Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, GRACE MARY (1906 - 1977), composer (1949), directed by Jill Craigie. She also composed incidental music for radio performances of plays by Saunders Lewis. She received a number of commissions from the BBC, the National Eisteddfod, and music festivals, and some of her works, such as her Trumpet Concerto, are among the best of their time. Her style was lyrical, and she favoured symphonic and vocal music over chamber music. She
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH (1587? - 1673), bishop and author Richard Bulkeley in 1621, taking as his text Psalm cxiv, 5. In July 1644 he preached at the funeral of Katherine, daughter of William Lewis of Llandygài, when archbishop John Williams and the bishop of Bangor were present, and he is mentioned as one of the mourners at the burial of archbishop John Williams at Llandygài in 1650. He was appointed rector of Trefdraeth in 1626 and dean of Bangor in 1634. In
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1854 - 1933), schoolmaster, geologist, and antiquary he published articles on the Manod and Moelwyn mountains; these were rewarded by a grant out of the Murchison Fund of the Geological Society. He was also a talented musician and had some gift as a poet. He married, May 1881, Mary Helena (died 1916), daughter of Daniel Howell, Gellidywyll Mills, Llanbryn-mair; there were seven children of the marriage. His Hanes Plwyf Ffestiniog was published in
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1892 - 1963), University professor and Welsh scholar 1979 after only a few days illness. She provided great support and practical help to her husband throughout his career, possessing a great concern for the Welsh language and the whole of the life of Wales. They both had a passionate desire to serve their country and their nation. They made their home from 1922 to 1933 at 9 Bedwas Place, Penarth, and it was there on 7 January 1924, that Saunders Lewis
WILLIAMS, Sir HUGH (1718 - 1794), soldier and Member of Parliament Lewis Roberts). He was commissioned in the army in 1739, and was at Minorca when the garrison was attacked in 1756; in 1759 he was a major in a volunteer battalion, and in 1761 became colonel of the 53rd Foot. He then turned his attention to politics - the estates which had come into his possession by inheritance and marriage making him a person of great influence. He was Member of Parliament for
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar Welsh language (Cymmrodor, xxvi). Sir Ifor's studies in this field were new and original and made a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the background of Dafydd ap Gwilym's life and work. It was the same desire to produce texts for the use of students that prompted the publication of Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill in 1925, jointly with Thomas Roberts and Henry Lewis. Sir Ifor also edited the works
WILLIAMS, JAC LEWIS (1918 - 1977), educationalist, author
WILLIAMS, JAMES (1812 - 1893) Brittany, Calvinistic Methodist missionary Born at Laugharne 5 November 1812; a smith by trade. He joined the Calvinistic Methodists when Lewis Edwards was minister there; he began to preach about 1835, and in 1837 entered the new Calvinistic Methodist college at Bala, walking every inch of the way from Laugharne to Bala. In 1842 he was sent to Brittany to open up a mission there; he resigned in 1862, but re-visited Brittany in 1877 and
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1768 - 1825), Baptist minister Methodist exhorter. In 1787 he joined the Congregational church of which the minister was Dr. George Lewis, who persuaded him to start preaching. In 1791, however, he accepted baptism by immersion and joined Horeb Baptist church, Dolbenmaen, shortly afterwards he became its pastor. He travelled widely throughout Wales and became a personal friend of Christmas Evans. Under the influence of the unrest
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1854 - 1921), Calvinistic Methodist minister Bala College under Dr. Lewis Edwards. Called in 1878 to the pastorate of Brynsiencyn, he quickly won a popularity as a preacher which he retained throughout his life. After becoming (1895) pastor of Prince's Road church in Liverpool, he married (1899) Edith Mary Hughes; they had a son and two daughters. Retiring from his pastorate in 1906, he made his home at Llwyn Idris, Brynsiencyn, where he died 1
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1745/6 - 1818), cleric and schoolmaster the Church (see the list in D. G. Osborne-Jones, Edward Richard of Ystrad Meurig, 60-2). He married Jane, daughter of Lewis Rogers (high sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1753), and they had three sons and one daughter, Letitia Maria who married David Davies. After becoming headmaster of Ystrad Meurig, John Williams was licensed to curacies at Lledrod and Llanafan; in April 1793, he was appointed rector
WILLIAMS, JOHN JAMES (1869 - 1954), minister (Congl.) and poet , Rhondda, in 1903, succeeding Lewis Probert. In 1915 he commenced his long ministry at Tabernacl, Morriston, where he stayed until his retirement in July 1944. He was one of the most popular preachers of his day and was elected chairman of the Union of Welsh Independents in 1935. He began competing in the national eisteddfod early in the new century and won the chair twice, in 1906 at Caernarfon for an

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