Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, THOMAS (1543 - c. 1605), Roman Catholic conspirator standing and his pension, while open opposition to the Jesuits and support for the claims of Mary's son raised against him powerful enemies in his own camp. As a counterpoise to the influence of Parsons and Allen he urged the advancement of Owen Lewis, bishop of Cassano, whose views on English affairs he found more acceptable, and sent a Welsh Carthusian to Rome with that object. Expelled from France, he
MORGAN, THOMAS JOHN (1907 - 1986), Welsh scholar and writer well as his work on linguistics T. J. Morgan published extensively on literary topics, especially Daniel Owen, T. Gwynn Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, and more analytically on literary stylistics, e.g.of the cywydd and awdl (1946-47), Welsh prose (1948) and the poets of the princes (1950); a number of his articles were collected in Ysgrifau Llenyddol (1951). His articles, reviews and adjudications are
MORGAN, THOMAS OWEN (1799 - 1878), barrister-at-law and author
MORGAN, THOMAS REES (1834 - 1897), mechanical engineer and manufacturer, and inventor Born 31 March 1834 at Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire. He worked in the mines until he had an accident, at the age of ten, which resulted in the loss of the left leg below the knee. After the accident he attended schools taught by John Thomas (Ieuan Ddu), Owen Evans, and Taliesin Williams (Taliesin ab Iolo). He developed, under the tuition of Taliesin Williams, a special fondness for
MORGAN, WILLIAM (1801 - 1872), Baptist minister Born early in 1801 near Newport, Pembrokeshire. He was originally an Independent but, about 1818, when he was working for W. Griffiths, minister of Tabor, Dinas Cross, he joined the Baptists and began to preach. He went to the Blaen-y-waun district to learn boot-making but when the church there discovered his talent it sent him for a year to the school kept by William Owen (1789 - 1841) at
MORGAN, WILLIAM GERAINT OLIVER (1920 - 1995), Conservative politician punishment. A native Welsh speaker, he was received into the Gorsedd of Bards in 1969. He became a QC in 1971 and was appointed a County Court Recorder in 1972. He voted against British entry into the EEC on 28 October 1971. He married in 1957 J. S. M. Maxwell, and they had four children, two sons and two daughters. They lived at 13 Owen Road, Prescot, Merseyside. On Morgan's retirement from politics, the
MORGAN-OWEN, LLEWELLYN ISAAC GETHIN (1879 - 1960), army administrator Born 31 March 1879 son of Timothy Morgan-Owen, H.M.I., Llwynderw, Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, and Emma (née Maddox). He was educated at Arnold House, Llandulas; Shrewsbury School; and Trinity College, Dublin. He joined the Carnarvon Militia in 1899 before entering the army in 1900 and serving with the 24th South Wales Borderers in the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal until the end of the
MORRIS, LEWIS (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701 - 1765), poet and scholar people. Remember as we may his vitriolic words about Goronwy Owen - words written in a blaze of anger which was not altogether unreasonable - we must also remember that throughout his life he gave vigorous and untiring support to Welsh literati, however caustic his judgements upon them may have been. His letters to them are evidence of the care and patience expended in advising them and in amending
MORRIS, MORRIS ap RHISIART (1674 - 1763), farmer and cooper Father of the Morris brothers Lewis, Richard, William, and John Morris ('Morrisiaid Môn'). He was born at Tyddyn Melus in Llanfihangel-tre'r-beirdd in 1674 and married Margaret Owen (1671 - 1752) of Bodafon-y-glyn, a neighbouring farm in June 1699. After the birth of his eldest son Lewis on 2 March 1701, he went to live to Fferem; from there in 1707, he moved to Pentrerianell where he continued
MORRIS, RICHARD (1703 - 1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society of his niece - so, thanks to him, they were not dispersed. He ruled the Cymmrodorion (of which he was president from the beginning till his death) as a monarch; he could lose his temper and speak harshly, but he showed forgiveness towards Goronwy Owen, most remarkable patience towards Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), and much kindness to other men of letters. Richard Morris married four times, but we do
MORRIS, WILLIAM (1705 - 1763), botanist, antiquary, letter-writer Born 6 May 1705 at Y Fferem, Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd, Anglesey, third son of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris and brother of Lewis, Richard, and John Morris. His own words suggest that he was tall and lanky; possibly he had a pronounced stoop, for his nephew John Owen (died 1759) nicknames him 'Gwilym Gam' (the crooked), but it may be that the nephew refers rather to his 'stinginess' - he had neither
MORTIMER, ROGER de (4th earl of March, 4th earl of Ulster), (1374 - 1398) Richard, and the disappointment when this expectation was thwarted may well have been one of the causes of the Glyndŵr rebellion. Once more, Owain Glyndŵr's Penmynydd supporters had no quarrel with a Mortimer, and no cause to love a family which had usurped Mortimer 'rights.' Indeed, many in Wales believed (E.H.R., xxxii, 560; Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 28, 53, 69) that Richard II was still alive.

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