Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, WILLIAM (1896 - 1961), poet and minister several prizes at national eisteddfodau. He published two collections of well produced lyric poems, Adar Rhiannon (1947) and Sonedau a Thelynegion (1950). He married Jane (Jennie) Gertrude Williams of Coed-poeth in 1924. He died at his home 14 Church St., Tremadog, 18 January 1961 and he was buried in Bethel cemetery.
MACKWORTH, CECILY JOAN (1911 - 2006), writer, poet, journalist and traveller , addressing groups of workers including miners and women making munitions and parachutes. She worked hard and played hard. Cyril Connolly published her poetry in Horizon. She wrote book reviews and features for the press, sometimes under the pseudonym 'Rhiannon'. In 1942 her book Czechoslovakia Fights Back told of the country's Nazi occupation. The following year she and Dr Jan Stransky published
MATHIAS, WILLIAM JAMES (1934 - 1992), composer and teacher ), Vistas (1975), Helios (1977) and Requiescat (1977). He composed three symphonies, and left a fourth unfinished at his death. He married in September 1959 (Margaret) Yvonne Collins from Aberdare, and they had one daughter, Rhiannon (born 1968). He died at Menai Bridge on 29 July 1992. His manuscripts were placed in the National Library of Wales.
OWEN, WILLIAM RICHARD (1906 - 1982), pioneer of Welsh broadcasting Bangor on the 11th of December 1933, and had two daughters, Rhiannon and Dwynwen. W. R. Owen was Bangor City Librarian from 1937 to 1941. He was an active member of many local committees, and was the Billeting Officer when the evacuees from Liverpool and Birkenhead came to north Wales during the Second World War. Due to eyesight problems he was refused entry to the armed forces, but served as a
PAGET, GEORGE CHARLES HENRY VICTOR (7th Marquess of Anglesey), (1922 - 2013), soldier, historian, conservationist Charlotte Eiluned (born 1949), Lady Elizabeth Sophia Rhiannon (born 1954) and Lady Amelia Myfanwy Polly (born 1963). Deeply conscious of his family's military heritage, the Second World War saw a young man on active service as a major in the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) in Italy. In the cold climate of 1947, on the death of his father, Henry Anglesey (previously known under his courtesy title as Earl of
PENNAR, ANDREAS MEIRION (1944 - 2010), poet and scholar Meirion Pennar, the eldest of the five children of W. T. Pennar Davies and his wife Rosmarie (née Wolff), was born in Cardiff 24 December 1944. Geraint, Hywel and Owain were his brothers, Rhiannon was his sister. His mother was born in Detmold, Germany but because of her Jewish ancestry, she was forced to flee from the family home in Berlin, where her father was a family doctor, before World War
REES, THOMAS IFOR (1890 - 1977), HM Ambassador Cymraeg o gyfieithiad adnabyddus Edward FitzGerald, 1939; Marwnad a ysgrifennwyd mewn mynwent wledig (Thomas Gray), 1942; Taith o amgylch fy ystafell (Xavier de Maistre), 1944; La Paz (photographic album), 1948; In and around the Valley of Mexico, 1953; Y Campwaith Coll a straeon eraill (Balzac), 1954; Y Brawd (Henri Troyat), with Rhiannon Davies, 1959; Sajama, teithiau ar ddau gyfandir, 1960; Platero a
THOMAS, BENJAMIN BOWEN (1899 - 1977), adult educator and civil servant Committee of the Welsh League of Nations Union, an early indication of his support for international cooperation in the cause of peace. He married Rhiannon Williams in 1930, and they had one daughter, Ann. His first wife died in 1932, and he later married Gweneth Davies (d. 1963). He was seconded to the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1941, beginning a civil service career at the late age of 42
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS (1916 - 1985), architect Dewi-Prys Thomas was born on 5 August 1916 in the Toxteth Park district of Liverpool, the eldest child of Adolphus Dan Thomas (1889-1974), a banking union official, and his wife Elysabeth (Lys) Watkin Thomas (née Jones, 1888-1953). His sister Rhiannon ('Nannon') Prys Thomas was born in 1919. The historian Robert John Pryse ('Gweirydd ap Rhys', 1807-1889) was his great grandfather. Dewi-Prys

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