Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRIFFITHS, ANN (1776 - 1805), hymn-writer Born April 1776 at Dolwar Fach, Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa, Montgomeryshire, (baptised 21 April 1776), daughter of John (died c. February 1804) and Jane Thomas (died 1794). Her parents were church-goers. They had five children: (1) Jane, 1767, (2) John, 1770, (3) Elizabeth, 1772, (4) Ann, and (5) Edward, 1779. An extensive study of the children (and their descendants) has been made by David Thomas
GRIFFITHS, JAMES (JEREMIAH) (1890 - 1975), Labour politician and cabinet minister colliery at the age of thirteen years. Formative influences during his youth included the religious revival of 1904-5 and powerful political left-wing undercurrents. In 1907 be was appointed the local branch secretary to the South Wales Miners' Federation. In 1908 Griffiths became a founder member and secretary of the new ILP branch at Ammanford, and in 1916 he was chosen secretary of the Ammanford
GRIFFITHS, JOHN POWELL (1875 - 1944), minister (Baptist) and schoolmaster insisted that students should concentrate on the content of their sermons. Few denominational honours came to him - indeed he did not seek honours nor offices. He was reluctant to accept the Presidency of the North Wales Baptist Union which came to him twice. He died after a short illness on Sunday, 5 March, 1944 at the age of 69. He was cremated the following Wednesday and according to his wishes, his
GRIFFITHS, RICHARD (1756 - 1826), colliery pioneer sister's marriage with EVAN MORGAN of Hafod Ucha was to have important consequences for Griffiths. He practised medicine at Cardiff; but the Methodist associations of his family would not seem to have affected him very deeply, for he was a 'sporting man' and an inveterate practical joker - he even arranged a comic funeral for himself (Morgan, 44-5). He died in 1826 (will proved May 31), and was buried at
GRIFFITHS, VAVASOR (d. 1741), Independent minister and tutor in with the board's wishes, on condition that the academy should be removed, not indeed to Maesgwyn, but to Llwyn-llwyd, near Hay, and amalgamated with the school already kept there by David Price, minister of Maesyronnen, near Glasbury. The Congregational fund board joined in this scheme, paying Griffiths an extra £5 a year as pastor of Maesgwyn, over and above the £10 each which the two boards
GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM (1777 - 1825), Independent minister and teacher English and in Welsh. He was seriously ill in 1809, and again in 1824, and died 5 January 1825. He was very fond of writing and translating hymns, several of which are found in Y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol Newydd.
GRIST, IAN (1938 - 2002), Conservative politician He was born at Southampton on 5 December 1938, the son of Basil William Grist, MBE, a land agent and garage owner, and Leila Helen Grist. He was educated at Hildersham House preparatory school in Broadstairs, at Repton School and he then won an open scholarship in history to Jesus College, Oxford. While a student he was secretary of the Jesus College Conservative Association. He had joined the
GROSSMAN, YEHUDIT ANASTASIA (1919 - 2011), Jewish patriot and author effort to defeat the British Government Administration and the restrictions which it placed in the paths of Jewish migrants from Europe to Palestine. It is likely that Yehudit sat her final Law examinations sometime during 1946. On 5 September that year, she married Jones in a secret ceremony, without the official authorization of the army. The couple left for a honeymoon on Cyprus in November. The
GRUFFUDD AP LLYWELYN (d. 1064), king of Gwynedd 1039-1064 and overlord of all the Welsh with a fleet from Bristol to subdue the coast while his brother Tostig led an army into Wales. Gruffudd had fled to Ireland where he was killed on 5 August 1064 by Cynan ab Iago, whose plot to kidnap Gruffudd had failed in 1042. Gruffudd's death was announced at the English court with the presentation of his head and the figure-head from his ship. Gwynedd and Powys were divided between his maternal
GRUFFUDD ap NICOLAS (fl. 1415-1460), esquire and a leading figure in the local administration of the principality of South Wales in the middle of the 15th century 1453. Some maintain that it lasted three months at his cost at Dynevor and others state that it lasted a fortnight and that it was held at Carmarthen. It is agreed that Gruffudd ap Nicolas was judge over the poets, and that the chair was awarded to Dafydd ab Edmwnd. It is pretty certain also that the eisteddfod revised the bardic metres and regulated the bardic fraternity. In 1454-5, the castle of
GRUFFUDD GRYG (fl. second half of the 14th century), bard This is to be gathered from Gruffudd's cywydd to the seven sons of Iorwerth ap Gruffudd of Lliwon, Anglesey, men who flourished (in all probability) c. 1360-70. He says that he is related to them and he addresses them as his kindred; he must, therefore, have been related in some way to the tribe of Hwfa ap Cynddelw (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 5). He sang also to Einion ap Gruffudd, Chwilog
GRUFFYDD LLWYD Sir (d. 1335), traditional hero of a supposed Welsh revolt in 1322 array in North Wales : he repeatedly raised contingents of Welshmen for service in Flanders or Scotland, and himself served in both those theatres of war. He was the first Welshman to be extensively employed as sheriff in North Wales, in Caernarvonshire 1301-5, in Anglesey 1305-6, again in Caernarfonshire 1308-10, and in Merionethshire 1314-16 and again 1321-7. He was also forester of North Wales 1307

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