Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GLYN, WILLIAM (1504 - 1558), bishop Born in 1504, son of John Glyn of Heneglwys, Anglesey, Glyn was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge (B.A. 1527, M.A. 1530, B.D. 1538, D.D. 1554); he became Fellow of Queens ', 1530; was one of original Fellows of Trinity, 1546; and was vice-master of Trinity, 1546-51. Like his friend and contemporary, Thomas Thirlby (see D.N.B.), he seems to have accepted the religious changes of Henry VIII's
GLYNNE, MARY DILYS (1895 - 1991), plant pathologist Mary Dilys Glynne was born at Glyndyl, Menai Avenue, Upper Bangor on 19 February 1895, the youngest daughter of the five surviving children of John Glynne Jones (1849-1947), solicitor, and his wife Dilys Lloyd Glynne Jones (née Davies, 1857-1932). Her father's family home was Tyddyn Isaf (Cymryd) in the parish of Y Gyffin near Conwy. Her mother was one of the London Welsh, daughter of the
GODWIN, FRANCIS (1562 - 1633), bishop and antiquary Born at Hannington, Northamptonshire, 1562. He was appointed bishop of Llandaff, 1601, as a reward for his Catalogue of Bishops of England (1st ed. 1601, new ed. 1615, Latin ed. 1616). He had previously held a number of ecclesiastical appointments in the West country where his father, Thomas Godwin, was bishop of Bath and Wells (1584-90). Promoted bishop of Hereford in 1617, he was accused of
GODWIN, JUDITH (d. 1746), one of Howel Harris's correspondents Her maiden name was Weaver, and it is often (but incorrectly) said that she was the daughter of John Weaver (died 1712), Puritan minister at New Radnor and afterwards at Hereford; it is however very probable that she belonged to the same family and was born in Radnorshire. She married (1) Samuel Jones (1680? - 1719), of Tewkesbury, and (2) in 1721, Edward Godwin (1680? - 1764), a prominent
GOLDSWAIN, BRYNLEY VERNON (1922 - 1983), rugby league player Bryn Goldswain was born on 3 August 1922 in Merthyr Tudful, the son of Reginald Stephen Goldswain, a miner and then a policeman who died as a young man, and his wife Catherine (née Jones, 1897-1981). The family moved to Aber-craf in the Swansea Valley when Bryn was four years old. He was educated locally and at Ystalyfera Grammar School. He played rugby union for Aber-craf, before going to work
GOODWIN, JOHN (1681 - 1763) North Wales, Quaker minister Born 1681, possibly the son of Thomas Goodwin (formerly of Llanidloes) who was a member of the group of Friends who worshipped at Dolobran, Montgomeryshire. He joined, c. 1708, the Friends at Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, and became an active worker, the field of his ministry extending from Llangurig to the lower slopes of Aran Benllyn, Aran Fawddwy, and Cader Idris. In his middle age he frequently
GOUGE, THOMAS (1605? - 1681), Nonconformist divine and philanthropist
GOUGH, JETHRO (1903 - 1979), Professor of pathology of this School was characterised by such originality and promise as to stamp him a man of outstanding merit and one who will go far; thus confirming the indications given by his brilliant undergraduate career'. In 1930 he became the third person (after Daniel T. Davies and J. W. Tudor Thomas) to obtain the MD of the University of Wales, for his thesis on 'Mitochondria', and three years later his
GOWER, Sir ERASMUS (1742 - 1814), admiral Born at Glandovan ('Glan Duan, West Wales Records, ii, 39), Kilgerran, went to sea very early with captain John Donkley, R.N., who had married his father's sister. After serving on various ships, he was twice sent on voyages of discovery round the world, and in 1769 (as lieutenant) to the Falkland Islands (being shipwrecked before reaching port). He was at home from 1770 till 1779, but then was
GOWER, HERBERT RAYMOND (1916 - 1989), Conservative politician Westminster. After the general election of June 1970, Gower was tipped as a possible first Conservative Secretary of State for Wales, but Edward Heath chose instead Peter Thomas, the MP for Hendon South. As a consolation prize, Gower was knighted in 1974, and he was also made a Freeman of the Borough of Vale of Glamorgan in 1978. Raymond Gower lived at Sully near Cardiff. He married in 1973, Cynthia, the
GRAVELL, DAVID (1787 - 1872), farmer, herbalist, and publisher Born 3 June 1787, son of Thomas and Mary Gravell of Cwmfelin, in the parish of Llandyfaelog, Carmarthenshire. He took to religion under the ministry of David Peter of Carmarthen. As a young man he suffered from bad health and this led him to experiment with herbal remedies; at the same time, he made the most of his friendship with (Sir) David Daniel Davis, the royal physician who was a native of
GRAY, THOMAS (1847 - 1924), mining engineer and local historian

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