Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VAUGHAN, ROBERT (1592? - 1667), antiquary, collector of the famous Hengwrt library Siôn Cain, Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd, Evan Lloyd Jeffrey of Palé, John Jones of Gellilyfdy (whose manuscripts became his property in 1658), Meredith Lloyd of Welshpool, William Maurice of Cefn-y-braich, the Wynne family of Gwydir, Sir Simonds d'Ewes, John Selden, James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, and others. The library of manuscripts which he collected at Hengwrt is the finest collection of Welsh
WADE, GEORGE WOOSUNG (1858 - 1941), cleric, professor, and author
WALTERS, EVAN JOHN (1893 - 1951), artist when it was unusual to buy original art. At the Swansea national eisteddfod of 1926 he won a prize for a painting of Pennard castle, receiving high praise from his adjudicator, Augustus John. His portraits often showed coal miners and local people, but he also had prominent figures sitting for him, such as David Lloyd George, Ramsay MacDonald, Lord Balfour, Rear Admiral Walker Heneage (later Walker
WARDLE, GWYLLYM LLOYD (1762? - 1833), Quaker and Wesleyan preacher and poet . Francis bought the Hartsheath estate near Mold - the Lloyds were its former owners (Archæologia Cambrensis, 1875, 227-30; 1890, 311) - but his son was born at Chester. Francis Wardle, married Catherine Lloyd Gwyllym, daughter and heiress of Richard Lloyd Gwyllym of Hersedd (Hartsheath); she died at the Tower near Mold, 11 August 1811, at the age of 77 (Cheshire Sheaf, December 1929, 87). In 1794 the son
WARRINGTON, WILLIAM (1735 - 1824), historian and dramatist William Warrington was born at Brynyffynnon, Wrexham in 1735, the fifth of eight children of George Warrington (1695-1770) and his wife Elizabeth (née Thornhill, 1706-1788). Both his parents were from Lancashire and of minor gentry status. The place of his education is unknown. He married Dorothy Lever, and they had one daughter, Dorothy, who married James Brasier La Grange of Westminster and
WATERHOUSE, THOMAS (1878 - 1961), industrialist and public figure , he objected to those Liberals who joined the coalition under David Lloyd George in 1918 though by 1933 he won the warm commendation of Lloyd George for unequivocally affirming that it was the duty of a Liberal to leave the Coalition Government. During World War II he actively supported the campaign for a Secretary of State for Wales and his proposal to that effect was unanimously passed at a
WATKINS, Sir TASKER (1918 - 2007), barrister and judge lives of his men, and had a decisive influence on the course of the battle. Watkins was decorated with the Victoria Cross by King George VI on 8 March 1945 at Buckingham Palace. He was famously reticent both in public and in private about his gallantry, choosing not to talk about it, but he was reported as saying "The boys were wonderful. They were Welsh" (Western Mail 9 May 1945) and when he was
WAYNE family, industrialists , in conjunction with George Rowland Morgan and Edward Morgan Williams, the latter of whom retired in 1829. For a time Wayne retained the management of the company in his own hands, while his sons were engaged elsewhere. The works were quite small compared with those at Aber-nant, Llwydcoed, etc., but they were compact, consisting of only one blast furnace for a considerable time, with the necessary
WEBBER, Sir ROBERT JOHN (1884 - 1962), managing director of Western Mail and Echo Limited Born 14 November 1884, the eldest son of Charles and Hannah Webber of Barry, Glamorganshire. He was educated at Barry County School and Cardiff Science and Art School. His first job was as a clerk in the general manager's office of the Barry Railway from where, in 1908 at the age of 24, he was one of 300 applicants for the post of private secretary in Fleet Street to George Riddell (later Baron
WHITE, EIRENE LLOYD (Baroness White), (1909 - 1999), politician closely with David Lloyd George, the family moved between Barry and London where Eirene Jones attended a primary school in Upper Norwood. Thomas Jones decided in 1919 to move his family permanently to London and Eirene Jones entered St. Paul's Girls' School in 1920. She won a scholarship in 1929 to Somerville College, where she read philosophy, politics and economics. While she was a student at Oxford
WHITEHEAD, LEWIS STANLEY (1889 - 1956), secretary of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales Born 12 January 1889 in Stoke-on-Trent, son of George Whitehead. Four years later the family moved to Cardiff where he was educated at the High School. From 1910-16 he was manager of Rank Mills, Truro, and, indicative of his love of music, he became lay vicar choral of Truro and (later) Llandaff cathedral s. After serving with the Royal Flying Corps, 1916-19, he became assistant to Frank Morgan
WILIAM EGWAD (fl. c. 1450), poet Nothing is known of his life, but he may have been connected with the parish of Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire (Lloyd, A History of Carmarthenshire, ii, 413). Peniarth MS 122 (119) also states that he was buried at Llanegwad-fawr. For his works in manuscript see Lewis and Jones, Mynegai, and Cat. of Additions to B.M. MSS., 1841-45; see also works in NLW MS 4710B, NLW MS 5273D, NLW MS 6511B, NLW MS

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