Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1719 - 1782), farmer Moravian workers at Dublin or at Bristol, while another was the mother of Alicia Evans, who married William Griffith of Holyhead (1801 - 1881). William Griffith of Drws-y-coed had a sister, Jane, whose daughter Janet married John Griffith (1752 - 1818) - William Griffith of Holyhead and his wife Alicia (parents of Sir John Purser Griffith) were thus second cousins. Alice Griffith of Drws-y-coed, again
GRIFFITHS, ANN (1776 - 1805), hymn-writer Pont Robert in 1797 and came into contact with John Hughes (1775 - 1854), the teacher and preacher, with whom she corresponded extensively. She married Thomas Griffiths (1779 - 8 April 1808), a Meifod farmer, on 10 October 1804 and died in August 1805 after the birth of her child; she was buried at Llanfihangel, 12 August. She used to recite her hymns to her maid, Ruth Evans, who treasured them in
GRIFFITHS, DAVID REES (Amanwy; 1882 - 1953), poet and writer much to it on local matters. He also wrote the column ' O gwm i gwm ' for Y Cymro for some years. He was elected a deacon of Gellimanwydd Congl. church, and published a tribute to his old minister (Rev. Isaac Cynwyd Evans) under the title Gweinidog fy ieuenctid (1945). He broadcast many times and took a leading role in the film David, a portrayal of his life. His poetical works - pryddestau, songs
GRIFFITHS, EVAN (1778 - 1839), Calvinistic Methodist minister One of the eight ordained in North Wales in 1811. Born at Rhos-fawr near Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 12 March 1778, son of Edward Griffiths and his wife Margaret (Evans) - another of their sons was Thomas Griffiths, husband of the hymnist Ann Griffiths. The mother and her children removed to Ceunant, Meifod, where Evan began preaching in 1802. He died 6 September 1839. There is a memoir of him, by
GRIFFITHS, JOHN (1837 - 1918), artist Born at Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, 29 November 1837, son of Evan Griffiths and his wife Mary Evans of Machynlleth; on his father's death, his mother became housekeeper to Sir James Clarke, physician to queen Victoria. The boy was brought up by his uncle Richard Griffiths, of Neuadd Uchaf farm, Llanfair. Noting his artistic leanings, Sir James had him trained at what is now the Royal
GRIFFITHS, JOHN POWELL (1875 - 1944), minister (Baptist) and schoolmaster Alderman Davies School in Neath and then went to the 'Sawel Academy' conducted by the Reverend Jonah Evans in Llansawel. It is said that it was there that he developed his interest in the classics. In 1894 he was admitted to the South Wales Baptist which had recently moved from Pontypool to Cardiff. The President of the College, Dr William Edwards, who was already translating the New Testament into Welsh
GRIFFITHS, THOMAS (JEREMY) (Tau Gimel; 1797? - 1871), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster and his family emigrated to the U.S.A. He was preaching at Caeronnen, 1846-51, and at Cribin and Ciliau, 1846-8. From 1851 to 1855 he was once more on his travels, but not this time to the U.S.A. He returned to his old neighbourhood and preached at Cribin from 1857 to 1868. He spent the autumn of his life at the home of his friend the Rev. David Evans of Maesymeillion. He died 19 January 1871 and
GRIFFITHS, VAVASOR (d. 1741), Independent minister and tutor . Griffiths must not be held responsible for the Arianism of Jenkins and Price; he was a strict Calvinist, otherwise Edmund Jones of Pontypool would hardly have been so lyrical in his praises of him. He resigned from the Academy before 8 December 1740. He died in 1741, according to the Cilgwyn church book (Y Cofiadur, i, 29). We have a letter of his to Howel Harris (T.L. 267, 18 August 1740), and Harris's
GRONOW, DANIEL (d. 1796), Presbyterian minister Born at Llangyfelach, Glamorganshire, was a member of Mynydd-bach church. He was at Carmarthen Academy from 1757 to 1760, when he was ordained assistant to Philip Pugh in the pastorate of Cilgwyn, Cardiganshire, and its branches; it would seem that Cihau Aeron and Neuadd-lwyd were his special charge. It is clear from Edmund Jones's disparaging references to him (diary, 1768) that Gronow was not
GROSSMAN, YEHUDIT ANASTASIA (1919 - 2011), Jewish patriot and author journals (including Llais Llyfrau, Planet, Tafod y Ddraig, Taliesin, and Barn), and as a broadcaster (for example to the BBC Home Service). She used the experience of being raised in Palestine and of her youth there to stimulate change in Wales. At times, the nationalist establishment, led by Plaid Cymru and its president, Gwynfor Evans, was uncomfortable with this association, especially in the wake of
GRUFFUDD ap NICOLAS (fl. 1415-1460), esquire and a leading figure in the local administration of the principality of South Wales in the middle of the 15th century Dynevor in 1425. He was sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1436. With Edmund Beaufort, parts of the lands of Phillip Clement were demised to him in 1437. He was a power to be feared in West Wales in 1438, according to the evidence of Margaret Malefant in a petition to Parliament. He was farmer of the lordship of Dynevor in 1439, and his son JOHN shared the office with him. In that same year we find his son
GRUFFUDD HIRAETHOG (d. 1564), bard and herald , Salesbury exhorts Welsh people to appreciate the labours of Gruffudd, who 'is saving the language from eternal extinction.' Edmund Prys, in his bardic contention with Wiliam Cynwal, states that Gruffudd was more learned than any two men together, and classes him with Salesbury. The humanists clearly regarded him as one of themselves. An elegy upon him was written by Wiliam Cynwal, and another, in the form

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