Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, JOHN (1753 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Blaen-y-garth, Nantlle Vale, brother of the remarkable preacher, Robert Roberts (1762 - 1802) of Clynnog. He worked for some time in Cilgwyn quarry but, after having had a little education, kept a school in various places, being known for many years as 'John Roberts, Lanllyfni.' He began to preach when he was 27 years of age. After marrying Mrs. Lloyd of Cefn Nannau, Llangwm, Denbighshire
ROBERTS, JOHN (Siôn Lleyn; 1749 - 1817), poet, schoolmaster, and religious pioneer Gaingc; see also Adgof uwch anghof by John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), and the Myrddin Fardd manuscripts in N.L.W. Siôn Lleyn wrote some hymns also. He died 7 May 1817 and was buried in Deneio churchyard, Pwllheli.
ROBERTS, JOHN (1807 - 1876), musician had been composed by musicians under the influence of religious revivals. Some of these he gave to John Parry, Chester, to be included in Peroriaeth Hyfryd, 1837. In 1839 he published Caniadau y Cysegr, which contained fifty-five old tunes harmonized by himself; this was the first collection for the use of Welsh congregations. In 1876, just after his death, his two sons published, under the title of
ROBERTS, JOHN (1806 - 1879), musician
ROBERTS, JOHN (1879 - 1959), minister (Presb.) and historian Born 16 October 1879 at Porthmadog, Caernarfonshire, son of John J. Roberts ('Iolo Caernarfon') and Ann, his wife. He was educated at Porthmadog board school, Bala grammar school and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated in classics, and subsequently in theology. (The University of Wales conferred on him an honorary D.D. degree towards the end of his life.) He was ordained in 1905, and served
ROBERTS, JOHN (1910 - 1984), preacher, hymnist, poet delivered a host of lectures (they too are extant), including the John Williams Brynsiencyn Memorial Lecture on “Preaching” and the Davies Lecture (on “The Devotion of Silence”: he was trying to understand the appeal of Quakerism to one of his sons-in-law). He claimed that he couldn't really lecture because every lecture became a sermon. He never held an office in the Connexion, partly because he didn't
ROBERTS, JOHN - see ROBERTS, BARTHOLOMEW
ROBERTS, JOHN (Jack Russia; 1899 - 1979), miner, councillor and a prominent member of the Welsh Communist Party Born 1 May 1899 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Meirionethshire, the son of John Roberts, a miner and Mary Jones, daughter of a blacksmith from Harlech. He was brought up by his grandparents in Penrhyndeudraeth and received his education in the local schools. When he left in 1913 his grandmother Sarah Jones arranged for him to travel to his parents' home in Abertridwr, where he found work at the Windsor
ROBERTS, JOHN ASKEW (1826 - 1884), antiquary, journalist, and author collaborated in bringing out the 1878 edition of Sir John Wynn's The history of the Gwydir family. He also published Contributions to Oswestry History, 1881; Wynnstay and the Wynns, 1876; and, a work which had a very large circulation - The Gossiping Guide to Wales. He also made contributions to the publications of the Shropshire Archaeological Society and the Powysland Club. Besides the Advertiser, Roberts
ROBERTS, JOHN BRYN (1843 - 1931), lawyer and politician Born 8 January 1843 (and christened John Roberts), son of Daniel and Anne Roberts, Bryn Adda, Bangor, was a member of the widespread Roberts family of Castell, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, for which see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 381. He was educated at Cheltenham, qualified as solicitor in 1868, but was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1889. In 1885 he became Liberal Member of
ROBERTS, JOHN FOULKES (1817 - 1902), merchant - see ROBERTS
ROBERTS, JOHN HENRY (Pencerdd Gwynedd; 1848 - 1924), musician

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