Dictionary of Welsh Biography

TREE, RONALD JAMES (1914 - 1970), priest and schoolmaster Born 30 March 1914 at Garnant, Carmarthenshire, son of Frederick George and Susan Tree. He was educated at the church school Garnant, Dyffryn Aman county school and University College, Swansea, where he held a Powis Exhibition. He gained his B.A. 1st-class hons. in Philosophy 1937, M.A. 1939 and proceeded to New College, Oxford with an open scholarship and gained his B.A. with 1st-class hons. in
TREFGARNE, GEORGE MORGAN (1st BARON TREFGARNE of Cleddau), (1894 - 1960), barrister-at-law and politician
TREHERNE, GEORGE GILBERT TREHERNE (1837 - 1923), antiquary
TURNER, EDWARD (1792 - 1826), prize-fighter '), narrowly losing, Davis and Martin ('Master of the Rolls') twice, winning the first time and losing the second, and Inglis twice, losing the first and winning the second time. His health failed and he died April 1826 at the age of 34. He was modest, unassuming, and good-natured. As regards skill, endurance, and courage in the ring, he was never excelled. George Borrow praised him in his panegyric on the
TWISLETON, GEORGE (1618 - 1667), officer in the parliamentary army ., in North Wales. He was appointed Member of Parliament for Anglesey in Cromwell ' Parliaments of 1654 and 1656 as well as in the Parliament of 1659. At the Restoration he settled at Lleuar, and it does not appear that he was disturbed for his activities during the Interregnum. He died 12 May 1667, and was buried at Clynnog, where his tomb is still preserved. His wife died in 1676. Their son, GEORGE
VAUGHAN family Courtfield, prince Charles's forces; they were outlawed in 1745 and were expressly excluded from the general pardon proclaimed by George II in 1747. William became a general in the Spanish army. Richard (died at Barcelona in 1795) had some years previously married a Spanish lady who had Irish blood in her. By her he had seven sons and three daughters; he also, like his brother, entered the service of the king of
VAUGHAN family Porthaml, , 5 June 1561. He was Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire, 1553-62, when he was succeeded by his son Rowland Vaughan, and again in 1571. In the meantime he had represented the borough of Brecon, 1562-7. He died before 31 March 1585 when administration of his estate was granted. He left several children by his wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir George Herbert of Swansea. The eldest, Watkin, died
VAUGHAN, EDWIN MONTGOMERY BRUCE (1856 - 1919), architect collaborated with academic staff from the medical school in preparing a memorandum, 'Proposed completion of the Medical School', for meetings with representatives of the University of Wales and the Treasury led by David Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, in the spring of 1914. At one of these meetings Bruce Vaughan revealed the intention of Sir William James Thomas to increase his beneficence to the
VAUGHAN, HENRY (1621 - 1695), poet and for a time acted as secretary to judge Sir Marmaduke Lloyd. There is reason to think that he then fought for the king. He is known to have returned home by 1647. About 1650 he was converted to a religious life under the influence of George Herbert. This inclination was reinforced by the death of his brother William; his own illness intensified Vaughan's gravity. As an ardent Royalist he was
VICARI, ANDREW (1932 - 2016), painter served as a place to exhibit his paintings and those of others from the locality such as Will Roberts (1907-2000). He attended Neath Grammar School and, showing an early aptitude for art, decided to study painting at Swansea School of Art. One of his student contemporaries and friends there was the artist and art lecturer George Little (1927-2017). In 1950, he contributed a painting 'in pastel colours
WADE, GEORGE WOOSUNG (1858 - 1941), cleric, professor, and author
WALTERS, EVAN JOHN (1893 - 1951), artist when it was unusual to buy original art. At the Swansea national eisteddfod of 1926 he won a prize for a painting of Pennard castle, receiving high praise from his adjudicator, Augustus John. His portraits often showed coal miners and local people, but he also had prominent figures sitting for him, such as David Lloyd George, Ramsay MacDonald, Lord Balfour, Rear Admiral Walker Heneage (later Walker

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