Dictionary of Welsh Biography

COLEMAN, DONALD RICHARD (1925 - 1991), Labour politician singing. A small group of his political papers is in the custody of the National Library of Wales. Coleman married (1) in 1949 Phyllis Eileen Williams, who died in 1963 - they had one son; and (2) in January 1966 Margaret Elizabeth Morgan - they had one daughter. His second wife survived him. Their home was at 'Penderyn', 18 Penywern Road, Bryncoch, Neath. Donald Coleman died on 14 January 1991 and was
CORBET, Sir RICHARD (1640 - 1683), baronet and member of parliament Richard's death. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society but this was in the period when the majority of Fellows were elected on social or political grounds. He married Victoria, daughter of Sir William Uvedale in 1663 and they had nine children. She died in 1679 and Sir Richard on 1 August 1683.
CORY family (died 1909), daughter of John Beynon, colliery proprietor, Newport, Monmouth, by whom he had one daughter, FLORENCE MARGARET CORY, of The Duffryn, S. Nicholas, lady of the manor, and patron of the living (died 11 November 1936), and three sons: (1) HERBERT B. CORY (died 1927); (2) SIR CLIFFORD JOHN CORY, Bart., president of the South Wales Coalowners' Association, 1906 (died 3 February 1941); and (3
COTTON, JAMES HENRY (1780 - 1862), dean of Bangor cathedral and educationist precentor of Bangor cathedral, 1810-38, rector of Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, 1814, and Llanllechid, 1821, dean of Bangor and rector of Gaerwen in Anglesey and Gyffin, Conway, 1838. He married (1) 14 April 1810, Mary Anne, daughter of bishop Majendie of Bangor (she died October 1823 leaving one son, afterwards the Rev. H. J. Cotton, rector of Dalbury, Derby); and (2) 6 June 1826, Mary Laurens, daughter of
COTTON, Sir STAPLETON (6th baronet, 1st viscount Combermere), (1773 - 1865), field-marshal Salusbury of Bachygraig, and was the mother of Hester Lynch Piozzi. The eldest, Sir ROBERT SALUSBURY COTTON, 3rd baronet, died 1748; his brother, Sir, Lynch Salusbury Cotton, 4th baronet (died 1775), had a son, Sir ROBERT SALUSBURY COTTON, 5th baronet (died 1807), who married FRANCES RUSSEL STAPLETON, co-heiress of the house of Bodrhyddan, Flintshire (J. E. Griffith, op. cit., 260-1). Their son, born 14
CRADOCK, Sir MATHEW (1468? - 1531), royal official in South Wales chancellor of the same, and steward of ' Gower and Kilvei.' He is believed to have been steward of Gower in 1491 and 1497. A Matthew Cradok was appointed constable for life of the castle of Kayre Filli and Kenfike in South Wales, 6 March 1485-6 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1 H. VII), and in July 1491 a Matthew Cradok or Cradoke, with others, is granted a commission to seek assistance for the king for his French wars
CYFFIN, ROGER (fl. c. 1587-1609), a poet . Davids (Cwrtmawr MS 222D (28)), and Dafydd Llwyd of Dolobran (Aberdare MS. 1 (578)). He also wrote poetry on topical themes, e.g. a cywydd written in judgment on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and in praise of king James I (Peniarth MS 112: Llyfr cywyddau Siôn ap William ap Siôn (189)), and an englyn giving advice to William Cyffin on his departure for Ireland with the earl of Essex in 1599 (Jes. Coll. MS
DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION (fl. 1440-1468), soldier and commander of Harlech Castle during the Wars of the Roses powerful army to reduce Harlech, and Dafydd at last submitted (1 August 1468). Fifty prisoners were taken. Two of the most prominent English Lancastrian leaders, Elwick and Troublok, were taken to the Tower of London and executed. Dafydd was apparently included in a general pardon (1 December 1468), while Herbert's reward was the earldom of Pembroke. The date of Dafydd's death appears to be unknown.
DAFYDD ap BLEDDYN (d. 1346), bishop Bleyney, parsone de Kirkyn (Cilcen ?)' who did homage in 1301. On 18 July he and a fellow canon brought notice of the death of Llywelyn and received the royal licence to elect. It would seem from Peniarth MS 20 that the chapter had already anticipated this and made choice of Dafydd on 23 June. On 7 September the archbishop was notified of the king's confirmation of the formal election, and on 1 November
DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1246), prince , until an untoward incident on 1 March 1244 radically altered the situation. Gruffydd broke his neck in seeking to escape from the Tower. At once Dafydd was freed from his anxieties and began to reopen the conflict. He won the support of nearly all the Welsh princes (Powys, as usual, standing aloof), and was emboldened to submit his case, with some success, to Innocent IV, pleading that his parents had
DAIMOND, ROBERT (BOB) BRIAN (1946 - 2020), civil engineer and historian Bob Daimond was born on 1 May 1946 in Tenterden, Kent, the youngest of three children of schoolteachers Charles Daimond (1910-1970) and Stella Ellerbeck (1908-1997). The family later moved to Wolverhampton when Charles became Youth and Community Services Officer for Wolverhampton Local Authority and where Stella eventually became the Deputy Head of St Peter's Girls School. Bob attended St
DANIEL, GWYNFRYN MORGAN (1904 - 1960), educationalist and language campaigner Gwyn Daniel was born on 1 August 1904 in the village of Bryn, Port Talbot, the first child of Thomas Daniel (1875-1952), a coalminer, and his wife Sarah (née Walters, 1879-1922). Their second child, Mary Margaret (May) was born in 1909. The family worshipped at Bryn Seion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. Gwyn was a pupil at the local elementary school before attending the County School for Boys

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