Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DWNN, LEWYS (c. 1550 - c. 1616) Betws Cedewain, genealogist influence of friends the post of deputy to Robert Cooke, Clarenceux king-at-arms, and William Flower, Norroy king-at-arms, to work (in his own phrase) 'as debyt Herawt at Arms for the three provinces of Kymry.' Flower died in 1588 and Cooke in 1592, but, in spite of all the difficulties he has enumerated in his foreword 'To the Reader,' Dwnn continued to collect his pedigrees until 1614, devoting the same
DWNN, OWAIN (c. 1400 - c. 1460), poet the same name were killed at the battle of Hedgecote Field, July 1469. Owain Dwnn's claim to be recognized as a poet is based chiefly on the contest of englynion between Gruffudd ap Nicholas, Owain Dwnn, and Gruffydd Benrhaw (the oldest text of which is to be found in NLW MS 3039B (59-78)), but it is difficult to judge their authenticity. There is another poem (englyn proest) also which is
DYER, JOHN (1699 - 1757), poet Second son of Robert Dyer, a solicitor, living in Abersannen, Llanfynydd. (He bought Aberglasney, in the nearby parish of Llangathen in 1710). John was christened in Llanfynydd church 13 August 1699 and it is likely that he was born at Abersanen shortly before that date. Educated at Westminster, he entered his father's office. After the death of Robert Dyer, John became a pupil of Jonathan
EDISBURY family Bedwal, Marchwiel, Pentre-clawdd, Erddig, This Cheshire family, descended from Wilkin de Edisbury, first appears in Denbighshire c. 1544, when RICHARD WILKINSON, alias EDISBURY, held lands in Bedwal. His younger son, ROBERT WILKINSON EDISBURY (died 1610), extended the estate by marriage with Jane, daughter of Kenrick ap Howel of Stryt yr Hwch, Marchwiel. Their son, KENRICK EDISBURY (died 1638), entered the service of the Navy Board
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
EDWARD ap ROGER (fl. 16th century), collector of manuscripts and poet Margred verch Ed. ap Rys. Fifteen of his children are named. In his genealogy he is referred to as Edward ap Roger ap John ap Elis Euthyn of Ruabon (see Peniarth MS 74, Peniarth MS 128, Peniarth MS 130, Peniarth MS 139i Peniarth MS 139ii Peniarth MS 139iii, and others). This John ap Elis is said to have been the person of that name from Watstay, Denbighshire, who fought at Bosworth Field in 1485, and
EDWARDS family Chirkland, , who had married a younger son of Plas Newydd early in the 17th century. Francis Edwardes's marriage with the daughter and heiress of Robert Rich, 5th earl of Warwick, brought to his son WILLIAM EDWARDES in 1776 the Kensington estates of the Riches and the title 'baron Kensington' in the Irish peerage. The family kept its Pembrokeshire seat, frequently providing the county with lords-lieutenant and
EDWARDS, ARTHUR TRYSTAN (1884 - 1973), architect and pioneer town planner projection, an attempt to solve the problem of projecting the spherical surface of the earth on to a flat surface, a problem which by its very nature is incapable of satisfactory solution, followed in 1972 by The science of cartography. After retiring to Wales and his home town he contributed to the regional studies published by Robert Hale with papers on Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda and the Valleys; Merthyr
EDWARDS, CHARLES (1628 - after 1691), Puritan man of letters Son of Robert Edwards of Rhyd-y-croesau in the township of Lledrod, Llansilin, Denbighshire. Very little is known of his early youth; in 1644 he was elected ' Bible Clerk ' in All Souls College, Oxford. In 1648 he was expelled from that college because of an unsatisfactory answer which he had given to the visitors sent to the university to ask the members of the various colleges whether they were
EDWARDS, HUMPHREY (1730 - 1788), physician and apothecary Son of Robert Edwards, rector of Llan-rug from 1725 to 1733. Robert Edwards had a small collection of Welsh manuscripts (NLW MSS., Panton 29, 81 et seq.); his daughter Margaret was the wife of Nicholas Owen, rector of Llandyfrydog, and mother of Nicholas Owen, rector of Mellteyrn from 1799 to 1811. Humphrey Edwards was interested in English literature and on 2 January 1782 was lent two volumes of
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, Sir IFAN ab OWEN (1895 - 1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru named, he edited A catalogue of Star Chamber proceedings relating to Wales (1929), which gives some indication of the field - Welsh history - in which he would have desired to work had he not vowed to serve the Urdd to the best of his ability. He was co-author (with E. Tegla Davies) of Llyfr y bobl bach (1924), a book for young children; author of Yr Urdd 1922-43 (1943); a short autobiography Clych

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