Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, ALBERT CLIFFORD (1905 - 1987), Labour politician government re-organisation in April 1974 which saw the abolition of the office of alderman. He was the vice-chairman of the Centre Sub-committee. He was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1957. He was elected the Labour MP for the safe Labour seat of Abertillery in a by-election in April 1965, following the death of Llywelyn Williams, the sitting Labour MP for the division, and he continued to represent
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, Sir CHARLES JAMES WATKIN (1828 - 1884), Member of Parliament, judge , and in 1851 became a student at the Middle Temple, being called to the Bar in 1854. He specialised in commercial and financial cases. He took silk in 1873. In November 1868 he became Liberal Member of Parliament for the Denbigh boroughs, a seat which he held until 1880, when he was returned for Caernarvonshire. He was regarded as an advanced Liberal and was a prominent figure in the Welsh Liberal
WILLIAMS, CYRIL GLYNDWR (1921 - 2004), theologian Testament gifts within the contemporary church. By now very much a liberal in his doctrinal views - he had come to interpret both Christ's resurrection and his Virgin Birth as symbolic rather than actual truths - he nevertheless continued to value the concept of Christian mission overseas. During his retirement years he was increasingly captivated by the life and labours of Timothy Richard, the nineteenth
WILLIAMS, DAVID JAMES (1897 - 1972), Labour politician Miners' Federation. D. J. Williams had joined the Labour Party in 1917 and the ILP in 1922, serving as propaganda secretary of the Oxford branch of the ILP. He was a Labour member of the Pontardawe RDC, 1931-45, serving as chairman in 1938-39. He was also a member of the local Board of Guardians. Williams was the Labour MP for Neath from the May 1945 by-election until he retired from parliament at the
WILLIAMS, DAVID REES (1st BARON OGMORE), (1903 - 1976), politician and lawyer believed was no longer acceptable to a majority of people. He could not support the Conservative Party because of their outdated views on world affairs, especially in Central Africa. Believing in liberty and radical democracy and also convinced that neither of the two main parties had a real answer to the problems and needs of the Welsh people, Lord Ogmore joined the Liberal Party which he had supported
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (1826 - 1886), iron-master was yielding place to steel. He died at his home, Cleveland Lodge, Middlesbrough, 9 June 1886. His second son, ANEURIN WILLIAMS (1859 - 1924), was Liberal Member of Parliament Politics, Government and Political Movements for Plymouth, N.W. Durham, and Consett. He was a well-known publicist and an authority on profit-sharing and co-partnership.
WILLIAMS, ELISEUS (Eifion Wyn; 1867 - 1926), poet , 1900?; and Telynegion Maes a Mor, 1906; Caniadau'r Allt, 1927, and O Drum i Draeth, 1929, were posthumously published under the editorship of Harry Edwards of Portmadoc. Eifion Wyn was the author of the words in a children's hymn-book, Tlws y Plant, published at Llanwrtyd, 1906? In 1919 the University of Wales gave him the degree of M.A., honoris causa. His hobbies were fishing, politics (Liberal
WILLIAMS, GEORGE (1879 - 1951), company director and Lord Mayor of Cardiff the building of advance factories. The Treforest Trading Estate was largely his idea and he also wrote numerous press articles on contemporary industrial and economic affairs. The other major concern to which he devoted his public career was the city of Cardiff. First returned as a Liberal Councillor for the Penylan Ward in 1928, he became an Alderman in 1948 and served as Lord Mayor 1950-51. He
WILLIAMS, IOLO ANEURIN (1890 - 1962), journalist, author and art historian was a man of wide interests, covering literature, bibliography, art, folk songs and natural history. Like his father, he was a keen Liberal, and was twice unsuccessful Parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Chelsea. At first he worked as bibliographical correspondent for the London Mercury (1920-39), and then as art and museums correspondent for the Times (1936 onwards). He became an
WILLIAMS, MARY (1883 - 1977), French scholar in the public and political life of Swansea. Williams was President and founder of the South Wales branch of the Modern Language Association and Vice-President of the Swansea Liberal Association. In 1948, three years after the death of her husband, Mary Williams moved to the University of Durham where she was appointed Professor of French and Acting Head of Department. She held this post until her
WILLIAMS, RICHARD (1835 - 1906), antiquary and lawyer the rest of his life. He was twice married (1) to Frances Brown, and (2) to Elizabeth Lewis of Rhyl. He was a faithful elder at 'Crescent' chapel. He held a number of public appointments and was the agent for the Liberal candidate, Stuart Rendel, when the latter was elected Member of Parliament in 1880 - the first Liberal member for the county of Montgomery. He published Montgomeryshire Worthies

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