Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, DANIEL (1756 - 1837), Baptist minister settled at Dolwen, Conwil. In June 1785 he and Nathaniel Williams were ordained ministers of Ffynnonhenry. For the next four years he took an energetic part in the Baptist mission in North Wales. In 1791 he was appointed minister of Felin-foel, Llanelly, where he died 16 April 1837.
DAVIES, DANIEL JOHN (1885 - 1970), Independent minister and poet competition four times at the national eisteddfod. R. Williams Parry said of his poem Ffynnon Fair that he knew of no one who could write so easily and so effortlessly within the restrictions of cynghanedd. He was second to Gwenallt in the chair competition the year before winning in 1932 for his ode ' Mam ' at the Aberavon National Eisteddfod in a competition of high quality. He adjudicated frequently at
DAVIES, DAVID (Dai'r Cantwr; 1812? - 1874), Rebecca rioter Born in the hamlet of Treguff (Tregof) in the parish of Llancarfan, Glamorganshire, in 1812 or 1813 (his age was given as 31 when he reached Tasmania in July 1844). His father is said to have been John Davies, a tenant of the duke of Beaufort. It would seem that he was dead at the time of Dai's transportation, but Dai's mother, Mary, his brothers, William and Morgan, and his sisters Ellen Jane
DAVIES, Sir DAVID (1792 - 1865), physician king William IV and Adelaide. He was knighted by Victoria soon after she ascended the throne. Davies married, on 8th February 1819, Letitia Maria, daughter of John Williams ('yr hen Syr,' 1745/6 - 1818); they had four children - (a) Samuel Price; (b) (Sir) Robert Henry (1824 - 1902), officer in the Indian Civil Service, mainly in the Punjab - from 1871 to 1877 he was governor of that province - he
DAVIES, DAVID (Dafi Dafis, Rhydcymerau; 1814 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist preacher Born 24 August 1814 at Llwydcoed, near Llanybyther, Carmarthenshire, son of David and Eleanor Davies. He received some education, and followed his father's trade as a wood-turner. At an early age he moved with his parents to Rhydcymerau. He began to preach in 1834, and was ordained in 1880. He was twice married, (a) to Margaret of Coed Iarll, Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, and (b) to Mary Evans
DAVIES, DAVID (1791 - 1864), Independent minister and Academy tutor one of the chief propagators in South Wales of the views of Edward Williams of Rotherham (1750 - 1813). There is a biography of David Davies, by William Jones of Swansea, 1867.
DAVIES, DAVID (1794 - 1856), Baptist minister and college tutor son of Benjamin Davies (died 1816), first minister of the Baptist church at Haverfordwest. He went to Abergavenny Baptist College in 1818, at the age of 18 (J. Rufus Williams, Hanes Athrofeydd y Bedyddwyr - but Ceitho gives 1794 as the year of his birth). After two years at Abergavenny, he went to Stepney Academy. In 1822 he was ordained assistant pastor at Evesham, later becoming pastor and
DAVIES, DAVID (1880 - 1944) Llandinam, first BARON DAVIES (created 1932) Born 11 May 1880, only son of Edward Davies and Mary, daughter of Evan Jones, a Calvinistic Methodist minister who was closely related to John Jones of Talysarn (1796 - 1857. He was the grandson of David Davies (1818 - 1890, the Welsh industrialist of the Victorian period, whose energy and enterprise he inherited. Educated at King's College, Cambridge, he entered the House of Commons at 26 years
DAVIES, DAVID (1896 - 1976), cricketer and cricket umpire Dai Davies was born at Llanelli on 26 August, 1896, the youngest of 11 children. His mother, Margaret Davies, was a widow in 1901. He was educated at the Pentip Church of England School, Sandy, Llanelli. He married Mary Elizabeth Davies in 1924 and they had one daughter, Margaret. Dai Davies was, together with Emrys Davies, one of the first two home-bred professional cricketers to play for
DAVIES, DAVID ARTHUR (1913 - 1990), meteorologist Arthur Davies was born on 11 November 1913 in Barry, Glamorganshire, the second child of Garfield Brynmor Davies, a schoolteacher, and his wife Mary Jane (née Michael, 1881-1974). He had one brother, William Brynmor Davies (1911-1970). He was educated at Gladstone Road Elementary School and Barry County School, and went on to the University of Wales, Cardiff, where he graduated with first class
DAVIES, DAVID EMRYS (1904 - 1975), cricketer and cricket umpire Emrys Davies was born at Sandy, Llanelli on 27 June, 1904, the son of Thomas Davies, a tin-worker, and his wife Mary. He was educated at Pentip Anglican School, Sandy, Llanelli. He married Gertrude Moody in 1927, and they had a son, Peter, who won a Rugby Blue at Cambridge University and captained the Glamorgan Seconds in the 1950s. Emrys Davies was, together with Dai Davies, one of the first two
DAVIES, DAVID JACOB (1916 - 1974), minister, author and broadcaster Jacob Davies was born on 5 September 1916 at Pen-lôn in Tre-groes near Llandysul, Ceredigion, one of five children of David Davies, a stonemason, and his wife Mary (née Lewis). He had one brother, John Herbert (Jac) and three sisters, Annie, Hannah and Maria (May). He was educated at Tre-groes Primary School and Llandysul Grammar School (1929-36), choosing to specialise in the sciences for his

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