Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SUTTON, Sir OLIVER GRAHAM (1903 - 1977), meteorologist Graham Sutton was born 4 February 1903, son of Oliver Sutton, Cwmcarn, Monmouthshire, and Rachel, daughter of William Rhydderch, Brynmawr, Breconshire. He attended Cwmcarn Elementary School, where his father was headmaster, and gained scholarships to Pontywaun Grammar School in 1914, and to University College of Wales (UCW), Aberystwyth, in 1920 where he graduated BSc (Pure Mathematics, 1st class
SYMMONS family Llanstinan, which, by the influence of his friend William Windham, that of the adjoining rectory of Lampeter Velfrey was added in 1794; he received the prebendal stall of Clydey in the cathedral church of S. Davids on 11 October 1789. He married, 1779, Elizabeth (died 1830), daughter of John Foley, Ridgeway, Pembrokeshire, and sister of Sir Thomas Foley. Among the five children of the marriage were Caroline and
TALBOT, CHARLES (1st baron Talbot of Hensol), (1685 - 1737), lord chancellor christened at Chippenham, 21 December 1685, eldest son of William Talbot (afterwards bishop of Durham) and his wife Catharine, daughter of Richard King, alderman of the City of London. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford (B.A. 1704, Fellow of All Souls 1704, D.C.L. 1735; he was also awarded, in 1714, the Lambeth LL.B.). He intended to take holy orders but on the advice of lord
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, Gwynedd) by queen Elizabeth. Furthermore he could compose an englyn, as is proved by the poetic dispute between him and Rhys Gruffydd and William Mostyn (NLW MS 1553A (761)). He married (1) Alis, daughter of Robert Salusbury of Rug, (2) Jane, daughter of John Massey of Broxon in Cheshire, and (3) Margaret, daughter of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn. He died 15 April 1586, aged 60, and was buried at
THOMAS family Coed Helen (or Alun), Aber, RICE THOMAS (died 1577) the founder of this family's fortune in Caernarvonshire, was a son of Sir WILLIAM THOMAS, Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1541-2. Rice married Jane, daughter of Sir John Puleston of Caernarvon and widow of Edward Gruffydd of Penrhyn, who had died at Dublin in 1540. He was appointed by Roger Williams, the surveyor of crown lands in North Wales, to
THOMAS family Wenvoe, Movements Member of Parliament for Glamorgan, 1654-6, and in the Protector's 'House of Lords,' 1658. He made extensive purchases of land in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. By his second wife he had a son, EDMUND THOMAS (1674 - 1693) of Wenvoe and Rhiwperra, who died unmarried and under age. The eventual heir to Wenvoe would appear to have been ELIZABETH Daughter of William Thomas (died 1636 at Oxford) of
THOMAS, BENJAMIN (Myfyr Emlyn; 1836 - 1893), Baptist minister, poet, lecturer, and author prominent preachers of his day, and sermons by him were published in Spence - Exall (ed.), Pulpit Commentary. He was a popular eisteddfod conductor, and was frequently invited to lecture. His poetical works, in both Welsh and English, were edited by William Morris (Rhosynog) under the title of Barddoniaeth Myfyr Emlyn, 1898, and he also published Marwnad R. A. Rees (Rhys Dyfed) Rhydlewis, 1868, and
THOMAS, Sir DANIEL (LLEUFER) (1863 - 1940), stipendiary magistrate Born 29 August 1863, the third child of William and Esther Thomas, at Llethr Enoch (now in ruins), Cwm-du (near Talley), in the parish of Llandeilo-fawr. His childhood was spent on the adjoining farm of Cefn Hendre, both farms being part of the Taliaris estate. His maternal grandfather was a half-brother of Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi). His early education, at Jonah Evans's academy at
THOMAS, DAVID (1813 - 1894), Congregational minister and Biblical commentator Born near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, the son of William Thomas, Congregational minister. After leaving school he served for a time in a shop and as a school teacher; he also preached in local churches at the week-ends. He had a brilliant career at Newport Pagnell college. He was ordained as minister of the Congregational church, Chesham, in 1841, moved to Stockwell, London, in 1844, and remained there
THOMAS, DAVID (Dafydd Ddu Eryri; 1759 - 1822), man of letters and poet known as 'Belle Isle March') at the end of the winter of 1783-4, inviting the poets to meet at Betws Bach on Lady-day; Hywel Eryri, William Bifan, Siôn Caeronwy, Sian Parry, and others accepted the invitation, and that was the first of a series of meetings of bards in Caernarvonshire which gave Dafydd an opportunity of teaching the rules of Welsh poetry to his 'chicks,' as he called them. He gave up
THOMAS, DAVID RICHARD (1833 - 1916), cleric and historian a far wider popular appeal, The Life and Work of Bishop Richard Davies and William Salesbury, 1902. But his magnum opus is his History of the Diocese of St. Asaph, which was published in its original form in 1870-4, but which was enlarged into three volumes, 1906-13. Up to the present, St Asaph is the only one of the Welsh dioceses which has had its history investigated in such detail; and the
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS (1916 - 1985), architect . Dewi-Prys Thomas was educated in Liverpool. He was persuaded by the architect and academician Lionel Bailey Budden to study architecture at Liverpool University rather than art. He entered Liverpool University in 1933, and after graduating with a first class honours BArch degree in 1939 and having won a number of prizes he went on to study town planning with Sir William Holford and was awarded a

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