Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, DONALD WATTS (1924 - 2000), pioneer of digital computing, and of packet switching for data communication ); with Derek Barber, Communication Networks for Computers (1973) which became a classic; with Barber, Price and Solomonides, Computer Networks and their Protocols (1979), a major contribution in this field; Security for Computer Networks (1984; 1989); and other books and joint papers in various scientific journals. He married in 1955 Diane Lucy E. (née Burton) and they had two sons and a daughter. He
DAVIES, FRANCIS (1605 - 1675), bishop of Llandaff treatment 'because of his great learning and excellent parts' and the favour of the Parliamentarian colonel Philip Jones, Fonmon. He was allowed a 'fourth' of the living of Llan-gan, and the living itself was leased to his brother Maurice. Later, payment of the 'fourth' was suspended and Davies maintained himself by keeping a private school and afterwards by entering the household of the countess of
DAVIES, JAMES (d. 1760), Independent minister , and died at Gwernllwyn Isaf, 29 April 1760. The diaries of Philip David of Penmain under 3 May, have a rueful reference to his former great popularity and the disesteem into which he had fallen through instability and time-serving; and Edmund Jones (15 August 1773) refers tersely to him as 'an apostate' - it would also seem from this passage that a daughter of James Davies's had married David
DAVIES, JOHN PHILIP (1786 - 1832), Baptist minister, commentator, and divine
DAVIES, REES (1694? - 1767), Independent minister . His letter to Howel Harris shows kindly feeling towards Harris and towards Griffith Jones of Llanddowror; but the frequent (and acid) references to him in the diaries of Philip David of Penmain show clearly that he was no 'enthusiast,' indeed was an exceedingly 'dry' man, and on indifferent terms with his fellow-ministers. In Philip David's words, 'he preached his chapel empty' but he endowed it
DAVIES, TOM EIRUG (Eirug; 1892 - 1951), Congl. minister, writer and poet ), and chapters on Philip Pugh and his predecessors in Y Cofiadur, 1937, and on the faith of the Congregationalists in Ffyrdd a Ffydd (1945). He edited Y Dysgedydd 1943-51, and his contributions showed him to be an astute thinker and writer on a range of topics. For a period his notes concerned ' Gwernogau ' - his old area in Carmarthenshire These were collected under the title Yr Hen Gwm (1966
DAVIES, WINDSOR (1930 - 2019), actor , and Rottcodd in Gormenghast. In 1988, he joined an all-star Welsh cast to record Under Milk Wood. The cast was led by Sir Anthony Hopkins, and included Sir Geraint Evans, Dame Sian Phillips, Sir Harry Secombe and Philip Madoc. Davies played 1st drowned, PC Atilla Rees and the Fisherman. Davies is remembered for his distinctive round-toned purring Welsh voice, which he never hid, and used to great
DAVIES-COOKE family Gwysaney, Llannerch, Gwysaney, co-heirs, LETITIA and MARY. The former, who obtained Llannerch estate as her share of her brother's property, married Daniel Leo, of Bath, and, dying without issue on 11 December 1801, aged 67 years, devised her possessions to her cousin, Anne Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Peter Davies, and wife of the Rev. George Allanson. Mary, who succeeded to Gwysaney, married Philip Puleston, of Hafod-y
DOLBEN family Segrwyd, . In February 1676 he was elected (on the recommendation of the Crown) recorder of London, over the head of Sir George Jeffreys, and as king's sergeant (1677) he opened the Crown case against Philip, 7th earl of Pembroke on a charge of manslaughter (1678). Becoming puisne judge of King's Bench (October 1678), he was concerned in many important political trials, including those arising out of the
EDWARDS, DAVID (1660 - 1716), Independent minister circuit, namely Crug-y-maen, Llwyn-rhys, and Cilgwyn. He died 29 September 1716, aged 56, and in his will left books to the ministers, Philip Pugh and Jenkin Jones (1695 - 1725) - (see Jones family of Llwyn-rhys), who were at the time his colleagues in the circuit. His grand-daughter Elinor married Daniel Rowland of Llangeitho.
EDWIN family Llanfihangel, Llanmihangel, apart from mentioning the second daughter Mary, who in 1703 married Robert Jones of Fonmon (see under Philip Jones, 1618? - 1674), the present notice will deal only with the direct Llanfihangel line. The eldest son, SAMUEL EDWIN, christened 12 December 1671, died at Llanfihangel 27 September 1722, married Lady Catherine Montagu, daughter of the 2nd earl of Manchester, and had three children. Of these
ELEANOR DE MONTFORT (c. 1258 - 1282), princess and diplomat estranged from the king that he would not more quickly receive them into his peace for her sake than for the sake of others'. Although Becard may have been pardoned at the instance of Luke de Tany in January 1282, the Patent Rolls for 12 February 1282 state that it was due to the intervention by the princess of Wales that Hugh de Punfred, Hugh Cook and Philip Taylor were pardoned from allegations made

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