Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MORRIS (1883 - 1954), quarryman, choir conductor, soloist and cerdd dant adjudicator , Neath 1934, Caernarfon 1935. At the first three the choir won, and held permanently the Iorwerth Glyndwr John Memorial Shield for their singing of arrangements of folksongs. The choir also won first prize at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru national eisteddfod at Colwyn Bay in 1934. The choir became well known throughout Wales in eisteddfodau and concerts, and was one of the first to broadcast a Welsh programme
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer Maud Jones (granddaughter of the eccentric Thomas Job, Cynwyl), and they had three sons and two daughters; she died in 1911; (2) in 1916, Annie Price (head-mistress of Mountain Ash school and daughter of T. Price, minister of Brechfa). He died 18 June 1959, and his remains were buried in front of the new chapel of Bethany. After the Revival Nantlais became associated with the leading personalities
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM RETLAW JEFFERSON (c.1863 - 1944), solicitor, genealogist, and historian He was one of the remarkable children of Aberclydach, Llanfigan, Brecknockshire (see WILLIAMS, Alice Matilda). The father, John James Williams (died 31 March 1906), was a surgeon and a captain of the First Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers, and a member of the Gorsedd of Bards as 'Brychan'. The mother's maiden name was Jane Robertson. The main feat of the eldest son, Howell Price, was to traverse
WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM RICHARD (1879 - 1961), railway traffic inspector Born 18 March 1879 son of Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Agnes his wife, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire. He married, 8 April 1902, Mabel Escott Melluish but had no children. Known in railway circles as ' the man who achieved a schoolboy's ambition to run a railway ', Sir William was educated in Cardiff and began his career with the Rhymney Railway Company in 1893 as a junior clerk. He was put in
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SIDNEY GWYNN (1896 - 1978), musician and administrator Songs (1927), Caneuon Traddodiadol y Cymry/ Traditional Songs of the Welsh (1961, 1963), Un ar ddeg o Ganeuon Gwerin Cymru/Eleven Welsh folk-songs (1958). In 1937 he founded the Gwynn Publishing Company, which published a large number of (mainly vocal) works by Welsh composers and works by European composers with Welsh words by such authors as T. Gwynn Jones and John Eilian (1904-1985). Gwynn Williams
WILLIAMS-ELLIS, JOHN CLOUGH (1833 - 1913), scholar, clergyman, poet and possibly the first Welshman to climb one of the highest mountains in the Alps Born 11 March 1833 in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, second son of John Williams-Ellis, clergyman, and his wife Harriet Ellen Clough of Denbigh. He was brought up in Brondanw, Llanfrothen, and later, when his father was inducted rector of Llanaelhaearn, in Glasfryn, Llangybi. He was educated in Rossall School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated 3rd Wrangler and was elected a fellow
WILLIS, JOHN WILLIAM - see WILLIS-BUND, JOHN WILLIAM
WILLIS-BUND, JOHN WILLIAM (1843 - 1928), writer on the history of the Welsh Church
WILSON, HERBERT REES (1929 - 2008), scientist Herbert Wilson was born on 20 March 1929 on his grandfather's farm at Nefyn in Caernarfonshire. He was the son of Thomas Wilson, a ship's captain, and his wife Jennie. Herbert was educated at Pwllheli Grammar School, and went on to study physics at Bangor University, gaining a first class honours degree in 1949. He then continued his studies to gain a doctorate in 1952, under the supervision of
WILSON, JOHN (1626 - c.1695/6), playwright . He was arrested by Plymouth corporation when the Civil War broke out and was sent prisoner to Portsmouth. He fell sick there, but died at Exeter, 4 July 1643. His son, JOHN WILSON, entered Exeter College, 5 April 1644, went to Lincoln's Inn in 1646, and was called to the Bar, 10 November 1652. He, too, was a fervent Royalist, and was appointed recorder of Londonderry on 20 December 1666; like his
WILSON, RICHARD (1713 - 1782), landscape painter , Llanbadarn-fawr, Cardiganshire. There were five children, John (1680), Maria (1681), Margaretta (1683), Elizabeth (1684), and Ursula (1687). Elizabeth became the second wife of Sir John Pratt (1657 - 1725) and mother of Charles (1714 - 1794), lord Camden (1765), later (1786) earl Camden, lord chancellor. Richard, the painter, was therefore, on the paternal side, first cousin to lord Camden. JOHN WILSON
WINTER, CHARLES (1700 - 1773), Arminian Baptist minister . Winter remained there till his death, 23 April 1773; he was buried at Bedwellty. Joshua Thomas speaks of him with great respect. He practised throughout as a surgeon-apothecary, and 'had many scientific books in his library.' After his death he was succeeded as pastor by a Carmarthenshire man, Morgan Thomas, who died 1774. The next minister at Craig-y-fargod was JACOB ISAAC Grandson of the Jacob Isaac

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