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  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (fl. c . 1685? - c . 1740?), secretary to Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford son of Thomas Thomas, Llandovery, who is described as ' gent ' by Foster (Alumni. Oxon.) in his account of the academic career of Timothy Thomas (1694 - 1751), brother of William Thomas. John Davies (Bywyd a Gwaith Moses Williams) suggests that he was self-taught, possibly because of what Thomas Hearne says of him - 'He never had any Academical Education' (T. Hearne, Collections). Nevertheless he
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1671), leader of the free-communion Baptists in the South of that county in Restoration times It is believed, but not with certain proof, that he (as a Baptist) was one of the assistants of William Wroth at Llanfaches; it is certain that he was not the William Thomas who was baptized by Miles at Ilston in November 1650. It is easy to believe that he was friendly with Walter Cradock, and that he was one of the Puritan preachers who fled to Bristol and London in 1642-3; when he returned
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (1734 - 1799), cleric and antiquary Son of Lewis and Eleanor Thomas, Eglwys Nynnid, near Margam, Glamorganshire (he was christened 26 August 1734). He received his early education at Cowbridge under Dr. Durell, and then proceeded to Jesus College, Oxford, where he matriculated, 24 October 1751. He graduated B.A. from Oriel College in 1755 and M.A. in 1758. He was ordained deacon by the bishop of S. Davids on 13 August 1758, and
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (1613 - 1689), bishop Born at Bristol, 2 February 1613, son of John Thomas of Bristol (formerly of Carmarthen) and Elizabeth his wife. He was educated at the grammar school, Carmarthen, and matriculated in the University of Oxford from S. John's College, 13 November 1629, graduating B.A. from Jesus College, May 1632, and M.A. in February 1634/5. He was also Fellow and tutor of Jesus College. Ordained deacon in 1637
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (1723 - 1811), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (1790 - 1861), poet
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (1891 - 1958), under-secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government Born 27 November 1891, son of James and Catherine Thomas, Cymer, Rhondda,. He was educated at Porth Secondary School and the University College at Cardiff where he graduated B.Sc. in 1911 and was demonstrator in physics there for a while. During World War I he served with the South Lancashire Regiment, and was on the General Staff (Intelligence) of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. He was called
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (fl. 1843), colliery owner - see LEWIS, Sir WILLIAM THOMAS
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM DAVIES (1889 - 1954), Professor of English Born 5 August 1889, son of William and Hannah Thomas, Abermule, Montgomeryshire, where his father was a blacksmith and postmaster. He was educated at Newtown County School and at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he obtained a first-class honours degree in English in 1910. He was a valuable player in the college and town football teams. After a year as student assistant at
  • THOMAS, Sir WILLIAM JAMES (1867 - 1945), BARONET, coalowner, philanthropist Born 10 March 1867 at Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, son of Thomas James and Jane Thomas. Orphaned at an early age he was cared for by his paternal grandmother during his schooldays at Mynyddislwyn and Pontypridd. He then entered the service of his grandfather, James Thomas (1817 - 1901), a pioneer of the coal industry in the Rhondda Fach valley, who at the age of 60 sank the Standard and Ynyshir
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM JENKYN (1870 - 1959), schoolmaster and author Born 5 July 1870, the son of John Thomas, Bryncocyn, Llangywer, Merionethshire, and his wife Catherine who died when William was a child, and the family moved to Plas Madog, Llanuwchllyn. He went to Friars School, Bangor, before matriculating as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1888; he had a scholarship in 1890 and graduated B.A. (class I part I in the classical tripos), and M.A. in
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM MEREDITH (1819 - 1877), sculptor - see THOMAS, JOHN EVAN