Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, FOULK ROBERT (Eos Llyfnwy; 1774 - 1870), musician gentleman. For many years he visited certain districts in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire to teach congregational singing. The National Library of Wales has a 1,158-page manuscript called ' Llyfr Cerddoriaeth o Gerddi Sion …, compiled c. 1834 by Foulk Roberts; this manuscript contains anthems, hymn-tunes, carols, old airs, etc., the compiler and collector being designated as 'Foulk Roberts (Eos Llyfnwy
WILLIAMS, HUGH (1722? - 1779), cleric and author William Morris were on occasional visiting terms; but when Hugh Williams wrote to Richard Morris (Additional Letters of the Morrises of Anglesey (1735-86), p. 624) in 1764 it was as one stranger to another. It is not easy to see how William Elias could have been Hugh Williams's instructor in poetry, as suggested by J. H. Davies - all we know for certain is that Elias had criticised some of Williams's
WILLIAMS, Sir HUGH (1718 - 1794), soldier and Member of Parliament Beaumaris, 1768-80 and 1785-94; he was constable of Beaumaris castle from 1761 to 1794 without a break, and was mayor of the town on a number of occasions. He became a member of the Society of Cymmrodorion in 1770 (Additional Letters of the Morrises of Anglesey (1735-86), p. 767), and was treasurer of the Society of Antient Britons in London in 1773. He died at Friars, Llanfaes, 19 August 1794, 'at the
WILLIAMS, HUGH (1862 - 1953), minister (Presb.), and Biblical commentator Born in 1862 at Rhos-goch, Rhos-y-bol, Anglesey. He began to preach c. 1885-86 at Gorslwyd, and he superintended Rhos-goch church for many years. He was educated at Gwredog School, and as a protégé of the Gwredog family he entered Bala College. The principal Thomas Charles Edwards took an interest in him, and he became his private secretary for a period; he translated into Welsh the principal's
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar (1968). As a devoted scholar he very rarely undertook any public duties apart from serving on learned bodies - as Chairman of the Board of Celtic Studies, 1941-58, President of the Anglesey Historical Society, 1939-54 and of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1949. He received the medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion in 1938 and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in the same
WILLIAMS, JAMES (1790 - 1872), cleric Born in 1790 (christened 26 July), son of John Williams (1740 - 1826) of Treffos, Llansadwrn, Anglesey, rector of Llanddeusant, Llangaffo, and Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy - John Williams was the brother of Thomas Williams (1737 - 1801) of Llanidan, and his wife was one of the Vincent family. James Williams entered Jesus College, Oxford, in 1807; graduated in 1810; was a Fellow of the college, 1813-22
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1854 - 1921), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Cae'r-gors, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, 24 December 1854; his father, John Williams, hailed from the neighbourhood of Mynydd y Garn, and his mother, Jane Rowlands, from Cemaes. When he was nine, his parents removed to Beaumaris, and there (1871) he went to the grammar school kept first by John Evans and afterwards by Hugh Williams (1843 - 1911). In 1873 he began preaching, and in 1875 went to
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1833 - 1872), antiquary and lawyer Born 7 December 1833, eldest son of John Williams of Trosyrafon, perpetual curate of Llanfaes, Llangoed, and Penmon. He became a solicitor at Beaumaris in partnership with his brother, and also acted as agent for the Carreg-lwyd estate. He was a diligent antiquary, of some standing, his principal interest being in the history of the old county families of Anglesey. Among his published works are
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Glanmor; 1811 - 1891), cleric, poet, and antiquary student at S. Bees theological college. Two years later he was ordained deacon and in 1867 priest. He was curate at Whitehaven (1866-December 1868), Amlwch (1868-71), and Ebbw Vale (1871-83). In 1883 he was appointed rector of Llanallgo cum Llaneugrad, Anglesey, where he remained until his death, 12 April 1891. He was buried at Llanagllo. He married 1854, Elizabeth (died 1890), daughter of William Deer
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Siôn Singer; c. 1750 - 1807), musician and Baptist minister subsequently to Bodedern, Anglesey, and later to Brynsiencyn, Anglesey; in 1784 he kept school at Ro Wen, near Conway, whence he went to Glasgoed, Llanrwst, where he founded a Baptist church. In 1787 he was at Aberdovey. In 1788 he was ordained Baptist minister of Penrhyn-coch and Aberystwyth. In 1792 he received a call to minister the Baptist church at Hên Dŷ Cwrdd, Swansea. He was the first in Wales to
WILLIAMS, JOHN ELLIS (1901 - 1975), author and dramatist of schools, in Manchester, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llanfrothen (headmaster), Blaenau Ffestiniog Secondary School 1926-47 (serving in the army 1939-46) and Glan-y-pwll, Blaenau Ffestiniog (headmaster). He retired in 1961 to Llanbedr, Meirionnydd, and then in 1970 to Gaerwen, Anglesey. He was awarded an honorary MA by the University of Wales in 1962 and awarded the MBE the same year. He was a prolific
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author Kyffin Williams was born at Tanygraig, Llangefni, Anglesey, on 9 May 1918, the second son of Henry Inglis Wynne Williams (1870-1942), a bank manager, and his wife Essyllt Mary (1883-1964), daughter of Richard Hughes Williams, rector of Llansadwrn. Their first son Owen Richard Inglis Williams (Dick) was born in 1916 and died in 1982. It was a matter of great pride for Kyffin Williams that his

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