Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS, Sir OWEN MORGAN (1858 - 1920), man of letters the University of Wales. He died (still in harness) at Llanuwchllyn, 15 May 1920. His wife, Ellen Davies of Prys Mawr, Llanuwchllyn, had died a year before him. They had two sons, Owen ab Owen (1892-1897) and Ifan ab Owen Edwards (1895-1970), and one daughter, Haf (1898-1965) who married David Hughes Parry.
EDWARDS, RICHARD (1628 - 1704) Nanhoron, Llŷn, Puritan squire wife of one of his great-grandsons - TIMOTHY EDWARDS (1731 - 1780), a captain in the Royal Navy - was very prominent in her support of the Welsh Independent cause at Capel Newydd, near Nanhoron. Their grandson, RICHARD LLOYD EDWARDS (1806 - 1876), was a stalwart Conservative and Churchman, D.L. of Caernarvonshire, high sheriff at various times of three Welsh counties, and in the forefront of the
EDWARDS, RICHARD LLOYD Nanhoron (1806 - 1876) - see EDWARDS, RICHARD
EDWARDS, ROGER (1811 - 1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister early 1830 until c. 1833 he kept school at Dolgelley. In December 1830 he began preaching, being ordained in 1842. In 1835 he went to Mold in a proof-reading and general editorial capacity to John (fl. 1829-59) and Evan Lloyd, printers, and he remained at Mold until his death on 9 July 1886. Although he had acted as minister to the church at Bethesda, Mold, since 1835, it was not until 1878 that he
EDWARDS, SYDENHAM TEAST (1768 - 1819), botanical and animal draughtsman Christened at Usk, 5 August 1768, son of Lloyd Pittel Edwards, a schoolmaster and organist at Usk and Abergavenny, and Mary (Reece?) his wife (of Llantilio Crossenny). His drawing ability brought him to the notice of William Curtis, botanist and entomologist, who sent him to London to study drawing. From 1798 to 1814 Edwards contributed nearly all the drawings for The Botanical Magazine and
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Twm o'r Nant; 1739 - 1810), poet and writer of interludes eisteddfod held at Corwen in May 1789 the adjudicators failed to agree as to who should be given the prize, and the productions of Twm o'r Nant, Jonathan Hughes, and Gwallter Mechain were submitted for judgement to the Gwyneddigion Society of London, who decided in favour of Gwallter. David Samwel, however, favoured Twm, and sent him a silver writing-pen as a consolation prize. Twm was again unsuccessful
EDWARDS, THOMAS DAVID (1874 - 1930), musician Born 15 July 1874 at Pittson, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., son of David Edwards (Iorwerth Glan Elyrch) and his wife, the parents having emigrated from Rhymney, Monmouthshire Being a delicate child, he received very little early education. Coming over to Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, he worked hard at music and gained the diplomas of L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., and F.T.S.C. He was organist of Salem, Porth, until
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (1719 - 1789), Independent minister, and architect these were single-arched, and less steep than Pontypridd bridge. He did much bridge work in Monmouthshire, and contracted to rebuild Chepstow bridge, but did not do so. So numerous were the demands for Edwards's engineering services, that building and repairing bridges became the occupation of three of his sons - THOMAS, DAVID, and EDWARD. The fourth, WILLIAM, was killed at Gibraltar, a war victim
EDWIN family Llanfihangel, Llanmihangel, ., 1738, M.P. for Westminster 1742-7, and for Glamorgan from 1747 till his death, 29 June 1756. His wife, Lady Charlotte Edwin (daughter of the 4th duke of Hamilton; she died 5 February 1774), is a figure in early Methodist history, and finds a place in the biographies of Lady Huntingdon and of George Whitefield, and the journals of John Wesley. It was she who presented David Jones (1736 - 1810) to the
EDWIN (d. 1073), prince of Tegeingl pedigrees as great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda; his mother was Ethelfleda, daughter of Edwin, king of Mercia. He married Iwerydd, sister of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, and by her had three sons, Owain, Uchdryd, and Hywel. Many North Wales families (particularly in Flintshire and Denbighshire) claimed descent from Edwin, among them those of Mostyn of Mostyn and Mostyn of Talacre. David Powel of Ruabon also claimed
EINION ap COLLWYN (fl. 1100?), prince and warrior Lewis Glyn Cothi and Gwilym Tew assert that he was a man of Gwynedd who migrated to Glamorgan in Iestyn's days - and George Owen adds that his father Collwyn was nephew to Angharad daughter of Ednowain ap Bleddyn of Ardudwy and mother of Iestyn. It may be observed that Lloyd's A History of Wales ignores Einion completely (see p. 402, f.n.), and that he had intended to exclude him from the present work
ELIAS, DAVID (1790 - 1856), preacher and schoolmaster published Yr Arfaeth Dragwyddol (Caernarvon, 1847). David Elias died 29 May 1856, and was buried at Pentraeth. John Roose Elias was his son.

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