Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PARRY, JAMES RHYS (fl. 1570?-1625?), poet and author of a Welsh metrical version of the Psalms He was a member of some branch of the old-established family of Parry of Poston, Herefordshire (cf. Parry, Blanche), and Llandefaelog-tre'r-graig, Brecknock - for pedigree, see Theophilus Jones, Brecknock [iv, 2-3, 155], and Llyfr Baglan. James Parry may be the James ap Rhys Parry mentioned in Llyfr Baglan, 37; at the time that his son George Parry went to Oxford (17 January 1633/4) the father
PARRY, JOHN (Bardd Alaw; 1776 - 1851), musician into prominence as a composer. The Cymmrodorion gave him a 'benefit' eisteddfod (really a concert) 24 May 1826. He was musical adjudicator or conductor at various eisteddfodau - e.g. Brecon, 1822-6; Beaumaris, 1832; Cardiff, 1834; Abergavenny, 1836-48. In 1820 he founded 'Cymdeithas y Canorion' with the object of encouraging singing to the accompaniment of the harp. For many years he edited the hymn
PARRY, JOHN (1835 - 1897), leader of the Anti-tithe movement Born at Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, 24 July 1835, son of the Rev. Hugh Parry. He was carpenter, shepherd, estate agent, writer, and poet, and owner of an exceptionally rich and varied library (now in N.L.W.). He was the author of the supplement in the 1893 edition of Hanes y Merthyron (by Thomas Jones of Denbigh) (1756 - 1820), of an article on ' Helynt y Degwm ' (Y Traethodydd, 1887), etc. A member of the
PARRY, RICHARD (1560 - 1623), bishop and biblical translator comportion of Llanelidan, the endowment of Ruthin free school. While master of Ruthin, he proceeded M.A. 4 June 1586, and later, 4 March 1594, became a B.D. On 24 December 1592 he became chancellor of Bangor; 1 January 1593, vicar of Gresford; in 1596, rector of Cilcain; and 11 April 1599, dean of Bangor. Consecrated bishop of St Asaph, 30 December 1604, he retained in commendam the archdeaconry of St
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (1904 - 1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet essential institutions. He died 22 April 1985 at Bangor; his funeral was on 24 April. His wife, Enid Parry, died 21 January 1998. Their remains are in the cemetery of Bangor Crematorium.
PARRY, WILLIAM (1719 - 1775?), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society invites Parry to Northolt; there are two letters to him in J. H. Davies's edition of Goronwy's letters, and numerous references to him in others of the letters, e.g. in Goronwy's last letter (1767) to Richard Morris, and in Morris's last letter (1772-3, Additional Morris Letters) to Goronwy. He should not be confused with another William Parry, a sailor, who is frequently mentioned in the Morris Letters.
PARRY, WILLIAM JOHN (1842 - 1927), Labour leader, and author too revolutionary. He proposed in it the reorganization of local government, the reform of the House of Lords, and the establishment of provincial councils for Wales, Scotland, etc. He was a member of the first Caernarvonshire county council in 1889, and its chairman in 1892-3. He presented very many books and papers to the National Library of Wales and to the library of the University College of
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar the BBC's Welsh Council and Warden of the University of Wales Guild of Graduates. Knighted in 1958, he was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Wales in 1960 and was made honorary fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1968. He died of a heart attack at his home, Wern, North Road, Aberystwyth, on 3 March 1975. A memorial service was held at Bangor Crematorium and his ashes were buried in the
PASK, ALUN EDWARD ISLWYN (1937 - 1995), rugby player and teacher , (lost 24-3) and Orange Free State would follow. Later that year Wales played Fiji at Cardiff Arms Park and Pask scored a magnificent try in a Welsh victory (28-22). Alun Pask was a key member of the Welsh side that lifted the Triple Crown in 1965, the first time it had been achieved since 1952, and Wales were winners of the home nations' championship in both 1965 and 1966. Pask captained Wales at
PEARSON, ARTHUR (1897 - 1980), Labour politician , on 4 November 1959 he was immediately elected to the chair of the Welsh Parliamentary Party. In November 1960 he voted against the Conservative government's Licensing Bill to hold local polls on the opening of public houses on Sundays. He encouraged and supported the introduction of new industries into the south Wales valleys in the 1950s and 1960s. He remained unmarried. His home address was 24
PECOCK, REGINALD (c. 1390 - c. 1461), bishop -44, bishop of S. Asaph, 1444-50, bishop of Chichester, 1450-8. [About 1455 appeared his Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy, an answer to Lollard attacks on the Church. But in later writings (see D.N.B.), he expressed views which were considered heretical.] Tried for heresy on 28 November 1457, he retracted on 3 December, his recantation being read and his books burned at S. Pauls Cross, 4
PENNAR, ANDREAS MEIRION (1944 - 2010), poet and scholar Meirion Pennar, the eldest of the five children of W. T. Pennar Davies and his wife Rosmarie (née Wolff), was born in Cardiff 24 December 1944. Geraint, Hywel and Owain were his brothers, Rhiannon was his sister. His mother was born in Detmold, Germany but because of her Jewish ancestry, she was forced to flee from the family home in Berlin, where her father was a family doctor, before World War

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