Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRAY, RHYS (fl. 1661-1672), poet
GREENLY, EDWARD (1861 - 1951), geologist geological survey of Anglesey. He married Annie Barnard in 1891 (she died 1927) and they worked together on the task until its completion in 1910. The geology of Anglesey, two vols., was published in 1919 and the 1 inch map in 1920. The work was later extended to Arfon. He published (with Howel Williams) Methods of geological surveying (1930) and his autobiography, A hand through time, appeared in 1938. He
GRESHAM, COLIN ALASTAIR (1913 - 1989), archaeologist, historian and author Hemp in 1938, he began surveying sites of early hut circles in south Caernarfonshire. Some of these sites were first discovered then. Afterwards he extended his survey to other parts of the county and to parts of Merioneth and Anglesey. This research was published jointly with Hemp later. (Hemp moved from London to Cricieth in 1939 and from then on they became close friends.) Again they published
GRIFFITH family PENRHYN, Griffith ap Tudor ap Madog ap Iarddur; her possessions are said to have formed part of the estates of Iarddur, supposed founder of one of the so-called 'fifteen tribes', who had received them as part of a grant to him of the commote of Arllechwedd Uchaf by Llywelyn the Great. No record evidence exists of such a grant. The surveys of Anglesey and Caernarvon of 1352 prove the existence of Iarddur, but
GRIFFITH family Carreg-lwyd, Llanfaethlu on 30 May 1544, only to be evicted from his living later that same year, and to be reinstated sometime during 1558-9. It was he, who, for 700 pounds, purchased the Ty'n-y-pant estate (later renamed Carreg-lwyd) in Anglesey, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Gruffydd ap Robert, Carne, Anglesey. William Griffith died at Llanfaethlu on 17 November 1587. His son JOHN GRIFFITH (alive on 10 June 1608
GRIFFITH, DAVID (1841 - 1910), schoolmaster, cleric, and diarist about the persons, places, and folk-lore of this highland region. He entered as a two-year student at Lampeter, and left in June 1877 to become curate of S. Mary's at Aberdare (1877-83). From 1883 to 1896 he was curate in various places in Anglesey, from 1896 to 1910, sometimes in North Wales, sometimes in South, and died, a curate still, at Cwmavon, 12 January 1910. In every district he worked in he
GRIFFITH, EDMUND (1570 - 1637), bishop appointment of a non-preaching and non- Welsh speaking curate. He held a synod of the clergy of his diocese in November 1636. Bishop Edmund Griffith has been confused with EDMUND GRIFFITH (1559 - 1617) of Carreglwyd, Anglesey.
GRIFFITH, GEORGE (1601 - 1666), bishop Born in 1601 at Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire (says T. F. Tout in D.N.B.). As a matter of fact, he was one of the Griffith family of Carreg Lwyd in Anglesey, member of a younger branch of the Griffiths of Penrhyn, possibly the most ecclesiastical house in the land: his grandfather was a rector, his uncle was a rector, two of his brothers were married to daughters of bishops, one of these brothers was
GRIFFITH, GRACE WYNNE (1888 - 1963), novelist Born February 1888 in Newborough, Anglesey, daughter of Captain W.G. Roberts. Elizabeth Ann Williams, author of Hanes Môn yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg (1927) was her sister. She was educated in Caernarfon county school. In the early years of the 20th century she was a nurse in Liverpool, and it was there that she met Griffith Wynne Griffith; they were married in 1914. She died 1 May 1963. She
GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH WYNNE (1883 - 1967), minister (Presb.) and author Born 4 February 1883 in Brynteci, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, son of John and Judith Griffith. He worked on his father's farm until he was 18 years old when he went to the school kept by Cynffig Davies in Menai Bridge, to prepare himself for the ministry. He was accepted as a candidate for the ministry by the Anglesey Presbytery in 1903. He was educated in the University College Bangor (where he
GRIFFITH, GWILYM WYNNE (1914 - 1989), physician and Medical Officer of Health 1948 he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Anglesey. He gained his MD (Liverpool) degree in 1952 for research into medical statistics and he was elected Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (FRSH) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM). In 1961 he was invited to join the World Health Organisation at its headquarters in Washington DC where he was responsible for a wide-ranging
GRIFFITH, HUW WYNNE (1915 - 1993), minister (Presb) and a prominent ecumenical leader Born 6 December 1915 in Liverpool, he was the second son of Reverend Griffith Wynne Griffith (1883-1967), minister of Douglas Road Welsh Chapel in Anfield and Grace Wynn Griffith (née Roberts, 1883-1963). His siblings were Dr Gwilym Wynne Griffith (1914-1989), Medical Officer of Health for Anglesey and an eminent epidemiologist, Elizabeth Grace (Beti) Hunter (1921-2007), a social worker; and

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