Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PUGH, HUGH (1794/5 - 1865), master mariner Born at Liverpool in 1794/5. He was captain of the flat Ann (60 tons), which has been immortalized by J. Glyn Davies's ballad ' Fflat Huw Puw '; she was a Liverpool vessel, and he was master in 1840 or earlier, and part-owner. He traded chiefly between Runcorn, Liverpool, and Caernarvon. He moved to live at Caernarvon, and thence to the Barras, Llanidan. The flat was lost on the S. Tudwal Islands
PUGH, WILLIAM (1783 - 1842) Bryn-llywarch, Radical landlord and entrepreneur ), Trinity, Cambridge (1802-6) and Lincoln's Inn (admitted 5 February 1805), he settled at home at the height of the invasion scare, serving as deputy-lieutenant (1807), and as captain (1809), and major (1813) in the local militia. Although called to the Bar in 1813 (11 February) and occupying chambers in Lincoln's Inn (1814-17), he never practised. In 1816 (5 June) he married Beatrix Matilda Dennison
PULESTON, JOHN (c. 1583 - 1659), judge substituted for the customary obligation of keeping a hound or hawk for the landlord that of keeping a Bible in the house. He was a member of the North Wales Composition Committee (1649), the Commission for the Propagation of the Gospel in Wales (1650), and of many parliamentary county committees for Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1647-57. He died at Emral, 5 September 1569. His brother, Dr. RICHARD PULESTON
RADMILOVIC, PAUL (1886 - 1968), swimmer Born 5 March 1886 in Cardiff, of a Greek father and Irish mother, but he lived most of his life at Weston-super-Mare. He competed in five Olympic Games from 1908 to 1928 and won gold medals in three of them - for water-polo in 1908, 1912, 1920 and as a member of the British relay team in 1908. Had World War I not prevented the Games being held in 1916, Raddy - as he was called - must have won
RATHBONE, WILLIAM (1819 - 1902), philanthropist nationalism of his fellow-members for Wales. He took a leading part in the inception of the University College of North Wales (1884); it is true that he felt at first that Aberystwyth College should have been recognized as the college for North Wales, but as soon as Bangor was fixed upon, it was Rathbone who asked Sir Henry Jones to draft its charter (pp. 350-5 of the biography), and he contributed and
REES, BOWEN (1857 - 1929), missionary Wesley (née Davies, the soprano ' Llinos Morgannwg ', born Merthyr Tydfil 5 July 1863, daughter of an iron worker; died Swansea 9 April 1933) were the only missionaries there - she too was of Ystalyfera and had been a preacher on a Methodist circuit since she was 22 years old. They married in Cape Town, 9 March 1890 : they had seven children but three died young at Inyathi. Since King Lobengula (and
REES, BRINLEY RODERICK (1919 - 2004), classical scholar, educationist and university college principal Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1963-5) and Dean of Students (1967-8). Rees's twelve years in the Chair of Greek in Cardiff were his longest period in any post. In 1970, to the surprise of many, he left to become Professor of Greek at the University of Birmingham, where too he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1973-5). His talent for academic administration, at a time of some turmoil in higher education
REES, DAVID (1683? - 1748), Baptist minister and theological writer sermons entitled (5) The State of True Religion in all ages …, 1726, (6) A Modest Plea for the maintenance of the Christian Ministry …, 1729, and (7) A View of the Divine Conduct, in the Government of this Lower World …, 1730. His funeral sermon, by Joseph Stennett, appeared under the title of The Everlasting Covenant the best Support …, 1748.
REES, DAVID (1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, and editor grammar school before going to the preparatory school at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, from which he was received to the Gwynedd Academy in that town in 1825. He was ordained at Capel Als, Llanelly, 5 and 6 July 1829. He soon came into prominence as preacher and lecturer. He was a born leader, of strong and uncompromising convictions and actuated by unflinching principles. He was a good citizen and served
REES, JOHN SEYMOUR (1887 - 1963), minister (Congl.) and author contributed to the periodical press for over 50 years; see Glyn L. Jones, A bibliography of Cardiganshire 1600-1964 and the Supplement for a list of his articles in the Dysgedydd, Cymru, Genhinen, Ymofynnydd, etc. Other published work includes a one-act play, Y Canfasiwr, in Y Ford Gron, 5, no. 1, under the pseudonym J.C.M. Evans; and The history of Ynysgau Church, Merthyr Tydfil (c. 1958). He was a
REES, JOHN THOMAS (1857 - 1949), musician ). He married Elizabeth Davies of Pen-y-garn in 1881 (she died in 1939); there were 8 children, 5 of whom were alive in 1955. He died 14 October 1949 and was buried at Y Garn cemetery.
REES, JOSIAH (1744 - 1804), Unitarian minister Publishing The eldest son, who in 1794 became a partner in the famous publishing firm of Longman. He returned to Wales in 1837, and died at Gelli-gron on 5 September; he, too, was a Unitarian in 1803 (D.N.B., in the article on his brother Thomas, below). THOMAS REES (1777 - 1864), Unitarian minister, and historical writer History and Culture Religion Born at Gelli-gron, 14 September 1777. He was

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