Dictionary of Welsh Biography

REES, DAVID (1683? - 1748), Baptist minister and theological writer He is said to have been born in 1683, the son of Rees David, a well-to-do farmer of the Caerphilly district and an active member of the Baptist church at Hengoed. Educated under Samuel Jones (1628 - 1697) at Brynllywarch, he appears to have been baptized and to have been induced to preach in the early 1700's during the early years of Morgan Griffiths's ministry. He was ordained minister of Lime
REES, DAVID JAMES (1913 - 1983), golfer and author her father would have been proud of). Dai Rees married Eunice Thomas in 1939, and during the Second World War he served with the RAF, with responsibility for Physical Training. For a period he served in the Middle East. As a golfer he soon became a hero to the spectators. He is associated mainly with the British and Irish team in the Ryder Cup Competition against the USA. He took part in 10 of these
REES, EDWARD WALTER (Gwallter Dyfi; 1881 - 1940), bank manager and bearer of the Gorsedd sword Born 8 October 1881 son of Richard Rees ('Maldwyn ', died 1927) and Jane (née Jones) his wife, of Medical Hall, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. He was educated at Machynlleth county school before becoming a bank clerk, and eventually manager of Barclay's Bank in Cardigan and later in Carmarthen (1926-40). On 8 December 1914 he married Frances Anne Rees, Goleufryn, Whitchurch, Glamorganshire, and
REES, FLORENCE GWENDOLEN (1906 - 1994), helminthologist (one who studies worms, particularly parasitic ones), Professor of Zoology Gwendolen (Gwen) Rees was born 3 July 1906, in Abercynon, Glamorganshire, the younger daughter of Ebenezer Rees (1865-1948) and Elizabeth Agnes (née Jones), of Cilybebyll (1877-1921). The family soon moved to 4 Elm Grove, Aberdare when her father was appointed Superintendent of Police. She was educated at the Girls' Grammar School, Aberdare, and University of Wales, Cardiff, where she graduated
REES, GEORGE (d. 1795), Baptist minister He was baptized at Llangloffan 11 July 1741, and it was there that he started to preach in 1745 and was ordained in 1758, but he began to assist the cause at Rhydwilym on the fall of David Thomas in 1769, and to administer ordinances there in 1771. Eventually, in 1775, he received dismission to become pastor of the church, which he served with exceptional success in spite of the fact that he
REES, GEORGE (1873 - 1950), poet and hymnwriter (CM), Williamstown, where his father was an elder. In 1900 he married Kate Ann, daughter of Thomas Roberts, chief accountant at the Oakeley Slate Quarries, Blaenau Ffestiniog and for a time lived at Pont Rhondda, where he was elected an elder of his church. He moved to London to work in the milk trade. Here a milkman with the surname Maycock covered the same round and to avoid confusion George
REES, HENRY (1798 - 1869), most famous minister among the Calvinistic Methodists in his day Born 15 February 1798 at Chwibren Isaf, Llansannan, Denbighshire, eldest son of David and Ann Rees; a younger brother was William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog). He attended school at Llansannan for three years, and was in service at Syrior Farm, which belonged to Thomas Jones (1756 - 1820), Denbigh. He visited Bala in 1814 to seek the Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol from Thomas Charles, and met John Elias in
REES, JOHN CONWAY (1870 - 1932), Rugby footballer Born 13 January 1870, he was the son of Thomas Rees, Cloth Hall, Llandovery. He was educated at Llandovery College and Jesus College, Oxford; he graduated in 1894. Later he taught at Sherborne, Rossall, and Giggleswick schools. He was the first Welshman to captain the Oxford Rugby Club, and it was he who introduced the four three-quarter game - he himself played at centre-three-quarter. He played
REES, Sir JOHN MILSOM (1866 - 1952), surgeon and laryngologist education, and died there 25 April 1952. He married Eleanor, daughter of William P. Jones of Finchley, chairman of Jones Brothers, Holloway and of John Barnes, Ltd., in 1894, and they had a son and a daughter.
REES, JOHN SEYMOUR (1887 - 1963), minister (Congl.) and author contributed to the periodical press for over 50 years; see Glyn L. Jones, A bibliography of Cardiganshire 1600-1964 and the Supplement for a list of his articles in the Dysgedydd, Cymru, Genhinen, Ymofynnydd, etc. Other published work includes a one-act play, Y Canfasiwr, in Y Ford Gron, 5, no. 1, under the pseudonym J.C.M. Evans; and The history of Ynysgau Church, Merthyr Tydfil (c. 1958). He was a
REES, JOHN THOMAS (1857 - 1949), musician Born 14 November 1857 at Llwynbedw, near Cwmgïedd, Brecknockshire, son of Thomas and Hannah (née Morgan) Rees. He had little schooling and began work as a pit-boy at the age of nine. Whilst working as a miner in Ystradgynlais, Rhondda Valley, and Aberdare, he acquired a sound musical discipline. He began to give music lessons when he was 17 (Daniel Protheroe was one of his pupils) and he mastered
REES, JOSIAH (1744 - 1804), Unitarian minister Publishing The eldest son, who in 1794 became a partner in the famous publishing firm of Longman. He returned to Wales in 1837, and died at Gelli-gron on 5 September; he, too, was a Unitarian in 1803 (D.N.B., in the article on his brother Thomas, below). THOMAS REES (1777 - 1864), Unitarian minister, and historical writer History and Culture Religion Born at Gelli-gron, 14 September 1777. He was

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