Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, GWILYM ELFED (Baron Davies of Penrhys), (1913 - 1992), Labour politician
DEWI ELFED - see JONES, DAVID BEVAN
ELFED - see LEWIS, HOWELL ELVET
EVANS, DAVID (1879 - 1965), public servant and hymn-writer master at Cwmcarn, near Newport he became headmaster of the council school in Conwil Elfed, Carmarthenshire, where he remained until 1913. However, by then he had decided to change the direction of his career for in 1912 he had taken the Civil Service Examination for an appointment to the outdoor staff of the Welsh National Insurance Commission. Placed first on the list of successful candidates he took
FOULKES, ISAAC (Llyfrbryf; 1836 - 1904), newspaper proprietor and publisher Goronwy Owen. In his cheaper publications, especially the shilling series 'Cyfres y Ceinion,' were included the works of Hiraethog, Ceiriog, Elfed, and many others; the smaller threepenny series, 'Cyfres y Clasuron Cymreig,' included such well-known works as Y Bardd Cwsg, Llyfr y Tri Aderyn, and the poetry of John Blackwell (Alun), etc. He also contributed to the Transactions of the Honourable Society
GRIFFITH, HUW WYNNE (1915 - 1993), minister (Presb) and a prominent ecumenical leader suffered greatly but with courage and dignity. His funeral, conducted by his minister, Reverend Pryderi Llwyd Jones, was on 25 March 1993 in Morfa Chapel, Portland Street, Aberystwyth. Tributes were paid to him by Reverend Erastus Jones and Principal Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, two who had been involved with Huw Wynne Griffith in the ecumenical movement. He was laid to rest in Aberystwyth Plasgrug cemetery
HUGHES, ROBERT ARTHUR (1910 - 1996), medical missionary in Shillong, Meghalaya, north-east India, and an influential leader in the Presbyterian Church of Wales . Andrew Jones, Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, Aled Jones, Gwyn A. Evans and Alwyn Roberts. The first three lectures were expanded and published in a volume under the title The Call and Contribution of Dr Robert Arthur Hughes OBE, FRCS 1910-1996 and some of his predecessors in North East India (Liverpool 2004).
JAMES, DAVID (Defynnog; 1865 - 1928), schoolmaster, educationist, organiser of summer schools, and author Born 17 August 1865 in Libanus in the parish of Defynnog, Brecknockshire. He was the son of David James, Baptist minister and his wife Mary, sister of ' Myfyr Emlyn ' (Benjamin Thomas), the poet-preacher. They had four sons and four daughters. Defynnog was educated in Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire, and Dinas, Pembrokeshire, where his father was minister. He was intent on becoming a teacher, and
JONES, DAVID BEVAN (Dewi Elfed; 1807 - 1863), minister (B, and Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints - Mormons) summer session of the Glamorgan assizes a verdict was reached in favour of the Baptists. In November 1851 the Baptists organised a march of 2,000 supporters under the leadership of Price to repossess Gwawr chapel because Dewi Elfed had refused to surrender the building to them despite the court decision. Dewi Elfed was sent by the Saints as an eloquent and well-known missionary through Glamorgan and
LEWIS, DAVID (1760 - 1850), cleric instituted to the benefice of Aber-nant, Carmarthenshire, and in March 1787 to the perpetual curacy of Cynwyl Elfed. He served these parishes till his death on 28 July 1850. In addition, he was from 1794 to 1850 rector of Garthbeibio, Montgomeryshire. He was buried at Aber-nant. Lewis was a J.P. for the county of Carmarthen, and auditor of the Christian Knowledge and Church Union Society, founded by bishop
LEWIS, HOWELL ELVET (ELFED; 1860 - 1953), Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet editors of the Congregational hymnal, Y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol, which was published in 1895, the same year that the National Eisteddfod was invited to Llanelli; Caniadau Elfed was also published and three years later Plannu Coed, a popular volume of sermons appeared. That year, 1898, he accepted a call to Harecourt, a wellknown church in London with connections with Cromwell and David Livingstone
LEWIS, HYWEL DAVID (1910 - 1992), university professor and philosopher his ashes were laid in the family grave on the Great Orme in Llandudno. Two memorial services were held; one at Twrgwyn Chapel in Bangor when tributes were paid by the Rev. Principal Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, Mr. Moses J. Jones and Dr. Meredydd Evans. The second service was held at the chapel of King's College in London with Professor Stewart R. Sutherland giving the tribute. A Festschrift Religion

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