Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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
LLWYD, ROBERT (1565 - 1655), cleric and writer . He was one of the few clergymen who aimed at raising the religious standard of the Welsh by giving them books of devotion. He published Pregeth ynghylch Edifeirwch, a translation of a sermon by Arthur Dent, an English Presbyterian, in 1629. In 1630, at the request of John Hanmer, bishop of St Asaph, he published Llwybr Hyffordd yn cyfarwyddo'r anghyfarwydd i'r nefoedd, etc., a translation of Dent's
(fl. 1268), eulogist '; he is leader of Gwynedd, Powys, and the South. The like had not been seen since the days of the ' Flamebearer' and the battle of Arfderydd; he is like Arthur, and is 'the true king of Wales.' His quarrel is with a 'foreign nation of alien speech.' The word 'Cymro' (Welshman) occurs several times, and is used with great pride. The poet ventures even to urge the new Arthur to annex Cornwall to his
MACHEN, ARTHUR (1863 - 1947), writer
MAINWARING, WILLIAM HENRY (1884 - 1971), Labour politician of the sitting Labour MP, Colonel D. Watts-Morgan. But his election to parliament was by no means a foregone conclusion. He was opposed by Arthur Horner as a Communist candidate, and a Liberal also stood. Mainwaring's majority over Horner was just 2,899 votes, while the Liberal came in third. The constituency was a stronghold of Communism, and in each subsequent parliamentary election Mainwaring
MANSEL family Oxwich, Penrice, Margam abbey, , Carmarthenshire - see catalogue of the Muddlescombe Estate Records in N.L.W., and the article on Francis Mansell), and Sir Robert Mansel, vice-admiral of England. Sir Thomas Mansel (died 1631), baronet, who held the offices of sheriff and knight of the shire for Glamorgan and one of whose sons was ARTHUR MANSEL, father of Bussy Mansel, was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir LEWIS MANSEL (died 1638), 2nd baronet
MANSEL, BUSSY (1623 - 1699) Briton Ferry, parliamentary commander and Member of Parliament Born in 1623, the younger but only surviving son of Arthur Mansel of Briton Ferry (third son of Sir Thomas Mansel, baronet, of Margam, who died 1631) and Jane, daughter and heiress of William Price of Briton Ferry. At the early age of 22 Bussy Mansel was appointed, 17 November 1645, commander-in-chief of the parliamentary forces in Glamorgan. He was added to the High Court of Justice, 25 June
MARQUAND, HILARY ADAIR (1901 - 1972), economist and Labour politician fellow MPs. When he resigned his Middlesbrough seat in 1961, the ensuing by-election was won by the Labour candidate Arthur Bottomley. After the Conservative victory in 1951, Marquand was a prominent member of the opposition front bench and he was appointed Labour chief spokesman on pensions until 1959 and then on Commonwealth affairs by Hugh Gaitskell, 1959-61. In 1952-53 he undertook lecture tours on
MATTHEWS, DANIEL HUGH (1936 - 2020), Baptist minister and college principal ordained to serve a small group of churches on the Cardiganshire-Carmarthenshire border, namely Noddfa Lampeter, Bethel Silian and Caersalem Parc-y-rhos. At Bangor he met Verina James (1941-2012), a student at the Normal College and the youngest of five children of Arthur and Katie James, a musical family who worshipped at the Salem Baptist church in Llangyfelach, not far from the Matthews' home. Hugh
MICHAELIONES, THOMAS (1880 - 1960), priest and owner of a gold mine (1917-20), Holyhead (1920-24) and Llanwnog (1924-29), before becoming rector of St. Beuno, Pistyll, Caernarfonshire, with Llithfaen and Carn-guwch churches (1929-60). In 1924 he published three booklets of English verse and the following year he composed verses to the ' Union Jack ' for a competition. They were selected for publication by Empire Music Publishers, London and set to music by Arthur
MORGAN, FRANK ARTHUR (1844 - 1907) Frank Arthur Morgan was born on 24 February 1844 at Cae Forgan, Llanrhidian, Gower, the third son of Charles Morgan (1796-1857), barrister of Lincoln's Inn, farmer and landowner, and his wife Caroline, daughter of Rev. John James (1772-1850) and his first wife, Jane Gammon, of Penmaen. The Morgan family were successful London barristers, with estates in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, as well as
MORGAN, GEORGE OSBORNE (1826 - 1897), politician of medicine (1873) at Owens College, Manchester. HENRY ARTHUR MORGAN (1830 - 1912) Education The other brother, born 1 July 1830 at Gothenburg, went from Shrewsbury school to Jesus College, Cambridge, and was a Wrangler, and a Fellow of his college, in which he held almost every office, eventually (1885) becoming master. When he died, 2 September 1912, he had been at Jesus for sixty-three

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