Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DONALDSON, JESSIE (1799 - 1889), teacher and anti-slavery activist . Jessie attended a Unitarian chapel in Swansea. Francis Donaldson died in March 1873, aged 78, and Jessie Donaldson died at her home in Sketty in September 1889 aged 91. In 2021 a blue plaque was placed on the Dynevor Building of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, near to Donaldson's first home in Swansea.
DONNELLY, DESMOND LOUIS (1920 - 1974), politician and writer international issues, forming an array of friendships with figures like Willy Brandt and the Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith. Travels to eastern Europe and China served to increase his anti-Communism which is powerfully reflected in such works as The March Wind: Explorations behind the Iron Curtain (1959) and Struggle for the World: the Cold War from its Origins in 1917 (1965). He also acted as political
EDMUND-DAVIES, HERBERT EDMUND (1906 - 1992), lawyer and judge obituary, Lord Roskill wrote that his 'advantages lay only in a strong Welsh Nonconformist family background coupled with remarkable intellectual ability, great industry and a wholly legitimate ambition.' His achievements in his chosen field are still acknowledged today. In March 2013, the Lord Edmund Davies Legal Education Trust was established with the aim of supporting young and ambitious Welsh
EDMUNDS, MARY ANNE (1813 - 1858), teacher and faithful supporter of literary and temperance societies. From the beginning, she had been anxious to become a teacher and, after years of preparation and unshakable perseverance, succeeded in gaining admission to the British and Foreign School Society's Training College, London, March 1847. After a highly satisfactory course there she was, in October 1847, appointed a mistress at the Society's
EDWARDS family Cilhendre, Plas Yolyn, 2nd Sir Thomas Myddelton, was one of the civilian envoys deputed by Thomas Mytton to negotiate the surrender of Anglesey (May - June 1646) and Harlech (16 March 1647), becoming governor of Wrexham in 1647. His namesake, who signed the loyal declaration of the Salop gentry in 1642 and was declared a delinquent in 1650, was almost certainly his second cousin of Shrewsbury, sheriff of Salop 1644 and
EDWARDS, ALFRED GEORGE (1848 - 1937), first archbishop of Wales ) warden of Llandovery College, was ordained deacon in 1874 and priest in 1875; in 1885 he was preferred to the vicarage of S. Peter, Carmarthen, becoming at the same time private secretary to bishop William Basil Jones of S. Davids. In February 1889 he was nominated bishop of St Asaph, and was consecrated in Westminster Abbey on 25 March. On 1 June 1920 he was enthroned first archbishop of Wales at St
EDWARDS, ARTHUR TUDOR (1890 - 1946), surgeon Born Swansea, 7 March 1890, elder son of William Edwards, J.P. Educated at Mill Hill School, St. John's College, Cambridge, and Middlesex Hospital, London, where he was awarded the Senior Broderip and the University scholarships. Qualifying as a doctor in 1913 he obtained the higher degrees of M.Ch. and F.R.C.S. 1915. He served in the R.A.M.C. during World War I and rose to the rank of major. He
EDWARDS, CHARLES ALFRED (1882 - 1960), metallurgist and principal of University College of Swansea Born 23 March 1882, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Edwards, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The family moved to Lancashire in 1884 and C.A. Edwards was apprenticed in 1898 in the Lancashire and Yorkshire railways foundry. Such was his interest in the properties of metals and alloys that he was appointed assistant to Dr. H.C.H. Carpenter at the National Physical Laboratory in 1905. In 1907 he was co
EDWARDS, GEORGE ROWLAND (1810 - 1894), soldier and enlightened landowner was a good landlord who believed that all of his workers should have a portion of land to cultivate. He was a strong supporter of Jesse Collings ' plan - 'three acres and a cow' - and he wrote extensively on this particular subject. He died on 3 March 1894 and was buried in the graveyard of Great Ness church.
EDWARDS, HUW THOMAS (1892 - 1970), trade unionist and politician as a driver with the Royal Field Artillery. He served in France until March 1918 when he was seriously wounded and transported home. The challenging experiences of war and industry undoubtedly hardened him to the demands of public life in the future. After the war, he returned to north Wales and married Margaret Owen of Rachub, Bethesda, on 9 March 1920. They had two children, Elizabeth Catherine
EDWARDS, JOHN KELT (1875 - 1934), artist Born 4 March 1875 at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, son of Jonathan Edwards, shop-keeper. After some years at Llandovery College and at a school at Beaumont, Jersey, he went to Rome and Paris. Some pictures by him were exhibited in the Paris Salon, in London (where he had a studio), and elsewhere. He made portraits of David Lloyd George, (lady) Megan Lloyd George, Sir Owen M. Edwards, R. O
EDWARDS, JOSEPH (1814 - 1882), sculptor Born 5 March 1814 at Ynys-gau, Merthyr Tydfil, son of James Edwards, a stone-cutter. He attended a school kept by J. B. Evans, pastor of Ynys-gau chapel, and later a school kept by George Williams, and evening classes held by David Williams at Georgetown. His love of drawing, painting, and carving, showed itself at an early age, and he had already executed a headstone in Merthyr churchyard, when

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