Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRUFFYDD, ROBERT GERAINT (1928 - 2015), Welsh scholar deep personal fund of knowledge on which to draw when he needed to. In 1955 he was appointed lecturer in Welsh at the University College of North Wales Bangor where he remained until 1970 when he was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Welsh at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth. He seized the opportunity to develop work that had been initiated by his predecessor Thomas Jones
GRUFFYDD, THOMAS (1815 - 1887), one of the best known harpists of his period Born at Llangynidr, Brecknock, grandson of the rector of that parish. The fact that he lost his sight at an early age did not hinder his progress. A pupil of John Wood Jones, family harpist at Glanbran near Llandovery, he subsequently occupied a similar position at Llanover, Monmouth. Most of his life, apparently, was spent in Llanover, where he also kept a smallholding. He won the triple harp in
GRUFFYDD, WILLIAM JOHN (1881 - 1954), scholar, poet, critic and editor in 1906 Lecturer in Celtic under Thomas Powel at University College, Cardiff. The years 1915-18 he spent as an officer in the navy, and on being demobilised he was appointed Professor to succeed Powel, who had retired in 1918. He remained in the chair until his retirement in 1946. In 1943 he successfully contested the University of Wales seat in Parliament as a Liberal, in spite of having been a
GUEST family, iron-masters, coal owners, etc. SIR JOSIAH JOHN GUEST (1785 - 1852), iron-master, colliery proprietor and M.P. Business and Industry Politics, Government and Political Movements Son of THOMAS GUEST (died 1807), iron-master, Dowlais, and grandson of JOHN GUEST (1722 - 1785), who came from Broseley, Salop, to manage the small iron-works at Dowlais in 1759, and by 1782 had obtained some shares in the Dowlais Iron Company. Thomas
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1812 - 1895), translator, businesswoman and collector by the Rector, Evan Jenkins. Working with the Welsh clerics, notably Reverends Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc') and John Jones ('Tegid') and drawing upon the research inspired by the Romantic revival and the translation work of William Owen Pughe who had recently died, Lady Charlotte began transcribing and translating into English eleven medieval Welsh tales (from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest / Red Book of
GWEN ferch ELLIS (c. 1552 - 1594), first victim of execution for witchcraft in Wales . Accusations of maleficent witchcraft were made against Gwen after a paper charm assumed to belong to her was found in the parlour of Thomas Mostyn (1535?-1618) of Gloddaeth, an influential member of the local gentry. Written backwards, the charm was believed to be intended to cause harm. Gwen was implicated by her association with Jane Conway, widow of Hugh Gwyn Holland of Conwy, who had a dispute with
GWILYM DDU GLAN HAFREN - see OWEN, WILLIAM
GWILYM DDU O ARFON (fl. c. 1280-1320), poet ). An englyn on the coronation of king Edward II in 1307 is also attributed to him (Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon). It is stated that he was poet to prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (Edward Jones, Relicks …) but no examples of his poetry to Llywelyn have yet been found.
GWILYM GLAN LLWCHWR - see OWEN, WILLIAM
GWINNETT, BUTTON (1735 - 1777), merchant, landowner and politician Gwinnett is a form of the regional name Gwynedd. Ann Emes's mother was Ann Prise of Glamorgan. The family of her wealthy cousin Barbara Button held extensive lands in Glamorgan, including the manor of Cottrell, which was inherited by Barbara. Barbara Button was Button Gwinnett's godmother. Button's siblings were Anna Marie, Samuel, Thomas, Robert, John and Emilia. The family's Glamorgan connection is
GWYN, JOHN (d. 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor law, but Griffith Wynn and his co-executor Dr. Henry Jones (see under William Awbrey) agreed to reduce the foundation to two Fellows and three scholars, the former to be chosen in the first instance by Griffith Wynn and afterwards by the college from among Gwyn scholars or from Friars or Ruthin school, the latter by Wynn and his heirs in consultation with the masters of Friars and Ruthin, failing
GWYNN, EIRWEN MEIRIONA (1916 - 2007), scientist, educator and author Bangor to do research on the behaviour of X-rays, and in 1942 she became the first woman to receive a PhD in physics at the College. The foundations of her character - a multi-talented, determined, energetic, principled woman - were in place. She also possessed considerable beauty, and in Bangor found her life partner, Harri Gwynn Jones (1913-1985). In his obituary of Eirwen, Meic Stephens describes

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