Dictionary of Welsh Biography

TALIESIN (fl. second half of the 6th century), bard with him against Hussa, son of Ida; it is further said that Urien and his sons fought against Deodric, son of Ida. J. E. Lloyd (A History of Wales, 163) gives the period of this Theodoric's reign as 572-9, and that of Hussa as 585-92. In ' Llyfr Taliesin,' a Welsh manuscript of c. 1275, there is preserved ancient poetry which was thought to be the work of Taliesin. In this manuscript there is poetry
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, appointment that he sentenced Richard White, the Roman Catholic schoolmaster of Llanidloes, to his death in 1584. Thelwall was an exceptionally gifted man, who, according to Simwnt Fychan, was fluent in eight languages. After the death of Gruffudd Hiraethog, c. 1560, it appears that Simwnt forsook the patronage of the Mostyn family for that of the Thelwall family of Plas y Ward. In an awdl to Simon Thelwall
THELWALL, JOHN (1764 - 1834), reformer, lecturer and poet the Society of the Friends of the People. Because of his extreme radical views, he had to stand trial, 1-5 December 1794, having been imprisoned in the Tower of London since the previous May; however, he was found not guilty. Soon afterwards he published Poems written in close confinement in the Town and Newgate (London, 1795). He took a farm near Llyswen, Breck., c. 1798, but returned to London
THODAY, MARY GLADYS (1884 - 1943), scientist, suffragist, peace-campaigner directly addressed Jan Smuts, the Prime Minister, on the question of female suffrage. While in South Africa Thoday continued her own botanical research, and she completed (at the request of Prof. A. C. Seward of Cambridge University) the unfinished work on Gnetales of the late Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, founder of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Her concern for the future wellbeing of South
THOMAS family Coed Helen (or Alun), Aber, William Gruffydd of Caernarvon, a son of Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, by whom he had nine children. He was a justice of the peace for Caernarvonshire from c. 1575, sheriff in 1580-1, and Member of Parliament for the county in 1574 and 1584. In January 1581, he was a purchaser from the earl of Leicester of lands in Llyn, which had formerly belonged to the abbey of Bardsey. At his death he left lands
THOMAS ap RHODRI (c. 1295 - 1363), nobleman
THOMAS BRWYNLLYS (fl. c. 1580-1590), poet
THOMAS, ALBAN (d. 1740?), cleric, poet, and translator 145, NLW MS 5A and NLW MS 19B, and in (Cardiff) Tonn MS. 16 in the Cardiff Public Library. His son, ALBAN THOMAS (1686 - 1771), physician Medicine in London He appears to have practised under the auspices of Sir Hans Sloane. He matriculated in the University of Oxford as from Jesus College. He was librarian of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, c. 1708; whilst in 1713 he was assistant-secretary of the
THOMAS, DAVID (1880 - 1967), educationalist, author and pioneer of the Labour Party in north Wales , llythyrau a sgyrsiau (1954), a biography of Silyn (Robert Silyn Roberts) 1871-1930 (1956), and Ann Griffiths a'i theulu (1963); also ' Glendid iaith ', a weekly column on grammar in Y Faner (c. 1957-62). As a tribute to him he was presented with the volume, Ben Bowen Thomas (ed.), Lleufer y werin; cyfrol deyrnged i David Thomas, M.A. (1965), and his autobiography was published posthumously, Diolch am gael
THOMAS, DAVID (d. 1780?), minister (Congl.) The only extant source of knowledge about him is in Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, iii, 503-4, where it is said that he hailed from Cilgwyn, Cardiganshire, that he lived at Ffos-yr-efail, Llandeilo Fach (Llandeilo Tal-y-bont), Glamorganshire, was prosperous, and that he was ordained minister of Llanedi c. 1739. Although his name is not (for some reason) on W. D. Jeremy's list (copy in NLW MS
THOMAS, DAVID ALFRED (first viscount RHONDDA), (1856 - 1918), businessman and politician, Liberal Member of Parliament He was the grandson of a JOHN THOMAS, of Magor, Monmouth; born in 1770, who migrated c. 1790 to Merthyr Tydfil and became haulage-contractor to the Crawshays; he married into a yeoman family of Merthyr Vale, and had four children. Of these, the youngest, DAVID THOMAS (1811-1875), became a prominent Congregational minister at Clifton (Memoir, by his son Arnold Thomas). The eldest, SAMUEL THOMAS
THOMAS, DAVID FFRANGCON (1910 - 1963), cellist served in the army and then he studied at Prague with Pravoslav Sadlo and Rafael Kubelik. He had an active career as a soloist in Britain and he travelled to Australia and the Far East. He formed a duet with the harpist Osian Ellis, broadcasting and recording for the Delysé company. He endeavoured to form a Welsh orchestra, and succeeded in holding concerts in 1954-55. He married Dorothy C. Mallinson

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