Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PHILLIPS, EDWARD (1716 - c. 1776), cleric
PHILLIPS, SAMUEL LEVI (c. 1730 - 1812), banker and jeweller
PHILLIPS, THOMAS BEVAN (1898 - 1991), minister, missionary and college principal and they returned for a furlough in 1956. That year his mother Catharine Phillips became seriously ill. She was nursed by her daughter-in-law and a member of Tabor C. M. Chapel, Jennie Evans, over the 5 months of her illness till her death in 1957. When they returned to India T. B. Phillips prepared the way for the transfer of all the posts in the theological college and responsibility for the
PHYLIP family, poets Ardudwy A family of Welsh poets who lived in Ardudwy, Meironnydd, in the 16th and 17th cents.. Their period ranges from c. 1543, in which year Siôn Phylip was probably born, to 1678, when probate was granted of the will of Phylip Siôn Phylip, one of his sons. The royalist poet, William Phylip, is usually accounted of the group. The two brothers, Siôn and Rhisiart, and Siôn's two sons, Gruffydd and Phylip
PICTON, CESAR (c. 1755 - 1836), coal merchant Cesar Picton was born c. 1755 in West Africa, possibly Senegal, and was brought to Britain in 1761 at the age of around six. The earliest reference to him is a note made on 8 November 1761 in the journal of Sir John Philipps of Picton (Philipps Family), sixth baronet (1701-1764), who represented Pembrokeshire in Parliament with the residence Norbiton Place in Kingston upon Thames: 'Went to
PIOZZI, HESTER LYNCH (1741 - 1821), author adopted son, John Piozzi, later became Sir John Piozzi Salusbury (died 1858), and Mrs. Piozzi made him her heir. Mrs. Piozzi's publications were (a) ' Preface ' and nine poems contributed to the Florence Miscellany (Florence, 1785); (b) Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., during the last twenty years of his life (London, 1786, and many subsequent editions); (c) Letters to and from the late
POPKIN, JOHN (fl. 1759-1824), Methodist and Sandemanian exhorter He was a wealthy gentleman, one of the Popkins of Ynysdawe and Forest; he lived at Plas Tal-y-garn c. 1801 [having married Mary, daughter of James Prichard of Collennau near Tonyrefail, who had at one time lived at Tal-y-garn-fawr ], but resided at Forest, Llansamlet, in the latter years of his life. The date of his joining the Methodists is not known but he came into prominence in 1759 as an
POWEL, ANTHONY (c. 1560 - 1618/19), gentleman and genealogist
POWEL, CHARLES (1712 - 1796), antiquarian the last in the male line of descent of the Powels of Castlemadoc, Brecknock, and ultimately descending from William Powel, a Welsh poet who flourished c. 1580-1620. He was an antiquarian of more than usual merit, and corresponded with many of the leading antiquarians of his day. His researches into the antiquities of South Wales attracted the notice of John Strange who referred to some of
POWEL, DAVID (c.1540 - 1598), cleric and historian
POWEL, MORGAN (fl. c. 1563), poet, one of the Glamorgan writers of cwndidau, a cleric of Llanhari probably one of the Powel family of Tir Iarll (see under Anthony Powel). Apparently he was cleric at Laleston, near Bridgend, c. 1563. Some of his work still exists, including a poem addressed to Wiliam Prys of Briton Ferry, another to reconcile Siôn Mawddwy with Tomas ap Wiliam ap Hywel. He also participated in two bardic controversies or ymrysonau with Llywelyn Siôn and Tomas Llywelyn.
POWEL, WATCYN (c. 1600 - 1655) Pen-y-fai, Tir Iarll, gentleman, bard, and genealogist

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