Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BARHAM family Trecŵn, On 1 July 1754 at Cheltenham, Dorothea, fourth daughter of John Vaughan of Trecŵn and Joan Corbet his wife, married JOSEPH FOSTER-BARHAM, son of Colonel John Foster (1681-1731), of Egham House, Surrey, and Jamaica. He was born 16 December 1729 in Jamaica, where the family had large estates which he inherited. He assumed the surname of his step-father, Dr. Henry Barham, in 1750, and died in 1789
BARNES, WALLEY (1920 - 1975), association footballer his 22 Welsh caps during the 1947-48 season. In 1948-50 he captained Wales as well as winning a championship medal. He played in Arsenal's cup winning team in 1950, and again in 1952 when they were defeated 0-1 by Newcastle United, but a serious injury in that match resulted in his early departure from the match, at a time before substitute players were introduced. His injury badly affected his
BAXTER, GEORGE ROBERT WYTHEN (1815 - 1854), author listed in the B.M. General Catalogue of Printed Books. These include The Book of the Bastiles, or the History of the working of the Poor Law, 1841, and Don Juan Junior: a poem by Byron's Ghost, 1839. He married at Tenby, 5 June 1833, Martha Maria Caulfield (died 1 April 1875). He died 17 January 1854, and a memorial tablet was set up by his mother in Llanllwchaiarn church.
BEAUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. RALPH EDWARD BLACKETT (1901 - 1977), Member of Parliament and public figure a member, from 1958 to 1977, of the Council on Tribunals. Within Wales, Beaumont served on the Welsh Economic Council from 1965 to 1968 and on the Welsh Council from 1968 to 1971. On 1 January 1967, he was appointed C.B.E. for public services in Wales. Ralph Beaumont married, at St. George's Hanover Square on 22 March 1926, Helena Mary Christine Wray, the younger daughter of Brigadier-General
BECK, THOMAS (d. 1293), bishop of S. Davids many of the magnates of the realm. Beck was then consecrated by archbishop Peckham, the other three Welsh bishops being in attendance. There followed the translation of the body of S. Hugh of Avalon to a new shrine, marked by festivities, the cost of which was borne by the new-made prelate. Beck now gave up civil duties (except for some service in 1280-1 as royal commissioner in Wales), and
BELL, RICHARD (1859 - 1930), M.P. and trade union leader Middlesex. He also acted as secretary of the London Board of the Co-operative Printing Society. He died 1 May 1930. A thorough Welshman, he spoke Welsh fluently. He was married three times and had eight children.
BERRY family, industrialists and newspaper proprietors passed his examination to become a pupil teacher. Four years later he was a certificated assistant teacher there but left on 1 September 1897 to work with his father. In 1915 he was asked to assist D. A. Thomas (Lord Rhondda) manage his estate, with the result that when the latter joined the cabinet in 1916 his numerous industrial companies were entrusted to the care of H. S. Berry. This proved to be a
BEVAN, THOMAS (Caradawc, Caradawc y Fenni; 1802 - 1882), antiquary as secretary on 1 March 1839 and in 1843 was appointed master of the Abergavenny Union workhouse but did not cease to work hard on behalf of the Cymreigyddion Society. In 1863 he started business in Abergavenny as a coal and salt merchant. He died 10 December 1882, and was buried in the chapelyard of the Baptist church, Llanwenarth, of which he had been a member for over fifty years. His own
BEVAN, WILLIAM LATHAM (1821 - 1908), archdeacon Born at Beaufort, Brecknock, 1 May 1821, son of William Hibbs Bevan, sometime high sheriff of Brecknock. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, migrating to Hertford College on his election to a scholarship. He graduated in 1842 in the Final School of Litterae Humaniores (Class II), and was ordained deacon by the bishop of London in 1844. After a year as curate of S
BEYNON, THOMAS (1744 - 1835), archdeacon of Cardigan and patron of eisteddfodau and Welsh literature 1770, died there 1 October 1835 [in his 89th year], and was buried there on 8 October
BEYNON, THOMAS (d. 1729), minister fullest account of him is in D. M. Lewis, Cofiant Evan Lewis, Brynberian (Aberystwyth, 1903). In Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry, under 1719 (1), we find him mentioned among the sponsors of a book published by Isaac Carter at Atpar; see also ibid., 1717 (5).
BIRCH, EVELYN NIGEL CHETWODE (Baron Rhyl of Holywell), (1906 - 1981), Conservative politician president of the Johnson Society in 1966, and was created a life peer in 1970, taking the title of Lord Rhyl. His hobbies included reading history, gardening, shooting and fishing. He married the Hon. Esmé Glyn, daughter of the 4th Baron Wolverton on 1 August 1950. There were no children of the marriage. His addresses were 73 Ashley Gardens, London SW1, and Holywell House, Swanmore, Hampshire. Nigel Birch

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