Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EMMANUEL, IVOR LEWIS (1927 - 2007), singer and actor Ivor Emmanuel was born at 3 Prince Street, Margam on November 7 1927, the son of Stephen John Emmanuel (1905-1941), a steelworker, and his wife Ivy Margaretta (née Lewis, 1908-1941). He had a younger sister and brother, Mair and John. When he was less than a year old the family moved to Pontrhydyfen, the village in which the actor Richard Burton was born, and the two became friends. On May 11
EVANS, CLIFFORD GEORGE (1912 - 1985), actor National Theatre. Richard Burton came to play Konstantin in the first run of Chekhov's The Seagull in Wales. Although the season went well, the Grand was a large theatre to fill and Swansea Council discontinued the project. In 1951, as part of the Festival of Britain, Evans directed the Pageant of Wales, Land of My Fathers, in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Glyn Houston was the narrator, and Evans had devised
EVANS, DANIEL (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792 - 1846), cleric and poet , and that of archdeacon Thomas Beynon. He was also friendly with David Davis, Castell Hywel, and with the other poets of Cardiganshire, and he carried on the tradition of Edward Richard and Ieuan Brydydd Hir. He died by his own hand, 28 March 1846, and was buried in Pencarreg churchyard.
EVANS, DAVID EMLYN (1843 - 1913), musician of indifferent health and unsettling conditions of travelling. Up to his marriage, he led a migratory life - at Swansea, Cheltenham, and Newtown, Montgomeryshire; but in 1878 he married Anne Elizabeth (Francis), widow of Mynyddog (Richard Davies, 1833 - 1877); they lived for two years at Shrewsbury, then (1880-94) at Hereford, and finally at Cemaes, Montgomeryshire. His compositions include
EVANS, Sir DAVID TREHARNE (1849 - 1907), lord mayor of London, head of the firm of Richard Evans and Co., trimming manufacturers Born 21 April 1849 at Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, son of Thomas and Anne Evans, Glan-y-mychyd, he belonged to a family who for generations resided in Glamorgan, carrying on business as brewers and maltsters. Educated at Merton (Surrey) and in France, he entered the business of his uncle, Sir Richard Evans, and at 21 was elected a partner, later becoming head of the firm. In 1875 he became a
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795 - 1855), cleric and poet bro estronawl'; there, too, he met a number of gentlemen and some clerics like Richard Richards (see Thomas Richards, 1754-1837) and John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri, 1770-1829), who persuaded him to seek holy orders. He studied at Aberriw ('Berriw,' Montgomeryshire) under Thomas Richards (1785-1855) for a time and then went to S. Bees College. He was ordained by the bishop of Chester and was licensed to
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir; 1731 - 1788), scholar, poet, and cleric It is now usual to refer to him under the former name, as there was a much older Ieuan Brydydd Hir. Born 20 May 1731 at Cynhawdref farm in the parish of Lledrod, Cardiganshire, the son of Jenkin and Catherine Evans. He was taught by Edward Richard at Ystrad Meurig school, but the exact dates of his stay at that school are not known. On 8 December 1750 he was entered at Merton College, Oxford
EVANS, GEORGE PRICHARD (1820 - 1874), Baptist minister and schoolmaster Born 13 November 1820 at Carmarthen, son of Richard Evans, seaman. He began to preach at Mount Pleasant, Swansea, and ministered to the congregation at Bethel, Strand, Swansea, before he went to Bristol College in October 1842. Early in 1844 he went to Jamaica as a missionary, but after the death of his wife and her baby he returned to Bristol in 1845. From early 1846 until his death, 22 November
EVANS, GWYNFOR RICHARD (1912 - 2005), Welsh nationalist and politician Gwynfor Evans was born on 1 September 1912 at Y Goedwig, 24 Somerset Road, Barry, the eldest of the three children of Daniel James ('Dan') Evans (1883-1972), an industrious and highly successful shopkeeper, and Catherine Mary (née Richard) (1879-1969), herself a shopkeeper from a chapel-going London Welsh background, originally from Cydweli. Gwynfor Evans was above all the product of Welsh
EVANS, JOHN (1796 - 1861), schoolmaster , where the youth of the neighbourhood received a practical education for over forty years. Among his pupils were Lewis Edwards, Henry Richard, David Charles Davies and Ieuan Gwyllt (John Roberts). When Lewis Edwards kept a school in Aberystwyth he did not consider it to be in competition with but, rather, preparatory to Evans ' school. The school had a good name for the teaching of navigation. Evans
EVANS, JOHN (1702 - 1782), cleric and anti-Methodist the Crown living of Eglwys Cymyn (variously spelt), but resided only for a few weeks each summer - Peter Williams (1723 - 1796) was one of his curates, but was dismissed for Methodism. Evans lived in London, in Cowley Street, Westminster, where Richard Morris of Anglesey was his neighbour and friend. He was a protégé of bishop Edmund Gibson's, and about 1742 became 'Reading Chaplain' of the Chapel
EVANS, MAURICE (1765 - 1831), Evangelical cleric Born at Pengelli, Llangwyryfon, Cardiganshire. Educated at Ystrad Meurig under Edward Richard, he was ordained by the bishop of S. Davids, 1787, became curate under Henry Venn at Yelling, Huntingdonshire 1791-6, and afterwards in Eltisley, Cambs., 1796-1810. He was presented to the livings of Tregaron, 20 September 1810, Penbryn, 18 April 1818, Llangeler, 14 February 1820, and Penbryn with Betws

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