Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BLACKWELL, HENRY (1851 - 1928), bookbinder and bookseller, bibliographer and biographer Born 2 August 1851, the son of Richard Blackwell, of Northop, Flintshire, and Arabella (neé Jones), of Rhosesmor, Flintshire. His father is probably the Richard Blackwell of Liverpool who is described in a Liverpool directory of that year (1851) as a bookbinder with an address at 10 Chester Street, Toxteth Park. In 1873 the name of Henry Blackwell, who can safely be identified as Richard's son
BLAYNEY family Gregynog, of John Price of Newtown, and their son, JOHN BLAYNEY, was entered a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1609 and was sheriff in 1630 and 1643. In 8 Charles I he was chief steward of the lordships of Kerry, Cydewain, Halcetor, and Montgomery. In 1666 he was one of those deemed qualified to be made Knights of the Royal Oak, an order intended by Charles II as a reward to his followers. He married
BODVEL family Bodvel, Caerfryn, Long Parliaments, where he took his stand with the militant Protestants who opposed the court, and was nominated by the Commons as deputy-lieutenant of Caernarvonshire in March 1642. On 2 August 1642 he was given leave of absence by the House and a store of arms for the defence of 'his home in Wales,' but by May 1643 he had become a commissioner of array for Caernarvonshire and a ' custos rotulorum
BONARJEE, DOROTHY NOEL (1894 - 1983), poet and lawyer herself as the author (The Cambrian Daily Leader, 2 March 1914). She also reportedly came close to winning the competition the previous year. Her success received significant publicity in the local and national press. Her father, who gave an impromptu speech at the ceremony in response to demands from the students, reportedly said: 'if India had given birth to a poet, Wales had educated her, and had
BOOTS, JOHN GEORGE (1874 - 1928), Wales and Newport Rugby forward Born 2 July 1874 at Aberbeeg, Monmouth. He first played Rugby for Aberbeeg in 1890 and in 1895 made his first appearance for the Newport XV. He became an outstanding player and was known as the ' Peter Pan of Rugby Football,' having played in first class football for thirty seasons, twenty-seven of which were spent with the Newport team. Between 1898 and 1904, he was ' capped ' sixteen times for
BOWEN, DAVID (Myfyr Hefin; 1874 - 1955), minister (B) and editor married (2) Elizabeth Bowen, Halfway, Llanelli, who died in 1937 leaving two daughters, Rhiannon and Enid. He died 22 April 1955, and was buried in the new Horeb cemetery.
BOWEN, EDWARD GEORGE (1911 - 1991), developer of radar and an early radio astronomer activities: 1. the pulse method of acceleration of elementary particles; and 2. extensive work on air navigation resulting in the Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), ultimately adopted for all civil aircraft flying in Australia on internal routes. He perfected a means to bring aeroplanes back to earth at night, for which he received the Thurlow Award of the US National Academy of Engineering in 1950, the
BOWEN, EMRYS GEORGE (1900 - 1983), geographer , he was for many years a Sunday School teacher at Bethel, a Welsh Baptist Chapel in Aberystwyth and after his retirement he lectured on church history in the United Theological College at Aberystwyth. Amongst his publications are papers which reflect this interest, for example 'Bedyddwyr Cymru tua 1714' in Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Bedyddwyr Cymru (1957-8, 5-14) and 'Eglwys Bethel a Bedyddwyr
BOWEN, IVOR (1862 - 1934), K.C., county court judge . His publications include The Statutes of Wales, 1908, The Great Enclosures of Common Lands in Wales, 1914, ' John Williams of Gloddaeth, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England ' (The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 1927-8) and ' Grand Juries, Justices of the Peace and Quarter Sessions in Wales ' (The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 1933-4). He left in
BOWYER, GWILYM (1906 - 1965), minister (Congl.) and college principal 1965 aged 59. He was buried 8 October at New Cemetery, Bangor.
BRADNEY, Sir JOSEPH ALFRED (Achydd Glan Troddi; 1859 - 1933), historian of the Welsh Bibliographical and other Societies. Many honours came to him in recognition of his service to his country, and of his scholarship. He was made a C.B. in 1911, knighted in 1924, and awarded the D.Litt. of the University of Wales in 1923. He was twice married: (1) to Rosa (died 1927), daughter of Edward Jenkins, Nantygroes, Radnorshire, and (2) Florence, daughter of Francis E. Prothero
BRAOSE family , (2) Agnes, daughter of Nicholas de Molis, (3) Mary de Rus, founding a vigorous stock, the several families retaining their identity and succeeding to the family claims on the maternal side. By his third wife, William had two sons, RICHARD (died 1292) and PETER (died 1312). Richard married Alice de Longespee, their numerous descendants holding the manors of Whittingham and Akenham, Suffolk; Stinton

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