Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORRIS, WILLIAM (1705 - 1763), botanist, antiquary, letter-writer Born 6 May 1705 at Y Fferem, Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd, Anglesey, third son of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris and brother of Lewis, Richard, and John Morris. His own words suggest that he was tall and lanky; possibly he had a pronounced stoop, for his nephew John Owen (died 1759) nicknames him 'Gwilym Gam' (the crooked), but it may be that the nephew refers rather to his 'stinginess' - he had neither
MORRIS-JONES, Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864 - 1929), scholar, poet, and critic Born 17 October 1864 at Trefor, Llandrygarn, Anglesey. In 1868 his family moved to Llanfair-pwll, where he received his elementary education, proceeding in 1876 to Friars School, Bangor. When the headmaster, Daniel Lewis Lloyd was appointed to Christ College, Brecon, in 1879, Morris-Jones accompanied him. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, as a scholar, in 1883, and graduated with
MOSTYN family Mostyn Hall, According to the History of the Family of Mostyn of Mostyn, 1925, compiled by the 3rd baron Mostyn and T. Allen Glenn, the land upon which the present Mostyn Hall stands 'was acquired about five centuries ago by the marriage of IEUAN FYCHAN (died 1457), of Pengwern, Llangollen (and Tre Castell, Anglesey), with ANGHARAD daughter and heiress of HYWEL (or Howel), son of TUDUR AP ITHEL FYCHAN, and
MUTTON, Sir PETER (1565 - 1637), judge and politician the affairs of his Inn, being elected reader for the autumn term, 1625, and acting as keeper of its Black Book. As advocate, and later as judge, he kept up his connection with Wales; appointed clerk of the Crown in Denbigh and Montgomery (1605), he became H.M. Attorney in Wales and the Marches before 1609. On 5 June 1622 he was knighted at Whitehall on being designated chief justice of Anglesey. He
MYTTON, THOMAS (1608 - 1656) Halston,, parliamentary commander Anglesey to subjection after the recapture of Beaumaris castle (2 October 1648). On 25 June 1651 he was added to the high court of justice set up by the Rump for the trial of delinquents, and in the same year he was a member of the court martial at Chester which condemned the earl of Derby. From 1647-52 he served frequently as commissioner for taxes and militia in the North Wales counties; he represented
NANNEY, DAVID ELLIS (1759 - 1819), attorney-general for North Wales scattered over the estate papers of the period, always lucid, exact, neatly written with a fine economy of words. Excellent examples are the dicta on the intricacies of an Anglesey marriage settlement (Henllys 217), on the question whether goods could be distrained for rent if already sold in good faith (Lligwy 4A), and on the validity of leases with unusual clauses for re-possession, distinguishing
OWAIN ap THOMAS ap RHODRI (d. 1378), soldier of fortune and pretender to the principality of Wales Owain's claims, got no further than Guernsey, where his exploits recorded in popular song and legend remained long in memory. The English authorities were prepared for an invasion of Wales as early as December 1369; it is, moreover, significant that in the following year an inhabitant of Anglesey was condemned for having been in touch with ' Owen Lawgoch,' an enemy and traitor, for the purpose of
OWEN family Bodeon, Bodowen, Bodeon stands in the parish of Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, within easy distance of the mansion of Bodorgan. There was at times much political affinity between the two families but (curiously enough) hardly any marriage alliances. OWEN AP HUGH of Bodeon was quite a prominent man in Anglesey in the early age of Elizabeth, sheriff twice, and Member of Parliament in 1545 for Newborough (according to the
OWEN family Orielton, The Owen of Orielton family played a prominent part in the history of Pembrokeshire for nearly three centuries. The estate of Orielton in Castlemartin came into the possession of the Owen family by the marriage of HUGH ab OWEN to Elizabeth Wirriot in 1571. Hugh Owen (he dropped the 'ab') was the eldest son of Owen ap Hugh of Bodowen (or Bodeon), Anglesey, who claimed to be a descendant of Hwfa ap
OWEN ap SION ap RHYS (fl. second half of 16th century) Trefeilir, poet
OWEN, DAVID (Brutus; 1795 - 1866), editor and littérateur he did not become popular. Later, he moved to Tyddyn-sweep, Maenaddfwyn, near Llannerch-y-medd (Anglesey); but he was not very successful there either, and soon afterwards he moved to Bontnewydd, near Caernarvon, and kept a school there. In 1828, after being appointed editor of Lleuad yr Oes, a journal published at Aberystwyth, he became a schoolmaster at Llanbadarn-fawr, but when the copyright of
OWEN, Sir DAVID JOHN (1874 - 1941), docks manager Reserve Advisory Committee of the Board of Trade in 1939. He was also chairman of the Anglesey and Caernarvonshire Agricultural Wages Committee and a member of the Central Advisory Water Committee. He was knighted in 1931. His long association with the major British ports enabled him to contribute to the understanding of their history by means of his publications: A short history of the Port of Belfast

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