Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GLYN family Glynllifon, . HWLKIN LLOYD, Tudur's son, held the town of Caernarvon for the king under William de Tranmere in 1403, and died the following year. MEREDYDD LLOYD, his son, was bailiff of Uwch Gwyrfai in 1413-15, and accompanied some forces sent to protect Guernsey in 1456. The next heir, ROBERT AP MEREDYDD [died c. 1509 ] was twice married, each wife being a member of English families who administered Gwynedd for the
GOODMAN, GABRIEL (1528 - 1601), dean of Westminster and founder of Christ's Hospital, Ruthin fallen after the dissolution of the collegiate church of S. Peter. In 1595 he added a grammar-school to the foundation. In 1600 he brought to the notice of Sir Robert Cecil a petition from the inhabitants of Ruthin complaining of their burden of taxation; and he was active a few months before his death in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a new charter for the borough. He died 17 June 1601 and was
GORONWY-ROBERTS, Baron - see ROBERTS, GORONWY OWEN
GOUGE, THOMAS (1605? - 1681), Nonconformist divine and philanthropist there until 1638 when he received the living of S. Sepulchre's, London. In 1639, he married Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Darcy. In his London parish he regularly catechized the aged and the poor, and once a week distributed money among them, but changed the day in order to encourage constant attendance. In 1662, owing to his disagreement with the Act of Conformity, he was ejected from his living, and
GOULD, ARTHUR JOSEPH (1864 - 1919), Rugby footballer was also one of the greatest runners in Wales. He died 2 January 1919; to perpetuate his memory a memorial bed was endowed at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. He had an elder brother ROBERT GOULD (1864? - 1932), a Rugby forward who played for Newport from 1879 to 1889, and represented Wales on eleven occasions between 1882 and 1887; he died 29 December 1932.
GOULD, ROBERT (1864? - 1932), rugby footballer - see GOULD, ARTHUR JOSEPH
GOWER, Sir ERASMUS (1742 - 1814), admiral intermarriage with the original family, the Vaughans. These were descendants of Robert Vaughan, a cadet of the better-known Vaughans of Cors-y-gedol in Merionethshire; this Robert's wife was Elizabeth, daughter of the translator Thomas Phaer. The Gowers eventually removed from Glandovan to Clunderwen, Pembrokeshire.
GRESHAM, COLIN ALASTAIR (1913 - 1989), archaeologist, historian and author a century (1938-88) Colin Gresham published extensively on the archaeology and history of the counties of Caernarfon and Merioneth in various journals. He also contributed to Atlas Meirionydd (1974) and to Atlas Sir Gaernarfon (1977). He gave the Eifionydd Annual Lecture in 1981 on the subject 'Teulu'r Trefan'. (The lecture was translated into Welsh by Guto Roberts, Rhoslan, who also delivered it
GREVILLE, CHARLES FRANCIS (1749 - 1809), founder of Milford Haven town, Pembrokeshire Greville in April 1809, the new town entered upon a period of depression. Greville was succeeded by his younger brother ROBERT FULKE GREVILLE (1751 - 1824), sometime equerry to king George III. He took but a tepid interest in his brother's projects. When the Admiralty proposed to purchase the site of the dockyard, for which it had been paying a yearly rent, he refused to accept its valuation. It was
GREVILLE, ROBERT FULKE (1751 - 1824) - see GREVILLE, CHARLES FRANCIS
GREVILLE, ROBERT FULKE (1800 - 1867) - see GREVILLE, CHARLES FRANCIS
GRIFFITH family PENRHYN, marriage of Isabel de Pilkington whose daughter by Thomas de Lathom, her first husband, brought Lathom and Knowsley to the Stanleys. (Dwnn, Visitations, ii, 155; Penrhyn MSS. 1-4, 7-9, 13; G.E.C., Complete Peerage, iv, 205 n. c.; D.N.B., liv., 75.) He married (2) Gwenllian, daughter of Iorwerth ap David; ROBERT, his eldest son by this marriage, was the ancestor of the family of Griffith of Plasnewydd

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