Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BRUCE, MORYS GEORGE LYNDHURST (4th Baron Aberdare), (1919 - 2005), politician and sportsman maiden speech on 5 March, during the debate on the recent defence white paper. He spoke regularly in the House of Lords, particularly on youth services, sport and education; in a debate on 1 December 1965, he noted that universities gave more attention to the arts than the sciences: 'There still exists a kind of intellectual snobbery that pays greater respect to the man who misquotes Horace than the
BRYAN, ROBERT (1858 - 1920), poet and composer that Arabs would deposit large sums in gold with the firm, without any written security, rather than entrust them to the banks. The business was closed in 1934. The surviving brother, JOSEPH DAVIES (died 1 March 1935 at Alexandria, aged 71), became a very prominent member of the British community in Egypt; he was president (1923-4) of the British Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and, during the same
BRYANT, JOHN (Alawydd Glan Tâf; 1832 - 1926), harpist Born 1 February 1832 at Castellau, Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, son of Daniel Bryant, Efailisaf, Llantrisant. He received tuition in harp-playing from Llewelyn Williams ('Alawydd y De') for about two years. He was a competent player of the pedal harp, took part in many eisteddfodau and concerts in South Wales, and served as adjudicator in some eisteddfodau. He arranged variations for the harp on
BULKELEY, WILLIAM (1691 - 1760), squire and diarist Of Brynddu in Llanfechell, Anglesey. Born 4 November 1691. His surviving diaries are two in number, one extending from 30 March 1734 to 8 June 1743; the other from 1 August 1747 to 28 September 1760. They are perfect treasure-houses of allusion and incident; Anglesey life in the commote of Talybolion never had such an historian. Weather and social customs are described at great length, personal
BURTON, RICHARD (1925 - 1984), stage and film actor the BAFTA award for Best British Actor in 1966 for his roles in The Spy who came in from the Cold and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; he won a Golden Globe award in 1978 for his performance in Equus. On 1 March 2013 a Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame was unveiled in recognition of his achievements, next to Elizabeth Taylor's Star. His archive, including his diaries, is in Swansea University. A
CANNON, MARTHA MARIA HUGHES (1857 - 1932), doctor and politician Martha Hughes Cannon was born in Madoc Street, Llandudno on 1 July 1857, the second of the three daughters of Peter Hughes (c.1825-1861), a carpenter, and his wife Elizabeth (née Evans, c.1833-1923). At the time, there was a small Mormon community flourishing in the old village of Llandudno on the Great Orme, of which Peter and Elizabeth Hughes were probably members. Their last address in Wales
CAYO-EVANS, WILLIAM EDWARD JULIAN (1937 - 1995), political activist nine prominent members of the FWA who were arrested in 1969. Following a trial that lasted 53 days and ended on the very day of the Investiture, 1 July 1969, he and two others were convicted of public order offences including wearing an illegal uniform, and were sentenced to fifteen months in prison. Despite their threatening appearance, the FWA depended more on hype than on violence. They wore a
CHARLES, DAVID (1812 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister Aberystwyth in October 1872. Upon the appointment of his nephew T. C. Edwards as principal he resigned his post and later migrated to Aberdovey, where he died on 13 December 1878. In 1869 he was moderator of the general assembly of his connexion. He married (1), 1839, Kate Roberts, Holyhead, who died c. 1844; (2), 1846, Mary, daughter of Hugh Jones of Llanidloes and widow of Benjamin Watkins, by whom he had
CHARLES, DAVID (1803 - 1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister and hymnist in the South in 1853. In 1823 he edited and published a monthly magazine, Yr Addysgydd : this contained hymns of his, both original and translated. He was mainly responsible for the editorial work in connection with the collection of hymns published in 1841 for the use of the Calvinistic Methodist connexion, and some of his hymns retain their popularity to this day. He married (1) Sarah, daughter
CHARLES, JOHN ALWYN (1924 - 1977), minister (Cong.) and college lecturer whose wholesome laugh gladdened every company, and a man held in high esteem by his students and these to whom he ministered. On 31 March, 1977, he suffered a heart attack, and was taken to the Caernarfonshire and Anglesey Hospital, Bangor. It was there that he died on April 1. His funeral service was held on Tuesday, 5 April, with a public service at Pen-dref Chapel, Bangor, and a private service at
CLARK family, printers and publishers ) began business at Usk on 1 January 1834. Both brothers had learned the craft of printing at their father's office. J. H. Clark was born 23 January 1818 in Gloucester and died 16 February 1913, aged 95. During his long life as printer and publisher he wrote and published several books, e.g. Usk and its Neighbourhood, 1856; Handbook to Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1861; Sketches of Monmouthshire, 1868
COFFIN, WALTER (1784 - 1867), colliery pioneer other lands at Dinas, and sank pits there in 1815 and 1832 - he worked 'Rhondda no. 1' and 'Rhondda no. 3' seams. Though a director of the Taff Vale Railway in 1836, he opposed its extension up the Rhondda valley, having no opinion of the future prospects of that valley and believing that its output could be adequately handled by tram and canal. From 1852 to 1857 he was M.P. for Cardiff. He died at

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