Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROWLAND, HENRY (1551 - 1616), bishop of Bangor
ROWLAND(S), WILLIAM (1887 - 1979), schoolmaster and author district. He lost his mother in May 1889 before attaining his second birthday. He was educated initially at Rhiw board school (1891-1901) and at the old school Botwnnog (1901-05) founded according to the will of Bishop Henry Rowland in 1616. He spent the two years (1905-07) as an uncertificated teacher at nearby Llaniestyn before entering the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in October 1907. He
ROWLANDS, HENRY (1655 - 1723), antiquary important work was Mona Antiqua Restaurata, which was published in Dublin in 1723, a second impression being issued in 1766 under the editorship of Dr. Henry Owen (1716 - 1795). In this work the principal relics of the past are listed and an effort is made to prove that Anglesey was the chief seat of the druids. He was not successful in his attempt to trace the derivation of Welsh words. He corresponded
ROWLANDS, HENRY (Harri Myllin; 1832 - 1903), writer and antiquary Born in the Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, district in 1832. The Rev. Richard Richards had intended making a clergyman of him but died before taking any action. In 1859 Henry Rowlands joined the Denbighshire constabulary. He was a policeman at Cefnmawr, Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant, Llansilin, and Llandegla. He retired in 1891 and went to live at Llangollen. In 1893 he was appointed official interpreter
ROWLEY, HAROLD HENRY (1890 - 1969), professor, scholar and author
RUSSON, Sir WILLIAM CLAYTON (1895 - 1968), industrialist Phostrogen company in Corwen. From 1960 onwards he served as an officer of the Order of St. John, becoming Commander in 1962 and Knight in 1968. He was also a Freeman of the City of London. In 1931 he married Gwladys Nellie, the daughter of Henry Markham of Dulwich and they made their home at Glanymawddach near Barmouth. He died on 16 April 1968 and was buried at Caerdeon church cemetery.
SALESBURY, HENRY (1561 - 1637?), grammarian work, a Welsh-Latin dictionary called ' Geirva Tavod Cymraec.' There are Welsh and Latin lines written by him in the form of a cywydd at the beginning of Egluryn Phraethineb, 1595, by Henry Perri - see the edition of that book published by the University of Wales Press, 1930. He is believed to have been the Henry Salesbury who died at Chester, 6 October 1637.
SALISBURY, HENRY - see SALESBURY, HENRY
SALISBURY, THOMAS (1567? - 1620), publisher . Salisbury published at least four Welsh books in London between 1593 and 1604, viz.: (a) Henry Salesbury, Grammatica Britannica, 1593; (b) William Middleton, Psalmae y Brenhinol Brophvvyd Dafydh gwedi i cynghanedhu mewn mesurau cymreig, 1603; (c) Edward Kyffin, Rhann o Psalmae Dafydd Brophwyd, 1603; and (d) a Welsh translation, 1604, of king James I, Basilikon Doron. Entered by him in the Stationers
SALUSBURY family Rug, Bachymbyd, Salusbury of Lleweni (the chamberlain of North Wales), and died in 1580, leaving his lands to his eldest son Sir ROBERT SALUSBURY (died 1599), who married Elinor, daughter of Sir Henry Bagnall of Plas Newydd, Anglesey. He served as Member of Parliament for the county of Denbigh 1586-7, and of Merioneth 1588-89. He went to Ireland as a captain in the English army, and was knighted there in 1593 by the Lord
SALUSBURY family Lleweni, Bachygraig, Salusburies became entirely Welsh, and had meanwhile built up a considerable estate centred upon Lleweni. The five sons of Thomas Salusbury, killed at the battle of Barnet (1471) were all men of substance. FFOWC SALUSBURY, his second son, had become dean of S. Asaph before 1505 and held the appointment until his death in 1543. Three others had acquired estates of their own: Henry Salusbury at Llanrhaeadr
SALUSBURY, Sir THOMAS (1612 - 1643), poet and country gentleman Born 6 March 1612, eldest son of Sir Henry Salusbury of Lleweni, the 1st baronet, and Hester, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddelton. He went to Jesus College, Oxford, but did not graduate. He joined the Inner Temple, November 1631, with the intention of studying law but, when his father died at the end of July 1632, he returned to Lleweni to look after the estate. He was elected a burgess of Denbigh

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