Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PERROTT, THOMAS (d. 1733), Presbyterian minister, and academy tutor Hanes y Bed., 185) asserts that Perrot's ' Arminianism ' led many of his students to forsake Calvinism. In fact, however, there is no real evidence that he went beyond Baxterianism; and it is no more logical to ascribe the Arminianism of Jenkin Jones or Samuel Thomas to Perrot's direct teaching than it would be to blame that uncompromising Calvinist Vavasor Griffiths for the Arianism of his pupils
PERRY, STANLEY HOWARD HEDLEY (1911 - 1995), professor of theology Elizabeth Jones, Blaenplwyf, near Aberystwyth, but her death on 22 March 1953 at a young age weighed heavily upon him the rest of his days. He himself died 30 November 1995, in Newport and his ashes were interred in his wife's grave in Aberystwyth town cemetery.
PETER, JOHN (Ioan Pedr; 1833 - 1877), Independent minister and college tutor, and Welsh scholar Born at Bala 10 April 1833, son of Peter Jones, millwright, and his wife Ellen. He was a pupil at the Bala free school (today the grammar school), then in 1847 began working as a millwright. His tramps across country stimulated his interest in geology and antiquities; he was also interested in poetry, and in 1849 he and his friends, among whom was Thomas Charles Edwards, founded 'Cymdeithas
PETTS, RONALD JOHN (1914 - 1991), artist Golden Cockerel Press and he was commissioned to illustrate Gwyn Jones' novel The Green Island in 1945, and he returned to Wales at the end of 1946 to re-establish the Caseg Press. He had met Marjory (Kusha) Miller (1921-2003), an artist and writer, in 1944, and they married in March 1947. They had 2 sons and a daughter, David (born c. 1947), Catrin (born 1950) and Michael (born 1957). They divorced in
PHILIP ap RHYS (fl. 1530), Tudor organist and composer composers mentioned by Thomas Morley (A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music, ed. Harman [ 1952 ] p. 321); Robert Jones, John Guinneth, Robert Davies, and Morgan Grig. On f. 28 of the above-mentioned manuscript Rhys is described as being ' off Saint Poulles, in London.' His name is variously spelt, as ' Phelyppe Apprys ' (f. 28v), ' Phelype Aprys ' (f. 34), Phyllype Apryce (f. 41v), while on f
PHILIPPS family Picton, PHILIPPS, who married (1) lady Cicely Finch, daughter of Thomas, earl of Winchilsea, (2) Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Edward d'Arcy of Newhall, Derbyshire; their daughter Margaret married Griffith Jones of Llanddowror and another daughter, Elizabeth, married John Shorter, a London merchant, whose daughter Katherine married Sir Robert Walpole. His son, EDWARD (died 1694), was sheriff of
PHILIPPS, Sir JOHN (1666? - 1737) Picton Castle,, religious, educational, and social reformer responsible for the success of the early undertakings of his brother-in-law, Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, husband of his sister Margaret.
PHILIPPS, OWEN COSBY (Baron Kylsant), (1863 - 1937), ship-owner business and on a personal level, between Philipps and Pirrie, which lasted until the latter's death. Pirrie also owned ships and he joined with Philipps in purchasing the Elder Dempster Group, a firm that traded mainly in Africa, which was sold, at a reasonable price, by the executor of its founder, Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, the Carmarthen boy who became a major shipping magnate. By 1908, Philipps was an
PHILLIPPS, Sir THOMAS (1792 - 1872), antiquary, bibliophile, and collector of manuscripts, records, books, etc. ), this manuscript having 'strayed' from the Hengwrt collection (see Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt). The Sir John Williams collection of manuscripts in the National Library contains 108 Phillipps manuscripts, this group including the Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) manuscripts (details in J. H. Davies, Catalogue of Additional MSS. in the Sir John Williams Collection); at least thirty other Phillipps manuscripts
PHILLIPS, DANIEL (fl. 1680-1722), Independent minister , Denbighshire (see the article Kenrick), and was the mother of Timothy Kenrick of Exeter. According to Thomas Rees, Phillips was taught by Samuel Jones of Brynllywarch, but his name does not appear in Walter Wilson's list (copy in N.L.W. Add. MS. 373) of Jones's pupils; it is however certain that he was taught by Stephen Hughes. He kept school for a while at Ynysdderw, Llangyfelach. In 1684 he went up to
PHILLIPS, DANIEL MYDRIM (1863 - 1944), minister (CM), teacher and author D. M. Phillips was born in 1863 at Pant-y-gwin, Llan-y-crwys, between Mynydd Cellan and Afon Twrch, Carmarthenshire, the son of Rees and Elizabeth Phillips. The family moved to Ystradfellte where he worked as a smith in Pontsyll smithy, near Brecon. He began to preach and was educated in Trecynon, Aberdare, by the Unitarian Rhys Jenkin Jones and at the University College of South Wales and
PHILLIPS, DAVID (1874 - 1951), minister (Presb.), philosopher and college principal Ethics, and during the same period he contributed an excellent article on the ' Ego ' to the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. He published short monographs on the philosophy of Sir Henry Jones (1922), Y Syniad o Dduw fel person (1932) and Christianity and the state (1938). He was one of the editors of Y Drysorfa from 1932 until his death. The cream of his thoughts appeared in a collection of his

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