Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN, MARGARET, heiress - see WYNN
OWEN, MARGARET - see LLOYD GEORGE
OWEN, MARY (1796 - 1875), hymn-writer beginning ' Caed modd i faddau beiau ' and ' Dyma gariad, pwy a'i traetha.' She married (1) Thomas Davies, sea captain, Neath, and (2) the Rev. Robert Owen (died 1857). She received a licence to keep a school. She died 26 May 1875, and was buried at Briton Ferry.
OWEN, MARY ANNE (d. c. 1870), authoress - see OWEN, OWEN
OWEN, MATTHEW (1631 - 1679) Llangar, Edeirnion, poet Matthew Owen was christened 10 April 1631, son of the first wife of John Owen, who in his turn was son of a John Owen, traditionally stated to have been the son of Owen John, rector of Llangar from 1586 till his death in 1592. He composed a number of songs in the manner of Huw Morys - englynion, cywyddau, and at least one elegiac awdl. Several of his songs reveal that he lived for some time at
OWEN, MORFYDD LLWYN (1891 - 1918), composer, singer, and pianist Academy of Music, 1912-7 (holder of Goring Thomas scholarship for composition, 1913-7, and awarded many of the academy's principal prizes and medals). She married in February 1917 the psychiatrist Alfred Ernest Jones. Her early death on 7 September 1918, at the age of 26, was a serious loss to Welsh music. Morfydd Owen was a versatile and sensitive musician and an unusually gifted composer. Her
OWEN, MORGAN (1585? - 1645), bishop Born at Myddfai c. 1585, third son of the Rev. Owen Rees, of Y Lasallt, Myddfai, Carmarthenshire - he is described as a descendant of the ' physicians of Myddfai.' He was educated at the grammar school at Carmarthen and Jesus College, Oxford, subsequently becoming chaplain of New College and graduating B.A. in 1613. He became chaplain to bishop William Laud of S. Davids and held a number of
OWEN, MORRIS BRYNLLWYN (1875 - 1949), minister (B), college professor, church historian
OWEN, NICHOLAS (1752 - 1811), cleric and antiquary Born 2 January 1752 at Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, second son of Nicholas Owen (died 17 August 1785), a graduate (1740) of Jesus College, Oxford, rector of Llansadwrn 1747-50, and of Llandyfrydog with Llanfihangel-tre'r-beirdd 1750-85. The family was of Pencraig, Llangefni; J. E. Griffith (Pedigrees, 51) gives a table, which can be augmented from Bangor MSS. 4602-7 at U.C.N.W. According to Nicholas
OWEN, OWEN (1806 - 1874), divine and physician scientific nature: The Working Saint, 1843; The Modern Theme, 1848 and 1854; A Glass of Wholesome Water, The Shepherd's Voice, The Taper for lighting the Sabbath School Lamps, c. 1854; The Public Pearl, 1854; and The Sources of Science, 1854. He was also interested in astronomy, and lectured on that subject. His wife was Mary Anne Owen (below), authoress, most of whose fortune, as well as his own, he is
OWEN, OWEN (1850 - 1920), first chief inspector of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education in Wales Born in the parish of Llaniestyn, Llŷn, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at ysgol ramadeg Botwnnog, together with his cousin John Owen, later bishop of S. Davids. He proceeded to Jesus College, Oxford, and took honours in classics. From his youth he was interested in music. About 1878 he became headmaster of a private school in Oswestry. The school was successful and developed in 1883 into the
OWEN, OWEN GRIFFITH (Alafon; 1847 - 1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister and poet was unmarried. He died 8 February 1916, and was buried at Bryn'rodyn, near Groeslon, Caernarfonshire His brother, WILLIAM GRIFFITH OWEN ('Llifon '; 1857 - 25 September 1922) was a Baptist minister, a poet, and a notable eisteddfodic conductor (on him, see Y Geninen, 1923, 109).

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