Dictionary of Welsh Biography

FITZ WARIN family, lords Whittington, Alderbury, Alveston conflating Fulk II and Fulk III into a single personage ('Fouke le Brun'), with consequent anachronisms such as describing king John's daughter Joan (wife of Llywelyn the Great) as Henry II's daughter. The romancer's acquaintance with the history and topography of North Wales and the March, and with Welsh personages like Owain Gwynedd, Iorwerth Drwyndwn and his son Llywelyn, Owain Cyfeiliog, Gwenwynwyn, is
FITZGERALD, DAVID (d. 1176), bishop of S. Davids David FitzGerald met them before they appeared before the archbishop and implored them not to proceed further with the matter, promising to restore to them all that he had taken from them. In the same year he completed the transference of the church of Llanbadarn-fawr, Cardiganshire, to the abbey of S. Peters, Gloucester. On 14 March 1176 some of the canons of S. Davids went to the council of Hugh
FLYNN, PATRICIA MAUD (Patti) (1937 - 2020), musician, author, activist memoir, Born Down My Tiger Bay, telling the story of Cardiff's docklands from her own perspective, while reflecting on the lives, sacrifices and determination of the area's diverse community. In 2017 she was honoured as one of the founders of the Black History Movement in Wales and in 2019 received the Ethnic Minority Welsh Women's Lifetime Achievement Award. In March 2023 a purple plaque was unveiled
FOLLAND, HENRY (1878 - 1926), industrialist failure on 24 March 1926 whilst on holiday in Egypt. He is buried in Oystermouth Cemetery, Swansea. Frondeg was gifted by Mrs Folland in accordance with her late husband's wishes to the community of Glanamman, becoming the Amman Valley Cottage Hospital in 1935. The road on which it stood, Horney Road, was renamed Folland Road by the local Council in 1936. The house at Llwyn Derw was a Red Cross Hospital
FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913 - 2010), politician, journalist, author preparations had to be made for a referendum. Foot steered the bills through the House of Commons in 1977, although the only other member of the Cabinet who showed any enthusiasm for the Assembly was John Morris. The result of the referendum in March 1979 was a huge disappointment for Foot, but before that Cledwyn Hughes had paid tribute to his efforts in his diary on 22 February 1978: He has made a greater
FOSTER, IVOR LLEWELYN (1870 - 1959), singer Born at Tramroad, Pontypridd, 1 March 1870, son of Ebenezer Foster and Sarah (née John) of Peny-graig, Rhondda, Glamorgan. He left school at the age of 12, and when he was 16 and working in a business with his uncle, William Richards, Dinas, Rhondda, he started to learn old notation in his spare time and competed in eisteddfodau. He won singing prizes at the Porth annual eisteddfod in 1892, 1893
FOULKES, ANNIE (1877 - 1962), editor of an anthology Born 24 March 1877 at Llanberis, Caernarfonshire. Her father, Edward Foulkes (1850 - 1917), was an official at Dinorwig slate quarry, a man of wide literary culture and author of a number of articles in Welsh periodicals on 19th-c. English writers : Robert Williams Parry wrote a sonnet in memory of him. She was educated at Dr. Williams' School, Dolgellau, and at College de Jeunes Filles in Saumur
FRANCIS, DAVID (1911 - 1981), trade unionist and miners' leader first president. After a full fifty years' distinguished service, Dai Francis retired in 1976. But he remained active in a number of spheres, including his involvement in the Wales-Soviet Friendship Society, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and other peace movements. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the 'Yes' campaign during the devolution referendum of March 1979, and also served as a
FRANCIS, JOHN (1789 - 1843), miller and musician Born 20 March 1789, son of William and Margaret Francis, Melin Rhyd-hir, Pwllheli. He learnt the rudiments of music (including harmony) and began to compose when still quite young. In Seren Gomer for November 1821 there appeared two hymn-tunes by him called ' Mwyneidd-dra ' and ' Gomer ' and in the same journal for March 1823 a hymn-tune called ' Pwllheli ' (but originally called ' Morwydden
FROST, JOHN (1784 - 1877), Chartist March 1839 was removed from the magistracy. The arrest of Henry Vincent, the Chartist agitator, on 7 May 1839, and his confinement in Monmouth gaol, exacerbated the feelings of the Monmouthshire miners and iron workers. Moreover, the dissolution of the convention on September 14 (on Frost's casting vote as chairman) deprived the Chartists of their leader. Thus, despite Frost's counsels of moderation
GABE, RHYS THOMAS (1880 - 1967), rugby player Born 22 June 1880 in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. He played locally before representing Llanelli for the first time when he was 17 years old. He won the first of his 24 caps (1901-08) on the wing against Ireland on 21 March 1901. It was as a centre that he gained fame. He possessed all the skills; he was unyielding in defence, when attacking he ran straight and with determination. Deceptive
GALLIE, MENNA PATRICIA (1919 - 1990), writer Menna Gallie was born in the mining village of Ystradgynlais, Powys, the youngest of three daughters of William Thomas Humphreys, a carpenter from north Wales, and his wife Elizabeth (née Rhys Williams, 1885-1974). Although she celebrated her birthday on 17 March 1920, she was in fact born on 18 March, 1919. Her early years in a caring, Welsh-speaking home were strongly influenced by Labour

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