Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BLACKWELL, JOHN (Alun; 1797 - 1840), cleric and poet Son of Peter and Mary Blackwell, Ponterwyl, Mold. He received no formal education, and at the age of 11 he was apprenticed shoemaker with William Kirkham, who was interested in Welsh poetry. Having read extensively in Welsh and English, he soon began to attend meetings of Cymreigyddion societies and to compete at eisteddfodau, winning a prize at an eisteddfod at Mold in 1823 for an awdl on 'Maes
BLAYNEY family Gregynog, The family claimed descent from Brochwel Ysgythrog. The first member of the family about whom there is definite information is EVAN BLAYNEY, whose name appears eighteenth in the roll of burgesses found in the charter of Welshpool, 7 June, 7 Henry IV (1406), where he is described as 'of Tregynon.' His son, GRIFFITH AP EVAN BLAYNEY, is mentioned by the poet Lewis Glyn Cothi. The Gregynog line of
BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (d. 1075), prince , but no longer in independence, but as vassals and allies of Edward the Confessor. They continued Gruffudd's policy of alliance with Mercia and aided the Mercians in their struggle with William the Conqueror, supporting Edric the Wild in 1067, when they ravaged Herefordshire as far as the Lugg, and Edwin and Morcar in 1068. In 1070 they had to meet a threat nearer home; two sons of Gruffudd
BLETHIN, WILLIAM (fl. 1575 to 1590), bishop of Llandaff
BLIGH, STANLEY PRICE MORGAN (1870 - 1949), landowner and author William Bligh of the ' Bounty ', vice-admiral of the Blue. Stanley Bligh was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford, became a member of the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar in 1895. Until he took over the management of the Cilmeri estate from his mother he practised on the S. Wales circuit. In 1895 he married Matilda Agnes Wilson, daughter of Major John Wilson of the Royal Scots Greys, one
BODVEL family Bodvel, Caerfryn, incriminating evidence was found, and in 1589, after reconciliation with Leicester, Bodvel was elected M.P. for Caernarvonshire, serving also as sheriff in 1589 and 1597. ROGER GWYNNE of Bodvel (1577 - c. 1605), Roman Catholic priest and missioner Religion He was probably either son or younger brother of the above Hugh Gwyn. As a youth he came under the influence of Fr. William Davies (died 1593), in whose
BODWRDA family Bodwrda, of Brian Walton's recently published Polyglot Bible, acknowledged in a fulsome Latin address of thanks. In 1654 he was associated with John Glyn, John Carter, and William Foxwist in the purchase of the lordship of Hawarden from the earl of Derby. Elected to the Convention Parliament, he was one of the deputation chosen to escort Charles II from Paris (26 April 1660), subsequently turned informer at
BOOTH, FLORENCE ELEANOR (1861 - 1957), Salvationist and social reformer Soper married Chief of Staff Bramwell Booth at Clapton Congress Hall before a crowd of 6,000 Salvationists, the wedding ceremony being performed by General William Booth. Florence and Bramwell had seven children and in order to avoid outside influences Florence taught the eldest four at home for at least two hours every day. Having been left an inheritance by one of her aunts she employed a governess
BOSSE-GRIFFITHS, KATE (1910 - 1998), Egyptologist and author the Classics and in Egyptology. They were married in 1939, and moved to Pentre in the Rhondda Valley, where Gwyn had been appointed a teacher at Porth County School. Writers, poets and pacifists began to gather around them to form Cylch Cadwgan (the Cadogan Circle). Members of the group, like William Thomas (Pennar) Davies and Rhydwen Williams, must have been impressed by Kate, who brought an
BOWDEN, HERBERT WILLIAM (BARON AYLESTONE), (1905 - 1994), politician Whip, William Whiteley, who had served for over forty years as a whip, both in opposition and in government. Neither Whiteley nor Clement Attlee, the Leader of the Labour Party, was anxious to retire. After a series of manoeuvres by George Wigg, Whiteley decided to stand down in June 1955 and Bowden was the only candidate for the office of Opposition Chief Whip. Pressure for Attlee to retire
BOWEN family Llwyn-gwair, John Griffith, son of Sir William Griffith, Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire. Thomas Nicholas gives some details of the pedigree of the family in his Annals of the…County Families of Wales, 1872, see also similar works on ancient families of Wales, etc. GEORGE BOWEN (1722 - 1810) comes into the pages of Methodist history because of his friendship with John Wesley, David Jones (Llan-gan), and others. He was
BOWEN, DAVID (Myfyr Hefin; 1874 - 1955), minister (B) and editor school at Pontypridd and to the University College at Cardiff for the year 1908-09. He won the chair at the students' eisteddfod in January 1909. He was called to the pastorate of Bethel, Lower Chapel, near Brecon and laboured there to restore Welsh as he had seen William Morris do at Noddfa, Treorchy. For this period of his life see his booklets Oriau Hefin (1902), Emynau pen y mynydd (1905), and

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