Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MATHIAS family Llwyngwaren, Llwyn Gwaring, Llangwaren, Lamphey ' the King shall have his own again '; so too in 1694; but by 1696 he was quiet, and he made no move in the affair of 1715 (Francis Jones in The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1946-7, 220-1). His son JOHN MATHIAS (1694? - l774) added to the estate the property of Trefayog (Trefaeog) in S. Nicholas parish, some miles to the north of Llwyngwaren - indeed, he died at Trefayog
MATHIAS, WILLIAM JAMES (1934 - 1992), composer and teacher William Mathias was born on 1 November 1934 in Whitland. His father, James Hughes Mathias (1893-1969), was a history teacher at Whitland Grammar School and his mother Marian (née Evans, 1896-1980) was an organist and pianist. At the age of six he began to take piano lessons with David Lloyd Phillips of Llanfyrnach, and it was to him that Mathias dedicated his sonata for piano, op.23. In 1952 he
MATTHEWS, ABRAHAM (1832 - 1899), minister (Congl.) and one of the pioneers of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia the other committee members by local officers in February 1899 as a result. He was editor of Y Dravod, 1896-99. He died 1 April 1899 and was buried in Moriah cemetery where he had been a minister for twenty years. He left a widow, two sons and two daughters. One of his grandchildren is the historian Matthew Henry Jones, Trelew, author of two books on the history of that town : Trelew: un desafio
MATTHEWS, JOHN (1773 - 1848), surveyor and public man Born 1 January 1773, son of Edward Matthews of Pen-y-bont, near Mold, Flintshire. He became a surveyor and by 1811 had secured a considerable practice in North Wales. In 1819 he was appointed commissioner for the Arwystli commons, and in 1821 commissioner and arbitrator for the reclaimed land (Traeth Mawr) near Portmadoc. In May 1823 he removed to Clydfanc, near Llanidloes, and, in December 1828
MAURICE family Clenennau, Glyn (Cywarch), Penmorfa married (1) John Jones, Wern, Penmorfa - see Wynn family of Peniarth; and (2) Ellis Anwyl, Parkie, Caernarfonshire Sir William Maurice was succeeded at Clenennau by his grand-daughter, ELLIN MAURICE (1578 - 1626), heiress of Clenennau, Porkington, and Llanddyn, daughter of William Wynn Maurice (who had died in 1568, i.e., before his father, Sir William Maurice), and Mary, daughter of John Lewis, Chwaen
MAURICE, HUGH (1775 - 1825), skinner, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts Eifion), the author of the second-best poem. His eldest son, ROWLAND JONES MAURICE, wrote a translation of Nennius at the end of NLW MS 119B, on 4 July 1817. His second son, PETER MAURICE, born at Plâs Gwyn, 29 June 1803, christened at Greenwich 1 July 1804, was educated at Jesus College, Oxford (matriculated 1822, B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829, B.D. 1837, D.D. 1840), was ordained deacon (licensed to the curacy
MAURICE, MATHIAS (1684 - 1738), Independent minister and writer whole work by Evan Evans (1804 - 1886) of Nant-y-glo in 1862; both went into more than one edition. Maurice died at Rothwell on 1 September 1738. His widow Elizabeth died 8 October 1771, 73 years old.
MAURICE, WILLIAM (d. 1680), antiquary and collector of manuscripts possession or had been written by or for him.He was twice married (1), to Lettice, daughter of Roger Kynaston, Ruabon, by the daughter and heiress of Roger Eyton of Cefn y Carneddau; by her he had three sons who died young, and two daughters - Ann, wife of David Williams of Glan Alaw, brother of (Sir) William Williams (1634 - 1700), Speaker of the House of Commons, and Lettice, wife of Roger, son of Thomas
McLUCAS, CLIFFORD (1945 - 2002), artist and theatre director Stanford in 2002, he began work on Prosiect Ogam: Rhwng ei dau fôn - a deep map of the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. A study for this project, Bro, was presented in the art tent at the National Eisteddfod in St Davids in August of that year. However, the work remained unfinished due to McLucas's untimely death of a brain tumor on 1 September 2002. McLucas's archive is housed in the National Library of
MEADOWS, JOSEPH KENNY (1790 - 1874), draughtsman christened at S. Mary's, Cardigan, 1 November 1790, second son of James Meadows. His career is not recorded until 1823 when he was responsible for some of the illustrations in The Mirror of the Stage, and the lithographs used in Planché's Costume of Shakespere's Historical Tragedy of King John. He achieved popularity with The Heads of the People or Portraits of the English, 1838-40, to which W. M
MERCER, JOHN (1893 - 1987), cricketer Jack Mercer was born on 22 April, 1893 at Southwick, Sussex, the second of six children of Walter Ernest Mercer, farrier, and his wife Mary. He married (1) Santa Lorenza Green in 1919, separated in 1932; (2) Kathrine (Kay) Kemish in 1973. He joined the Sussex County Cricket Club as a swing bowler in 1913, having played club cricket for Southwick. He left the following year and travelled across
MEREDITH, WILLIAM (1874 - 1958), footballer . He moved for more pay. Earlier, in 1901, he had married a girl from Barnsley, Ellen Negus; they had two daughters. He was a constant inspiration to his new team: the First Division championship was won twice (in 1908 and 1911) and in 1909 Bristol City was beaten 1-0 in the final contest for the F.A. Cup at Crystal Palace. By the outbreak of World War I it seemed that his best days had come to an

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