Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RICHARDS family Coed, Caerynwch, ) JOHN HUMPHREYS. Grace's great-grandchild, CATHERINE, only child of ROBERT VAUGHAN HUMPHREYS (sheriff of Merioneth, 1760), became the wife of Sir RICHARD RICHARDS (1752 - 1823), judge, baron of the exchequer and thereafter often called ' baron Richards '; born 5 November 1752, he was the son of Thomas Richards of Coed, near Dolgelley, by his wife Catherine, sister of William Parry, warden of Ruthin
RICHARDS, DAVID THOMAS GLYNDWR (1879 - 1956), Independent minister and principal of Coleg Myrddin, Carmarthen Tyst on his journey in South Africa (see the issues of 29 October, 5 and 12 November 1936) and a sermon for the publication Ffordd Tangnefedd (pp. 93-101). He married in 1913, Elizabeth Parry of Carmarthen. He died on 17 July 1956.
RICHARDS, JOHN (fl. 1778-1808), Baptist minister church in 1780. He ministered at Soar, Llandyfân, 1793-5. At the quarterly meeting held in February 1796 he submitted a scheme for the education of young preachers. In 1797 he wrote an elegy on the death of David Powell, Nottage. He was for seven years with the General Baptists but he reverted in 1807 and died before the Association of 1808.
ROBERT (ROBIN) DYFI (fl. c. 1620), poet According to NLW MS 431B (5) he was a weaver by trade. Some of his compositions may be found in Cardiff MS. 84; NLW MS 431B, NLW MS 566B, NLW MS 719B, NLW MS 783B, NLW MS 1247D, NLW MS 11087B, NLW MS 13078E; Llanstephan MS 38, Llanstephan MS 53, Llanstephan MS 124, Llanstephan MS 133, Llanstephan MS 156, Llanstephan MS 166; Peniarth MS 91; NLW MS 3061D; Cwrtmawr MS 21B, Cwrtmawr MS 244B; Bodewryd
ROBERTS family Mynydd-y-gof, Edwards Letters (ed. T. I. Ellis, 1952-3) has brought into fuller light his inestimably valuable services to the college in very critical days.] He died 5 November 1902. (Mynydd-y-gof; obituary notices in the press.) His son, FREDERICK CHARLES ROBERTS (1862 - 1894), medical missionary Religion Medicine A Congregationalist by upbringing, he was educated at Manchester grammar school, at Aberystwyth
ROBERTS, DAVID (Dewi Ogwen; 1818 - 1897), Independent minister Caledfryn's successor at Caernarvon. Here, he suffered a painful illness, necessitating an operation on his face, as a result of which he had to wear a gold plate under his cheek for the rest of his life. In 1871 he moved to Queen Street chapel, Wrexham, where he died 5 September 1897. He was buried in the public cemetery, Wrexham. He had early become remarkably popular as a preacher, partly because of the
ROBERTS, EDWARD (Iorwerth Glan Aled; 1819 - 1867), poet and writer Born 5 January 1819 at Llansannan, Denbighshire, son of Peter Roberts, Calvinistic Methodist minister. He was an apprentice in a shop at Abergele before he went to Bala C.M. College. He afterwards had a shop in Rhuddlan, whence he moved to Denbigh. He started to preach in the Baptist chapel at Denbigh and was ordained (29 September 1842) as minister of that congregation; he ministered afterwards
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia only Edwyn was left on the shore to guard them overnight. Lewis Jones returned to Patagones on 5 July to collect more timber to complete the cabins, and took four of the men with him. Edwyn was now facing a very busy (and sometimes nightmarish) three weeks, when he had to lead the work by himself with a reduced workforce. After sending Jerry to search for water, he began to drill a well assisted by
ROBERTS, EVAN (1718 - 1804) Minera, trustee of the Trevecka 'Family,' a lead-miner who joined the family in 1757, and with Evan Moses and James Pritchard, was one of the three trustees appointed by Harris, his special charge being the management of the economic affairs of the community. He died in 1804 (buried 5 June), aged 86. See Richard Bennett in Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, vii, 4-10, and M. H. Jones, ibid., ix, 45.
ROBERTS, GWYNETH PARUL (1910 - 2007), doctor and missionary the administration of Durtlang Hospital. She worked tirelessly from 5:30 in the morning until 10 in the evening, often responding to emergencies during the night. When treating patients she had to administered anesthetics herself. She insisted on travelling to villages far and wide to hold clinics. She was a missionary like her parents first and foremost, and took a prominent part in the activities
ROBERTS, JOHN (J.R.; 1804 - 1884), Independent minister and author Born in the Old Chapel chapel-house, Llanbryn-mair, 5 November 1804, second son of John Roberts (1767 - 1834). In 1806 the family went to live at Diosg farm close by, and he spent some time working on the land. He was nearly 25 years of age before he started to preach. In March 1831 he was admitted to the Academy at Newtown, which at that time was in charge of Edward Davies (1796 - 1857), a Tory
ROBERTS, JOHN JOHN (Iolo Caernarfon; 1840 - 1914), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and prose-writer 1873 he became pastor at Trefriw, was ordained in 1874, and in the same year married Ann Williams (1846 - 1910) of Castellgoed in Eifionydd. In 1879 he was called to Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist church at Portmadoc, and remained there till his retirement in 1909. He died 5 November 1914, aged 74. He had been moderator of the Calvinistic Methodist General Assembly in 1900, moderator of the North

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