Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GIBSON-WATT, JAMES DAVID (BARON GIBSON-WATT), (1918 - 2002), Member of Parliament and public figure of 70. He married Diana Hambro, the second daughter of Sir Charles Hambro, Chairman of Hambro's Bank Ltd., on 10 January 1942 and they had three sons and two daughters; their eldest son, Jamie, died on 24 October 1946 at the age of three. Diana Gibson-Watt died in August 2000. Lord Gibson-Watt died at Doldowlod on 7 February 2002. The funeral was a private family occasion and a public memorial
GILBERTSON, LEWIS (1814 - 1896), cleric, vice-principal of Jesus College, Oxford Born at Dôlclettwr, Tre'r-ddôl on Tre'r-ddôl ar 27 November 1814, the fourth son of William Cobb Gilbertson (1768-1864), a lawyer originally from Middlesex, and his third wife, Elizabeth, and baptized in Llancynfelyn Church on 3 December. He spent his youth at Elerch, Cardiganshire. Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, he graduated B.A., 1836, M.A. 1839, B.D. 1847, and was a Fellow of Jesus College
GILLHAM, MARY ELEANOR (1921 - 2013), naturalist and educator being a keen member of the Girl Guides movement, nurtured Mary's passion for nature and in particular birds and flowers. By 1939 there was little of Britain the Gillhams had not explored so they undertook a road trip to Switzerland, returning to the UK just 3 weeks before Germany invaded Poland and WWII began. After attending Little Ealing Infants and Junior School, then Lionel Road Primary School
GITTINS, CHARLES EDWARD (1908 - 1970), educationalist Born in Rhostyllen, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, 24 January 1908, son of Charles Thomas and Frances (née Rabbit) Gittins. He was educated at Rhostyllen Infants School, 1911-15, Bersham Boys' School, 1915-20, Grove Park County School for Boys, Wrexham, 1920-25 and at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1925-31. He entered energetically into student life at Aberystwyth, and became
GLENN, THOMAS ALLEN (1864 - 1948), soldier, historian, genealogist, and archaeologist ); Newmarket notes (Prestatyn Hundred, Flintshire), Parts 1 & 2 (Prestatyn 1911, 1912); Northern Flintshire, historical, genealogical and archaeological, Vol. I, Parts 1-3 (Horncastle, 1913); (with Lord Mostyn), History of the Family of Mostyn of Mostyn (1925); The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh (London, 1934).
GLYN family Glynllifon, Array (with the rank of colonel) for Charles I till 1646 when he deserted to the parliamentary side with Sir William Williams, Vaenol. But during 1642-3 he did try to prevent the Commission from being put into effect, and drew down rebukes on the county from Charles I.
GLYNNE family Hall, Oxford, 9 November 1621, and entered Lincoln's Inn, 27 January 1620. He was called to the Bar on 24 June 1628, and elected M.P. for the borough of Caernarvon, and for Westminster in 1640. From the outset of his parliamentary career he sat on various committees, and with his cool, merciless summing-up of the case for Parliament against the earl of Strafford, he scored his first major triumph. He
GOLDSWAIN, BRYNLEY VERNON (1922 - 1983), rugby league player Bryn Goldswain was born on 3 August 1922 in Merthyr Tudful, the son of Reginald Stephen Goldswain, a miner and then a policeman who died as a young man, and his wife Catherine (née Jones, 1897-1981). The family moved to Aber-craf in the Swansea Valley when Bryn was four years old. He was educated locally and at Ystalyfera Grammar School. He played rugby union for Aber-craf, before going to work
GRAVELL, DAVID (1787 - 1872), farmer, herbalist, and publisher Born 3 June 1787, son of Thomas and Mary Gravell of Cwmfelin, in the parish of Llandyfaelog, Carmarthenshire. He took to religion under the ministry of David Peter of Carmarthen. As a young man he suffered from bad health and this led him to experiment with herbal remedies; at the same time, he made the most of his friendship with (Sir) David Daniel Davis, the royal physician who was a native of
GREENLY, EDWARD (1861 - 1951), geologist Born 3 December 1861 in Bristol, the son of Charles H. Greenly and his wife Harriet. After attending Clifton College, Bristol, he spent some time as an articled clerk in the office of a London solicitor, but left so that he could study at University College London. He joined H.M. Geological Survey (Scotland) in 1889 but in 1895 he resigned and began his self-imposed and lifelong task, a new
GRESHAM, COLIN ALASTAIR (1913 - 1989), archaeologist, historian and author at Bangor on 3 March following a public service at St Catherine's church, Cricieth. His ashes, in accordance with his wishes, were scattered on Penystumllyn land from where there is a panoramic view of Cricieth town and castle. A commemorative plaque to him was unveiled in Cricieth library on 23 October 1992. Gresham could have said of the commote of Eifionydd what the historian A. L. Rowse said of
GREY family (POWIS, lords of), intense indignation which was aroused by this act. His son, Sir RICHARD GREY of Pool (born at Pontesbury, 5 November 1436; died 17 December 1466), described as ' dominus de Powes,' swore allegiance in Parliament to Henry VI, 24 July 1455. He is thus regarded as having been lord Grey of Powis or lord Powis. In the Wars of the Roses he was with the duke of York at the battle of Ludford, 12 October 1459

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