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VAUGHAN, HERBERT MILLINGCHAMP
(1870 - 1948), historian and author
Millingchamp; on Millingchamp and the MSS. see his 'Life and Letters of the Venerable Benjamin Millingchamp' (
now
NLW MSS 13915-13916B) and H. Ethé, N.L.W. Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts (1916). He was an authority on bookplates, helping to catalogue the Sir Evan Davies Jones collection and cataloguing for the National Library (1938) the Aneurin Williams collection. During his sojourn in Italy he had
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND
(c.1590 - 1667) Caer-gai,, poet, translator, and Royalist
Oxford, although there is no record that he graduated there. He married Jane, daughter of Edward Price, Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn, and according to Hugh Cadwaladr's elegy (NLW MS 9B), he was survived by three sons and three daughters: JOHN, who matriculated from Hart Hall (
now
Hertford College), Oxford, in 1635, aged 18, married Catherine, daughter of William Wynn of Glyn, Merioneth, and became sheriff
VIVIAN, HENRY HUSSEY
(first baron Swansea), (1821 - 1894), industrialist and patentee of metallurgical processes
Born 6 July 1821 at Singleton Park, Swansea (
now
the nucleus of the Swansea University College buildings), eldest son of JOHN HENRY VIVIAN, a merchant engaged in copper smelting, Member of Parliament for Swansea, 1822-55, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones, The Priory, Reigate. From Eton, H. H. Vivian went for a time (1838-40) to study metallurgy in Germany and France before entering
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL
(1823 - 1913), naturalist and social reformer
of a rare beetle in the upper reaches of the Neath valley. In 1848, accompanied by his fellow-naturalist Henry Walter Bates, Wallace set out for South America. His four years there resulted in the publication of two significant works - Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses (1853) (
now
an extremely rare book) and A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro (1853). Wallace spent the period
WARNER, MARY WYNNE
(1932 - 1998), mathematician
appointed to a diplomatic post in Burma (
now
Myanmar) and lived in its capital, Rangoon. Mary still wished to pursue her work in mathematics and applied for a post at Rangoon University. However, no wife of a British diplomat had ever been allowed to take a full-time job; women were supposed to be addenda and supports to their husbands. With Gerry's backing, Mary stood her ground and the rules were bent
WATKINS, Sir TASKER
(1918 - 2007), barrister and judge
objective he found an anti-tank gun manned by a German soldier; his Sten gun jammed, so he threw it in the German's face and shot him with his pistol before he had time to recover. Lieutenant Watkins' company
now
had only some 30 men left and was counter-attacked by 50 enemy infantry. Lieutenant Watkins directed the fire of his men and then led a bayonet charge, which resulted in the almost complete
WATKINS, WILLIAM
(fl. 1750-1762), cleric in Breconshire and author
of the first published book on trees of Wales. He is on record as a pensioner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, from June 1750 to 1754, but he regularly signed the registers of Hay as a curate assisting an absent vicar during 1750-52. He left Hay soon after his wife and daughter died there of smallpox in 1752, and published A Treatise on Forest-Trees (London, 1753), which is
now
a very rare book. In
WAYNE
family, industrialists
. From
now
on, father and sons were busily employed with the iron-works at Gadlys, with their associated coal-pits (Pwll Newydd, and the Graig Colliery), and the new colliery at Cwm-bach. For example, in 1839 they sent, by the canal, 1,081 tons of iron, and 3,373 tons of coal; in 1845, they raised 38,000 tons of coal from Cwm-bach, and in the following year, 48,000 tons. By this time they were able to
WHITE, EIRENE LLOYD
(Baroness White), (1909 - 1999), politician
to withdraw her bill. Unfortunately, the Royal Commission took a more conservative view and its report closed further discussion for thirteen years. Legislation in later years took up Eirene White's views on this difficult matter. David Astor, a family friend, approached her to take up the cause of Seretse Khama, exiled from Bechuanaland (
now
Botswana) after he married Ruth Williams, an English
WHITFORD, RICHARD
(d. 1542?), priest and author
in 1541; but in a copy of one of his books,
now
at Lambeth, under the words 'the olde wretched brother of Syon,' a contemporary hand has added 'ob. an. Dni. 1542'; so, it may be assumed that that was the year of his death, though some believe that he lingered on almost until the end of queen Mary's reign. The D.N.B. gives a list of sixteen books published by him, while archdeacon A. O. Evans has
WILKINS
family
JOHN WILKINS (1713 - 1784) Economics and MoneyLaw, Born 15 November 1713, deputy-protonotary from 1759 (at least) till 1784; he married SYBIL JEFFREYS, niece and heiress of WALTER JEFFREYS (died 1746), a banker, of a Llywel family. Here lay the origins of 'Wilkins and Co.', or the 'Brecon Old Bank' (
now
merged in Lloyds Bank), whose notes circulated throughout the region (including north Glamorgan
WILLIAM, THOMAS
(1697 - 1778) Mynydd-bach, Independent minister, and author
the latter's ministry at Mynydd-bach (1724-48), he himself was ordained minister of the church in 1757, and industriously laboured in that field until his death, 12 June 1778. He was buried at Llanfynydd. It appears that he was also the secretary of his church, for the entries in the old Mynydd-bach register (
now
kept in N.L.W.) were for many years made in his handwriting.
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