Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, HENRY (1753 - 1825), Baptist minister 1788) baptized John Richard Jones 'of Ramoth '. The French landing near Fishguard (1797) brought him trouble. Despite the fact that the invaders raided his farm and menaced his person, he was charged with 'collaboration,' and though the charge was dropped, his effigy was burnt at Fishguard fair on 2 February 1798. He died 9 May 1825, and was buried in Hermon burial ground, Fishguard. His son, HENRY
DAVIES, Sir HENRY WALFORD (1869 - 1941), musician Born Oswestry, Salop, 6 September, 1869, son of John Whitridge Davies and Susan (née Gregory) his wife. At the age of 12 he entered the choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and became pupil-assistant to Sir Walter Parratt, 1885-90. In 1890 he won a composition scholarship at the Royal College of Music, and during these student days became organist of St. Anne's church, Soho, and later, Christ
DAVIES, HOWEL (c. 1716 - 1770), Methodist cleric Woodstock chapel (near Ambleston) in 1755 and Capel Newydd (near Boncath) in 1763. He was a persuasive evangelist. Rhys Thomas of Carmarthen published one of his sermons in 1762 under the title Llais y Durtur, etc., and another in 1768 under the title Llais y Priodfab, etc. Among the Methodists he was called, not without reason, the 'Apostle of Pembrokeshire.'
DAVIES, HUGH (1739 - 1821), cleric and author of Welsh Botanology , Samuel Goodenough, and many others, including William Owen Pughe and David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), are preserved in NLW MS 6665C, whilst in NLW MS 2594E, NLW MS 13221E, NLW MS 13222C, NLW MS 13223C, NLW MS 13224B, and NLW MS 14350A, are to be found letters from Davies to Thomas Pennant, John Williams (Treffos, Anglesey), and William Owen Pughe. He sent a note ('Four British Lichens') to the second
DAVIES, HUGH THOMAS (1881 - 1969), musician, writer, and one of the pioneers of Cymdeithas Cerdd Dant Cymru
DAVIES, HUGH TUDWAL (1847 - 1915), farmer and poet Born at Mynachdy, Clynnog, Caernarfonshire - he was a nephew of Robert Hughes, Uwchlaw'r Ffynnon (1811 - 1892). At the age of 18 the family moved to Yr Orsedd Fawr, Llangybi; in 1872 he settled in Brynllaeth, Llŷn. He m, a daughter of Capt. John Hughes, Gellidara. He wrote many englynion and a few cywyddau; he won prizes at eisteddfodau held at Pwllheli, 1875, and Caernarvon, 1880 and 1894. His
DAVIES, HUMFFREY (fl. 1600?-64?), poet record from the parish register of Llanbrynmair: 'Humphredus filius D. D. Evan sepultus fuit 8vo. die Julii Anno Dom. 1687' but suggests that this may refer to the burial of some child and that the bard died before 1663; it should, however, be noted that one piece by Wmffre Dafydd may belong to the year 1664. He began to write c. 1620 (e.g. poems to Dr. John Davies, Mallwyd). The bulk of his work is of
DAVIES, HUMPHREY (d. 1635), vicar of Darowen, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts Son of David ap Griffith, a cleric hailing from the Harlech district, and Jonet, daughter of David ap Thomas of Maes-y-neuadd. He is said to have been rector of Llanfyllin for a few months in 1571 and to have left to study at Cambridge. His career at Cambridge appears to have been confused in the reference books with that of a native of Leamington Hastings who bore the same name. Judging by the
DAVIES, HYWEL (1919 - 1965), broadcaster as an interviewer in television programmes. In 1959 he and the producer, David J. Thomas, won an award for their programme ' Out of this world ' in an international competition in Monte Carlo. Again, in 1962, he was the interviewer in the programme ' It happened to me ', which was successful in the same competition. He was praised for his television broadcasts from the International Eisteddfod at
DAVIES, JAMES (Iago ap Dewi; 1800 - 1869), printer and poet Born near Pencader, Carmarthenshire, he received no educational advantages when a child, and spent his youth as a farm labourer. He joined the Pencader Congregational church. At about 20, he forsook farming, and became an apprentice with John Evans, printer, Carmarthen, of the Seren Gomer office. Here he met kindred spirits with a love for the muse, e.g. W. E. Jones (Gwilym Cawrdaf) and William
DAVIES, JAMES (Iaco ap Dewi; 1648 - 1722), translator, copyist and collector of manuscripts refers to this event in his poems - and there is evidence that he lived in Penllyn, Meironnydd, for a time before returning to Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire, where he died 24 September 1722. It is recorded that he was buried there 27 September 1722. There are indications that his later years were made wearisome by poverty and ill health. The tradition that Siôn Rhydderch (John Roderick), the almanac
DAVIES, JAMES (d. 1760), Independent minister Williams (1709 - 1784), the minister of Watford and Cardiff. SAMUEL DAVIES (died 1781) Religion He was at Carmarthen with Thomas Morgan (1720 - 1799), who speaks most highly of him and attended his ordination in 1746 to a pastorate in Wiltshire. His defection to Arminianism (or Arianism) provoked unfriendly comment in the diaries of Philip David and of Edmund Jones, but it is clear that he was held in

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