Dictionary of Welsh Biography

REICHEL, Sir HENRY RUDOLF (1856 - 1931), principal of University College, Bangor College of North Wales, Bangor, and held that office until his retirement in 1927. He gathered around him a band of young scholars of high distinction, among whom were Henry Jones and W. Rhys Roberts and continued to build well on sure foundations. The developments which he most prized were the schools of agriculture and forestry, the department of music, and the school of theology, which united in a
RHISIART OWEN (ap RHISIART) (fl. c. 1622) Y Lasynys,, poet Some of his work remains in manuscripts. This includes an elegy to Sir William Maurice of Clenennau, in Brogyntyn MS. 3 (175), cywyddau in praise of Humphrey Jones of Craflwyn, in Brogyntyn MS. 3 (204) and Llanstephan MS 125 (716), various englynion in NLW MS 566B (93b) and NLW MS 643B (78), and a poem in free metre which is found in NLW MS 566B (125). (It is not clear whether he is the poet
RHYS GOCH ERYRI (fl. early 15th century), poet buried at Beddgelert. According to tradition he lived at Hafod Garegog, and his own references in his poems to Snowdonia confirm that his home was in that mountainous region. According to J. E. Griffith (Pedigrees …, 199, sub Hafod Garegog) he was Rhys ap Dafydd ap Iorwerth ab Evan Llwyd ap Rhirid, but according to B.M. Add. MS. 14866 (511), Gwyneddon MS. 3 (161), and Peniarth MS 112 (815) the lineage
RHYS WYN ap CADWALADR (fl. c. 1600) Giler,, poet . MSS. 14,874 (178), 14,894 (105). According to J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 189, where his pedigree is given, he died 23 February 1607, at Chester, and was buried there in S. Mary's church.
RHYS, EDWARD PROSSER (1901 - 1945), journalist, poet and publisher founded Gwasg Aberystwyth, a press which grew year by year and which was acquired after his death by J.D. Lewis & Sons, Llandysul. The Welsh Books Club which he also established flourished under his management. In 1923 he published with J.T. Jones a joint volume of verse, Gwaed Ifanc (Hughes & Son). No further poems of his were published except in periodicals or on the radio until the appearance of
RHŶS, ELIZABETH (1841 - 1911), teacher, hostess and campaigner for women's rights influential in Oxford as a teacher and then as a college head, Elspeth suffered frequent bouts of ill health. Her death on 29 April 1911 was quite unexpected, nonetheless. She was remembered with admiration among those who knew her in Oxford as well as neighbours from her youth in Llanberis, with Alice Gray Jones, the editor of Y Gymraes, fondly reminiscing that 'Miss Hughes Davies was the ideal of every
RHYS, IFAN THOMAS (fl. mid 18th century), poet Born at Llwyndafydd, in the parish of Llandysilio, Cardiganshire, son of Thomas Rees James. Moving from Llwyndafydd he settled at Llanarth in the same county, and became a shoemaker. He composed an elegy on the death of Jenkin Jones (1700? - 1742), of Llwyn-rhydowen. This was published in Hymnau … o waith y Diweddar Barchedig Mr. Jenkin Jones, 1768. His poem, called Y Maen Tramguydd, was
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar Rhys Memorial Lecture' to be delivered annually in his memory and, in the first of these, his disciple, Sir John Morris-Jones, gave a full bibliography of his published works. In this note it is only possible to mention the most important items in that rich and many-sided list. His principal interest was in Celtic philology and, more particularly, in Welsh philology. As a result of the many
RICE family Newton, Dynevor, monarchs. Sir Rhys's son, GRIFFITH RICE (c. 1530 - 1584), having obtained from Mary in 1554-5 a grant of some of his father's forfeited possessions in Pembrokeshire, lost them again in 1557 when he was convicted of the murder of Mathew Walshe in county Durham. On the accession of Elizabeth he was pardoned and, in 1560, the forfeited lands were again restored to him, together with other lands in
RICHARD ap JOHN (fl. 1578-1611) Scorlegan, Llangynhafal, gentleman, poet, patron of bards, and copyist He traced his pedigree through Edwin ap Grono to Hywel Dda and Rhodri Mawr. His father, John Wyn ap Robert ap Griffith, was a waiter in the queen's ewry, but he died of the plague before the children, Richard, John Wyn, and Catherine, had reached their majority. Lewis ab Edward and Gruffudd Hiraethog wrote elegies on his death. The children and their mother, Margaret, daughter of Griffith ab
RICHARD, THOMAS (1783 - 1856), Calvinistic Methodist minister Gwyn of Maenorowen, niece of David Jones of Llan-gan's second wife. After his marriage he farmed in several places, but c. 1824-5 settled at Fishguard where he spent the rest of his life. He died 3 January 1856 and was buried at Maenorowen. He was one of the outstanding preachers of his generation. There was a charm in his voice that made the country folk rave over him; he could also thunder forth in
RICHARDS family Coed, Caerynwch, elected Member of Parliament for Merioneth on 27 June 1836 and represented the county until 1852. He was justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant for Merioneth. He married, 1814, Harriet, daughter of Jonathan Dennett. He died at Caerynwch on 27 November 1860. His brothers, ROBERT VAUGHAN RICHARDS and GRIFFITH RICHARDS, were both appointed queen's counsel in 1839 and were elected benchers of the Inner

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