Dictionary of Welsh Biography

FINIAN (fl. 6th century), saint Of the several versions of a ' Life of S. Finian ' which have been preserved, two are of greater importance than the rest. The one is included in Colgan's Acta SS. Hiberniae; the other, a fuller version though later in date, is an Irish translation found in the Book of Lismore. S. Finian was Irish by birth, and his chief field of activity was Ireland, where his principal foundation was the
FITZ WARIN family, lords Whittington, Alderbury, Alveston plans, c. 1227, for the marriage of Angharad, daughter of Madog ap Gruffydd, to the son of Fulk, but the wedding did not take place - it is unknown if Llywelyn's opposition caused the scheme to fail. [At the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264, FULK IV was drowned while escaping from the field; afterwards] Simon de Montfort sought the aid of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and one of the means of doing this was to
FITZGERALD, DAVID (d. 1176), bishop of S. Davids 1164 he signed the Clarendon Constitutions. In 1167 he prevailed upon the lord Rhys ap Gruffydd to release his half-brother Robert Fitz Stephen from prison, where he had been for three years. When, about the beginning of October 1171, Henry II came on a pilgrimage to S. Davids, the bishop invited him to stay with him; the king declined his invitation but dined with him. Between October 1171 and April
FITZGERALD, MAURICE (d. 1176), one of the conquerors of Ireland 1146 they were at the head of the unsuccessful attempt to recover Llanstephan Castle from the Welsh. Later in his career Maurice Fitzgerald took part, with his half-brother Robert Fitzstephen, in the conquest of Ireland. In 1169 he landed in Wexford with his followers and led the English contingent against Dublin. He finally settled in the cantref of Kildare which earl Richard granted to him for his
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL CORNELIUS JOHN (1927 - 2007), a friar of the Carmelite Order, priest, philosopher and poet held in Chelsea or Guildford, of which FitzGerald was also a founding member. As pastor, he was active in many ways, chiefly by being a genuinely dedicated priest who knew his flock, serving them in their various needs. He would frequent the meetings of the Cylch Catholig, often acting as vice-chairman, and also its tent on the field of the National Eisteddfod every year where he was a familiar face
FITZSTEPHEN, ROBERT (d. c. 1183), one of the conquerors of Ireland Son of Stephen, constable of Cardigan castle in 1136, by Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr. He had lands in Cemais and succeeded his father as constable of Cardigan. When Henry II invaded the realm of Owain Gwynedd in North Wales in 1157, Robert went to his assistance with a fleet. In the fighting he was badly wounded but escaped to the waiting ships. He seems to have successfully defended the
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
FOULKES, PETER (1676 - 1747), scholar and divine third son of Robert Foulkes, of Llechryd, Denbighshire, and Jane Ameredith of Landulph, Cornwall. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. 1698 (M.A., 1701, D.D. 1710). He was appointed canon of Exeter, 1704, sub-dean, 1723, chancellor, May 1724, precentor, 1731. He was made canon of Christ Church in November 1724 and was sub-dean, 1725-33. He was
FOULKES, ROBERT (1743 - 1841), musician
FOX, Sir CYRIL FRED (1882 - 1967), Director of the National Museum of Wales Museum of Wales. During his time as Director, Fox continued to work in the field of archaeology and the Museum published several of his works, amongst them The personality of Britain (1932), A find of the early Iron Age, Anglesey (1946) and (with Lord Raglan) Monmouthshire houses (1951-54). He also surveyed Offa's Dyke, the results of which were published in issues of Arch. Camb. After his retirement
FRANCIS, EDMUND (1768 - 1831), Sandemanian Baptist minister slate-merchant, and owner of the Cilgwyn quarry), who was like him a Sandemanian; on Roberts's death in 1815, Francis opened a flour and corn business - he was also agent for the Drws-y-coed copper-mine. In or very shortly after 1801 he had founded 'Scotch Baptist' churches at Caernarvon and Llanllyfni, under his own pastorate. He was a man of a literary turn of mind, and a friend of the poet Robert
FRANCIS, JOHN DEFFETT (1815 - 1901), painter and collector Savage Club.' He painted portraits of queen Victoria, Sir Robert Peel, and other notable persons, and several of these were engraved. He exhibited one picture at the Royal Academy in 1846 and several at other exhibitions between 1837 and 1860. Francis's assiduity as an art collector is remembered today by the existence of the Deffett Francis Art Gallery at Swansea, which contains the large collection

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