Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PARRY-WILLIAMS, DAVID EWART (1900 - 1996), musician Born Glynneath, Glamorgan, 25 June 1900, the son of the village schoolmaster, Tom Williams, and his wife Mary Ann who ran the local Post Office. He received instruction in music from his uncle, who was the organist at Bethania chapel in Glynneath, and played the cello in a small orchestra at Bethania. When his uncle moved to London to be organist of Charing Cross Welsh chapel, the nephew visited
PARRY-WILLIAMS, HENRY (1858 - 1925), schoolmaster and poet Born 11 June 1858, the son of Thomas and Mary Parry, Gwyndy, Carmel, Caernarfonshire. He was a half-brother of Robert Parry, father of the poet R. Williams Parry and of Richard Parry, father of Thomas Parry (1904 - 1985). As a young man he adopted the surname of his paternal grandfather, Henry Williams, in addition to his own. He received his elementary education at Bron-y-foel school, and stayed
PARRY-WILLIAMS, T. H. - see PARRY-WILLIAMS, THOMAS HERBERT
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar T. H. Parry-Williams was born on 21 September 1887 to Henry Parry-Williams (1858-1925) and Ann, née Morris (1859-1926), at Rhyd-ddu, Arfon. Christened 'Tom' (not 'Thomas'), he was the second of six children, the siblings being Blodwen, Willie, Oscar, Wynne and Eurwen. Literary tendencies can be seen on both maternal and paternal sides of the family. The brother of Ann, R. R. Morris, was a
PAULINUS (fl. late 5th century), saint , combine to suggest that this Paulinus is the Welsh saint of that name. But there is no positive evidence to make the identification certain. The 'Paulinus' mentioned on a pillar-stone found in the parish of Llantrisant, Anglesey, may also be this saint (Nash-Williams, 63). The church of Llan-gors, Brecknock, is dedicated to Paulinus. In the old parish of Llandingat, Carmarthenshire, Capel Peulin and
PENNANT family Penrhyn, Llandygâi marriage adventures of Angharad in other pedigree books. Curiously enough, Richard Pennant's wife could claim a much more dependable descent from the Cochwillan (see Williams of Cochwillan) family, from Robin, brother of Gwilym ap Gruffith ap Gwilym. RICHARD PENNANT (1737? - 1808) Whatever may be said about the contacts between old and new, Richard Pennant was undoubtedly a powerful personality with
PERROT family Haroldston, Williams, his secretary in Ireland, and Adam Loftus had taken care they should reach the right quarter, namely Perrot's successor as lord deputy Sir William Fitzwilliam. They became the subject of investigation by the Privy Council and, in March 1591, Perrot was removed to the Tower. He was tried for treason in April 1592 and was sentenced to death. He died in the Tower in November 1592, before sentence
PERROT family Haroldston, state of profound peace. In 1589 he was made a member of the Privy Council but it was not long before rumours of treasonable activity were current about him. These had been instigated in the first instance by Philip Williams, his secretary in Ireland, and Adam Loftus had taken care they should reach the right quarter. They became the subject of investigation by the Privy Council and, in March 1591
PERRYN, Sir RICHARD (1723 - 1803), judge Chancery. In 1770 he was appointed deputy-chamberlain of Chester (Williams, Welsh Judges, 77); in 1776 he was raised to the Exchequer bench, and was knighted. He retired in 1799, and died 2 January 1803.
PETERSON, JOHN CHARLES (1911 - 1990), boxer service to sport. In 1986 he was elected president of the BBBC, and the Board's new headquarters in south London was named 'Jack Petersen House'. He became vice-chairman of the Sports Council for Wales, and also served as a councillor for the Plasnewydd ward in Cardiff. He married Annie Elizabeth 'Betty' Williams, the daughter of Thomas Baker Williams, a Cardiff auctioneer, on 9 October 1935. Their son
PETTS, RONALD JOHN (1914 - 1991), artist producing a wider range of commercial material. The Press was supplemented by a variety of commissions for illustrations for books such as Alun Lewis' In the Green Tree (1949), Cledwyn Hughes' A Wanderer in North Wales (1949) and Gwyn Williams' Against Women (1953) and In Defence of Women (1960). He also experimented with book publishing, and published Susanna and the Elders, (1948), and Sauna (1949). His
PHILIPPS family Tregybi, Porth-Einion, Cardigan priory, died in London 18 January 1664 - see the D.N.B. article upon her. There were two children of the marriage: Hector (died in childhood), and KATHERINE (born 1656; alive in 1699), who married Lewis Wogan of Boulston (see the article on that family); they had fifteen children, but a daughter alone survived. James Philipps's third wife was Jane Rudd of Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire - the books call her

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