Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JOHN (Taliesin Hiraethog; 1841 - 1894), farmer and poet to C. S. Mainwaring of Llaethwryd, Cerrig-y-drudion. He then married and went to farm Shotton farm, Flintshire, but his wife and only son died there. He married again and moved to a small farm, Pen-y-palmant, the Green, near Denbigh. A daughter, Alwen, was born of this marriage. John Davies had never been strong, and when Alwen, then 17 years of age, was buried, 27 November 1891, his health broke
LLOYD, JOHN MORGAN (1880 - 1960), musician 'Dilys' and 'Alwen hoff', the madrigal 'Wele gawell baban glân', and part-song (SSA) 'Llyn y Fan', which are excellent examples of his style. His 'Arthur yn cyfodi' was performed during the Three Valleys Festival, 1936 and his 'Te Deum' for choir and orchestra was performed under his baton at Cardiff national eisteddfod, 1938. He excelled as a teacher, and several leading composers, Grace Williams and
ROBERTS, JOHN IORWERTH (1902 - 1970), schoolmaster and secretary of Llangollen International Eisteddfod history. He held classes on the topic for the Workers' Educational Association, and his lecture on the 1858 Llangollen eisteddfod to the Denbighshire History Society was published in the Society's journal in 1959. He married (1) Dilys Alwen Jones (died 11 July 1965) in Rehoboth chapel, Llangollen, in August 1934 and they had one daughter; and married (2) Dilys Jones of Llangollen in King Street

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