Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN family Bodeon, Bodowen, Bodeon stands in the parish of Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, within easy distance of the mansion of Bodorgan. There was at times much political affinity between the two families but (curiously enough) hardly any marriage alliances. OWEN AP HUGH of Bodeon was quite a prominent man in Anglesey in the early age of Elizabeth, sheriff twice, and Member of Parliament in 1545 for Newborough (according to the
OWEN family Orielton, The Owen of Orielton family played a prominent part in the history of Pembrokeshire for nearly three centuries. The estate of Orielton in Castlemartin came into the possession of the Owen family by the marriage of HUGH ab OWEN to Elizabeth Wirriot in 1571. Hugh Owen (he dropped the 'ab') was the eldest son of Owen ap Hugh of Bodowen (or Bodeon), Anglesey, who claimed to be a descendant of Hwfa ap
OWEN ap GRUFFYDD ap GWENWYNWYN (d. 1293) - see GRUFFYDD ap GWENWYNWYN
OWEN ap SION ap RHYS (fl. second half of 16th century) Trefeilir, poet
OWEN, DANIEL (1836 - 1895), novelist , he worked for his old master for ten years. He began to preach in 1864, at the same time as Ellis Edwards. His early education was, doubtless, similar to the description of education given by 'Robyn y Sowldiwr' in Rhys Lewis. His work in the tailor's shop gave him an opportunity of getting to know people and to debate and argue about various topics; this experience is evidenced in his novels. There
OWEN, DAVID (Dewi Wyn o Eifion; 1784 - 1841), farmer and poet , named Gaerwen, at Pwllheli, and owing to his brother's ill-health, Dewi and his mother moved to Pwllheli in 1827. He still held the farm at Gaerwen, and when his brother died in 1837, he returned home, and remained there to the end of his days. His bardic tutor was Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), his neighbour, who lived at Betws Fawr, near Gaerwen. At the age of 21 Dewi won the Gwyneddigion
OWEN, ELLIS (1789 - 1868), farmer, antiquary, and poet one of the secretaries of the Tremadoc eisteddfod in 1851. As a bard he was not as eminent as his contemporaries, Dewi Wyn and Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu); but he composed a number of short poems and englynion, and he wrote scores of epitaphs at the request of friends and neighbours. His poems and essays were published in a volume entitled Cell Meudwy by his friend Robert Isaac Jones
OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet closing date. Had he done so the Eisteddfod would have received poems from four of the foremost strict metre poets in Wales, namely Alan Llwyd, Dic Jones, Donald Evans and Gerallt himself, which would have proved an additional headache to the adjudicators. The completed poem was published in his volume Cilmeri a Cherddi Eraill. In Swansea in 1982 he won again for his ode 'Cilmeri', about Llywelyn ap
OWEN, HUGH (1575? - 1642) Gwenynog,, translator Born about 1575, son of Owen ap Hugh ap Richard, the owner of the small estate of Gwenynog, in the parish of Llanfflewyn, Anglesey. It is not certain that he ever went to a university, but he is said to have been learned not only in law but in more than one foreign language, ' the which he was not taught by any Teacher save himself, and that in his own study in his own home.' In the course of the
OWEN, JOHN (John Owen of Tyn-llwyn; 1807 - 1876), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer on agriculture ) was his schoolfellow. At home, he turned in the literary circle of Eifionydd, which included such men as Dewi Wyn, Robert ap Gwilym Ddu, and Ellis Owen. He began preaching in 1836, married, and went to Bala C.M. College, but had to leave on the death of his father. He was ordained in 1842, but never undertook a pastoral charge, for he held that such an institution had no place in Methodism. In 1853
OWEN, Baron LEWIS (d. 1555), judge Son of Owen ap Hywel ap Llywelyn, of Llwyn, Dolgelley. Under Henry VIII he was appointed deputy-chamberlain of North Wales and baron (i.e. judge) of the exchequer at Caernarvon; he was sheriff of Merioneth in 1545-6 and 1554-5, and Member of Parliament for the shire in 1547, 1553, and 1554; he lived at Cwrt Plas-yn-dre, Dolgelley. As sheriff, he undertook to extirpate the ' Red Bandits of Mawddwy
OWEN, RICHARD JONES (Glaslyn; 1831 - 1909), poet and prose-writer obtain for Glaslyn a Government pension as a reward for his services to literature. NLW MS 2856B contains an example of his work. His son was JOHN OWEN (Ap Glaslyn; 1857 - 1934), preacher, poet, and musician; born at Beddgelert 6 May 1857. He was educated at the local school, became a pupil teacher and later worked in the slate quarries at Ffestiniog and Llanberis. In his youth he was successful as an

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