Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORRIS, RICHARD ROBERTS (1852 - 1935), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet son of William and Mary Morris of Rhyd-ddu, Caernarfonshire; born 20 June 1852 at Cae'r-gors, in the parish of Beddgelert, where he was brought up in his grand-father's home until he reached the age of 13. He was christened by Emrys (William Ambrose). When he was 21 years of age he was elected an elder at Rhyd-ddu, and in 1876 he was persuaded to enter the ministry. After a preliminary training
MORRIS, WILLIAM (1783 - 1861), Calvinistic Methodist minister churchyard. He travelled a great deal throughout Wales and was held in high esteem by his contemporaries who regarded him as an ardent and lucid preacher. In 1873 a stout volume of his sermons was published under the editorship of George Williams.
MORRIS-JONES, Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864 - 1929), scholar, poet, and critic , Bangor, and the post was elevated to a chair in 1895. He married, in 1897, Mary Hughes of Siglan, Llanfair-pwll, and had four daughters. He was knighted in 1918. In the following year the University of Glasgow conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. honoris causa, and he was given the degree of D.Litt. honoris causa of the National University of Ireland in 1927. He died 16 April 1929. Poetry by him
MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622 - 1709), poet to assist his father on the farm. That he was well patronised by the gentry of Llansilin and district is amply proved in his poems, for time and again he acknowledges his indebtedness to Sir William Williams (1634 - 1700), Glasgoed (Speaker of the House of Commons), the Myddelton family of Chirk castle, William Owen of Brogyntyn, and others. Huw was ever an ardent churchman, and a staunch royalist
MOSES, EVAN (1726 - 1805) Trevecka, a tailor . Society at Bala (William Williams, Methodistiaeth Dwyrain Meirionydd, 52-5). Evan Moses's dates are not known, but his brother John died in 1787. The poet Ioan Tegid (John Jones, 1792 - 1852) was John Moses's grandson.
MOSES-EVANS, DAVID LEWIS (1822 - 1893), poet and schoolmaster (Ioan Cunllo) for an ode to the memory of Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion), his work being highly praised by Eben Fardd. He was known colloquially as Dafydd Moses but about 1860 he added the surname Evans after researching his family history, and this was the surname used by the 5 or 6 youngest of his 9 children, 4 sons and 5 daughters. Moses died 1 September 1893. His daughter Mary was the step
MOSSELL, AARON ALBERT (1863 - 1951), lawyer, mining engineer and civil rights campaigner Aaron Mossell was born on 3 November 1863 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, into an African American family, the youngest of six children of Aaron Mossell, a brickmaker and grandson of enslaved people, and his wife Eliza Bowers Mossell. His siblings were: Charles W. (1849-1915), Mary E. (1853-1886), James (b. 1853), Nathan Francis (1856-1946) and Alvaretta (b. 1858). The family later moved to
MOSTYN family Mostyn Hall, ) and Lincoln's Inn (1588). He was sheriff of Anglesey, 1589-90, Flintshire, 1608-9, 1626-7, Member of Parliament for Flintshire, 1621-2, and was knighted 23 May 1606. Sir Roger married, 1596/7, Mary (1581 - 1653), eldest daughter of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir. He, therefore, figures somewhat prominently in the Calendar of Wynn Papers - see, e.g., the part which he played in the controversy between his
MOSTYN, Baron WILLIAMS of - see WILLIAMS, GARETH WYN
MUTTON, Sir PETER (1565 - 1637), judge and politician was already a man of influence in North Wales; his second marriage, to Ellen, sister of John Williams, bishop of Lincoln doubtless brought him into closer touch with national affairs. In addition to serving on the Council for Wales, Sir Peter was elected Member of Parliament for Denbighshire (1604) and Caernarvonshire (1624); no significant relic of his political career remains, except an oft
MYDDELTON family Gwaenynog, his brother Hugh (below) and in the Virginia Company, and a universal banker and moneylender, often in association with James I's Welsh goldsmith John Williams. He remained in close touch with Wales, interceding on behalf of his fellow-burgesses of Denbigh against the 'encroachments' of the Salusbury's of Lleweni in 1593, arbitrating in other local disputes in 1595, serving Merionethshire (where he
MYRDDIN-EVANS, Sir GUILDHAUME (1894 - 1964), civil servant Born 17 December 1894, the second son of Rev. Thomas Towy Evans, minister (B.) at Blaenau Gwent, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, and Mary (née James) his wife. He was educated at Cwmtillery elementary school, Abertillery county school, Llandovery College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with first class honours in mathematics. He served as a lieutenant with the South Wales Borderers in

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