Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, THOMAS (fl. end of the 18th century), attorney, outstanding figure in the copper industry , squire William Hughes and his son, the first W. Bulkeley Hughes; he drafted the deeds by which the earl of Uxbridge purchased Plas Llanfair from John Lewis of Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd (1791). Some years before that, about 1785, Williams had become chief agent of the copper mines of Mynydd Parys by Amlwch, mines that were owned partly by the earl and partly by the family of Llysdulas; for a time both
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Hafrenydd; 1807 - 1894), musician Born 7 December 1807 at Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. He began to study music when he was 10, and received lessons from William Owen (1788 - 1838). His chief contribution to Welsh music was his publication (1846) called Y Salmydd Cenedlaethol, containing psalm-tunes, hymn-tunes, and sacred choral pieces selected from the works of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Kent, Farrant, etc.; this was the
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet Born at Melin Gallau in the parish of Llanddety, Brecknock, 20 November 1778, son of William Thomas. The family went to live at Melin Pontycapel, Cefncoedycymer, c. 1781. Taliesin ab Iolo says, in a letter, that when he was 7 years of age he began to work on a coal level owned by his father. Nothing much is said about his early education, but it is stated that he began to write when he was still
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Tom Nefyn; 1895 - 1958), minister (Presb.) and evangelist Dardanelles, France, Egypt and Palestine, suffering great hardship and being wounded. During his service in the Middle East he met David Williams, who was one of the army chaplains. He wrote poetry at that time and his friend, William Williams of Caernarfon, published a small collection of his poems under the title Barddoniaeth o waith Twm Nefyn (n.d.). He returned from the war an ardent pacifist. Some
WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHARLES (1868 - 1927), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 28 August 1868 at Bryntirion, Gwalchmai, Anglesey, son of the Rev. Hugh Williams, his mother being the daughter of the Rev. John Charles (1784 - 1858) and sister of the Revs. Hugh (1806 - 1839), John (1809 - 1865), William (1817 - 1849), and David (1823 - 1860) Charles - the two latter being very popular preachers. (Thomas, another brother, died young.) He was educated at Oswestry, Bala
WILLIAMS, WALDO GORONWY (1904 - 1971), poet and pacifist Morvydd's company; in doing so he was following in an uncle's footsteps. His father's brother William 'Gwilamus' Williams (1867-1920) published a volume of poetry and was a pioneer of vers libre in Welsh. Waldo went to Narberth County School and from there to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1923 to study English and History. He played an active part in student life, editing The Dragon
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1747 - 1812), Evangelical cleric Generally known as ' William Williams, Waterbeach,' Cambs. He was ordained and appointed chaplain to an English foundry in Rotterdam; afterwards he was vicar of Waterbeach, 1794-1812. William Owen Pughe, the official editor of the 1807 (Cambridge) edition of Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan, is said to have been so negligent that nearly 3,000 copies were issued in a defective form, chapter viii of the Book of
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (fl. 1648-1677), author of Poetical Piety Sir Thomas Pryse in the days of his infancy and of his majority. He emphasises that he is to be distinguished from another William Williams ('he's Cornwal born and I am Cardigan'), who also published a book in London in 1677, viz. Divine Poems and Meditations, by William Williams of the county of Cornwall… when he was a prisoner in the King's-Bench.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1748 - 1820), cleric, a pioneer of the Sunday school movement in Wales
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1817 - 1900), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author , 1863). He is probably the 'William Williams, Crughywel,' who published Gair at y Prophwydi (Holywell) in 1870. His chief work is his Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (London, 1872, 2nd imp. 1884), a book which shows considerable historical ability. He was editor of Y Cylchgrawn, 1851-5, and a large number of articles written by him appeared in Y Drysorfa, Y Traethodydd, and Y Geninen. Many of them deal
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1788 - 1865), Member of Parliament
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Ap Caledfryn; 1837 - 1915), portrait painter The son of William Williams (Caledfryn), Congregational minister and poet. He was born at Caernarvon, 24 March 1837. He received his first drawing lesson when he was 6 years old from the Welsh artist Hugh Hughes (1790 - 1863). He married Mary Daniel, daughter of Herbert Daniel, Congregational minister at Cefn-y-crib, and had two children, both of whom inherited their father's love of music. Among

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