Dictionary of Welsh Biography

TREGELLES, SAMUEL PRIDEAUX (1813 - 1875), Biblical scholar and linguist assisted in lighting the morning fires for the craftsmen. He diligently applied himself to master Hebrew and Greek and also the Welsh language. In the vicinity of Neath he felt the urge to preach the Gospel, and doubtless did so in Welsh on several occasions. He was secretary of Neath Cymmrodorion c. 1833. He moved to Falmouth in 1835 as private tutor, returned for a while to Neath, 30 July 1844, when in
TREHARNE, BRYCESON (1879 - 1948), musician Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, in 1879. He studied at the Royal College of Music, London, and held teaching posts at Aberystwyth University College and in the University of Adelaide, Australia. He returned to Europe in 1911, spent some time in the Ruhleben prisoner of war camp, Germany, during World War I, and, eventually (c. 1918) went to the U.S.A. From 1924 he taught music in McGill
TREVOR family Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, backer of the victorious John Edwards, in association with his father-in-law Roger Puleston of Emral. He spent most of 1595-8 campaigning (as captain of Denbighshire levies) in Ireland, where he was knighted by the lord-deputy in May 1597. He now shared with his three brothers (below) the patronage of lord admiral Howard of Effingham, who made him his vice-admiral in North Wales (c. 1596) and
TREVOR family Brynkynallt, Public and Social Service, Civil Administration He went to Ireland (with Edward Blayney of Gregynog) as a captain in the expedition sent to retrieve the Blackwater disaster (c. 11 September 1598), stayed there on garrison duty, was wounded and commended for gallantry in 1600, and married Rose Ussher, the primate ' daughter, acquiring an estate in Co. Down (called by him Rostrevor) and helping in the
TROY, BLANCHE HERBERT (LADY TROY), (d. c. 1557), Lady Mistress of Elizabeth I, Edward VI and Queen Mary 1536 to 1546. Lady Troy's name heads the earlier lists, preceding that of Kate Champernon (married John Astley) who was appointed in 1536 as a governess. In 1545 Roger Ascham (whose page was John Whitney, possibly a relation of Lady Troy) wrote to Kate Champernon asking that she commend him to 'my good Lady Troy and all that company of gentlewomen'. However, the c.1546 household list for Lady
TUDOR, EDMUND (c. 1430 - 1456)
TUDOR, JASPER (c. 1431 - 1495), earl of Pembroke
TUDUR PENLLYN (c. 1420 - c. 1485-90), bard
TURBERVILLE family Coity, , son of Gilbert I, succeeded. He was alive in 1202, but died c. 1207. GILBERT II, son of Payn II, was granted seisin of the lordship in 1207. He married Matilda (or Agnes), daughter of Morgan Gam of Afan, and acquired through her the manor of Landymôr, in Gower. He seems to have joined in the baronial opposition to John, as he was regranted seisin of his lands in 1217 as ' he had returned to faith
TURBERVILLE, EDWARD (c. 1648 - 1681), informer
TURNBULL, MAURICE JOSEPH LAWSON (1906 - 1944), cricketer and rugby player Maurice Turnbull was born in Cardiff on 16 March 1906, the third of the six children of Philip Bernard Turnbull (1879-1930), ship-owner, and his wife Annie Marie Hennessy Oates (c.1879-1942). His father was a Welsh international hockey player who won a bronze medal with the Welsh team at the 1908 Olympics. Maurice was educated at Downside School and Cambridge University. He married Elizabeth
VAUGHAN family Golden Grove, knighted in 1628. His writings include (a) a work entitled Golden Grove (1600), a commonplace-book which includes quotations from a great variety of authors, classical, mediaeval, and contemporary, arranged under three headings - moral, economic, and political. He also wrote (b) a Latin poem in celebration of the marriage of Charles I, and (c) the curious compilation which he entitled The Golden Fleece

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