Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MADOCKS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1773 - 1828), industrialist and philanthropist , and this was named Portmadoc. He planned a railway along the embankment to carry slates from Ffestiniog to Portmadoc, and this plan was accomplished in 1831 by Samuel Holland. He was a pronounced Radical, and advocated Parliamentary Reform. His affairs went wrong, and he went to Paris, where he died in 29 September 1828, and where he was also buried. His wife, Eliza Anne, whom he married in 1818
MANSEL family Oxwich, Penrice, Margam abbey, . Following him came RICHARD (ROBERT ?) MANSEL, RICHARD MANSEL, Sir HUGH MANSEL (who married Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir John Penrice of Penrice castle in Gower), and PHILIP MANSEL, slain in the Wars of the Roses and attainted. Philip Mansel's wife was Mary, daughter of Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Newton; their son JENKIN MANSEL of Oxwich, ' The Valiant,' had the attainder reversed in 1485. It was Sir
MANSEL, BUSSY (1623 - 1699) Briton Ferry, parliamentary commander and Member of Parliament . L 104 (14 and 15 February 1669/70) refers to the working of a coal mine. L 149 shows that Bussy had married, as his second wife, an Anne, to whom he writes on 5 May 1678, requesting her to pay Sir Edward Mansell the sum of £62 ls. 6d., 'Sir Edward haveing allready disbursed soe much for me to my souldiers …' L 190 (16 August 1687) is a letter to him about timber bought of Sir Humphrey Mackworth, L
MANSEL, Sir ROBERT (1573 - 1656), admiral , who died in 1656 (his will was administered by his widow on 20 June 1656), had been twice married: (1), before 1600, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper, and (2), 1617, to Anne, daughter of Sir John Roper. There was no issue of either marriage.
MANSEL, WILLIAM LORT (1753 - 1820), Master of Trinity, and bishop not clear just how the family was related on the one hand to the Mansels of Margam or Muddlescombe or on the other to the Wogan s; but it is known that both branches of the Mansels had from time to time intermarried with the Wogan family of Wiston and of Boulston. W. L. Mansel's mother was Anne Lort, daughter of that Roger Lort of Prickaston who died after Fontenoy (1745), and sister of Michael Lort
MANUEL, DAVID (1624? - 1726), poet Born 1624-5, according to some of the sources below. Little is known of his life. He was a native of the parish of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire. His wife, Margaret, died in 1699. There were three children: Mary, who became well known as a penillion -singer, Anne, and David. Some of the poet's work was published in Thomas Jones, Carolau a Dyriau Duwiol, 1696, David Jones, Blodau-Gerdd Cymry, 1759
MARQUAND, HILARY ADAIR (1901 - 1972), economist and Labour politician He was born on 24 December 1901 at 4 Marlborough Road, Cardiff, the elder son of Alfred Marquand, a native of Guernsey and a clerk in a coal exporting company, and Mary Adair his wife who was of Scottish descent. Some of the family were Cardiff shipowners. He was educated at Cardiff High School and, as the holder of a prestigious state scholarship, at University College, Cardiff. He graduated
MARSH, RICHARD (1710? - 1792), bookseller and printer Richard Marsh married, 12 February 1746-7, Mary Hurst, Wrexham; the bridegroom is described in the parish register as writing master. In 1753 he became a bookseller; in 1756-7 he was one of the churchwardens of Wrexham. When he started printing is not definitely known; Ifano Jones (Hist. of Printing and Printers in Wales) disputes the accuracy of the dates assigned to some of his publications by
MARSHAL family (earls of Pembroke), honour of Carmarthen. He kept Morgan ap Hywel out of his ancestral seat at Caerleon and in 1236 for a time seized his castle of Machen. He was a benefactor of the abbey of Tintern and the leper's hospital of S. Mary Magdalene of Little Haverford. WALTER MARSHAL (died 24 November 1245) He was sent by his brother, earl Gilbert, to fortify Cardigan in 1240; he also took for his brother lands appurtenant
MARSHALL, WALTER CHARLES (1932 - 1996), scientist married Anne Vivienne Sheppard, whom he had known since childhood. They had two children, a son and daughter. Marshall was appointed a Head of Division at AERE in 1960, and Director in 1964. He became an enthusiastic supporter of nuclear energy as a source of electricity, and often appeared on the media to support that case. For a period he became Chief Scientist at the UK Government Department for
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MATHIAS, JAMES GORONWY (Goronwy Ddu; 1842 - 1895), Baptist minister and littérateur ), Llansantffraid and Glyndyfrdwy (1881-7), and, after a period of retirement at Corwen until 1893, the English church at Pontlottyn, where he died 18 February 1895, at the age of 53. He was buried at Erwood. He is best remembered for his literary activities. He was for some time in partnership with T. Edmunds, printer, at Corwen; he was the founder and editor of the eight numbers of Y Llenor Cymreig which were

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