Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LUMLEY, RICHARD (1810 - 1884), Calvinistic Methodist minister
MADDOCKS, ANN (the Maid of Cefn Ydfa; 1704 - 1727) Born in 1704 (christened 8 May), daughter of William Thomas of Cefn Ydfa, Llangynwyd, Glamorganshire, and his wife Catherine Price of Tyn-ton, Llangeinor - sister of Rees Price, the father of the philosopher Richard Price; they were married 30 March 1703. William Thomas died in 1706 (buried 14 May). According to the story, he had placed his heiress, Ann, in the wardship of Anthony Maddocks, a
MANSEL family Oxwich, Penrice, Margam abbey, . Following him came RICHARD (ROBERT ?) MANSEL, RICHARD MANSEL, Sir HUGH MANSEL (who married Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir John Penrice of Penrice castle in Gower), and PHILIP MANSEL, slain in the Wars of the Roses and attainted. Philip Mansel's wife was Mary, daughter of Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Newton; their son JENKIN MANSEL of Oxwich, ' The Valiant,' had the attainder reversed in 1485. It was Sir
MARGED vch IFAN (MARGED vch IFAN (Margaret Evans; 1696 - 1801?), 'character' carpenter and built her own boats; she was a smith, and shod her own horses; and she was a shoemaker. At 70, she could throw any other wrestler. Pennant ends with: 'finally, she gave her hand to the most effeminate of her admirers.' W. J. Gruffydd (Hen Atgofion, 88), on traditional evidence in his family, states that the bridegroom was one Richard Morris, and that Margaret had given him two fearful
MARQUAND, HILARY ADAIR (1901 - 1972), economist and Labour politician , Oxford, in 1996. Their second son was Richard Marquand (1937-1987), director of 'Return of the Jedi' (1983) and other films. Hilary Marquand died in Hellingly hospital, Sussex, after two years of ill-health, on 6 November 1972.
MARSH, RICHARD (1710? - 1792), bookseller and printer Richard Marsh married, 12 February 1746-7, Mary Hurst, Wrexham; the bridegroom is described in the parish register as writing master. In 1753 he became a bookseller; in 1756-7 he was one of the churchwardens of Wrexham. When he started printing is not definitely known; Ifano Jones (Hist. of Printing and Printers in Wales) disputes the accuracy of the dates assigned to some of his publications by
MARSHAL family (earls of Pembroke), WILLIAM MARSHAL (I) (1146? - 1219), regent of England The first earl of Pembroke and Striguil of the Marshal line. He was the son of John Fitz Gilbert (John the Marshal) by his second wife, Sybil, sister of Patrick de Salisbury, 1st earl of Wiltshire. In 1189 king Richard gave him in marriage, Isabel, countess of Striguil and Pembroke, daughter of Richard de Clare (see Clare family), who brought
MARSHAL, RICHARD (d. 1234) - see MARSHAL
MARTIN, Sir RICHARD (1843 - 1922), industrialist and public man
MASON, LILIAN JANE (1874 - 1953), actress production of Yours at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. This was followed by Little Miss Llewellyn, a Belgian farce translated and relocated in Wales. Lilian played the maid Lizzie. Also in the cast were Richard 'Dick' Hopkins, one of a large family of performers from Neath, and Tom Owen, a comedian from Gorseinon. The play was extremely successful and ran for 192 performances. In 1913, Edmund Gwenn
MASON, RICHARD (1816? - 1881), printer and author
MATHIAS, RONALD CAVILL (1912 - 1968), trade union leader Born 21 September 1912 at Pontarddulais, Glamorganshire. He was educated at Gowerton Grammar School. From 1924 until 1945 he worked as a clerk for the Richard Thomas Co. (later Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd.), iron and steel manufacturers in south Wales. In 1945 Mathias was appointed Merthyr and district organiser for the Transport and General Workers' Union. He became Cardiff district

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