Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SAMUEL, DAVID (Dewi o Geredigion; 1856 - 1921), schoolmaster and writer Born 1 March 1856 at Aberystwyth, the son of Edward Samuel. He was educated at Aberystwyth National school, Aberystwyth grammar school (Edward Jones), Llandovery College, University College, Aberystwyth (1873), and Clare College, Cambridge, which he entered with a mathematical scholarship in October 1875. He won several prizes and graduated in January 1879, being placed twentieth wrangler. He
SAMUEL, EDWARD (1674 - 1748), cleric, poet, and author examples see (a) Blodeu-gerdd Cymry, 1759; (b) Llu o Ganiadau, neu Gasgliad o Garolau a Cherddi … o Gasgliad W. Jones, Bettws Gwerfil Goch (Oswestry, 1798); (c) Eos Ceiriog, 1823; and (d) B.M. Add. MS. 14961. Sermons by him were published (Pregeth ynghylch gofalon bydol a bregethwyd yn Eglwys Llangywer, yr ail dydd o fis Mai, 1720. Ar gladdedigaeth Mr. Robert Wynne, diweddar Vicar Gwyddelwern, 1731 and
SAMUEL, HOWEL WALTER (1881 - 1953), judge and politician West, defeating Sir Alfred Mond by 115 votes in December 1923, but losing the seat to Walter Runciman in October 1924, regaining it in May 1929, and losing it once again by more than six thousand votes to Lewis Jones in October 1931. He became one of the foremost barristers of his day in Wales. He gained prominence in workers' compensation cases and was chairman of the South Wales conscientious
SAMUEL, WYNNE ISLWYN (1912 - 1989), local government officer, Plaid Cymru activist and organiser He was born at Ystalyfera in 1912, orphaned and then brought up by his maternal grandfather, the Reverend William Jones of Soar Baptist chapel, Ystalyfera, and his aunt. He received his education at Ystalyfera Grammar School. He became a deacon at the age of twenty-two and was a prominent local lay-preacher. He joined Plaid Cymru at the beginning of the 1930s at a public meeting at Ystalyfera at
SAUNDERS, DAVID (Dafydd Glan Teifi; 1769 - 1840), Baptist minister, poet, and writer Born January 1769, at Undergrove, Lampeter, son of Thomas and Elinor Saunders, grandson of Evan Saunders, and nephew of David Saunders 'I', both preachers at Aberduar, Carmarthenshire. He was educated at local schools, including that of Dafydd Jones, Dol-wlff, Llanwenog, and was baptised by Timothy Thomas, Aberduar, in July 1784. His family were well-to-do, and he is named among the first
SAUNDERS, THOMAS (1732 - 1790), Independent minister 'to give a rant' in his pulpit at Newport (Cofiadur, 1935, 37) - naturally, on the other hand, Edmund Jones speaks of him in the highest terms (Trevecka Letter 2724). At the end of 1769, Saunders was appointed pastor of Llanfaches and of its branch in Mill-street, Newport; he had a congregation at Machen also. He died 9 January 1790, 'aged 58,' and was buried near Mill-street chapel at Newport.
SAUNDERSON, ROBERT (1780 - 1863), printer and publisher He served his apprenticeship at Liverpool but afterwards went to the printing-office at Chester which printed Welsh books for Thomas Jones (1756 - 1820) and Thomas Charles - see under John Humphreys (1734? - 1829). In 1803 Charles and Jones decided to begin printing at Bala, and Saunderson was engaged to work there. Thomas Jones, in 1804, withdrew from active participation and Charles carried on
SCARROTT, JOHN (1870 - 1947), boxing promoter , Pontypridd. Scarrott's 'Pavilion' toured extensively throughout South Wales, and first featured lesser known pugilists and some well-known bare knuckle mountain fighters such as Shoni Engineer (John Jones of Treorchy). As the booth became more established, Scarrott's troupe included such notable boxers as Jim Driscoll of Cardiff (British Featherweight Champion), Tom Thomas of Penygraig (British
SEAGER, JOHN ELLIOT (1891 - 1955), shipowner Born 30 July 1891, eldest son of Sir William Henry Seager and Margaret Annie (née Elliot), and brother of George Leighton Seager. On 26 May 1922 he married Dorothy Irene Jones of Pontypridd, and they had four children. Educated at Cardiff High School and Queen's College, Taunton, he joined his father's shipping companies where he gained experience of all levels of management and control of
SEEBOHM, FREDERIC (1833 - 1912), historian and banker The Tribal System in Wales (1895). However, he was not included in the corresponding English volume edited by Jenkins, The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (1959). He was a member of the Welsh land commission of 1893-6, and chapter 9 of The Welsh People by John Rhys and David Brynmor Jones (1906) is mostly his work based on the findings of the commission. He died on 6 February 1912 in
SHANKLAND, THOMAS (1858 - 1927), bibliophile and historian 1910. Among his best work was chapter x (on the early works of Morgan John Rhys) contributed to the Cofiant by Dr. J. T. Griffith, and chapter xxxvi on the age of John Richard Jones, written for the Cofiant by David Williams. Shankland's sympathies, however, were catholic and comprehensive, not in any way bound in by the fences of denominations, as witness his Cofiadur article on Evan Roberts of
SHIPLEY, WILLIAM DAVIES (1745 - 1826), cleric . He was buried at Rhuddlan, and a life-size statue of him, with a laudatory inscription, stands in the chapter-house of St Asaph cathedral. He published a tract written by his brother-in-law, Sir William Jones, on the principles of government, and after a protracted trial on a charge of seditious libel was ultimately discharged. His father, JONATHAN (1714 - 1788), son of Jonathan Shipley of Leeds

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