Dictionary of Welsh Biography

IEUAN ap HUW CAE LLWYD (fl. 1475-1500), one of the minor poets of the 15th century son of Huw Cae Llwyd, born in all probability in Brecknock. He did not write much in the way of poetry and, as he himself avers, laid ho claim to being a great poet. In 1475 he accompanied his father to Rome. He sang the praises of Sir Thomas Vaughan, but it is obvious that his poems are, for the most part, mere exercises and that he was not as competent a poet as his father.
IEUAN ap RHYS ap LLYWELYN (fl. beginning of 16th century), poet At least two examples of his work are preserved in manuscripts, these being a poem written, apparently, on an outbreak of smallpox, and another addressed to Sir Rhys ap Thomas of Dynevor.
IEUAN FYCHAN ap IEUAN ab ADDA (d. c. 1458), poet An ancestor of the family associated with Mostyn Hall, Flintshire. Ieuan Fychan lived at Pengwern, Denbighshire, before he married Angharad, heiress of Mostyn. Lord Mostyn and T. A. Glenn, in their History of the Family of Mostyn of Mostyn (London, 1925), give some details about the career of Ieuan Fychan; e.g. he was an esquire in the retinue of Thomas Fitz Alan, earl of Arundel and lord of
IEUAN RUDD (fl. 1470), a Glamorgan bard who sang in the second half of the 15th century. Two cywyddau by him survive, the one upon the marriage-feast of Sir Rhys ap Thomas and Sioned (Janet), daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, Glamorganshire, and the other to the 'paderau main crisial' (the crystal paternosters). There is a reference to him in a cywydd which Llywelyn Goch y Dant wrote c. 1470 to invite Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys
INSOLE, GEORGE (1790 - 1851), colliery proprietor Ireland. In the same year, he pioneered the introduction of South Wales steam coal, in particular Waun Wyllt steam coal from Robert Thomas's mine at Abercanaid, Glamorganshire (see Lewis, Sir William Thomas), to the London market where Tyneside coal had held sway since Tudor times. After the partners were bankrupted in 1831, George received another family inheritance and set up at the mouth of the
IORWERTH FYNGLWYD (fl. c. 1480-1527), bard Thomas where he met Tudur Aled. His elegy was sung by Lewis Morgannwg, son of his old bardic teacher. He himself was the father of Rhisiart Iorwerth (or Rhisiart Fynglwyd), one of the most important Glamorgan bards of about the middle of the 16th century. Iorwerth Fynglwyd can be regarded as the greatest of the Glamorgan cywyddwyr. He was master of the conventional eulogy as practised by the bards
ITHEL ap RHOTPERT or ROBERT (fl. 1357-1382), archdeacon ; but nothing is known of him before 1357, when the chapter of Bangor elected him bishop in succession to his uncle - the pope, however, quashed the election, and 'provided' otherwise. Ithel was canon of Bangor and a 'portioner' of Llanynys in the vale of Clwyd. In 1375 he petitioned the pope for a canonry at S. Asaph, to be held along with his Bangor preferments, and succeeded (Thomas, A History of
JACKSON, Sir CHARLES JAMES (1849 - 1923), businessman and collector Ireland. A pocket edition was published in 1994. Charles Jackson was married twice. His first wife was Agnes Catherine Martin, described in the 1881 census returns for Cardiff as a British subject born in Boulougne. His second wife was Ada Elizabeth Williams, born at Cardiff in 1877, the daughter of Samuel Owen Williams, a railway weigher and later a hotel proprietor. When Jackson moved to London, he
JACOB, HENRY THOMAS (1864 - 1957), minister (Congl.), lecturer, writer and poet Born in Treorchy, Rhondda, Glamorganshire, 14 December 1864, second of the ten children of Thomas Jacob, blacksmith, and Ann (née Harries) his wife. He began preaching in Bethania church, and in 1885 went to Watcyn Wyn's school (W. Hezekiah Williams) in Ammanford before proceeding to Lancashire College, Manchester. He married, 20 August 1890, Margaret Ellen Evans of Llandeilo, and they had two
JACOBSEN, THOMAS CHARLES ('Tommy Twinkletoes') (1921 - 1973), musician, artist and entertainer
JAMES, ANGHARAD (fl. 1680?-1730?), poet She lived at Y Parlwr, Penanmaen, Dolwyddelan. Some particulars concerning her are given by Owen Thomas in the first chapter of Cofiant John Jones, Tal-y-Sarn; he says that she was the daughter of James Davies and Angharad Humphreys, Gelli Ffrydau, Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire, that she received a good education, in the course of which she learned Latin, was proficient as a harpist, was a poet, and
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach initially reluctant Barry John, also brought up in Cefneithin, to go on tour and this astonishing coincidence, this rapport between coach and orchestrator, was fundamental to the tour's success. A year later, on 31st October 1972, the All Blacks came to Llanelli and were beaten 9-3. This time, he left the inspirational team talk to his captain, Delme Thomas. That game is as much a part of Welsh folklore

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