Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, OWEN VAUGHAN (1907 - 1986), obstetrician and gynaecologist death rates of mothers and babies in the area were the highest in Britain; through his own hard work, his organisational talent and his inspirational leadership he succeeded in bringing them down into line with the UK average. He married Gwyneth Jane Davies (1907-1995) of Llanilar, Ceredigion, in 1942, and they made their home at Carreg Lwyd in Menai Bridge, Anglesey. They had two children, a son, Huw
JONES, THOMAS IVOR (1896 - 1969), solicitor particular Undeb y Cymdeithasau and the Welsh School, but above all perhaps in the Merionethshire Society. He assisted Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards and Lady Edwards with legal work in the formation of Urdd Gobaith Cymru, and remained its legal adviser. He also assisted Sir David James with legal work and was a member of the Pantyfedwen Trust. He married Jane Gwyneth, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas
LAKE, MORGAN ISLWYN (1925 - 2018), minister and pacifist and being taught by people like Professor Gwilym Bowyer. When Islwyn died in 2018 he was the last of that generation of ministers of the Congregationalist denomination whose vision of pacificsm, reconciliation and unity defined their ministry. At university (where he graduated BA and BD 1946-53) Islwyn met Gwyneth Mary Morris (1926-2020); they were married in 1953 and had five children, Cynfael
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist sometime to Carmarthen, spending the night in his old home Garth Martin. A little while later he gave up the travelling, retiring from his post and settling in Maerdy. He met Gwyneth Owen, from Powys, and they were married in July 1984. Tecwyn Lloyd continued to hold classes in east Merionethshire and to research local and family history of the Llawrybetws area, noting the changes that had occurred
LLOYD, OWEN MORGAN (1910 - 1980), minister and poet train for the ministry. He contributed to the social and cultural life of the University College of North Wales, including sports, and won the chairs of the Bangor Students Eisteddfod and the Inter-collegiate Eisteddfod. Whilst a student he met Gwyneth Jones (1912-2000 from Llanrug and they married in 1938. They had three children, Gwyn, Rhys and Nest. In 1935 O. M. Lloyd was ordained minister of
LOVELAND, KENNETH (1915 - 1998), journalist and music critic Welsh composers - especially Daniel Jones, William Mathias and Alun Hoddinot. He also (probably with justification) claimed to have given the first press recognition to outstanding singers such as Geraint Evans, Gwyneth Jones and Margaret Price. Such advocacy might have been dismissed as the parochialism of a local reporter, but this never applied to Loveland, uprightly Home Counties to the core and
MORGAN, EVAN FREDERIC (2nd VISCOUNT TREDEGAR), (1893 - 1949), poet, artist, soldier, and statesman Born 13 July 1893 at 33 Cadogan Terrace, London, only son of Courtenay Evan Morgan, 3rd Baron Tredegar and 1st Viscount of the 1926 creation and Lady Katherine A. Blanche Carnegie, daughter of the ninth Earl Southesk. His sister, Gwyneth Erica (born 5 January 1895) died in unexplained circumstances in December 1924: her body was found in the Thames and an open verdict was recorded at the ensuing
MORGAN, TREFOR RICHARD (1914 - 1970), company director close friendship with D.J. Williams (1885 - 1970) and his wife in Fishguard. In World War II he was a conscientious objector on nationalist grounds. In 1943 he married Gwyneth, daughter of Arthur and Mary (née Daniel) Evans of Aberdare, and they had four children. He was a parliamentary candidate for Plaid Cymru in Ogmore in 1945 and in 1946, for Abertillery in 1955, and for Brecon and Radnor in 1966
NEPEAN, MARY EDITH (1876 - 1960), novelist . In 1932 she accused Caradoc Evans of libelling her in his novel Wasps (1933), and the book had to be altered before publication. She also took part in public life, being Commandant of a section of the Red Cross in Kent, and travelled in the Near East and the Balkans, taking a particular interest in the life of the gypsies of Transylvania. Her first novel, Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills (1917), showed
PRICE-WHITE, DAVID ARCHIBALD PRICE (1906 - 1978), Conservative politician parliamentary constituencies. He was appointed Principal Assistant Midland Regional HQ of the General Electricity Board in 1957. He lived at Dolanog, Pwllycrochan Avenue, Colwyn Bay. He married in 1934 Gwyneth Harris, and they had one son and one daughter. He died 6 March 1978.
PRYCE, THOMAS MALDWYN (1949 - 1977), racing driver Tom Pryce was born in Denbighshire, on 11 June 1949, and brought up in Nantglyn. He was the second son of Jack Pryce (died 2007), a police constable and later a sergeant, and his wife Gwyneth (née Hughes, died 2009), a district nurse. His older brother, David J. Pryce (1947-1950), died at the age of three. There were signs early on that he would be involved in the world of motoring: as a young
ROBERTS, GWEN REES (1916 - 2002), missionary and teacher onwards through the jungle and along poor roads to Aizawl. They were to settle there, Gwen sharing a bungalow with Katie Hughes (Pi Zaii; 1889-1963), who became a firm friend and supporter. She also got to know the doctor Gwyneth Parul Roberts, who performed surgery to remove her appendix six months after her arrival. The work before her was extremely varied and challenging. Her main duty was to succeed

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