Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, Sir LEONARD TWISTON (1894 - 1953), patron of the arts and of folk life studies Born 16 May 1894, son of William L.T. and M.L. (née Brown) Davies of Chester. He was a great-grandson of Samuel Davies ' the first ', a Methodist minister and his wife Mary (née Twiston). Out of respect for his great-grandfather, he wrote The Rev. Samuel Davies (the first) and his times (1932), which is an English version of the Welsh biography (1866). He was educated at Charterhouse and
DAVIES, LEWIS (1863 - 1951), novelist, local historian, schoolmaster , Ystorïau Siluria, Bargodion hanes and four adventure novels, Lewsyn yr heliwr, Daff Owen, Y geilwad bach and Wat Emwnt. Many of his works remain unpublished. He married Celia Lewis of Pen-y-pownd, Cwmtaf, in 1886. He died 18 May 1951 and was buried at the Cymer-Afan Cemetery. A memorial tablet was unveiled at Hebron Chapel alongside a similar tablet to his old friend, Sir William Jenkins.
DAVIES, MARY (Mair Eifion; 1846 - 1882), poet Born 17 October 1846 at Portmadoc, where she lived all her life, the elder daughter of captain Lewis Davies and Jennet, his wife, of the Tregunter Arms, Portmadoc. She was educated at a private school at Portmadoc which was maintained by a daughter of William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog). At an early age she showed an aptitude for writing poetry and received instruction from Ioan Madog (John Williams
DAVIES, MARY (1855 - 1930), singer Born in London, 27 February 1855, daughter of William Davies (Mynorydd, 1826 - 1901). Her singing at the Welsh concerts in the capital brought her into prominence while she was still young; her first teachers were Henry Brinley Richards and Megan Watts Hughes. She joined the Welsh Choral Union which was then under the conductorship of John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia, 1826 - 1913), and, in 1873 won a
DAVIES, MATTHEW WILLIAM (1882 - 1947), musician
DAVIES, MORRIS (1796 - 1876), author, hymnologist, and musician Born October 1796 (christened 19 October) at Pennant-igi Uchaf ('Pennant Igillt ' in a record of 1761), Mallwyd parish, Meironnydd; his father, a farmer, was of Ffestiniog origin. His earliest education was in short-lived schools at Dinas Mawddwy and Mallwyd, together with the Sunday school. Disliking farm work, he decided to become a schoolmaster and went in 1819 to a school kept by William Owen
DAVIES, MORRIS (Moi Plas; 1891 - 1961), quarryman, local historian and researcher Born 24 June 1891 in Plas Capten, Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, the son of William Davies, farmer, and his wife Ruth (née Humphreys). He was educated at the board school Trawsfynydd, but in common with many of his contemporaries his schooling was cut short and he left to work at home on the farm. He served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in Palestine and France during World War I. Afterwards, and
DAVIES, MOSES (1799 - 1866), musician Harries). He died 6 January 1866, and was buried at Cefn-coed-cymer. He was the father of William Davies, ' Mynorydd '.
DAVIES, MYRIEL IRFONA (1920 - 2000), campaigner for the United Nations Myriel Davies was born in Swansea on 5 March 1920, the daughter and second child of a Congregationalist (Independent) minister, David Morgan (1883-1959), and his wife Sarah Jane (née Jones, 1885-1953). Her brother, Herbert Myrddin Morgan (1918-1999), had been born two years previously. She spent her early years at Glyn Neath, Caerau, Maesteg and Whitland before moving, aged 12, to Bancyfelin
DAVIES, RACHEL (Rahel o Fôn; 1846 - 1915), lecturer and preacher Born in Anglesey (?), daughter of William Cox Paynter, of the parish of Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Caernarfonshire, and his wife Jane Mary (Williams), Cae Eithin Tew, Cwmystradllyn, Caernarfonshire. (Some of the forebears of her father had been customs officers at Minffordd and Llanfrothen, Merioneth, and at Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire). When she was young she lived for a time at Brynsiencyn
DAVIES, RANDOLPH (d. 1695), cleric and controversialist opinions he is said to have interceded with bishop William Lloyd (1627 - 1717) of St Asaph on behalf of a body of Independents living in his own parish: his great desire seems to have been to live at peace with all men, especially with his own ecclesiastical superiors and his neighbours. He was buried 24 February 1695.
DAVIES, RHYS (Y Glun Bren; 1772 - 1847), eccentric Independent preacher occasion when he was preaching at Bedd-y-coediwr farm-house, Trawsfynydd, he made an astonishing impression on a very young man who later became one of the outstanding preachers of Wales and was known as 'Williams of Wern' (William Williams, 1781 - 1840). When he was out on tour he used to sell copies of the 'Association Letters' of the Independents, and, in this way, doubtless did much good in the rural

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