Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GREY, THOMAS (1733 - 1810), Independent minister quarter sessions on 30 July 1762. Upon the death of Philip Pugh in 1762 he was called to be pastor of the Independent churches at Llwynpiod and Abermeurig, Cardiganshire. He married Letitia (née Jenkins), widow of Theophilus Jones of Blaenplwyf, Llanfihangel Ystrad, a local squire upon whose death in 1758 William Williams, Pantycelyn, wrote an elegy. They settled at Sychbant, Nantcwnlle, a farm on the
GRIFFITH, SIDNEY (d. 1752), Methodist and associate of Howel Harris far as Builth on her way home. It is clear that Harris was deeply influenced by her on these journeys, but it should be noted that she sided with Rowland and not with Harris in Rowland's opposition to Griffith Jones of Llanddowror and to James Beaumont. When Harris got back from London to Trevecka (23 September), he found ' Madam Griffith ' awaiting him there, with the news that her husband had
GRIFFITH family PENRHYN, Anglesey and Caernarvonshire to his son by the second marriage. (Penrhyn manuscripts, passim; Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club, 1951, 34-72; J. R. Jones, ' The development of the Penrhyn estate to 1431 ', University of Wales M.A. thesis, unpublished.) From 1431 to 1531 the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Gwilym ap Griffith (each named Gwilym) held the estate and added
GRIFFITH(S), DAVID (1726 - 1816), cleric and schoolmaster As master of the grammar-school attached to Christ College, Brecon, he taught a group of distinguished men: Thomas Coke, Edward Davies ('Celtic Davies'), John Jones of Llandovery (the Greek lexicographer), Theophilus Jones, David Price (the Orientalist), and John Hughes of Brecon, who are all noticed in the present work. He was the son of Roger and Gwenllian Griffiths of the parish of S. Davids
GRIFFITH, EDWARD (1832 - 1918), antiquary account of his early life together with genealogical lore and interesting sidelights on the social history of the times. Many of his manuscripts are to be found in the National Library of Wales, including his collection of manuscripts belonging to Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd), David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr), and Robert Oliver Rees - see N.L.W. Handlist of MSS., i, 232-41. He took a prominent part in the
GRIFFITH, ELLIS JONES - see ELLIS-GRIFFITH, Sir ELLIS JONES
GRIFFITH, HUW WYNNE (1915 - 1993), minister (Presb) and a prominent ecumenical leader suffered greatly but with courage and dignity. His funeral, conducted by his minister, Reverend Pryderi Llwyd Jones, was on 25 March 1993 in Morfa Chapel, Portland Street, Aberystwyth. Tributes were paid to him by Reverend Erastus Jones and Principal Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, two who had been involved with Huw Wynne Griffith in the ecumenical movement. He was laid to rest in Aberystwyth Plasgrug cemetery
GRIFFITH, JOHN (1863 - 1933), schoolmaster and musician Born at Rhiw, Llŷn, 18 April 1863, the eldest son of Siôn Griffith, shoemaker, of Pen-y-groes, Rhiw, and Martha Griffith, Pen Nebo, Rhiw. He was educated at Botwnnog grammar school, was a pupil teacher at Nebo, Llanllyfni, and a student at Bangor Normal College, 1881-2, and became headmaster of the British Schools at Glanwydden and Machynlleth. He married Dorothy, daughter of Owen Jones, Siop
GRIFFITH, JOHN OWEN (Ioan Arfon; 1828 - 1881), poet and critic eisteddfod for an awdl on 'Adam.' His cywyddau to 'Night,' 'Hope,' and 'Home' are his best poems. He also wrote an elegy upon Glasynys (Owen Wynne Jones). His wife, Anne (Roberts), came from a small farm in Waun-fawr called Ala-bawl. They had six children, the eldest being R. A. Griffith (Elphin). After his marriage he went to school for six months. He then opened a grocer's shop at 23, High Street
GRIFFITH, MOSES (1747 - 1819), draughtsman and water-colour painter number of small scale sketches from life which are still available. After Pennant's death in 1798 Griffith was employed by his son David Pennant, and he executed a group of about 200 water-colours of Welsh views for him between 1805 and 1813. He was living at Whitford, near Holywell, in 1781 and married Margaret Jones of the same parish. There were two children of the marriage. A letter in The
GRIFFITH, RICHARD (Carneddog; 1861 - 1947), poet, writer, and journalist widely read over a number of years. He contributed articles and notes to Cymru, Bye-Gones, etc., wrote biographies of Richard Jones Owen ('Glaslyn'), Richard Morris ('Yr Hên Lanc'), ' Tegfelyn ', and John Jones ('Jac Glanygors'); he prepared three selections for reciters (he often adjudicated in eisteddfodau) and also published Blodau'r Gynghanedd, Cerddi Eryri, and Ceinion y Cwm. He had an
GRIFFITH, ROBERT ARTHUR (Elphin; 1860 - 1936), author and lawyer position which he held until his retirement in 1935. On the literary side he was a keen eisteddfodwr; he assumed the bardic name of Elphin. He wrote two volumes of Welsh verse (Murmuron Menai and O Fôr i Fynydd) and a Welsh comedy entitled Y Bardd a'r Cerddor. With David Edwards (1858 - 1916) and John Owen Jones (1861 - 1899), he produced the pseudonymous The Welsh Pulpit: divers notes and opinions. By a

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