Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, RICHARD ARTHUR (1851 - 1943), archivist and editor Born 13 May 1851 at Carmarthen, son of J.N. Roberts and Margaret (née Jones) his wife. He was educated in private schools and in 1872 was appointed clerk at the Public Record Office. In 1879 he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple. He was promoted assistant keeper at the P.R.O. in 1903, and from 1912 until his retirement in 1916 he was principal assistant keeper and secretary of the Office
ROBERTS, ROBERT (1777 - 1836), almanack-maker and printer Born in 1777, son of John Roberts (Siôn Robert Lewis) whom he succeeded as the publisher and compiler of the popular Holyhead almanacks known as Cyfaill Glandeg, Cyfaill Taeredd, etc., for the years 1805 to 1837. These almanacks were printed by John Jones of Trefriw under a fictitious Dublin imprint in order to avoid Government tax. He also published Eurgrawn Môn, neu y Drysorfa Hanesyddol, 1825
ROBERTS, ROBERT (Bob Tai'r Felin; 1870 - 1951), folk singer sang on the B.B.C. radio series ' Noson Lawen ' devised by Sam Jones. Decca and Teldisc companies made records of a number of his songs, and Sain company issued two long-playing records of his performances. In 1949 he took part in a film (made at Parc, Bala, and at London) the title of the Welsh version being Noson Lawen, and the English version The Harvest. The publicity given to the singing of the
ROBERTS, ROBERT (1774 - 1849), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymnist -y-clawdd farm, Rhosllannerch-rugog; he gave up his craft and went to live on that farm - he is generally known as ' Robert Roberts of Rhos.' According to Roger Edwards his preaching was of a philosophical cast, and his views brought him, as they brought John Jones of Tal-y-sarn, John Hughes, (1796 - 1860), and Morris Roberts, into great disfavour with the reactionaries among the Flintshire
ROBERTS, ROBERT (1762 - 1802), Calvinistic Methodist preacher Born 12 September 1762, son of Robert Thomas and Catherine Jones, Y Ffridd, Baladeulyn, Caernarfonshire. He was still a boy when he went to work in Cilgwyn quarry. Although his family attended church and Sunday school Robert, was a bit of a wastrel; but when he was about 16 years of age he was taken by his brother John (John Roberts, 1753 - 1834) to listen to David Jones of Llan-gan at Bryn'rodyn
ROBERTS, ROBERT (1800 - 1878), schoolmaster and Calvinistic Methodist minister , where he improved his command of English. He became a member of the Calvinistic Methodist church in Jewin Crescent, London. When he was about 40 he was called to succeed the Rev. John Jones in the mastership of a grammar school at Llangeitho. He had acquired some experience as a public speaker, particularly on temperance, and as a Sunday school catechist. He was considered to be an excellent speaker
ROBERTS, ROBERT DAVID (1820 - 1893), Baptist minister Born 3 November 1820 in a house near the old Sardis chapel, Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire. He and John Jones (1821 - 1879; see Spinther, iv, 327-9) were cousins. He received very little education as a child nor was he given any college training after he had started to preach. He was baptised at the age of 12 and began to preach in 1839. He spent a short time as a missionary for the Caernarvonshire
ROBERTS, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1866 - 1930), Baptist minister, and writer - the followers of John Richard Jones. Baptized c. 1880, and elected deacon when not quite 17, R. G. Roberts soon felt chafed by the rigidity of the little connexion, and went over to the older Baptist denomination. His schooling (at Dyffryn, and at Towyn, Meironnydd) was interrupted; but in 1886 he went to the Baptist College at Llangollen, and thence to the University College at Bangor, where he
ROBERTS, SAMUEL (S.R.; 1800 - 1885), Independent minister, editor, Radical reformer had been secured. He still strove against trade unionism and state aid in education, but his influence had passed its heyday. His arguments against voting by ballot, on the grounds that it savoured of cowardice, were not popular. His closing years were clouded by a series of acrimonious disputes, and the denominational quarrel over Michael D. Jones. But in 1883 he received a further demonstration of
ROBERTS, IEUAN WYN PRITCHARD (1930 - 2013), journalist and politician Wyn Roberts was born on 10 July 1930 in Llansadwrn, Anglesey, the son of the Reverend Evan Roberts and his wife Margaret (née Jones). His father was a Methodist minister at Capel Penucheldref and writer of a weekly column in Y Goleuad. His mother was a teacher at the local school, the schoolhouse also being the Roberts family residence. He attended Beaumaris County School until he won a
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1835 - 1899), Calvinistic Methodist minister was at Colwyn, where he remained for two and a half years. In January 1867 he was put in charge of the churches of Jerusalem (Bethesda) and Ty'n-y-maes, and was ordained in June the same year. In 1870 he married Winifred, the daughter of the Rev. Rees Jones of Port Dinorwic; they had one son, Arthur Rhys, solicitor, who died young. He was moderator of the North Wales Assembly in 1893, and secretary
ROBERTS, THOMAS (d. c. 1775), first Baptist convert in Anglesey His first home was Y Myfyrian Uchaf, but he spent the latter part of his life at Trehwfa-fawr near Rhos-tre-hwfa in Cerrig Ceinwen. He was originally a Congregational member and lay preacher at Rhos-y-meirch, but he came under the influence of David Jones, Baptist minister at Wrexham, and in 1763 (1768 according to Frimston), with the approbation of his fellow-members, he went there to be

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