Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN, RICHARD GRIFFITH (Pencerdd Llyfnwy; 1869 - 1930), musician Born 1 April 1869 at Pen-yr-yrfa, Tal-y-sarn, Caernarfonshire, the son of Hugh Owen and Mary Owen of Bryn-y-Coed, Tal-y-sarn, his wife. He learnt to play the 'cello and the clarinet and to make orchestral arrangements. Later, he became responsible for writing the orchestral arrangements of hymn-tunes, etc., which were sung at singing festivals held by Calvinistic Methodists and Congregationalists
OWEN, ROBERT (Eryron Gwyllt Walia; 1803 - 1870), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet eminent actuary, Griffith Davies. He was ordained at the Holywell Association in 1859. He appears to have been celebrated for his addresses. He was also notable for his intimate knowledge of the Bible, for his ability to apply that knowledge, and for his interest in Puritan theology. He wrote a considerable amount of poetry, mainly of a religious nature, in both the classical and the 'free' forms. For
OWEN, ROBERT (1885 - 1962), historian, bookworm and genealogist all parts of Wales and in England. Because of his interest in people and their roots he tended to start hares and to follow their trail as he lectured. He was also accused of being an iconoclast because of his comments on well-known persons like Mary Jones of Bala and John Elias of Anglesey. For his part, he contended that he created far more idols than he destroyed. He was a colourful and
OWEN, WILLIAM RICHARD (1906 - 1982), pioneer of Welsh broadcasting 1900. He left the army to work as a guard on the Irish Mail, the train from Holyhead to Euston Station after meeting Margaret Ann Lewis. They were married at Holyhead in 1905, and had 3 children, William Richard, Ellen Mary (Elma) (1910-1999) and Mona (1923-2005). The family moved to Birkenhead about 1915 when W. R. was about 9 years old, before moving back to Bangor when he was about 18. He was
PAGET, GEORGE CHARLES HENRY VICTOR (7th Marquess of Anglesey), (1922 - 2013), soldier, historian, conservationist Henry Anglesey was born in London on 8 October 1922, the only son of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey (1885-1947), soldier and courtier, and his wife Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet (née Manners, 1883-1946). He had five sisters: Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline (1913-1973), Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary (1916-1980), Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose (1918-1996), Lady Rose
PARK, JAMES (1636 - 1696), Quaker about Wrexham … and Welsh-Pool, … whom formerly I have known and walked with in a fellowship and worship - an appeal to his Nonconformist friends to ' seek the light.' This work does not appear in the list of his (seventeen) works, and he never published it; but he left a copy of it at Cloddiau Cochion, and Richard Davies (1635 - 1708) incorporated it in his own autobiography. Park died at Southwark
PARKER, JOHN (1798 - 1860), cleric and artist to the Sweeney Hall estate in 1854 on the death of his father (who was a designer of houses and a writer of books), but as he himself died unmarried, the estate passed to his sister, Mary Parker, lady Leighton Parker will be remembered as a remarkably prolific amateur artist, chiefly in water-colour. His principal interests appear to have been scenic effects and Gothic architecture. He visited the
PARKHOUSE, WILLIAM GILBERT ANTHONY (1925 - 2000), cricketer three and scored 1,204 runs in his first season at an average of 25.07 runs per innings. He scored his maiden century, 117 against Sussex at Swansea and a week later scored 103 against Yorkshire at Hull. The following season he scored 1,491 runs at an average of 33.13, which included 126 against Hampshire and 145 against Nottinghamshire. He opened the batting with Emrys Davies in 1950 and scored 121
PARR-DAVIES, HARRY (1914 - 1955), pianist and composer Born at Briton Ferry, Neath, Glamorganshire, 24 May 1914, son of D.J. and Rosina Davies (née Parr). He was educated at Dunraven school, Treherbert and Neath intermediate school. His musical talent became evident when he was a child, and he is said to have composed 30 songs and two operettas before he was 13 years old. Seymour Perrott, the Neath borough organist, provided his musical education
PARROTT, HORACE IAN (1916 - 2012), teacher and composer honours, including the Harriet Cohen Musicology Medal in 1966. He also wrote works on music appreciation for young people: Pathways to Modern Music (1947) and A Guide to Musical Thought (1949); a volume, The Spiritual Pilgrims, on musical life at Gregynog in the days of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, and studies of the composers Edward Elgar, Peter Warlock and Cyril Scott. An autobiography
PARRY, DAVID (1794 - 1877), cleric in November 1821, was preferred to the vicarage of Llywel, Brecknock, where he remained for over forty years. In May 1862 he was collated to the living of Defynnog with Ystradfellte. He held this until his death at Defynnog on 22 October 1877. He was buried at Defynnog. He married Mary, daughter of David Herbert. Parry was a devoted parish priest and one of the most famous preachers of his day. He
PARRY, EDGAR WILLIAMS (1919 - 2011), surgeon Edgar Parry was born on 1 May 1919 in the Post Office, Salem, Betws Garmon, Caernarfonshire, the second child of Gruffydd Henry Parry, a farmer of Hafod y Rhug, Llanrug, and his wife Helena Parry (née Williams). He had an elder sister Mary (Vaughan Jones) who became a Biology teacher and headmistress. The family subsequently moved to Plas Glanrafon, Waunfawr where Edgar was brought up. Edgar

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