Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, OWEN PICTON (1882 - 1970), journalist
DAVIES, RICHARD (1501? - 1581), bishop and biblical translator selfseeking of officials, Davies was himself accused of grave injustice and partiality by Fabian Phillips. His register (1561-6), his reports of 1563, 1570, and 1577, and his Funeral sermon on the death of the earl of Essex, 1577, are valuable sources of information for his diocesan activity. His greatest difficulties in dealing with the clergy were their poverty, pluralism, ignorance, and conservatism, and
DAVIES, TREVOR OWEN (1895 - 1966), minister (Presb.) and principal of Trefeca College W.P. Jones died he served as principal of the college till he retired in 1964. He married in 1933 Olwen Jane, daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Phillips, Merthyr Cynog, and they had one son. T.O. Davies was a prominent man in his denomination and in the public life of Brecknockshire. He was chairman of the United Colleges Board of his Connexion and was elected Moderator of the Association in the East in
DAVIES, WALTER (Gwallter Mechain; 1761 - 1849), cleric, poet, antiquary, and literary critic trophy for his ode 'on the death of the outstanding military officer Sir Thomas Picton, noble knight from the province of Dyfed in south Wales, who was killed at the apex of the Victory in the bloody Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815'. (A free-metre poem by Gwallter Mechain to honour Picton, composed 'on the request of J[ohn] J[enkins]' was included in the latter's collection 'Melus-seiniau Cymru' (1817
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
DONALDSON, JESSIE (1799 - 1889), teacher and anti-slavery activist have provided letters of introduction. The date of her return to Swansea is uncertain. She appears there in the 1861 Census with her husband, who is described as an American Landed Proprietor. The United States abolished slavery in 1865 and they may not have permanently left until after that date. On returning to Swansea they lived briefly at 2 Phillips Parade before settling at Ael y Bryn in Sketty
DWNN, OWAIN (c. 1400 - c. 1460), poet , justice of South Wales, when the latter's sun set in 1447. There is evidence (Panton MS. 40 (83)) that he served in Ireland under Richard, duke of York, father of Edward IV, and it was to him, perhaps, that Hywel Dafydd addressed a cywydd which is full of references to that service. Owain's wife was Catherine, daughter of John Wogan of Picton, Pembrokeshire, and their son, Harry Dwnn, and a nephew of
EDDOWES, JOSHUA (1724 - 1811), printer and bookseller , and afterwards by J. and W. Eddowes. They appear to have printed some very important works in their time, e.g. Lloffion Prydyddiaeth … Mr. Rees Prichard, 1766, Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsg, 1768, as well as many almanacs by Gwilym Howell. J. Eddowes's wife, whom he married on 13 September 1753, was Lydia, daughter of William Phillips.
EDWARDS family Cilhendre, Plas Yolyn, created a baronet 1645 (J. R. Phillips, Civil War, ii, 43; G.E.C., Baronetage, ii, 243). He remained on friendly terms with his fellow-envoy John Jones the regicide; his son, THOMAS EDWARDS, M.D. (died 1668), married Jones's niece, the daughter of Watkin Kyffin, Myddelton's agent at Chirk. Jones is traditionally believed to have stayed at Cilhendre in May 1660, before returning to London to face his
EDWARDS, GWILYM ARTHUR (1881 - 1963), minister (Presb.), principal of the Theological College, Aberystwyth, and author appointed professor at Bala College, and worked there with Principal David Phillips until 1939. From 1939 to 1949 he was principal of the Theological College at Aberystwyth. He was awarded an honorary D.D. degree by the University of Edinburgh. In 1917 he married Mary Nesta, daughter of Richard Hughes, a veterinary surgeon in Oswestry; they had a son and two daughters. After retiring he returned to
EDWARDS, Sir IFAN ab OWEN (1895 - 1970), lecturer, founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru portrait by Alfred Janes in 1956; he received the Cymmrodorion gold medal in 1956; and an honorary LL.D. degree of the University of Wales in 1959. He married, 18 July 1923, Eirys Mary Lloyd Phillips, Liverpool, and resided at Neuadd Wen, Llanuwchllyn until 1930, and thereafter at Aberystwyth. They had two sons, Owen and Prys. He died at his home, Bryneithin, 23 January 1970, and was buried at
EDWARDS, LEWIS (1809 - 1887), principal of Bala Calvinistic Methodist College, teacher and theologian , Carmarthenshire. There too he opened a school, but his appetite for more learning was insatiable, and he and one of his pupils, John Phillips (1810 - 1867), decided to go to Edinburgh University, October 1833, to his heroes Thomas Chalmers and 'Christopher North.' He was given permission to sit for the degree of M.A. in three years instead of the customary four, and passed with honours. In 1865 the University

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