Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, ALICE HELENA ALEXANDRA (ALYS MEIRION; 1863 - 1957), writer, artist, and voluntary welfare worker Alice Williams was born at Castell Deudraeth, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, on 12 March 1863, the youngest of seven daughters and five sons of David Williams (1799-1869), landowner, and Annie Louisa Loveday (née Williams, died 1904), of Peniarth Ucha, Merioneth. The family was radical in politics: Alice Williams's father was the first Liberal to be elected as MP for Merioneth; her brother Sir
WILLIAMS, Y Fonesig ALICE MATILDA LANGLAND (Alys Mallt, Y Fonesig Mallt Williams; 1867 - 1950), author and celtophile , Pembrokeshire, where she spent the remainder of her life. She lived there with her younger brother FREDERICK GEORGE ROBERTSON 'Jim', WILLIAMS He had left Aberclydach when his elder brother inherited the estate. He first settled at Capel Isaf near Llandeilo, but in 1916 he purchased the Plas Pantsaeson estate and went to live there with his wife 'Daisy' or 'Modie', Hylda Marguerite, daughter of Major Penry
WILLIAMS, Sir CHARLES HANBURY (1708 - 1759), satirical writer and diplomatist diplomatic missions for which he is best known. His mind became unbalanced in 1759, and he died, possibly by his own hand, on 2 November, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. The Coldbrook estate thereupon passed to his brother, George Hanbury, who, in turn, adopted the name of Williams.
WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER DAVID (1873 - 1934), artist the Investiture of the prince of Wales at Caernarvon in 1911 and ' The Charge of the Welsh Division at Mametz Wood ' in 1916. Among his portraits are those of Sir John Williams, Sir Henry Jones, Sir John Rhys, David Lloyd George (later 1st earl Dwyfor), Sir John Morris-Jones, and Hwfa Mon. Several of his pictures were shown at the Royal Academy exhibitions and his work is represented in the
WILLIAMS, CYRIL GLYNDWR (1921 - 2004), theologian Cyril Williams was born on 1 June 1921 in Pont-iets, Carmarthenshire, the youngest in a family of nine born to David Williams, a coal miner, and his wife Hannah. After having attended for a time the local Elim Pentecostal fellowship, the family returned to Nazareth Congregational chapel where, apart from being more staid and traditionalist, the medium of worship was Welsh. Educated at the
WILLIAMS, DANIEL (1643? - 1716), Presbyterian divine, and benefactor to Nonconformity his moral character. He became the acknowledged (indeed, the official) leader of the 'Three Denominations' in their dealings with government, and led their deputations to Anne and George I respectively, on their succession to the throne. In 1709, both Edinburgh and Glasgow conferred on him the degree of D.D. He died 26 January 1715/6 'at the age of 72,' and was buried in Bunhill Fields. His two
WILLIAMS, DANIEL (1878 - 1968), minister (Meth.) and author Assembly held in Llandeilo. In 1909 he married Annie Bartley Griffith, granddaughter of the Archdruid ' Clwydfardd ' (David Griffith, 1800 - 1894), at Ebenezer chapel, Llandudno and they had three sons and a daughter. He died 17 March 1968 at his home, Bronygarth, Wynn Avenue, Old Colwyn, and following a private service at Bethesda Chapel, Old Colwyn, his remains were cremated at Colwyn Bay Crematorium.
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1793? - 1845), author
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1877 - 1927), Calvinistic Methodist minister and college tutor existence) at the old Bala C.M. College, Williams declined the offer of the reversion of the principalship of the Theological College at Aberystwyth, and chose rather to join his friend David Phillips (died 1951) in the new venture. He died, after a long and painful illness, in a London nursing home, on 12 July 1927, and was buried in Holyhead parish churchyard on the 15th. He had married, in 1905
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1717 - 1792), Methodist exhorter, afterwards Independent minister Born at Is-coed, Llandyfaelog, Carmarthenshire, son of William Dafydd. Richard William Dafydd, the exhorter, was his brother. As a young man he came to Glamorgan to work for Christopher Bassett, junior of Aberthaw, and began to exhort in the Methodist societies c. 1742. It is not certain whether he was the David Williams who was appointed a ' private exhorter ' at the Watford Association, 1743
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1709 - 1784), Independent minister Born in 1709, the second son of William and Catherine David, Pwll-y-pant (between Caerphilly and Llanbradach) - the family was well-to-do. He was educated at Carmarthen Academy under Perrott, and in 1734 was ordained minister of Trinity (English) chapel, Cardiff. The congregation of Trinity was small and moribund, but David Williams (like his predecessor) ministered to the Independents scattered
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1779 - 1874), Congregational minister

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