Dictionary of Welsh Biography

TREVOR family Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, The Trevalun Trevors were founded by RICHARD, sometimes called Sir RICHARD TREVOR (fl. 1500), 4th son of John Trevor ' hên ' and sixteenth in descent 'o dad i dad' from Tudur Trevor of Brynkynallt, who acquired the estate by marriage with Mallt, heiress of David ap Gruffydd of Allington (died 1476). Richard's great-grandson JOHN TREVOR (died 1589) fought in the French wars of Henry VIII as a
TREVOR family Brynkynallt, The numerous branches of the Denbighshire Trevor s all descend from Tudur Trevor (fl. 940), son-in-law of Hywel Dda and reputed 'king' of the borderland from the Maelors down to Gloucester; his second son (died 1037) inherited lands round Chirk, now represented by the Brynkynallt estate, and the surname became fixed in the time of his descendant John Trevor ' hên ' (died 1453). The family was
TREVOR, Sir CHARLES GERALD (1882 - 1959), inspector of forests Born 28 December 1882, son of Sir Francis Wollaston Trevor (of Trawscoed, Welshpool) and Mary Helen (née Mytton). He was educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill. In 1903 he joined the Indian Forest Service as assistant conservator in Punjab. He was conservator of forests of the United Provinces in 1920 and became vice-president and Professor of
TREVOR, JOHN (d. 1357), bishop of St Asaph Very little is known about him, and the principal object of this note is to warn the reader against a tendency to mix him up with John Trevor (II). It is quite obvious that he was a 'climber.' We first hear of him in 1343 in the papal court at Avignon where he was given permission to hold a canonry at S. Asaph simultaneously with one at Bangor - in addition to which he was, in 1344, made a
TREVOR, JOHN (d. 1410), bishop of St Asaph He is known as John Trevor II in order to distinguish him from his namesake, who was bishop between 1346 and 1357 and with whom he is sometimes confused. Described in one place as Ieuan ap Llywelyn, he was probably a native of Trevor, near Llangollen, in Powys Fadog, and kinship with the well-known Denbighshire family of the Trevor s has been claimed for him, although there does not appear to be
TREW, WILLIAM JOHN (1878 - 1926), Wales and Swansea rugby centre three-quarter
TROY, BLANCHE HERBERT (LADY TROY), (d. c. 1557), Lady Mistress of Elizabeth I, Edward VI and Queen Mary helped her great-nephew, John Vaughan (son of Blanche Parry's eldest sister) in his career as he was a Page of the Chamber to Henry VIII in 1533, and a Sewer by 1538. That Lady Troy was in the household at that time is shown by a later report, author not named (on the subversive activities of the Earl of Essex and Roger Vaughan in 1601) which has the preamble 'My mother was chosen and brought to the
TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712 - 1799), cleric and economist , and in 1739 rector of All Saints in Bristol. In his earlier days at Bristol, Tucker was bitterly opposed to the Methodists; he published an attack on them in 1739, to which John Wesley replied in 1742. But during the 1756-63 war his views changed. The diary of the Bristol Moravian congregation, under the date 3 August 1759, records that Howel Harris (who, with his militia-men, was in Bristol at the
TUDOR family Penmynydd, unwittingly entangled in a slightly compromising matter of state in the time of Elizabeth (his role in the affair was a very minor and humble kind), and it was said that David's brother, JOHN, was a dissident exile serving the queen's enemies. The gulf between this remote country family and their royal kinsmen had become so wide by 1600 that an official writing to Cecil seemed to have doubts as to the
TUDOR, EDMUND (c. 1430 - 1456) , daughter of John Beaufort, duke of Somerset. But the fact that he died at Carmarthen on 3 November 1456, suggests that like his brother Jasper Tudor he was intended for an administrative career in Wales. He was buried in the house of the Grey Friars at Carmarthen, his remains being translated at the Dissolution to S. Davids cathedral. His son, Henry, 2nd earl of Richmond and later the first Tudor king
TUDOR, OWEN DAVIES (1818 - 1887), legal writer Born 19 July 1818 at Lower Garth, Guilsfield, eldest son of Robert Owen Tudor, a captain in the Royal Montgomeryshire Militia, by his wife, Emma, daughter of John Lloyd Jones, Maesmawr, Montgomeryshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, was admitted to the Middle Temple in April 1839, and was called to the Bar in June 1842. After practising in London for many years he was appointed joint
TURBERVILLE family Coity, , son of Gilbert I, succeeded. He was alive in 1202, but died c. 1207. GILBERT II, son of Payn II, was granted seisin of the lordship in 1207. He married Matilda (or Agnes), daughter of Morgan Gam of Afan, and acquired through her the manor of Landymôr, in Gower. He seems to have joined in the baronial opposition to John, as he was regranted seisin of his lands in 1217 as ' he had returned to faith

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