Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MYDDELTON family Gwaenynog, The Denbighshire Myddeltons claimed descent from Rhirid Flaidd, lord of Penllyn (died 1207), but had adopted the English surname after the marriage of his descendant Rhirid ap David (c. 1393-4) to the daughter of Sir Alexander Myddelton of Myddelton, Salop. His great-grandson, DAVID MYDDELTON, was Receiver for North Wales under Edward IV and Richard III. David's eldest son settled at Gwaenynog
MYTTON, THOMAS (1608 - 1656) Halston,, parliamentary commander came of an old family of Shrewsbury burghers which had accumulated extensive estates by marriage into Salop county families. One such marriage, in the early 15th century, had made the family hereditary lords of Mawddwy; the family seat of Halston had been acquired through exchange by Mytton's great-grandfather (compare the preceding article). His father, Richard Mytton, married Margaret, daughter
NAISH, JOHN (1923 - 1963), author and playwright , and represented his school at both rugby and cricket. However, the predominant interests in his life were literature and the dramatic arts, in which his talents were nurtured at school by Philip Henry Burton, a teacher who inspired some of his pupils to pursue a career in the dramatic arts - most notably Richard Burton - and others to study literature at university level as John's sister Lily did at
NANNEY, DAVID ELLIS (1759 - 1819), attorney-general for North Wales Born in 1759, son of Richard Ellis, vicar of Clynnog - he lived at Gwynfryn by Llanystumdwy, on an estate acquired by one of his Bodychen ancestors through a lucky marriage in 1667 - and Catherine, daughter of the evangelical Richard Nanney, also vicar of Clynnog (died 1767). David Ellis matriculated from Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1778, graduating B.A. in 1782; in the same year he was admitted
NANNEY, RICHARD (1691 - 1767), Evangelical cleric surprising when one remembers that his mother was daughter to Richard Edwards of Nanhoron, prominent as a Puritan squire in Restoration times, that his sister Catherine was married to Dr. Knight of Caernarvon, another family with strong nonconformist contacts, and that his wife was one of the Wynns of Wern by Penmorfa, very open-minded in their politics. Nanney became one of the foremost supporters of the
NASH, RICHARD (Beau Nash; 1674 - 1761) Born at Swansea 18 October 1674, died at Bath 12 February 1761, and buried with unusual pomp in Bath Abbey. His remarkable career, and the ways in which he developed Bath into a centre of fashion, are recounted in Thomas Seccombe's article in the D.N.B., and in a host of other books. His father was Richard Nash, born in Pembroke town, who had settled at Swansea as a partner in glass-works; his
NEWCOME, RICHARD (1779 - 1857), cleric Born 8 March 1779 at Gresford, near Wrexham, of which his father was vicar from 1764 to 1803. Son of the Rev. Henry Newcome and Elizabeth his wife, and grand-nephew of Richard Newcome, bishop of Llandaff 1755-61 and of S. Asaph 1761-9, he was educated at Ruthin School and Queens' College, Cambridge, graduated B.A. (1800) and M.A. (1804), was ordained deacon in September 1801 by bishop Bagot and
NEWELL, RICHARD (1785 - 1852), farmer and Calvinistic Methodist preacher Born at Allt-y-ffynnon, Aberhavesp, Montgomeryshire, 23 March 1785, son of Richard Newell, farmer, and Bridget his wife. In 1786 the family moved to Gwernfyda, Llanllugan, where Richard attended the school kept by the Rev. John Davies and David Davies. Afterwards (1786) they moved to Bryn, Llanwyddelan, where the father died in 1800. After this the son attended the school kept by his uncle, John
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM DAVID (1918 - 1985), politician, diplomat, media impresario . More significant for the history of Wales, in 1968 the new television consortium Lord Harlech chaired, Harlech Television (later HTV), acquired the contract of the Independent Television Authority (which managed the UK's third TV channel, ITV) to produce content for its Wales and West of England region. The new company's board included a number of significant Welsh figures, including Richard Burton
OWAIN GLYNDWR (c. 1354 - 1416), 'Prince of Wales' the bondage of their English enemies.' The year 1402, spent mainly in campaigns along the eastern march, saw the capture of Reginald Grey (later ransomed for 10,000 marks) and Edmund Mortimer, a cadet of the family whose kinship to the late king, Richard II, was a standing threat to the survival of the reigning Lancastrians. Owain's alliance with Mortimer, cemented by marriage with his daughter
OWEN family Peniarth, , 4th son of baron Lewis Owen, of Dolgelley, Elizabeth was the mother of LEWIS OWEN I (died 1633), who left two daughters (1) MARGARET (died 4 October 1667), the heiress, and (2) Susan, mother of Hugh Owen (1639 - 1700), who was given Bronyclydwr, a few miles from Peniarth. Margaret, by her first husband, Richard Owen of Morben, Machynlleth, was the mother of LEWIS OWEN II (1625 - 1691), who was high
OWEN, EDWARD HUMPHREY (1850 - 1904) Tŷ Coch,, book-collector and local historian Annual Report of the National Library for the years 1909-10. The manuscripts, now NLW MS 815-68, are described in N.L.W. Handlist of MSS., i, 61-7; they include several volumes containing pedigrees and poems, seven volumes from the library of Sir Richard Colt Hoare; two volumes compiled by William Williams, Llandygài; and volumes which had belonged previously to Jonathan Jones, surveyor of taxes

Search results

541 - 552 of 876 for "richard burton"