Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORRIS, EBENEZER (1769 - 1825), Calvinistic Methodist minister Rhys. He joined the Methodist society at Trecastle and began to exhort c. 1788. He returned to his own neighbourhood and, on his father's death in 1791, undertook the work of supervising the Methodist flock of Tŵr-gwyn and the surrounding districts. He married, 1792, Mary Jones of Dinas, Betws Ifan, and with her dowry built a new house at Blaen-y-wern, where he lived from 1804 until his death 15
MORRIS, EDWARD (1607 - 1689) Perthi Llwydion, Cerrig-y-drudion, poet and drover . He refers to himself as the family bard of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaeth and on festive occasions he was certain of a welcome from the Mostyns and from the Wynn family of Bodysgallen. He was a master of cynghanedd, an able descriptive writer who was acquainted with the essentials of the old bardic fraternity, and a writer of cywyddau in the manner of the master poets. He learned the four and twenty
MORRIS, HAYDN (1891 - 1965), musician first under local teachers, and then under D. Vaughan Thomas at Swansea. After becoming A.R.C.M. in 1918 a concert was arranged to assist him to further his education. He went to the Royal Academy of Music in London later that year where he studied till 1922, gaining the Oliveria Prescott prize for composition and receiving the special commendation of Edward Elgar. He graduated Mus.Bac. in 1923, and
MORRIS, JAMES (1853 - 1914), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author interested in the history of his connexion in Carmarthenshire, and produced four books on that subject: Cofiant Dafi Dafis, Rhydcymerau (1907), Cofiant Thomas Jones, Conwyl (1899), Efengylwyr Seion (1905 -biographical sketches), and Hanes Methodistiaeth Sir Gaerfyrddin (1911). They are somewhat uncritical, but interesting and very useful.
MORRIS, LEWIS (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701 - 1765), poet and scholar Meyricks upon Thomas Corbett of the navy office, he was, from 1737, employed to make a survey of some of the Welsh ports, and though this project was temporarily suspended, it was resumed in 1741 - it was in 1748 that his Plans of Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels was published (2nd ed. by his son William in 1801). Meanwhile, Morris had visited Cardiganshire (as early as
MORRIS, PERCY (1893 - 1967), politician and trade unionist Born 6 October 1893 at Swansea, the son of Thomas and Emma Morris. He was educated at Manselton elementary school and Dynevor secondary school, Swansea. He became involved in Labour politics in his youth, and was much sought after as an eloquent public speaker even during his schooldays. In 1908 he was appointed to an administrative post on the Great Western Railway and immediately became a
MORRIS, RICHARD (1703 - 1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society 'four very hard years,' but things were beginning to improve - Meyrick of Bodorgan had made him a small loan and had promised to do something for him; indeed, he had a four months' job as parliamentary clerk; we know also (Llawysgrif Richard Morris o Gerddi, cxx) that he was a Welsh interpreter in the law-courts. In 1742, his brother William's friend Thomas Ellis (1711/12 - 1792) got the bishop of
MORRIS, RICHARD ROBERTS (1852 - 1935), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet eisteddfodau - among others, Corwen (1889), Dolgelley (1893), and the Wrexham Young Men's eisteddfod (1894). He was adjudged second best in the competition for the crown at the Llanelly national eisteddfod (1895) when the subject was ' John the Beloved Disciple '; and his pryddest was published the same year at Caernarvon. Several of his hymns are to be found in Cân a Moliant (H. Haydn Jones) and one
MORRIS, ROGER (fl. 1590) Coed-y-talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, transcriber of manuscripts the orthography of Dr. Gruffydd Robert, and under-dotted letters instead of doubling them. A number of his manuscripts had come into the possession of Thomas Evans, Hendreforfudd, by 1607.
MORRIS, THOMAS (1786 - 1846), Baptist minister written by Ll. Jenkins and T. Thomas in 1847.
MORRIS, THOMAS (1761 - 1831), bootmaker - see MORRIS, WILLIAM
MORRIS, WILLIAM (1783 - 1861), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born in Church Street, Kilgerran, Pembrokeshire, in 1783, son of Thomas and Margaret Morris. THOMAS MORRIS (1761 - 1831) was the superintendent of the C.M. society which met in his house and, when he was getting on for middle age, began to preach in west Wales, while continuing to follow his trade as a country boot-maker. He died 17 October 1831. His son was also a boot-maker; he joined the

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