Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VAUGHAN family Corsygedol, a general account of Corsygedol and the Vaughans in Archæologia Cambrensis, vi (1875), 1-16; this account was edited and annotated by W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth from a transcript by Angharad Llwyd from a Mostyn manuscript compiled in 1770 by William Vaughan (below). Various members of the family, as shown by Edward Breese in Kalendars of Gwynedd, served as high sheriffs of Merioneth (and some of
VAUGHAN, JOHN (d. 1824), artist and violinist one of the earliest members of the Society. Leathart says that he was looked upon as 'a dandy of the first order, a distinction he was not a little proud of', and adds that he was related to lady Mostyn, mother of the Sir Thomas Mostyn, who died in 1831. This lady Mostyn was Margaret, daughter of Hugh Wynn, Ll.D.; she was heiress of Bodysgallen (near Conway), Plas-mawr (Conway), Bodidris
WILIEMS, THOMAS (1545 or 1546 - 1622?) Trefriw, priest, scribe, lexicographer, and physician countrymen.' But Roger Mostyn, Sir John Wynn's son-in-law, writes in disparaging terms of his medical knowledge and ridicules his presumption in posing as a physician. Dr. Alexander Read, a contemporary orthodox practitioner of great repute in North Wales, and the author of several medical books, also pours scorn on his 'ineffectual old simples.' According to Humphrey Humphreys, bishop of Bangor, Thomas
WILLIAMS family Marl, involved in lengthy litigation with the Prendergasts; he was twice married and had many children; he held a commission in the Royal Navy; and died suddenly in London in 1791. He had, some time before 1774, sold the Pant Glas estate to the Lloyds of Penbryn (i.e. the Mostyn family). They pulled down part of the mansion, and used the materials for the building of Plas Glasgwm, Penmachno; the rest of the
WILLIAMS, GARETH WYN (Baron Williams of Mostyn), (1941 - 2003), lawyer and politician Gareth Williams was born on 5 February 1941 near Prestatyn, Flintshire. He was the third child of Albert Thomas Williams (died 1964), a primary school headmaster, and his wife Selina (née Evans, died 1985). He had a sister, Catrin, and a brother John. Welsh was been the language of his home in Mostyn and, reputedly, he first learnt English with the aid of Linguaphone records. He was educated at
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582 - 1650), dean of Westminster, lord keeper of the great seal, archbishop of York this grievance, he negotiated with Mytton, commander of the Parliament forces then invading North Wales, and took an active part in his storming of Conway in August 1646. The Welsh cavaliers never forgave his apostasy, though there are indications that he repented of it after the execution of the king. He died 25 March 1650 at the Mostyn royalist house of Gloddaeth, and is buried in Llandygài church
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author which was also seen at the Glyn Vivian Gallery in Swansea and at Oriel Mostyn in Llandudno. A number of memorable exhibitions of his work were held at the National Library in Aberystwyth, one in particular to celebrate his eightieth birthday on 9 May 1998, and another to display his Patagonian collection in 2000. The Library also put on several travelling exhibitions of his work. Oriel Ynys Môn was
WYNN family Berth-ddu, Bodysgallen, his death in 1633 he was buried in the college chapel; he left no important legacy to the college, but a Welsh Bible which came into its possession on his death is believed to have been his. The estate of Berth-ddu passed to Owen Gwynn's elder brother, HUGH WYNN I (or Hugh Gwynne), who added to it that of Bodysgallen by marriage with the heiress, daughter of Richard Mostyn. He helped Thomas Wiliems
WYNN family Glyn (Glyn Cywarch), Brogyntyn, co-heiress of Robert Owen of Ystumcegid, he was the father of OWEN WYNN (died 1682/3), of Glyn and Ystumcegid, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Robert Mostyn, of Nant, Flintshire, the issue of the marriage being two daughters, (1) MARGARET (died 1727), who married Sir ROBERT OWEN (died 1698), of Clenennau and Brogyntyn who was Member of Parliament for Merioneth, 1681-85, and was

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