Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, EDWARD (1925 - 1997), champion boxer and an outstanding boxing trainer and a public figure in the life of Merthyr Tydfil imposed by the British Boxing Board. He lost on 13 June 1951 his European title on points to the Frenchman, Charles Humez, and four months later, on 16 October he surrendered his British, and Empire titles to Wally Thom of Birkenhead over 15 rounds. He should have won this contest but he lost as he was much too laid back. It denied him receiving the Lonsdale Belt which proved a disappointment to him
THOMAS, EVAN (Bardd Horeb; 1795 - 1867), poet and tailor Evan Thomas was the eldest son of Benjamin Thomas of Llandysul, who was the 8th son of Thomas Francis of Melin Pant Olwen on the banks of the river Cerdin and his wife (the daughter of the poet Ifan Tomos Rhys of Llanarth). He married Margaret Charles, daughter of H. Charles of Cwrt Manarorion, Llangeler, and grand-daughter of Jenkin Jones of Llwyn-rhyd-Owen. Although he lived for a time at
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress home in Cardiff, thanks to the strength of the BBC in television drama there. She appeared over the years in series such as Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Owen M.D., Dad's Army, and made a major contribution to the popular success of director John Hefin's bold venture, the first Welsh-language soap opera, Pobol y Cwm (BBC Cymru Wales, 1974-). Together with Harriet Lewis, Charles Williams, Islwyn Morris
THOMAS, RONALD STUART (1913 - 2000), poet and clergyman characterised in his later years as 'furies'. He could certainly be a forthright, outraged critic of his neighbours. Appropriation of large tracts of Welsh land for military use; the drowning of Welsh valleys to provide English cities with water; what he regarded as the craven Welsh adoration of foreign royalty, culminating in the 1969 investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales; purchase of houses by 'settlers
THOMAS, WILLIAM JENKYN (1870 - 1959), schoolmaster and author The new Latin Delectus (1908-09). He edited an anthology of the poems of Sallust and Ovid in 1900, and two volumes for the ' Cameos of Literature ': The harp of youth, a book of poetry for school and home (1907) and A book of English prose (1909). With Charles W. Bailey he published Letters to a young headmaster (1927). Though he spent a lifetime in London he did not forget the needs of Wales. He
TOMKINS family, musicians organist at Salisbury cathedral. In 1630 he received the additional appointment of ' Musician for the Virginals to King Charles I.' He was buried at Salisbury 4 April 1663. His son, GILES TOMKINS 'II' (1633 - 1725), was also organist of Salisbury; later he held the same post at Worcester cathedral. ROBERT TOMKINS, musician Music He was the seventh son of Thomas Tomkins 'I', and became one of the
TOMLEY, JOHN EDWARD (1874 - 1951), solicitor Born 3 February 1874 son of Robert Tomley and Esther (née Weaver), Montgomery. He was educated at Montgomery and Shrewsbury; he was articled to Charles S. Pryce, former town clerk at Montgomery, obtaining honours in the solicitors' final examination in 1901, and became a member of the local firm of Pryce, Tomley and Pryce. He served as clerk to numerous public administrative bodies in
TOUT, THOMAS FREDERICK (1855 - 1929), historian Wales in D.N.B. Before Sir John Lloyd in 1893 undertook the work, Tout wrote mostly on the Welsh of the Middle Ages; but his knowledge was not confined to that period - it was he e.g. who wrote the article on Charles of Bala; note also his paper ' Wales under the Stuarts ' in Liverpool Welsh Nat. Soc. Trans., 1891-2, 24-41. The main result of his study of Welsh history was to realise (as he
TRACY, CHARLES HANBURY (1777 - 1858), industrialist - see HANBURYfamily, industrialists
TREVOR family Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, protégé of the powerful Sackvilles, and was claimed as an adherent of Rome as late as 1574. He built Trevalun in 1576 and spent his later years there, dying in London (his wife's home) but charging his heir that his bones should rest with those of his ancestors; the heir erected to his memory in Gresford church an alabaster tomb with effigy and Welsh inscription (quoted Palmer, Gresford, 101). A
TREVOR family Brynkynallt, array to Charles I of helping to rally east Denbighshire against his hereditary foe, Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586 - 1666). ARTHUR TREVOR (died c. 1666), judge Law The younger son of Sir Edward by his first wife, was trained to the law, entering Middle Temple on 3 November 1624, and being called to the Bar 10 February 1633. In 1641 he appeared on behalf of the thirteen bishops impeached by the Commons
TREVOR, Sir CHARLES GERALD (1882 - 1959), inspector of forests

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