Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DOLBEN family Segrwyd, councillors and civic officials. DAVID DOLBEN (1581 - 1633), bishop of Bangor Religion Son of Robert Wyn Dolben (great-grandson of the first Robert Dolben above) and of Jane, daughter of Owen ap Reinallt of Glyn Llugwy. He entered S. John's College, Cambridge, in 1602, holding one of the scholarships founded by Dr. John Gwyn (died 1574), and graduated B.A. 1606, M.A. 1609, and D.D. 1626. Ordained by George
DONNE, JAMES (1764 - 1844), cleric and schoolmaster succeeded his father as headmaster at Oswestry. Donne corresponded with a group of Welshmen who were interested in cultural matters, among these being Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), W. J. Rees of Cascob, Hugh Davies (author of Welsh Botanology), Rowland Williams, Ysgeifiog, John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), and others.
EAMES, JANE MYFANWY - see EAMES, WILLIAM
EAMES, MARION GRIFFITH (1921 - 2007), historical novelist journalist (and Quaker) Griffith Williams, whom she married in 1955, a marriage of great joy and, for the writer that Marion then became, an abiding source of strength and encouragement. Making their home in Pimlico they had briefly the benefit of a cosmopolitan interlude that has its resonances in her later work. They both secured appointments in Cardiff, Marion as a radio producer with the BBC in 1955, a
EAMES, WILLIAM (1874 - 1958), journalist settled in Prestatyn when he returned to Wales in 1931 and began to broadcast from the Bangor studios. Sir John Reith appointed him press secretary to the Ministry of Information in 1940; he moved to Cardiff where he became friendly with D.T. Davies and Caleb Rees, school inspectors. He spoke frequently on the radio from Cardiff. In 1947, he was appointed M.B.E. He married on 25 July 1902 Jane Myfanwy
EDERN DAFOD AUR, made a small dosbarth (arrangement or grammar) of the orthography of the Welsh language and of the form of words Many copies of this are extant. The copyists claimed, sometimes, that he was Edern, son of Padarn Beisrudd, that is, that he was the father of Cunedda Wledig. On the other hand, John Davies of Mallwyd said that he flourished c. 1280. EDWARD WILLIAMS (Iolo Morganwg) was the first to state categorically that Edern's work was the grammar which is associated with the names of Einion Offeiriad and
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
EDMONDES, CHARLES GRESFORD (1838 - 1893), archdeacon and college principal Born 8 December 1838, eldest son of THOMAS EDMONDES (1806 - 1892), vicar of Cowbridge; his mother (Harriet Anne) was a sister of Charles Williams (1806 - 1877), afterwards principal of Jesus College, Oxford; his brother FREDERICK WILLIAM EDMONDES (1841 - 1918) was archdeacon of Llandaff. From Cowbridge and Sherborne schools, Charles Edmondes went up to Trinity College, Oxford, in 1856, graduated
EDMUND-DAVIES, HERBERT EDMUND (1906 - 1992), lawyer and judge School of Economics where he taught contract law and conflict of laws. In 1931, his book Law of Distress for Rent and Rates was published. Eventually, however, he decided to focus on the practice of law. He returned to Wales, joining the South Wales Circuit and settling in Swansea, where he established his position as a barrister. In 1935 he married Eurwen Williams-James. They had three daughters, Ann
EDWARDS, DAVID MIALL (1873 - 1941), theologian and writer Born 22 January 1873 in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, son of William Edwards, grocer and gardener, and Jane Edwards. He began his education at the Board School, Llandderfel, and the grammar school, Bala, before proceeding with an Exhibition to the University College of North Wales, Bangor. As the University of Wales was not yet empowered to confer degrees, he sat for the Honours School of English
EDWARDS, FANNY WINIFRED (1876 - 1959), schoolteacher, children's writer, and dramatist Born 21 February 1876 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire, a sister of the poet William Thomas Edwards ('Gwilym Deudraeth '; and the youngest of the 12 children of William Edwards, master mariner, and his wife Jane (née Roberts). She was educated at Penrhyndeudraeth elementary school, becoming a pupil-teacher, afterwards a teacher until her retirement in December 1944 thereby completing over
EDWARDS, GEORGE ROWLAND (1810 - 1894), soldier and enlightened landowner Montgomeryshire as 'the man in the great coat with the heavy oak stick who would go at any fence.' He returned to India in 1839 and served in the 2nd Madras Cavalry. He retired from the army as a colonel in 1862 and returned to Shropshire. He married in 1847 Catherine Jane, the daughter of Major-General Armstrong, C.B., and in 1850 he inherited his father's estate - Ness Strange and Cefnymaes, near Oswestry. He

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