Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS, JOHN (Siôn Ceiriog; 1747 - 1792), bard and orator Born in Glynceiriog, Denbighshire. He went as a young man to London and, after getting to know Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr) and Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu o Fôn) he joined the Society of Gwyneddigion. From then on until his death in September 1792 he was one of the most prominent members of the society: he was secretary in 1779, president in 1783, and he was regarded as the bard of the society. When
EDWARDS, JOHN (Siôn y Potiau; 1699? - 1776), translator and poet third part was published 'for Dafydd Llwyd of Bala ' at Chester in 1768 - a Robert Llwyd of Bala is mentioned in the second part as one of the translator's friends. This was the earliest translation of the 'third' part into Welsh.
EDWARDS, JOHN (1882 - 1960), politician and barrister (1935), and professional contributions to the English and Empire Law Digest and to legal journals. He married in London on 27 October 1932, Gweno Elin, the eldest daughter of Joseph Davies Bryan and Jane Clayton, of Alexandria, Egypt; her father was a major benefactor of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (see BRYAN, ROBERT,. They had two sons and a daughter. He lived at Llwyn, 11 West Road
EDWARDS, ROBERT (Robin Ddu o Feirion; 1775 - 1805), poet and antiquary
EDWARDS, ROBERT (1796 - 1862), musician supplied by John Edwards, Bedford Street (Robert Edwards's successor) and others proved that the composer was Robert Edwards. He died in 1862 and was buried in Anfield cemetery, Liverpool.
EDWARDS, ROBERT (fl. 1725-1733), rector - see EDWARDS, HUMPHREY
EDWARDS, THOMAS (1649 - 1700) Rhual,, Puritan controversialist Born at Rhual 9 October 1649, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards. On 2 August 1672 he married Jane, fifth daughter of Robert Davies, Gwysaney; they had no issue. Thomas Edwards was a member of the Dissenting church at Wrexham, and in the controversy about the views of Daniel Williams he supported the Independents and High Calvinism. His chief contribution to the controversy was the book, The
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Cynonfardd; 1848 - 1927), Independent minister and eisteddfodwr . He had a distinguished personality and a good voice which was always under perfect control; he was a fluent and popular preacher, an excellent organizer, and a leader in his denomination. In 1913 he was invested archdruid in the U.S.A. and became a shining light in the eisteddfodic world. He won many important prizes in the field of poetry and composed many hymn-tunes but, above all, he was
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (1773 - 1853), hymnwriter A nephew and bardic disciple of Robert Williams (1744 - 1815). Little is known of his life, except that he was a weaver, married a daughter of John Evans of Bala (1723 - 1817), and was living with his father-in-law at the time of the latter's death. He was not a preacher, but became in later life an elder in the Calvinistic Methodist church at Bala. He was a warm supporter of Sunday schools, and
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (1719 - 1789), Independent minister, and architect that of Harri Smith, his labourer at Bryn-tail, whose eloquence had astonished that ' Old Prophet.' In 1743 a small meeting-house was built beside a field named Waen-fach, near the site of the present Independent chapel at Groes-wen. The congregation, originally a Methodist society, incorporated itself as an Independent church in 1745 and ordained Edwards and Thomas William (1717 - 1765) as its joint
EDWARDS, WILLIAM ROBERT (Glanllafar; 1858 - 1921), Congregational minister, poet, and littérateur
EDWART ap RAFF (fl. 1578-1606), poet Son of Raff ap Robert. In a cywydd composed in 1602 when he had grown old he refers to the battle of S. Quentin, 1557, as though he had been actually present. It is stated in NLW MS 5282B that he was a blind poet, but there is no reference to this elsewhere. His poems are mainly in praise of the landowning families of the Vale of Clwyd; they also include elegies on Siôn Tudur, 1602, and Simwnt

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