Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PHILLIPS, EDWARD (1716 - c. 1776), cleric son of Edward Phillips of Llanfaredd, Radnorshire. He became a member of Jesus College, Oxford, 8 November 1734, 'at 18 years of age'; B.A. 1738. He was rector of Maesmynys, near Builth, 1740-76. Although, in all probability, he was at first opposed to Methodism, he invited John Wesley to Brecknock in 1743 and from that time on supported Methodism - both Wesleyan and Calvinistic.
PHILLIPS, ELIZABETH (fl. 1836) Penrhyn,, hymnwriter
PHILLIPS, EVAN (1829 - 1912), Calvinistic Methodist minister
PHILLIPS, EVAN OWEN (1826 - 1897), dean of S. Davids Born 27 April 1826, son of William Phillips of Trecŵn ('Trecoon'), Pembrokeshire, and educated at Cardigan grammar school and Corpus Christi College Cambridge (Wrangler in 1849, and subsequently Fellow of Corpus). He was warden of Llandovery College (1854-61), vicar of Llanbadarn-fawr, Aberystwyth (1861-86), and rector of Letterston, Pembrokeshire, 1886-95. He became canon of S. Davids in 1874
PHILLIPS, HENRY (1719 - 1789), Baptist minister in 1777 in the Gospel Magazine, its author was revealed as ' H.P., Sarum,' Phillips was thus in one sense the first biographer of Griffith Jones, but unfortunately the pamphlet is practically undiluted praise accompanied by very few facts. Phillips also published a 'letter,' of which a Welsh version, Y Dinasoedd Noddfa wedi eu priodoli i Grist, was published with his consent in 1781. He died at
PHILLIPS, JAMES (1847 - 1907), historian of Pembrokeshire Born 26 March 1847 at Haverford-west; his father, James Phillips, ironmonger, came of Quaker stock and was mayor of the town in 1871. Educated at a private school on S. Thomas's Green, he became a Wesleyan local preacher, although he suffered from a stammer. Late in life he entered the Bristol Congregational College, and in 1889 he was ordained minister at the Tabernacle Congregational church
PHILLIPS, JAMES (1703 - 1783), cleric and antiquarian According to T. M. Rees (Not. W.), he was born at Blaenau-y-pant, in the parish of Llandygwydd, Carmarthenshire (sic for Cardiganshire). O. Jones (Cymru) and Y Brython (1861, 162) state only that he was 'of Blaen-pant,' which does not necessarily imply that he was born there. Foster (Alumni Oxonienses) mentions a James Phillips who was the son of John Phillips of Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire
PHILLIPS, JOHN (1810 - 1867), Calvinistic Methodist minister and first principal of the Normal College, Bangor Born in 1810, at Pontrhydfendigaid, Cardiganshire, eldest son of David and Mary Phillips, Ty-mawr. His parents were in humble circumstances and he spent his early years with his maternal grandmother, Jane Jones, a cousin of John Williams, Lledrod (1747 - 1831). He received his early education at home and in the Sunday School. When about 14 he was deeply moved by a religious revival in the
PHILLIPS, JOHN (Tegidon; 1810 - 1877), printer and poet
PHILLIPS, JOHN ROLAND (1844 - 1887), historian Born at Kilgerran, Pembrokeshire, in June 1844, (There is no baptismal entry in the parish register). He was the son of David Phillips. In writing of Katherine Philipps, the ' Matchless Orinda ', he said that her husband, James Phillips of the Priory, Cardigan, was ' a member of the same branch of the family of Phillips of Cilsant as the writer.' He entered a solicitor's office at Cardigan, and
PHILLIPS, MORGAN (d. 1570), Roman Catholic priest
PHILLIPS, MORGAN HECTOR (1885 - 1953), headmaster Born in the first half of 1885, youngest son of David Phillips, rector of Radyr, Glamorganshire. He was the brother of J. Leoline Phillips, Dean of Monmouth, and D. Rupert Phillips, chairman of Kibbwr magistrates. He had a brilliant career at Christ College, Brecon, where he won a scholarship in the classics to Jesus College, Oxford. He won fame for himself and his school on the rugby field. At

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