Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MATTAN, MAHMOOD HUSSEIN (1923 - 1952), seaman and victim of injustice seventeen-year-old Laura Williams from the Rhondda Valley who was working in a paper factory in Cardiff, and they married in 1947. Laura described her husband as a good, kind man and a provider. Although their marriage was a happy one, due to it being an interracial union they faced racial hostilities in the local area and lived apart on the same street whilst raising their three children: David Mattan (b
MAURICE, HENRY (1634 - 1682), Independent minister preached in several unlicensed houses; towards the end of the same month he undertook the famous journey to his native Llŷn, preaching again in unlicensed places, addressing multitudes in churchyards, and disappointed at not being allowed to enter the pulpits of the parish churches themselves. Naturally he visited his 'cousin' John Williams of Llangian (1627 - 1673) and Richard Edwards (died 1704), the
MAURICE, MATHIAS (1684 - 1738), Independent minister and writer modern question affirmed and approved (1739). Maurice's works are listed in Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry, under 1711, 1720, 1727, 1733, 1734, 1759. The most popular of his original writings was Social Religion Exemplify'd, 1759, which had gone through seven editions by 1860. An abridgement of it, by Dr. Edward Williams (1750 - 1813), was translated into Welsh in 1797 by Benjamin Evans of Dre-wen, and the
MAURICE, WILLIAM (d. 1680), antiquary and collector of manuscripts possession or had been written by or for him.He was twice married (1), to Lettice, daughter of Roger Kynaston, Ruabon, by the daughter and heiress of Roger Eyton of Cefn y Carneddau; by her he had three sons who died young, and two daughters - Ann, wife of David Williams of Glan Alaw, brother of (Sir) William Williams (1634 - 1700), Speaker of the House of Commons, and Lettice, wife of Roger, son of Thomas
MEREDITH, JOHN ELLIS (1904 - 1981), minister (Presbyterian Church of Wales) and author -handed), good and considerate, and he possessed a great sense of humour. He possessed a voice ideal for radio and he was a regular broadcaster. He was the first to utter the famous words from Saunders Lewis's play, Buchedd Garmon on BBC Radio Wales and he also read the poetry of T. Gwynn Jones and R. Williams Parry on the same medium. At the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Cardiff in 1938 he
MEYRICK family Hascard, Fleet, Bush, Wigmore, . He followed Essex to Portugal (1589) and Normandy (1591), and on the death, in 1595, of his kinsman Sir Roger Williams - hitherto Essex's right-hand man - he became all-powerful with the earl, to whom his complete devotion was proverbial, and at whose suit the queen gave him extensive lands, including Wigmore castle, which became his principal seat. Essex knighted him (as Sir William or Gellian) on
MEYRICK, Sir SAMUEL RUSH (1783 - 1848), antiquary subject on which he was consulted by the authorities of the Tower of London and by king George IV - for details see the article in D.N.B. He married, 3 October 1803, Mary, daughter and co-heiress of James Parry, Llwyn Hywel, Cardiganshire. In 1809 (and 1810) was published, in quarto, his History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan, which was considered then - and many such county histories were
MORGAN family Tredegar Park, Trevor Williams of Llangibby, Thomas Morgan was elected in April 1640 to represent Monmouthshire in the Short Parliament (see Tredegar Papers, 59/9. W. R. Williams states incorrectly that the person elected was William Morgan). At the outbreak of the Civil War he was a supporter of the king, but after the battle of Naseby he and his son-in-law, Sir Trevor Williams, were accused of being among the
MORGAN FYCHAN (d. 1288), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Afan) in the honour of Glamorgan . Sometime after 1350, Avan passed into the hands of the chief-lord, probably as a result of an exchange of lands effected by Jane, daughter and heiress of Thomas, and wife of William Blount. The younger son of Morgan Fychan, Rhys, who succeeded to his father's lands in Baglan, was, however, the ancestor of several well-known Glamorganshire families including the Mackworth family and the Williams family of
MORGAN, ALFRED PHILLIPS (1857 - 1942), musician Born 21 May 1857 at Rumney, Monmouthshire, son of David Price and Levia Phillips Morgan. The family moved to Pwllgwilym near Cefn-bedd-Llywelyn, and later at Builth. He was educated at Builth Endowed School, and afterwards he went to Aberystwyth college for a music course under Dr. Joseph Parry and he received tuition at the Tonic Sol-fa College of Music. He won many prizes for composing tunes
MORGAN, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive captain of Ireland), Jack Matthews and Bleddyn Williams. He left school in 1949 to study Botany, Zoology and Chemistry at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff with the intention of becoming a doctor. Whilst studying he joined Cardiff RFC, but unfortunately never found the balance between his university studies and his rugby commitments which led to him failing Botany in his
MORGAN, DEWI (Dewi Teifi; 1877 - 1971), poet and journalist encouraging and guiding young poets and prose writers as an adjudicator in local and national eisteddfodau and editor of the poetry column of Y Faner. Among those indebted to him include D. Gwenallt Jones, T. Ifor Rees, Caradog Prichard, T. Glynne Davies, J. M. Edwards, Iorwerth C. Peate and Alun Llywelyn-Williams. Dewi Morgan died aged 93 at Bronglais hospital Aberystwyth 1 April 1971 and he was buried in

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