Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VAUGHAN family Corsygedol, Phylip (died 1666), who was bardd teulu at Corysgedol, wrote about nineteen, whilst another son, Phylip Siôn Phylip (died c. 1677), wrote one. William Phylip (died February 1670), who lived at Hendre-fechan, close to Corsygedol, helped Siôn Bryncir to write a cyngor to William Vaughan, nephew of Siôn Bryncir. One poem by Gruffydd Phylip has an interesting title - ' I Wmffre Davies o Landy-frydogy Mon
VAUGHAN family Courtfield, died c. 1650 at Cardiff, after enduring hard usage on board a ship. JOHN VAUGHAN (1676? - 1754), third of Courtfield, besides succeeding to the manor of Welsh Bicknor, inherited the manors of Ruardean, Gloucstershire, and Clyro, Radnorshire, as heir to his childless half-brothers, John Vaughan of Huntsham and Richard Vaughan of Courtfield. His second wife was a kinswoman in the paternal line
VAUGHAN family Trawsgoed, Crosswood, is usually associated with Caernarvonshire. It is claimed that the first member of the family to settle at Trawsgoed was ADDA AP LLEWELYN FYCHAN (c. 1200); the older pedigrees agree in stating that he married Tudo (or Dudo), daughter and heiress of Ieuan Goch of Trawsgoed. Their great-grandson, MORUS FYCHAN AP IEUAN, is said to have stabilised the Fychan, hence Vaughan, as surname. Among the family
VAUGHAN, ARTHUR OWEN (Owen Rhos-comyl; 1863? - 1919), adventurer and author professional historians. He married Catherine Lois (Katherine Louisa) de Geere on the bank of the river Vaal c. 21 December 1900. His certificate of marriage was lost when he was admitted to hospital. She died at Penarth in 1927. He died 15 October 1919 at a London nursing-home, aged 56 as it is said. He was buried in Maeshyfryd cemetery, Diserth Road, Rhyl.
VAUGHAN, JOHN (d. 1824), artist and violinist A native of Conway. W. D. Leathart says that he used to play the violin to the accompaniment of the harp at some of the meetings of the Gwyneddigion Society of London, c. 1776. It was he who painted the portrait of Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr), which used to hang in the rooms of the Society. He died in 1824 at a great age. His brother, WILLIAM VAUGHAN, described by Leathart as a native of Conway, was
VAUGHAN, RICE (d. 1670), lawyer and author the Proceedings in the Great Sessions of Wales: containing the Method and Practice of an Attorney there, from an Original to its Execution. Whereunto is added, The Old Statute of Wales at large; And an Abridgement of all the Statutes uniting Wales to England; with Tables of the Fees, and the Matters therein contained (London, 1672); and (c) A Discourse of Coin and Coinage (London, 1675). His will
VAUGHAN, RICHARD (1550? - 1607), bishop Born c. 1550, second son of Thomas ap Robert Fychan of Nyffryn, Llyn, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at S. John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1574, M.A. 1577, D.D. 1589). Shortly after 1577, he was appointed chaplain to John Aylmer, bishop of London, who is said to have been related to him (Baker, Hist. of St. John's College, Cambridge, 235). He received numerous preferments, including a canonry
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND (c.1590 - 1667) Caer-gai,, poet, translator, and Royalist
VICARI, ANDREW (1932 - 2016), painter Vicari spent some time in Italy before returning to London to begin his living as a painter, and a portrait painter in particular. One of his paintings was 'Aneurin Bevan' (c. 1958) which was gifted to the National Library of Wales by the English pianist, band leader and impresario Jack Hylton (1892-1965) in 1961, the year in which Hylton financed a solo show for the Welsh painter near Leicester Square
WALTER, LUCY (1630? - 1658), mistress of king Charles II had connections with some of the leading county families in West Wales. Her father, William Walter of Roch Castle, Pembrokeshire, was the grandson of William Walter, who had purchased the manor of Roch from the de Longuevilles c. 1601. He had married Jane, daughter of Francis Laugharne of S. Brides, and Janet, daughter of John Philipps of Picton Castle. Her mother was Elizabeth Prothero, daughter
WARING, ELIJAH (c. 1788 - 1857), merchant, author and publisher Son of Jeremiah Waring, of Alton, Hampshire. He came to Wales c. 1810. He began to take an interest in the history of Wales, and in order to enlighten Englishmen in regard to that subject he started an English periodical at Swansea in 1813, The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany, which had a life of about eight months. He was the principal editor, and it is said that he lost a lot of money on
WARTSKI, MORITZ (MORRIS) (1855 - 1946), businessman Hotel. This was listed as 'C & H Wartski' in Bennett's Business Directory, named after his sons Charles and Harry. The following year, he expanded the business to 33 Mostyn Street in the more prosperous and fashionable watering-place of Llandudno, and soon after opened two further shops at numbers 31 and 93. Wartski had another reason for moving to Llandudno. At the age of sixteen, Charles had

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