Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, TOM PUGH (1912 - 1985), university professor particularly popular amongst the students - everyone referred to him with respect and affection as 'T.P.' When he retired in 1977, a large number of former students returned to Cardiff to celebrate the occasion. In 1948 he published a collection of German prose passages for translation into English, Advanced Modern German Unseens and in 1957 he co-edited with Professor August Closs (Bristol) the wide-ranging
WILLIAMS, WATKIN HEZEKIAH (Watcyn Wyn; 1844 - 1905), schoolmaster, poet, and preacher collaboration with Elwyn Thomas, two novels. He was a frequent contributor to Welsh periodicals and was himself, from 1890, co-editor of one of them (Y Diwygiwr). A small volume of his memoirs was published posthumously. His prose is racy and unaffected, but he made no great effort to develop a literary style. He was a prominent popular lecturer and preacher (he had been ordained in 1894). He had endured poor
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ALBERT (1909 - 1946), organist, music critic and composer compositions to vocal music - songs, part-songs for mixed voices, male voices and children, and a number of anthems. Although he did not fully develop as a composer, he won many prizes at the national eisteddfod for composition. All his work demonstrates his perceptiveness, and a very clear promise of great things to come had he lived. Many of his works were published by the Gwynn Publishing Co., Llangollen
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PRICHARD (1848 - 1916), co-founder of the Princes Road Presbyterian church, Bangor, and publisher of a new edition of Deffynniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr by Maurice Kyffin
WINTER, CHARLES (1700 - 1773), Arminian Baptist minister debate in the Baptist Association, which met at Hengoed in 1730 and at which Abel Francis was also present, Winter (but not David and Isaac) consented to a compromise, and indeed afterwards became assistant to Morgan Griffith (died 1738), pastor of the church. In 1740, though there was a party which desired the promotion of Winter, the majority favoured Griffith Jones of Pen-y-fai, and Winter co
WOGAN family noteworthy member of the family is Sir JOHN WOGAN, justiciary of Ireland, a member of the Picton branch. There is complete uncertainty about his parentage and early life. We first hear of him in 1281 and 1290, when he was conducting inquiries for the crown in Wales, but he seems to have had some interests also in Ireland before 1284. Following his appointment as one of the justices for co. York in 1293, he
WOOD, MARY MYFANWY (1882 - 1967), missionary in China, 1908-51 she worked over the years were Xiaoxhang, Hebei, Beijing, Shanghai, Ji'nan and Shandong. Her 1915-16 year's leave was spent at Mansfield College Oxford and a London college before returning to Beijing (Peiping), where she was appointed headmistress of the Girls' Middle School. She made a significant contribution to the development in north China of the education of girls and she was co-opted to
WYNDHAM-QUIN, WINDHAM HENRY (5th EARL DUNRAVEN and MOUNT-EARL), (1857 - 1952), soldier and politician Sheriff for county Kilkenny in 1914 and commandant of the Lines of Communication in 1915. He was also one of the directors of the Great Western Railway Co. In June 1926 he succeeded his cousin Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin (see Supplement below) as Earl of Dunraven. He also became a well-liked and popular character in south Wales. He was a member of the Court of Governors of the National Museum, and was
WYNN family Bodewryd, WYNN, was born 7 September 1617. He matriculated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1637, and took up law, becoming a member of the Inner Temple in 1639. In the same year he married Ellen (who died 11 May 1650), daughter and co-heiress of John Lewis of Chwaen Wen, a descendant of Hugh Lewis, Presaddfed. He was sheriff of Anglesey in 1658-9. He died 30 January 1669/70, and was buried at Llantrisant. Of
WYNN family Glyn (Glyn Cywarch), Brogyntyn, co-heiress of Robert Owen of Ystumcegid, he was the father of OWEN WYNN (died 1682/3), of Glyn and Ystumcegid, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Robert Mostyn, of Nant, Flintshire, the issue of the marriage being two daughters, (1) MARGARET (died 1727), who married Sir ROBERT OWEN (died 1698), of Clenennau and Brogyntyn who was Member of Parliament for Merioneth, 1681-85, and was
WYNN family Rûg, Boduan, Bodfean, are given in the usual books on the landed gentry, e.g. Burke, Nicholas, etc. For the pedigree see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 59, 171 (note), 173. JOHN WYNN, of Bodvel (which is near Boduan), who was high sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1551 and 1560, was standard-bearer for Edward VI in the fighting near Norwich against Ket and his co-rebels in 1549; he received Bardsey Island as a gift in honour of
YALE family Plâs yn Iâl, Plas Grono, East India Co. He became governor there (1687-99), returning with a fortune of £200,000, to live alternately in London (as a governor of the Company) and at Plas Grono, where he was a liberal benefactor of Wrexham church and a creditor of Josua Edisbury; but he is best known for the benefactions (1714-21) of books, pictures, etc., sent by him at the request of Cotton Mather, to the college at New

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