Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CRADOCK, Sir MATHEW (1468? - 1531), royal official in South Wales Descended from Einion ap Collwyn, he was the son of Richard ap Gwilim ap Evan ap Cradock Vreichfras, and Jennet Horton of Cantelupeston (Candleston) castle near Newton, Glamorganshire. In his official capacity he is said to have wielded tremendous power in South Wales. On his tombstone he is described as deputy to Charles, earl of Worcester, in the county of ' Glamorgan and Morgannwg', as
CRAWSHAY family, industrialists Cyfarthfa a far more important personality than that portrayed by Charles Wilkins and others. 'He was the most statesmanlike of the Crawshay Iron Kings,' and guided the huge enterprise in all its aspects with a steady hand - on its production side and on its commercial side. He so guided its affairs that he bought both Benjamin Hall's and Joseph Bailey's shares and became the sole proprietor. He died 11
DAFYDD, EDWARD (c. 1600 - 1678?) Margam, bard be that Edward Dafydd was one of them. Some of his work in his own hand is in ' Llyfr Hir Llanharan ' in the Cardiff Public Library; there is another collection in N.L.W. Llanover MS. B. 20. Some poems attributed to him are in Llanover B. 12, relating to the time of Cromwell and Charles II. Amongst these is a cywydd welcoming Charles on his return to England; it is obvious that its author was a
DAIMOND, ROBERT (BOB) BRIAN (1946 - 2020), civil engineer and historian Bob Daimond was born on 1 May 1946 in Tenterden, Kent, the youngest of three children of schoolteachers Charles Daimond (1910-1970) and Stella Ellerbeck (1908-1997). The family later moved to Wolverhampton when Charles became Youth and Community Services Officer for Wolverhampton Local Authority and where Stella eventually became the Deputy Head of St Peter's Girls School. Bob attended St
DALTON, EDWARD HUGH JOHN NEALE (BARON DALTON), (1887 - 1962), economist and politician Born at Neath, Glamorganshire, the son of Canon John Neale and Catherine Alicia Dalton, on 26 August 1887. His father had been tutor to King George V when Prince of Wales and he was a Canon of St. George's Chapel, Windsor from 1885 until his death in 1931. His mother was the daughter of Charles Evans-Thomas of Gnoll House, Neath. Hugh Dalton was educated at Summer Fields, Oxford, and Eton before
DANIEL, WILLIAM RAYMOND (1928 - 1997), association football player League and 2 Welsh Cup appearances, scoring 16 goals. He did not feature in Wales' gallant World Cup campaign of 1958 in Sweden having lost his international place to the younger Mel Charles (born 1935). Daniel joined Southern League club Hereford United in July 1960 on a free transfer and later became the club's player-manager for a brief period between 1962 and 1963, during which his international
DAVID, PHILIP (1709 - 1787) Penmain, Independent minister 1787. The church kept a level membership of about 100 throughout his pastorate. He was a man of conservative and crabbed temperament, and his manuscript diaries are highly interesting, reflecting as they do the prejudice of 'dry Dissent' against the Methodistical tendencies which were winning the day among Welsh Independents in Philip David's later years. Philip Charles of Cefn-coed-cymer was a
DAVID, REES (fl. 1746), early Arminian Baptist of Matthew Mead's book), although preface and title-page bear the name of Jenkin Jones. It seems that David's school was in or near Newcastle Emlyn : he was one of the signatories of a letter sent to Rhydwilym church from Llandysul in 1725. But in 1729 he adopted Arminian views, and removed to keep school at Hengoed, Glamorganshire, where Charles Winter lived. In the doctrinal disputes at Hengoed
DAVIES, CHARLES (1849 - 1927), Baptist minister he followed Nathaniel Thomas (1818 - 1888) as minister of Tabernacle, Cardiff. Charles Davies was regarded as one of the outstanding preachers of his generation, noted for his saintliness and evangelical fervour. He published Cyfrol o Bregethau, 1910, and was a frequent contributor to the denominational periodicals and to Y Geninen. He was elected chairman of the Baptist Union of Wales and
DAVIES, CHARLES NICE (1794 - 1842), Independent minister and college tutor
DAVIES, CLARA NOVELLO (Pencerddes Morgannwg; 1861 - 1943), musician Born 7 April 1861 in Canton, Cardiff, daughter of Jacob Davies and Margaret his wife, and named Clara Novello after Clara Anastasia (née Novello), whom Jacob Davies had heard singing. She received her musical education from her father, Dr. Frost, Frederick Atkins (Cardiff), and Charles Williams (organist of Llandaff Cathedral). She was appointed, when quite young, accompanist to the Cardiff
DAVIES, DAN ISAAC (1839 - 1887), a pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools Born 24 January 1839 at Llandovery, son of Isaac Davies, a hatter (from Llandebie), and his wife Rachel Charles. From Llandovery British School he went to Borough Road Training College, and in 1858 became master of Mill Street school ('Ysgol y Comin'), Aberdare, where he broke new ground by encouraging his assistants to use Welsh in the classroom. In 1867 he took over the school of Evan Davies

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