Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWYNLLYW (fl. late 5th-early 6th century), saint ,' which are the other main authorities for his legend, are 12th century compositions. A summary version of the ' Life of S. Gwynllyw ' was composed by John of Teignmouth in the mid 14th century. An early 14th century manuscript recently discovered at Gotha, Germany, contains the pedigree of Gwynllyw (see Anal. Boll., lviii, 98). As the eldest of the ten sons of Glywys (the ' Life of S. Gwynllyw ' gives
GWYNN, EIRWEN MEIRIONA (1916 - 2007), scientist, educator and author Eirwen Meiriona St. John Williams was born at 99 Shiel Road, Newsham Park, Liverpool, on 1 December 1916. (A family story tells that 12 December was recorded by her father, in order to avoid a fine for late registration of the birth.) Eirwen was the eldest of the two children of William (St.) John Williams (1886-1957) and his wife Annie (née Williams, 1885-1969). Her brother, Gwilym Gareth (Gari
GWYNN, HARRI (1913 - 1985), writer and broadcaster , Penrhyndeudraeth in 1917. After time at the village school, Harri won a scholarship to Barmouth County School in 1924, where he was introduced to fine art and the work of the English Georgian poets by his headteacher, Edmund D. Jones, an admirer of John Ruskin, and attended evening classes on poetry in Penrhyndeudraeth under the tutelage of Robert Williams Parry. In 1930, a year early, he sat the examination
GWYNN, JOHN - see GWYN, JOHN
GWYNNE family Kilvey College of Divinity; curate of Barrow, Cheshire, 1882-85, Winsley, Wiltshire, 1885-86 and St. John, Tunbridge Wells, 1891-1909, rector of Little Easton in the diocese of Chelmsford, 1915-37. CHARLES BROOKE GWYNNE (1861 - 1944) Religion; born Kilvey, July 1861; educated at Swansea Grammar School and Christ College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. 1884 and M.A. 1888. He was curate of Timperley, 1885-88 and
GWYNNE family Garth, Maes-llech, Llanlleonfel favoured Harris's marriage with Anne Williams of Skreen, and interceded with her father on Harris's behalf (see T.L. 1172, 1180, 1184 at N.L.W.). He was at John Wesley's second Conference (Bristol, 1745), and his daughter SARAH GWYNNE (1726 - 1822) in 1749 married Charles Wesley. After the marriage, Gwynne went to live at Ludlow; he died in 1769 (D.N.B., under Wesley, Charles); Mrs. Gwynne was in 1771
GWYNNE, JOHN - see GWYN, JOHN
GWYNNE, ROBERT (JOHNS) (fl. 1568-1591), Roman Catholic missioner and writer He probably came of the Bodvel family and may have been a son of John Wyn ap Hugh (since he subscribes one of his writings ' Robert Johns gwyn '). He entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1568. About three years later he was persuaded by his neighbour Robert Owen of Plas Du, Caernarfonshire, to absent himself from Anglican worship and to flee overseas. He entered Douai
GWYNNE, SACKVILLE (c. 1751 - 1794) harpists - see, e.g. under Wood; it was at Glanbrân that John Richards (1711 - 1789), a famous harp-maker of Llanrwst, died (he was buried at Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Llandovery). As will be seen from the article Wood, the patronage of the harp at Glanbrân continued well into the 19th century.
GWYNNETH, JOHN (1490? - 1562?), Roman Catholic priest and musician that he did much by precept and practice to improve the standards of church music, and he holds a high place among Tudor musicians. But Gwynneth was also active as a controversial writer on behalf of Roman Catholicism. He wrote several books in reply to those of John Frith, the friend and ally of Tyndale, who had been martyred in 1533, These works show wide learning and a good degree of dialectical
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume temperance hotels. Llys Llanover, the new Tudor-style family mansion, became a centre of Welsh culture in Gwent and beyond, attracting foreigners interested in the Celtic languages like the Bretons Alex François Rio, and Theodore de la Villemarqué, and the German Friedrich Carl Meyer, as well as Welsh collectors and scholars like Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), Maria Jane Williams, Lady Charlotte Guest, John
HAM, PETER WILLIAM (1947 - 1975), musician and songwriter Pete Ham was born in Swansea on 27 April 1947. He was the youngest child of William Ham (1908-1985), a ship's painter in Swansea docks, and his wife Catherine (née Tanner, 1912-1976), who had worked as a plate opener in the tinplate works. Their first son, William (b. 1935) did not survive infancy. Pete grew up in Gwent Gardens, at the foot of the Townhill estate, with an older brother, John

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