Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, GEORGE ISAAC (Arfryn; 1895 - 1941), musician and composer
THOMAS, HUGH (1673 - 1720), herald and antiquary other books are, of course, incorrect.) As he had no children, his widow Margaret, daughter of George Wood of Abergavenny, was the sole beneficiary under the will, apart from certain legacies. His collection of pedigrees and other manuscripts was left to Robert Harley, earl of Oxford, and so, ultimately, came to the British Museum. He had a brother who, according to the will, was heavily in his debt
THOMAS, HUGH HAMSHAW (1885 - 1962), palaeobotanist Born 29 May 1885, in Wrexham, Denbighshire, 2nd son and 3rd child of William Hamshaw Thomas (men's outfitter) and his wife Elizabeth Lloyd. He was educated at Grove Park grammar school, Wrexham and went to Downing College, Cambridge, in 1904. Even at school he had acquired a serious interest in botany and fossil plants and he gained 1st class in pt. 1 of the Natural History tripos in 1906. He
THOMAS, IFOR OWEN (1892 - 1956), operatic tenor, photographer and artist Born Bay View, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, April 10, 1892, third child and only son of Owen Thomas and Isabella (née Morris), a celebrated singer from Dyffryn Nantlle. The family moved to Pandy, Pentraeth, where he was educated in the village board school before being apprenticed to a carpenter. He began singing under the tuition of his mother and E.D. Lloyd of Bangor (1868 - 1922), winning a
THOMAS, JOHN (1838 - 1905), photographer (died 1895); they had four children: Jane Claudia, afterwards Mrs. Hugh Lloyd (1863 - 1934), William Thelwall, Robert Arthur (1866 - 1932), and Albert Ivor (1870 - 1911, a medical man). He died 14 October 1905, and was buried in Anfield cemetery, Liverpool.
THOMAS, JOHN (1736 - 1769), cleric and antiquary Born 22 October 1736 at Tyddyn Ysguboriau, Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, son of Thomas Rowland; Richard Thomas (1753 - 1780) was his brother, and Ellis Owen of Cefnymeusydd was his sister's son. He was schooled at Llanystumdwy, Llanegryn, Botwnnog, and Friars (Bangor). He matriculated 20 March 1755 from Jesus College, Oxford, where John Lloyd 'of Caerwys' (1733 - 1793) was a friend of his; and
THOMAS, JOHN (1646? - 1695), cleric , by bishop George Hickes; it is said that he was held in high regard by bishop Lloyd of St Asaph and bishop Humphreys of Bangor. Thomas died 4 November 1695, and was buried at Penegoes.
THOMAS, JOHN ROWLAND (1881 - 1965), religious leader and prominent merchant railway company at Llandudno Junction, and when he was 18, he became, for three years, an apprentice at the Cloth Hall shop in Bethesda. He then went to work in the silk department at the shop of Thomas Lloyd (of Llanybydder) in London. This was the start of the period that made him a world-famous specialist in silk. After Selfridges bought Lloyd's shop in 1914, he stayed with them for five years. From
THOMAS, JOSEPH MORGAN (1868 - 1955), minister (U) and Free Catholic, councillor and public figure Born 30 June 1868, one of the eight children of John and Elizabeth Thomas, Blaen-wern, Llannarth, Cardiganshire. He took the name ' Lloyd ', his mother's maiden name, when his brother of that name died. He was educated at New Quay grammar school and Christ College, Brecon and completed his articles with Messrs. Walter H. Morgan and Rhys, solicitors, Pontypridd. He began to take an interest in
THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY (Jane Ann Jones; 1908 - 1968), novelist asked to change her style. She published (under the name Jane Ann Jones) Storïau hen ferch (Gwasg Aberystwyth, 1937); Y bryniau pell (Gwasg Gee, 1949); Diwrnod yw ein bywyd (Hughes a'i Fab, 1954); Plant y Foty (George Ronald, Cardiff, 1955); Ann a Defi John (Gwasg y Brython, 1958). George Ronald, Cardiff, had intended publishing a children's series, ' Storïau Ann a Defi John ' and it is interesting
THOMAS, MANSEL TREHARNE (1909 - 1986), composer, conductor, BBC Wales Head of Music wrote little else of significance thereafter. He married Megan Lloyd, the Welsh cellist, in 1939 and they had two daughters, Grace and Siân. He died at Glaslyn Court Nursing Home, Gilwern, near Abergavenny on 8 January 1986 aged 76, and was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Magor, Monmouthshire on 11 January. Mansel Thomas left an enormous and invaluable legacy of compositions and almost all of
THOMAS, MARGARET HAIG (VISCOUNTESS RHONDDA), (1883 - 1958), author, editor and chairperson of companies Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine in 1915. After returning home she was a commissioner for the national women's service in Wales and in 1918 was made chief recruiting officer of women in Britain. When her father died she inherited the viscouncy in accordance with the arrangement made by Lloyd George when her father was elevated to the title as there was no male heir. She herself presented a

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