Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BAYLY, LEWIS (d. 1631), bishop and devotional writer , as specified in the apologia to king Charles I subscribed 7 April 1630, and as exemplified in his order, 1625, to put an end to the violent quarrels over pew-seats that had disgraced church life at Llanfairfechan. He died 26 October 1631. His second wife was Ann, daughter of Sir Henry Bagenal of Castle Newry in Ireland and Plas Newydd in Anglesey; his grandson EDWARD BAYLY succeeded to the Plas
BEBB, WILLIAM AMBROSE (1894 - 1955), historian, prose writer and politician in Crwydro'r cyfandir (1936), an account of a journey through France, Italy and Switzerland. During his stay in Paris he came to know Leon Daudet and Charles Maurras and other leaders of the reactionary and royalist movement known as L'Action Française, and they had a profound influence on his thinking. He read the movement's journal regularly on his visits to France. One reason for Bebb's devotion
BELL, Sir HAROLD IDRIS (1879 - 1967), scholar and translator Born 2 October 1879 at Epworth, Lincolnshire, son of Charles Christopher Bell and Rachel (née Hughes). His maternal grandfather, John Hughes of Rhuddlan, was a Welsh speaker. Bell received his early education at Nottingham High School. In 1897 he won a scholarship to Oriel College, Oxford, and graduated in Classics. He spent a year at the Universities of Berlin and Halle studing Hellenistic
BELL, RICHARD (1859 - 1930), M.P. and trade union leader Born 29 November 1859 at Penderyn, Brecknock, son of Charles and Mary Bell. His paternal grandparents were Scots who moved from Lincoln to the Pantmawr farm at Ystradfellte. Shortly after 1860 his father, a quarryman, joined the Glamorgan police force and went to Merthyr Tydfil, where Richard had his scanty early education. He first worked as an office boy in the Cyfarthfa iron-works, but in 1876
BEVAN, ANEURIN (1897 - 1960), politician and one of the founders of the Welfare State Born 15 November 1897 at 32 Charles Street, Tredegar, Monmouth, the sixth of the ten children of David Bevan and Phoebe, the daughter of John Prothero, a local blacksmith. David Bevan was a coal miner and a Baptist, he was fond of books and music and he exercised much influence on his son. Aneurin Bevan went to Sirhowy elementary school which he disliked intensely, and he left in 1910
BLAYNEY family Gregynog, of John Price of Newtown, and their son, JOHN BLAYNEY, was entered a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1609 and was sheriff in 1630 and 1643. In 8 Charles I he was chief steward of the lordships of Kerry, Cydewain, Halcetor, and Montgomery. In 1666 he was one of those deemed qualified to be made Knights of the Royal Oak, an order intended by Charles II as a reward to his followers. He married
BLIGH, STANLEY PRICE MORGAN (1870 - 1949), landowner and author exchange poems with one another. For Bligh the pursuits of the country gentry were a waste of time; to them he was a crank or hermit, but for people like Charles Morgan and his wife, Hilda Vaughan, conversation with him was most inspiring. He had the rare gift of nurturing the minds of others. He was particularly interested in the philosophy of Plotinus. He had freed himself from a large number of social
BODVEL family Bodvel, Caerfryn, of him. ROBERT GWYNNE (fl. 1578) He was probably of the same family, but no record of his origins has as yet come to light. CHARLES GWYNNE, alias Bodvel or Bodwell, alias Browne (1582 - 1647), Jesuit missioner Religion The son of Thomas Wynn of Boduan, Pwllheli (younger son of John Wyn ap Hugh of Bodvel) and of Elizabeth, daughter of Owen ap Gruffydd of Plas Du and sister of Hugh Owen. He was
BODVEL, CHARLES (1582 - 1647) - see BODVEL
BODWELL, CHARLES (1582 - 1647) - see BODVEL
BODWRDA family Bodwrda, of Brian Walton's recently published Polyglot Bible, acknowledged in a fulsome Latin address of thanks. In 1654 he was associated with John Glyn, John Carter, and William Foxwist in the purchase of the lordship of Hawarden from the earl of Derby. Elected to the Convention Parliament, he was one of the deputation chosen to escort Charles II from Paris (26 April 1660), subsequently turned informer at
BOWDEN, HERBERT WILLIAM (BARON AYLESTONE), (1905 - 1994), politician Bowden. In the late spring of 1967, Bowden indicated to Wilson that he wished to retire from political office and that he would depart at a time suitable for the Prime Minister. During a meeting of the Cabinet, Wilson offered Bowden the chairmanship of the BBC but Bowden did not respond in a positive manner. Charles Hill, the Chairman of the Independent Television Authority, was nearing the end of his

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