Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRITCHARD, EVAN (Ieuan Lleyn; 1769 - 1832), poet His name sometimes occurs as Evan Richards, and his bardic name as Ieuan ap Rhisiart, Ifan Lleyn, and Bardd Bryncroes. He was the son of Richard Thomas, a stonemason, and Mary Charles, daughter of Siarl Marc, Tŷ-mawr, Bryncroes, one of the early Methodist preachers in Llŷn. Mary Charles was well known as a writer of verse. On his parents emigrating to America about 1795, Pritchard made his home
PROBERT, ARTHUR REGINALD (1909 - 1975), Labour politician the Labour Party. He was generally commended for his work as a good constituency MP who held regular surgeries in the division. Conscious of the area's falling population and lack of opportunities for young people, he (together with S. O. Davies, MP for Merthyr Tydfil) pressed successive governments to bring new sources of employment into the constituency. He had married in 1938 Muriel, the daughter
PROBERT, LEWIS (1837 - 1908), Independent minister and college principal Born 22 September 1837 at Lanelli, Brecknock. He was brought up in Siloam church, where he came under the influence of two celebrated ministers, John Davies of Cardiff and David Richards of Caerphilly. In 1860 there was a vigorous revival in the district, which had a considerable effect on him and after experiencing ' a spiritual conviction which was very keen and fervent ' he was admitted to
PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales Labour members of Parliament who took an active part in the campaign, namely Cledwyn Hughes, Goronwy O. Roberts, T. W. Jones, Tudor Watkins and S. O. Davies, should be reprimanded, but he was overruled by the wisdom of Huw T. Edwards and James Griffiths who cautioned toleration. After James Griffiths was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, the Labour devolutionists had the upper hand over their
PRYCE-JONES, Sir PRYCE (1834 - 1920), pioneer of mail order business Born Pryce Jones, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 16 October 1834, second son of William Jones, solicitor, and Mary Ann Goodwin, whose father was a cousin of Robert Owen, the social reformer. After being apprenticed at the age of 12 to a Newtown draper, he established his own business in 1859, in which year he married Eleanor Rowley Morris. He began his mail order business by sending patterns to the
PRYS, ELIS (Y Doctor Coch, The Red Doctor; 1512? - 1594) Plas Iolyn, 1535 Thomas Cromwell appointed him one of the visitors of monasteries in Wales, and he took a prominent part in the destruction of the monasteries. In 1538 Cromwell made him a commissary-general of the diocese of St Asaph, and gave him the sinecure rectory of Llangwm, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, and Llanuwchllyn. In the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth he devoted himself to civil administration; he was three
PRYS, JOHN PRICHARD (fl. c. 1704-1721) Eglwys-ael, Llangadwaladr, poet Some of his work remains in manuscripts, including englynion addressed to T. Jones in reply to englynion by the latter in his Almanac for 1704, and a number of free-metre poems on themes of love, religion, and morality. A collection of some of his religious poems, entitled Difyrwch Crefyddol, was published in 1721. One of his carols is the first of Dwy o Gerddi Duwiol (see J. H. Davies, Bibliog
PRYS, OWEN (1857 - 1934), Calvinistic Methodist minister and college principal his imagination and in the fervour of his spirit that truth would become a blinding flame. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Parry of Tal-y-bryn, Bwlch, Brecknock, 2 August 1893, and they had two daughters. He filled a very definite niche in his denomination. In 1904 he delivered the ' Davies Lecture ' at Cardiff, his subject being ' The Doctrine of Man.' He was elected moderator of the
PRYS, STAFFORD (1732 - 1784), bookseller and printer of books christened in 1732, the second son of Stafford Price, M.D., and Mary (Evans) - the father of the family of Pertheirin, Llanwnnog, Montgomeryshire, and the mother of the family of Stradling, S. Donats, Glamorganshire Stafford Prys was apprenticed to Thomas Durston, 21 November 1750, and became a freeman of the ' Combrethren of Saddlers … ', Shrewsbury, on 24 May 1758, the year in which he started
PRYSE family Gogerddan, Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire, 1646-8. He married (1) Hester, daughter of Sir Hugh Myddelton, bart, and (2) Mary, widow of Anthony Van Dyck, the well-known painter. He was succeeded by his son, Sir RICHARD PRYSE, 2nd baronet, who, in turn, was followed by his brother, Sir THOMAS PRYSE, 3rd baronet. The 3rd baronet was succeeded, in 1682, by his nephew, Sir CARBERY PRYSE (died 1695), 4th
PUGH, DAVID (1739 - 1816), cleric Born at Dolgelley, the son of Hugh and Jane Pugh. He went to Hertford College, Oxford, 1758, and graduated in 1762. He became rector of S. Mary, Newport, Pembrokeshire, in 1770, and held the living until his death - this living had been offered to Daniel Rowland in 1769. He visited Llwyn-gwair, the home of the Bowen family, frequently; it was there, possibly, that he first met John Wesley. He was
PUGH, EDWARD CYNOLWYN (1883 - 1962), minister (Presb.), author and musician Born 21 June 1883 at Abergynolwyn, Merionethshire, son of William and Mary Pugh. His parents moved to Trehafod, Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire, in 1888. He was brought up there and became a coal miner after leaving school. Interested in music, he became a conductor of brass bands, and became an accomplished cornet player (in his day he was cornet player for the Gorsedd of Bards). During the 1904

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