Dictionary of Welsh Biography

FITZGERALD, DAVID (d. 1176), bishop of S. Davids 1172 the king granted the bishop a charter confirming all his possessions according to Henry I's charter to bishop Bernard. On 18 May 1175 he attended the council of Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, in London, before Henry II and his son Henry. About the same time a deputation of the canons of S. Davids went to London to lay twenty-seven charges against their bishop before archbishop Thomas, but
FITZGERALD, MAURICE (d. 1176), one of the conquerors of Ireland 1146 they were at the head of the unsuccessful attempt to recover Llanstephan Castle from the Welsh. Later in his career Maurice Fitzgerald took part, with his half-brother Robert Fitzstephen, in the conquest of Ireland. In 1169 he landed in Wexford with his followers and led the English contingent against Dublin. He finally settled in the cantref of Kildare which earl Richard granted to him for his
FOLEY, Sir THOMAS (1757 - 1833), admiral son of John Foley, and the heir of Ridgeway, was JOHN HENRY FOLEY, a friend of Richard Fenton's, but dead by 1811 when Fenton published his Tour. When captain Foley (as he then was) married in 1802, he bought the estate of Abermarlais, Carmarthenshire, rebuilt the mansion, and made it his home; though he died childless, another branch of the family occupied it far into the 19th century - a Foley was
FOLLAND, HENRY (1878 - 1926), industrialist William Firth, another Director of the Grovesend Company, forming an aggressive and successful team, which was to merge with Richard Thomas and Co in 1923 to form the biggest tinplate company in Europe. In 1906 he married Leah Norah (Lily) Thomas (1874-1957), a schoolteacher from Penclawdd, daughter of the Rev. John Thomas. They had two children, Pattie Eugenie (born 1906) and Dudley Crofton (born 1912
FOTHERGILL family, iron-masters The Fothergill family were from Kendal and from Cumberland. The first to travel southwards were two brothers, one of whom established a small iron-works in the Forest of Dean and was later connected with the iron-works at Tredegar and Sirhowy. They were Richard Fothergill I (1758-1821), and JOHN FOTHERGILL (1763-1828), of Bedwellty, Monmouth. The present note will deal only with Richard and his
FOXWIST, WILLIAM (1610 - 1673), lawyer, judge and Member of Parliament Born at Caernarvon 1610, heir of Richard Foxwist by Ellen, daughter of William Thomas of Aber. In 1628 he matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, 1636, entered Lincolns Inn 14 February and was called to the Bar 17 May 1645. He became recorder of S. Albans; was elected (1649) bencher of Lincoln's Inn 6 February He was appointed in 1646 judge of the admiralty for North Wales; in 1655-9 he was
FRANCIS, DAVID (1911 - 1981), trade unionist and miners' leader within weeks of his death at the age of 70. A memorial meeting was held soon afterwards at the Onllwyn Miners' Welfare Centre. His papers are in the custody of the Richard Burton Archive at Swansea University. Throughout his life, Dai Francis was a bright emblem of the south Wales coalfield community which had shaped his character. His innate stubbornness and tough inner resilience were tempered by a
FRANCIS, EDMUND (1768 - 1831), Sandemanian Baptist minister Probably an Anglesey man, for his mother Lydia Francis was baptized at Amlwch; he too was baptized there, 8 October 1786. He had begun preaching before 1790, and on 1 December 1795 was ordained as assistant to Christmas Evans. Evans was at that time a Sandemanian; unlike him, Francis held to those views for the rest of his life. In 1799 he removed to Caernarvon, as clerk to Richard Roberts (a
FRANCIS, GWYN JONES (1930 - 2015), forester Meryl Jeremy from Carmarthen with whom he had three children, Richard, Kay and David. After Meryl's death in 1985 he married Audrey Gertrude Gemmel (née Gill) of Toronto, Canada. On the completion of his national service in 1954, he joined the Forestry Commission as a District Officer in Neath, with responsibilities related to the Commission's extensive young forests in the Afan, Neath and Dulais
FRANKLEN, Sir THOMAS MANSEL (1840 - 1928), public servant Born in 1840 at Swansea, son of Richard Franklen, J.P., D.L., of Clemenstone, and his wife, Isabella (Talbot). From Harrow he went up to Oxford (Exeter and afterwards Merton), graduating in 1861; he was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1865, and practised on the South Wales circuit. In 1878 he became clerk of the peace in Glamorgan, and in 1889 clerk of Glamorgan county council. He died
FROST, WILLIAM FREDERICK (1846 - 1891), harpist won a prize for playing the harp at an eisteddfod held in Merthyr (1859). He won a scholarship given at the Swansea national eisteddfod, 1863, for singing 'Sweet Richard' and the eisteddfod committee arranged for him to receive lessons from Llewellyn Williams (Pencerdd y De). At the Chester eisteddfod, 1866, John Thomas (1826 - 1913) awarded him a pedal harp, valued at £50; he also won a triple harp
GAMAGE family Coety, Coity, (Paganus) were in use. Welsh genealogists trace the Coety Gamages to GODFREY DE GAMAGES of Rogiet, Monmouth, who is said to have married Joan, daughter of Richard de Clare (Strongbow) under. Their son, PAGAN or PAYN DE GAMAGE, married Margaret, daughter of Roger de S. Pierre. ROBERT GAMAGE, son of Payn, is recorded in the 1271 survey of Wentwood as holding his ancestral rights at Rogiet. He also held

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