Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRIFFITHS, DAVID ROBERT (1915 - 1990), Baptist minister and Biblical scholar original hymns and two of his translations. In his latter years he preferred to be known as D. R. Griffith, in order to distinguish himself from D. R. Griffiths, 'Amanwy'. He died 16 May 1990. After the funeral service at Tabernacle chapel Cardiff he was buried in Penarth.
GRIFFITHS, ERNEST HOWARD (1851 - 1932), physicist and educationalist elected F.R.S. in 1895. In 1902 he was appointed to the principalship of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, in succession to J. Viriamu Jones, the first principal of the college. Active experimental work ceased pending the erection and equipment of a research laboratory, and administrative and educational duties absorbed his time for a number of years. He devoted much
GRIFFITHS, EVAN (Ieuan Ebblig; 1795 - 1873), Independent minister Born 18 January 1795 at Gellibeblig, near Bridgend, Glamorganshire, the youngest of seven children. His father died when he was only three years old, and owing to the poverty of the family he enjoyed few educational advantages. At 21 years of age he started preaching and attended for about a year a school kept by the minister of his chapel, W. Jones of Brynmenyn. Later he went for two years to a
GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH (1762 - 1818), Presbyterian minister
GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH (1799 - 1845), Anglican missionary christened 24 December 1799, son of Griffith and Elizabeth Griffiths, Ty'n–nant, Llanfihangel-genau'r-glyn, Cardiganshire. He was educated locally and under John Williams (1792 - 1858) at Lampeter grammar school. Ordained deacon, he sailed for Jamaica in 1825 as missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; he was priested in Jamaica by bishop Lipscombe, and appointed to the
GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH PENNAR (1860 - 1918), Congregational minister kept by Rees Jenkin Jones with the intention of proceeding afterwards to one of the colleges of his denomination, but was unable to carry out his intention. He was ordairned at Merthyr Vale, Glamorganshire, in 1884 and moved to Pentre Esyllt, near Swansea, in 1887, there to spend the remainder of his days. He soon gained a reputation as an eloquent preacher. He had a clear voice and an easy delivery
GRIFFITHS, JOHN (1820 - 1897), cleric and educationalist Aberystruth, Monmouth, and he received priest's orders in 1844. Subsequently he was preferred to the living of Llansannor in Glamorganshire, holding with this the living of S. Mary Hill from 1847. In 1855 he became rector of Neath, and held this office till 1896. For the last twenty years of his life he was archdeacon of Llandaff. In 1877 he received the degree of B.D. (Lambeth). John Griffith touched many
GRIFFITHS, JOHN POWELL (1875 - 1944), minister (Baptist) and schoolmaster Hebrew. A year after graduating Powell Griffiths was ordained minister of Painscastle and Llandeilo, Radnorshire, both English-language Baptist churches. He moved to become minister in Mount Pleasant English Baptist church, Ponciau, Wrexham, in 1913, remaining there until his death in 1944. Lilian Jones, the wife he married in 1917, died after only two years of marriage. He never remarried but
GRIFFITHS, MORRIS (1721 - 1769), Independent minister Born in 1721 at Pen-y-bryn, Llangybi, Caernarfonshire, Magdalen, wife of Robert Jones of Rhos-lan (1745-1829), was his brother's daughter. At one time he worked for William Prichard (1702 - 1773) of Glasfryn Fawr, and then began to exhort, meeting with persecution at the outset of his career. He was admitted to Carmarthen Academy in 1750 and ordained minister of Trefgarn and Rhosycaerau
GRIFFITHS, PHILIP JONES (1936 - 2008), photographer Philip Jones Griffiths was born in Rhuddlan on 18 February 1936. His father Joseph Griffiths (1903-1962) managed the local London Midland & Scottish Railways Freight Service, and his mother Catherine, (1905?-1973) from whom the 'Jones' was acquired, was a midwife. He had two younger brothers, Penri Jones Griffiths (born 1938) and Gareth Jones Griffiths (born 1944). Fluent in Welsh, Philip was
GRIFFITHS, SAMUEL (1783 - 1860), Independent minister Parch. Morgan Jones, Trelech, 1836; Gwaedd yng Nghymru, 1853; and a number of catechisms for the Sunday school. He rendered service to a large area as unpaid legal adviser and arbitrator. He died 4 July 1860 at the age of seventy-seven, and was buried at Bwlch-y-groes. William Griffiths (1788 - 1861), Calvinistic Methodist minister of Burry Green, Gower, was his brother.
GRIFFITHS, THOMAS (1645 - 1725) Delaware, first minister of the Welsh Tract Baptist church He was born at Llanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire, in 1645, but is described with Elizabeth, his wife, as 'of Melinau ' in the roll of members of Rhydwilym church in 1689. There is no evidence in the church register either that he was baptized there, as some reports say, in 1677, or that he became one of the ordained assistants of William Jones (died c. 1700), but it is known that it was he who led the

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