Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRICHARD, CARADOG (1904 - 1980), novelist and poet sub-editor on a local weekly newspaper, Yr Herald Cymraeg, in Caernarfon before becoming a reporter on the same paper in the Conwy valley, where he later joined the staff of the Faner, another weekly. In 1923 his mother was admitted to the mental hospital at Denbigh, where she would spend the rest of her life (she died 1 May 1954). By now Caradog had started to write poetry, winning prizes in local
PROBERT, LEWIS (1837 - 1908), Independent minister and college principal college was moved from ' The Poplars ' to the place where it now stands. He published Y Weinidogaeth Ymneilltuol yng Nghymru, 1882; Esboniad ar y Rhufeiniaid, 1890; Esboniad ar yr Effesiaid, 1892; Crist a'r Saith Eglwys, 1894; and Nerth y Goruchaf, 1906. In 1901 he was elected chairman of the Union of Welsh Independents. He was regarded as a preacher of the first rank, a fine theologian (although
PROGER family Painter.' He was Member of Parliament for the county of Brecknock from 1662 till 1679. His fortunes waned after Charles's death, and he is found complaining to queen Anne that his salary had not been paid for years; but in 1702 he was granted a pension of £200 as ' the oldest servant of the Crown now alive.' He died 31 December 1713 or 1 January 1714, from ' cutting four new teeth ' at 96. Of his
PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales north Wales, in particular Goronwy O. Roberts and Huw T. Edwards. From now on he was the anchor man for the Labour Party in Wales. He prepared a discussion paper based on a memorandum submitted by Huw T. Edwards under the title, 'Democratic Devolution in Wales' and submitted it to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party for further consideration. Through the leadership of James Griffiths
PRYCE family Newtown Hall, . Cadet branches were the Pryce's of Vaynor, of Park, Llanwnnog, of Glanmaheli, and of Bodfach, Montgomeryshire, all are now extinct. Newtown Hall, the core of which is old, but had been much modernized in the 19th century, now (1949) serves as the offices of the urban district council.
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet . He took his M.A. degree in 1571. The following year he was inducted into the living of Ffestiniog and Maentwrog, but for the time being was non-resident. On 13 March 1576 he became rector of Ludlow, Salop, and on 6 November of the same year was appointed archdeacon of Merioneth. From now on until his death he lived at Tyddyn-du, Maentwrog. On 16 April 1580 he was, in addition, given the living of
PRYSE family Gogerddan, of 'Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch,' 'The White Book of Roderick,' now Peniarth MS 4 and Peniarth MS 5 in N.L.W. (The present whereabouts of 'Llyfr Gwyrdd Gogerddan,' 'The Green Book of Gogerddan' are not known). The pedigree of the family up to the year 1588 is given by Lewis Dwnn (Visitations, i, 44-5), based, probably, on tables compiled by Thomas Jones (c. 1530 - 1609), Fountain Gate, Tregaron; see also
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters Born 4 July 1807 in a cottage called Beudy Clegyrog, Llan-badrig, Anglesey. He only had four days' schooling, two when he was 5 years of age and two more fifteen years later. His mother died when he was 4 years of age, and in the spring of 1818 his father died also. As the children were in dire poverty the Llandrygarn vestry (for by now they were in that parish) found employment for the three
PUGH, ELLIS (1656 - 1718), Quaker other Welsh people started on the long voyage to Pennsylvania. They reached Barbadoes in March 1687 and arrived in Pennsylvania in the summer of the same year. Pugh settled with his family near Gwynedd township in Philadelphia county (now Montgomery county), as a farmer; he also continued to minister to the many Welsh people who were there. In 1706 he returned to Wales, but he was back in Pennsylvania
PUGH, HUGH (1803 - 1868), schoolmaster and Independent minister to the Dysgedydd and it was during this period that he published Drych y Cymunwr for the benefit of young communicants, and Hawl a chymwysder dyn i farnu drosto'i hun. In 1837 he moved to Mostyn, Flintshire, where he continued to work with the same assiduity and where he had men of similar opinions as neighbours, e.g., his predecessor, Gwilym Hiraethog, now at Denbigh, and Scorpion, at Trelawnyd
PUGH, PHILIP (1679 - 1760), Independent minister spreading in his churches, but vigorously opposed the Antinomianism of the period. He published Darluniad y Gwir Gristion, including also Myfyrdodau Difrifol, 1748, being translations of John Shower's books together with some hymns written by himself. The old Cilgwyn church register, chiefly kept by him, has now been lost, and so has the diary attributed to him - but there are reasons to doubt whether the
PUGHE, ELIZABETH ('Eliza') (1826 - 1847), deaf illustrator (sic). The author of the note was Eliza's niece, the artist Buddug Anwylini Pughe (1856-1939), and she describes Eliza as being 'deaf and dumb from birth, and was a very pretty girl'. Eliza's pictorial dictionary (now in the National Library of Wales) contains hundreds of minute hand-drawn illustrations accompanied by English and Welsh nouns or verbs to describe each image. It is highly likely that

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