the sea he was a baker in Porthcawl. Trefîn's mother died in 1898 after she had been a patient for 5 years in Saint David's Hospital in Carmarthen, and he was adopted by his father's sister, Mary, wife of John Martin, a sailmaker
PHILLIPS, EDWARD (1716 - c. 1776), cleric son of Edward Phillips of Llanfaredd, Radnorshire. He became a member of Jesus College, Oxford, 8 November 1734, 'at 18 years of age'; B.A. 1738. He was rector of Maesmynys, near Builth, 1740-76. Although, in all probability, he was at first opposed to Methodism, he invited John Wesley to Brecknock in 1743 and from that time on supported Methodism - both Wesleyan and Calvinistic.
PHILLIPS, HENRY (1719 - 1789), Baptist minister he spent the rest of his life. He kept a free school there, in which large numbers of poor children were taught. But he also maintained his contacts with Wales, and it was through his hands that John Thornton distributed hundreds of Welsh Bibles. In 1762 there appeared a 24-page sixpenny pamphlet, A Sketch of the Life and Character of the Reverend and Pious Griffith Jones; when this was reprinted
PHILLIPS, JAMES (1703 - 1783), cleric and antiquarian According to T. M. Rees (Not. W.), he was born at Blaenau-y-pant, in the parish of Llandygwydd, Carmarthenshire (sic for Cardiganshire). O. Jones (Cymru) and Y Brython (1861, 162) state only that he was 'of Blaen-pant,' which does not necessarily imply that he was born there. Foster (Alumni Oxonienses) mentions a James Phillips who was the son of John Phillips of Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire
PHILLIPS, JOHN (Tegidon; 1810 - 1877), printer and poet Born 12 April 1810 at Bala. He was educated at Bala, where he was also apprenticed as a printer with Robert Saunderson. He later moved to Chester where for a period he supervised the printing works of John Parry (1775 - 1846), who published Y Drysorfa and Goleuad Cymru, to which Tegidon contributed many articles. About 1850 he moved to Portmadoc as secretary to the Welsh Slate Company; later he
PHILLIPS, JOHN (1810 - 1867), Calvinistic Methodist minister and first principal of the Normal College, Bangor Born in 1810, at Pontrhydfendigaid, Cardiganshire, eldest son of David and Mary Phillips, Ty-mawr. His parents were in humble circumstances and he spent his early years with his maternal grandmother, Jane Jones, a cousin of John Williams, Lledrod (1747 - 1831). He received his early education at home and in the Sunday School. When about 14 he was deeply moved by a religious revival in the
PHILLIPS, JOHN ROLAND (1844 - 1887), historian
PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1868 - 1936), Baptist minister Congress at Philadelphia in 1911. He became principal of the Baptist College, Cardiff, in 1928, and remained there until his death on 21 April 1936. In 1916 he was made president of the Baptist Union, and in 1928, the McMaster University (Toronto) bestowed on him the degree of doctor of divinity. He married (1) 1892, Martha John of Whitland (died 1932), by whom he had seven children, and (2) 1934, Anne
PHYLIP family, poets Ardudwy , Nicholas Robinson, bishop of Bangor, Dr. Gwynn (a member of the Gwydir family), and Dr. William Griffith; there is also one on the death of Katheryn of Berain. The remainder are to members of well-known Welsh county families. Siôn Phylip well knew how to eulogise his patrons, among whom were Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd, Theodore Price, principal of Hart Hall, Oxford, Sir John Salusbury of Lleweni, Sir
PHYLIP, PHYLIP JOHN (d. 1677), poet - see PHYLIP
PICTON, Sir THOMAS (1758 - 1815), soldier, colonial governor and enslaver ship to the West Indies, where he was welcomed in Martinique by fellow-Welshman Sir John Vaughan, commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands, who made him Deputy Quarter-Master General, a position confirmed by his successor Ralph Abercromby, who valued Picton's 'stern look and harsh voice' and his assistance in capturing St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada in 1796-7. On his departure, Abercromby left

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