Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SUTTON, Sir OLIVER GRAHAM (1903 - 1977), meteorologist (1950), Micrometeorology (1953), Mathematics in Action (1953), (with D. S. Meyler) Compendium of Mathematics and Physics (1957), Understanding Weather (1978); and also papers in scientific journals. Graham Sutton married, 2 April 1931, Doris, eldest daughter of T. O. Morgan, Porthcawl, at Hermon (Welsh CM), Bridgend, Glamorganshire; they had two sons. From 1968 they lived at Sketty, and he died 26 May
SYMONDS, RICHARD (1609 - ?), Puritan preacher - Henry Walter, Walter Cradock, and Richard Symonds - all three to preach in Welsh, all three to have £100 per annum out of the lands of the disendowed dean and chapter. On 30 September 1646 and 26 April 1648 Symonds was asked to preach before the House of Commons; in 1650 he was named as one of the twenty-five approvers under the Propagation Act. His sphere of activity, both as preacher and approver
SYPYN CYFEILIOG (fl. 1340-1390), poet borne the name of Cneppyn Gwerthrynion, for he is mentioned by Gwilym Ddu o Arfon. Sir Ifor Williams suggests that three poets of short physical stature have been confused, namely Cneppyn Gwerthrynion, Bach Buddugre, and Sypyn Cyfeiliog. Sypyn sang a panegyric cywydd to Henry Salusbury of Lleweni (died 1400) and his wife Agnes Courtois, and also the two cywyddau included in Iolo Goch ac Eraill. This
TALBOT family Margam Abbey, Penrice Castle, mother's brother, Bussy, 4th baron Mansel, heir to the Margam and Penrice estates. Thomas Talbot's son, by his wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Beach, was THOMAS MANSEL TALBOT (1747 - 1813) who married lady Lucy Fox Strangways, daughter of Henry, 2nd earl of Ilchester, and by her was the father of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. There are numerous references to John Ivory Talbot, Thomas Talbot, Thomas
TAYLOR, HENRY (1845 - 1927), historian and antiquary Born at Wigan, son of Henry Taylor, colliery owner. Qualifying as a solicitor in 1864, he became senior partner in the firm of Boydell and Taylor, solicitors, Chester, in 1873; from 1874 to 1906 he was town clerk of Flint. He married a Miss Venables, of Whitchurch, Salop; there were four daughters of the marriage. Taylor is best-known, as far as Wales is concerned, as the author of Historic
THOMAS, CLARA (1841 - 1914), landowner and philanthropist Clara Thomas was born on 22 August 1841 at Pencerrig Hall, Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, the last of four children of Henry Thomas (1808-1863) of Llwyn Madoc, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn, landowner, solicitor and chairman of the Quarter Sessions, and his wife Clara (née Thomas, 1814-1877) of Pencerrig. The family owned extensive lands in the counties of Brecon, Radnor, Cardigan and Glamorgan, and could
THOMAS, DAVID (Dafydd Ddu Eryri; 1759 - 1822), man of letters and poet after going to live at Merddyn Coch on the Llwyncelyn property took charge of the cause there. He was an acceptable preacher and we hear of him preaching with Siarl Marc and Thomas Evans of Waun-fawr in the first monthly meeting held at Llanberis in 1777. He died in 1831 at the age of 82 and was buried at Llanberis.) Dafydd Ddu was given eight months' schooling by John Morgan (1743 - 1801), curate of
THOMAS, DAVID (d. 1780?), minister (Congl.) this is a list of patrons of the church with £100 given by the Rev. Mr. David Thomas, Pastor of this Congregation' - would this be a loan, at an annual interest to be remitted on Thomas's death? Among the papers of Thomas Morgan 'Henllan' is a list (NLW MS 5453C) of ministers in Wales who died after 1760. The last but one is 'Mr. David Thomas of Llanedy'; no date is given, as it happens, but the list
THOMAS, DAVID ALFRED (first viscount RHONDDA), (1856 - 1918), businessman and politician, Liberal Member of Parliament (1800 - 1879), was educated at Cowbridge, became a shopkeeper at Merthyr Tydfil, but afterwards (c. 1842) turned to prospecting for coal. He married, as his second wife, Rachel, daughter of Morgan Joseph, a mining engineer of Merthyr Tydfil, and by her had seventeen children, of whom D. A. Thomas was the fifteenth, born 26 March 1856 at Ysgubor-wen Aberdare, where Samuel Thomas and his brother-in-law
THOMAS, DAVID JOHN (Afan; 1881 - 1928), musician Swansea, 1926, and Aberafan, 1932. His most ambitious work was his composition for choir and orchestra to words by Sir Henry Newbolt, ' He fell among thieves '; this was performed at Aberafan. He also wrote a cantata, ' Merch y Llyn,' words by Watcyn Wyn. Although he wrote a large number of excellent part-songs and instrumental pieces, his most popular works are his solos and hymn-tunes. He published
THOMAS, EDWARD (1925 - 1997), champion boxer and an outstanding boxing trainer and a public figure in the life of Merthyr Tydfil Harringey arena, London. The left hand of Thomas gained him points throughout the contest, and at the end of the tenth round his supporters from his hometown and the valleys were jubilant at his victory. Then on 6 September 1949, he had another victory over Ernie Roderick of Liverpool in a 12-round contest and on 15 November 1949 he outpointed Henry Hall in Harringey arena to become Wales's first British
THOMAS, EZEKIEL (1818 - 1893), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born 1818, son of Morgan and Catherine Thomas of Pwll-mawr, Llansamlet, Glamorganshire. He was apprenticed to a stone-mason but, at an early age, began to preach at Cwm chapel, Llansamlet. Although he was ordained at Cowbridge Association, 1857, he never took charge of a church. He was regarded as a profound thinker and his intellectual interests were unusual. His first book was on geology

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