Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUWS, WILLIAM PARI (1853 - 1936), Independent minister grammar school and later to the Bala Independent College, 1874. In 1877 he was admitted to Yale University, U.S.A., where, in 1880, he graduated B.D. On his return to Wales he received a call to Beulah and Bryn-mair churches, Cardiganshire, where he was ordained in 1882. He soon came into the public eye as a zealous temperance reformer and, with his neighbour David Adams of Hawen, initiated a movement
ILLTUD (c. 475 - c. 525), Celtic saint and one of the founders of monachism in Britain must have been at Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan and that other distinguished persons such as Gildas, S. Paul Aurelian, and S. David were also pupils of S. Illtud. Similarly, from late sources we are informed that the great teacher was of Armorican birth, i.e. born in Brittany, and that both his parents were of royal lineage. It may well be, however, that we can afford to disregard all the
INNES, JAMES DICKSON (1887 - 1914), artist Born at Llanelly, 27 February 1887, was the youngest of the three sons of John Innes, accountant, and his wife, Alice Anne Mary (née Rees). He was educated at Christ College, Brecon, and then studied at the Carmarthen School of Art. In 1905 he won a scholarship at the Slade School of Art, London, where he stayed for two years. Innes was never of robust health and, in 1908, the doctors diagnosed
INNES, JOHN (1853? - 1923), accountant and antiquary Mary, only child of the Alfred C. G. Rees of Oystermouth, and between 1884 and 1887 three sons were born to them. In July 1913, for health reasons, he removed to Whitchurch, near Tavistock, Devon, where he died 7 May 1923, aged 70. He was a pioneer of the Mechanics' Institute which was later taken over by the borough as the Llanelly Public Library. He rendered good service as chairman of the library
IOLO GOCH (c. 1325 - c. 1400), poet only cywydd in the Red Book Hergest. A good deal of dychan, or satirical poetry has been preserved by him, some being ritual entertainment between poets and some more serious, including two poems attacking a Grey Friar from Chester for his sermon criticising churchmen for fornication. Iolo's religious poetry reveals his devotion to the Virgin Mary, Saint David and other saints. He composed a lengthy
IORWERTH DRWYNDWN (d. c. 1174), prince of Gwynedd Upper Gwynedd by his half-brother, David I, in 1174.
IORWERTH FYNGLWYD (fl. c. 1480-1527), bard also. He sang much to gentlemen in his own province - members of the families of Games, Stradling, Bawdrip, and Mansel, and to David, abbot of Margam, between 1500 and 1517. But his chief patron was Rhys ap Siôn, Aberpergwm, the most distinguished member of that notable family. He visited Kidwelly and Ystrad Tywi also; it may be surmised that one of his favourite haunts was the court of Sir Rhys ap
ISAAC, DAVID LLOYD (1818 - 1876), cleric and author
JACOB, HENRY THOMAS (1864 - 1957), minister (Congl.), lecturer, writer and poet was a master at portraying old characters, and he aroused interest and admiration throughout Wales. Among his lectures (in Welsh) were: 'My father's tale', 'The old collier', 'The old precentor', 'General Booth', 'The Black Man's Land'. It was his interest in church missionary work, and his service to it, that prompted him to write Dilyn y wawr, and a biography of Hopcyn Rees. He also published
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach Carwyn James was born on 2 November 1929 in Cefneithin, Carmarthenshire. He was the youngest of four children born to David Michael James (1891-1972) and his wife Annie (née Davies, 1893-1974). He had two sisters, Gwen (1914-1996) and Eilonwy (1918-2005), and a brother Dewi (1927-2015). His mother's family were carpenters and his father was a farm hand who moved from Cardiganshire's rural poverty
JAMES, DAVID (Dewi o Ddyfed; 1803 - 1871), cleric and author Wales. Whilst in England he became an active member of the ' Association of Welsh Clergy in the West Riding of the County of York,' a society which was greatly concerned with the question of non- Welsh -speaking incumbents. The 1856 meeting of the Association was held at Marsden Vicarage, where David James was incumbent. Amongst his published works are The Patriarchal Religion of Britain; or a
JAMES, DAVID (1863 - 1929), Rugby football players XV and in the Welsh side that played against England in 1899. The brothers earned fame as a pair rather than as individuals. David James died 2 January 1929.

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