Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, GWYNNE HENTON (1906 - 1998), Old Testament scholar to Wales to complete his B.D. in 1935 gaining a distinction in Church History. He married Annie Bronwen Williams from Cardiff in Woodville Road chapel, Cardiff, in September 1935. Two daughters were born to them: Yona Wynfron Henton and Edith Elaine Henton. From 1935 to 1938, he was minister of West End Baptist church in Hammersmith, London, before becoming the Hebrew and Old Testament tutor in
EMERY, FRANK VIVIAN (1930 - 1987), historical geographer Frank Emery was born 15 June 1930 at his parents' home in Mount Street, Gowerton, Glamorganshire. His mother Bronwen Myfanwy (née Williams) was in Merthyr Tydfil in 1897. His father, William ('Bill') Emery (1897-1962), was born in Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. At the time of Frank's birth, he was a professional cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium paced bowler who in
JONES, ENOCH ROWLAND (1912 - 1978), euphonium player and singer Rowland Jones was born on 19 July 1912 in the village of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen in the Amman Valley, Glamorganshire,the son of Timothy Jones, a coal miner, and his wife Annie (née Lloyd). He had a younger and an older sister: Peggy and Nellie Bronwen respectively. He demonstrated some musical talent as a child, and at the age of twelve, three years before he started working in the local coal mine, he
SCOTT-ELLIS, THOMAS EVELYN (8th BARON HOWARD DE WALDEN, 4th BARON SEAFORD), (1880 - 1946), landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts operatic libretti. Among his works are: Children of Don (1912), Pont Orewyn (1914), Lanval (1915), Dylan (1919), The Cauldron of Annwn (1922), The Cauldron of Annwn, including the story of Bronwen (1929), Five Pantomimes (1930), Song of Gwyn ap Nudd [ 1913 ]. He had previously published Banners, standards, and badges: from a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms, and Some feudal lords and their seals
THOMAS, SIR JAMES WILLIAM TUDOR (1893 - 1976), ophthalmic surgeon High Sheriff of Breconshire, an appointment which gave him, greatly supported by his wife, much pleasure. During moments of relaxation from other duties he was a keen fisherman and golfer. In 1938 he married Bronwen Vaughan Pugh, a nurse, and they had two sons, one a solicitor, the other a doctor. After Sir Tudor's death, on 23 January 1976, he was buried in Cathays Cemetery, Allensbank Road, Cardiff
THOMAS, PHILIP EDWARD (1878 - 1917), poet Born 3 March 1878, at Lambeth, son of Philip Henry Thomas, Tredegar, clerk in the civil service, and Mary Elizabeth (née Townsend). He was educated at S. Paul's School and Lincoln College, Oxford, 1898-1900, and early showed his love of the countryside, unspoiled people, and literature. He married Helen Berenice Noble, 20 June 1899; there were three children: Mervyn, born 1900, Bronwen 1904, and
WATKINS, TUDOR ELWYN (Baron Watkins of Glantawe), (1903 - 1983), Labour politician Athletic Club, Cricket Club, Ystalyfera Football League and the Horticultural Society and Show. He was a lifelong diabetic, but always strove to conceal this handicap from his constituents. Watkins married on 13 April 1936 Bronwen, the third daughter of T. Strather of Talgarth. There were no children. They made their home at Bronafon, Penyfan Road, Brecon. He died at Brecon War Memorial Hospital on 2

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