Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORRIS, JOHN WILLIAM (1896 - 1979), lawyer and judge lawyer. His judicial career began in 1938, when he was appointed Judge of Appeal for the Isle of Man. In 1945 he became a judge of the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, and in 1951 he was elevated to the Court of Appeal. In the 1950s, he was occasionally entrusted also with semi-judicial duties. In 1954, he chaired the Court of Inquiry into the Engineering and Shipbuilding Wages Dispute. In
MORTIMER, ROGER de (4th earl of March, 4th earl of Ulster), (1374 - 1398) to come of Roger's dreams - or of Iolo Goch's. The king's feelings towards him cooled - it is difficult to see where he stood in the confused intriguing of Richard's court. In any case, he fell in battle at Kells, 15 August 1398; his corpse was quartered, but it was reassembled for burial at Wigmore with his family. Yet, even later we find an expectation in Wales that a Mortimer would succeed
MYTTON, THOMAS (1608 - 1656) Halston,, parliamentary commander Anglesey to subjection after the recapture of Beaumaris castle (2 October 1648). On 25 June 1651 he was added to the high court of justice set up by the Rump for the trial of delinquents, and in the same year he was a member of the court martial at Chester which condemned the earl of Derby. From 1647-52 he served frequently as commissioner for taxes and militia in the North Wales counties; he represented
MYTTON, THOMAS (1608 - 1656) Halston,, un o brif swyddogion byddin plaid y Senedd ladd gwrthryfel Syr John Owen yn ei ddechreuad bron, gan ei orchfygu ef mewn ysgarmes ar lan y môr yn y Dalar Hir, Llandegai (5 Mehefin 1648), a dyfod â sir Fôn dan oruchafiaeth ar ôl ailgymryd castell Biwmares (2 Hydref 1648). Ar 25 Mehefin 1651 rhoddwyd ef ar yr uchel lys barn a drefnwyd gan Senedd y 'Rump' i brofi'r 'delinquents'; yr un flwyddyn yr oedd yn aelod o'r llys milwrol ('court martial
NEWELL, EBENEZER JOSIAH (1853 - 1916), cleric, schoolmaster, and historian library at Nottage Court (see the article Knight of Tythegston), he became interested in the history of the Welsh Church, and did good work in that field - becoming also a prominent member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. Besides a volume of verse (The Sorrow of Simona, 1882), he published A Popular History of the Ancient British Church, 1887, A History of the Welsh Church to the Dissolution
NICHOLAS, JAMES (1877 - 1963), gweinidog (B) ailgydio yn 1937. Bu farw 10 Gorffennaf 1963 yn ei gartref yn 122 Rivermead Court, Hurlingham, ac amlosgwyd ei weddillion 13 Gorffennaf yn Golders Green. Cynhaliwyd cyrddau coffa iddo ym Moreia, Tonypandy, ac yn Castle Street 18 Gorffennaf, ac yn Ramoth, Cwmfelinmynach, 21 Gorffennaf Priododd 18 Chwefror 1936 Gertrude Thomas (ganwyd Crocker), Epsom. Bu hi farw 9 Rhagfyr 1942.
NICHOLAS, JAMES (1877 - 1963), Baptist minister Society 1954-56. He was elevated to become the president of the Welsh section of the Baptist Union of Wales in 1952-53 and the subject of his address in Llandudno was ' Yr Uchel Alwedigaeth '. Ill-health caused him to retire in 1934 and again in 1938 after having returned to the pastorate in 1937. He died on 10 July 1963 at his home at 122 Rivermead Court, Hurlingham, and he was cremated on 13 July at
NICHOLL, Sir JOHN (1759 - 1838), judge career was marked by consistent Toryism, and he steadily opposed Roman Catholic emancipation and parliamentary reform. His positive contribution to legislation was the Ecclesiastical Courts Act, 1829. In January 1809 he was appointed Dean of the Arches and judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and was admitted to the Privy Council. In 1833 he was appointed judge of the High Court of Admiralty
NOWELL, THOMAS (1730? - 1801), principal of S. Mary Hall, Oxford, and Regius professor of history century Nottage Court was mortgaged by the Loughers to a William Jones, an apothecary of Cardiff, but in 1777 this William Jones's grandson, Cradock Nowell (Knight, op. cit., 256) - either the father or the brother of Thomas Nowell - sold it back to the then owners of Tythegston, the Knight family. Newton church has a memorial tablet to the widow of some Cradock Nowell. It may be remembered that R. D
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM GEORGE ARTHUR (1885 - 1964), gwleidydd a banciwr cyson o'r Nazïaid. Yn gyffredinol, yr oedd yn wleidydd didwyll a blaengar er yn fyrbwyll ar adegau. Ar ôl ymddeol o'r byd gwleidyddol trodd ei sylw at fancio ac at ei ddiddordebau yn y celfyddydau. Yr oedd eisoes wedi cyhoeddi Florentine sculptors of the fifteenth century (1930), A guide to the Mantegna cartoons at Hampton Court (1935), a Guides to the ancient monuments of England (3 cyfrol
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM GEORGE ARTHUR (1885 - 1964), politician and banker prominent politician although occasionally impulsive. After retiring from political life he turned his attention to banking and to his interests in the arts. He had already published Florentine sculptors of the fifteenth century (1930), A guide to the Mantegna cartoons at Hampton Court (1935), and Guides to the ancient monuments of England (3 volumes). He and his father deposited a valuable collection of
OWAIN ap THOMAS ap RHODRI (d. 1378), soldier of fortune and pretender to the principality of Wales conscious of his hereditary claims as lineal successor of the two Llywelyns, as Froissart makes clear, and seems to have spoken much about them in French court circles. Owain's pretensions were now exploited by French interests, and plans were laid for diverting English attention by an invasion of Wales under Owain's leadership. The expedition of 1372, preceded by a notable proclamation setting out

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