Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, JOHN IORWERTH (1902 - 1970), schoolmaster and secretary of Llangollen International Eisteddfod history. He held classes on the topic for the Workers' Educational Association, and his lecture on the 1858 Llangollen eisteddfod to the Denbighshire History Society was published in the Society's journal in 1959. He married (1) Dilys Alwen Jones (died 11 July 1965) in Rehoboth chapel, Llangollen, in August 1934 and they had one daughter; and married (2) Dilys Jones of Llangollen in King Street
ROBERTS, LEWIS (1596 - 1640), merchant and writer on economics , William is invariably styled 'Mr.' Clearly, he was living at Aleppo in 1662, superintending his brother Gabriel's 'factory' there; his 'pride and stubbornness' are spoken of. Of Lewis Roberts's two daughters, ANN married George Hanger, a wealthy Levant merchant, whose son John became governor of the Bank of England, and DELICIA (qu. Dilys) married John Nelson, a 'Turkey merchant,' and became the mother
WATKINS, Sir TASKER (1918 - 2007), barrister and judge Brazil. On 16 October 1939, he enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Following completion of his basic training in Bodmin, he was sent to an Officer Cadet Training Unit. On 17 May 1941, newly commissioned a second lieutenant into the Welch Regiment, he married (Margaret) Eirwen Evans, the elder daughter of John Rees Evans, a driver, and Kate Dilys (née Davies). They had a daughter, Mair

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