Dictionary of Welsh Biography

REES, DAVID JAMES (1913 - 1983), golfer and author his father. Soon he was making a name for himself and won the PGA Assistants Championship in 1935 and 1936. He moved to South Hertfordshire Golf Club, Totteridge after the death of Harry Vardon in 1937 and he was associated with them as professional for 37 years. (It is interesting to note that his daughter Gill Williams was the Captain of the South Hertfordshire Golf Club in 2008, an honour that
REES, JOHN THOMAS (1857 - 1949), musician the sol-fa notation between 1876 and 1879 under the tuition of D. W. Lewis, Brynaman. At twenty-one he gained some prominence as the composer of a cantata which he submitted for competition at a Treherbert eisteddfod. A modest fund raised by friends enabled him to study with Joseph Parry at Aberystwyth in 1879, but his financial resources were few and the outlook bleak until David Jenkins opened the
REES, JOSIAH (1744 - 1804), Unitarian minister first Welsh magazine to find any sort of public. Whether Peter Williams (1723 - 1796) was also concerned in the venture is still not quite clear (see Gomer M. Roberts, Bywyd a Gwaith Peter Williams, 176-84), but modern opinion tends to the contrary. In theology, there is no doubt that Rees was an Arian from his early days; by the end of the century he was a declared Unitarian - his name stands first
REES, MERLYN (1920 - 2006), politician Merlyn Rees was born on 18 December 1920 at William Street, Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, Glamorgan, the only child of Levi Daniel Rees, a coal miner, and his wife Edith Mary (née Williams). At least three generations of the Rees family had worked underground in the coal pits of south. The family were committed Baptists, and an early memory was attending the local Baptist Sunday school. Levi Rees
REES, RICE (1804 - 1839), cleric and scholar Born 31 March 1804 at Ton near Llandovery, son of David and Sarah Rees - see the article on the Rees of Ton family. His father was apparently an Independent, and Rice Rees was christened in the Independent chapel by Peter Jenkins of Brychgoed. In 1819 he went to Lampeter grammar school, which in those days was in charge of Eliezer Williams, but his stay there was short. After that, he spent some
REES, THOMAS (1825 - 1908), minister (CM) biographies: Cofiant y diweddar Barch. Ebenezer Williams, Aberhonddu (1882) and (with D.M. Phillips) Cofiant a phregethau y diweddar David James, Llaneurwg (1895). Several volumes of his sermons were published and he was a contributor to Y Traethodydd, Y Drysorfa, Y Cylchgrawn, The Treasury and The British Quarterly Review. Dr. R. Tudur Jones said of him that ' he was a man of considerable learning and a
REES, THOMAS (1815 - 1885), Independent minister, and historian Born 13 December 1815 at Penpontbren, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas Rees and his wife Hannah (Williams), but reared by his mother and her family, on the holding of Banc-y-fer, Llangathen. He had only three months' schooling, and was of little use on the farm - 'slow, clumsy, and lazy,' so it was said; yet he was good at basket-making. He became a member of Capel Isaac church, and in
REES, THOMAS (1869 - 1926), principal of Bala-Bangor Independent College (£60) to Mansfield College, Oxford, where A. M. Fairbairn was principal. There he won the Mill Hill prize and the Dr. Williams scholarship (£50) and graduated with honours in theology in 1899. In February 1899 he was appointed to the chair of divinity at the Memorial College, Brecon, and in May of the same year was ordained minister and given supervision of Bethania and Ebenezer churches at Capel
REES, THOMAS MARDY (1871 - 1953), Independent minister, historian and author and English on the results of the Act of Uniformity, 1662, and short histories of Maes-yr-haf church, Neath, and Bethel Newydd church, Mynyddislwyn. He married Margaret Williams who predeceased him by four years. They had four sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Alyn, died before his father. He was the first secretary of the Consultative Council on Technical Education in south Wales. Kenneth was
REES, WILLIAM (Gwilym Hiraethog; 1802 - 1883), Independent minister, writer editor, and political leader , where he became famous for his preaching. In 1843 he succeeded his friend William Williams of Wern (1781 - 1840) at the Tabernacle, Liverpool. In 1853 he moved to Salem in the same town and in 1867 was responsible for building Grove Street chapel which replaced Salem. He resigned in 1875 and went to Chester where he lived until his death, 8 November 1883; he was buried in Smithdown Road cemetery
REES-WILLIAMS, DAVID REES - see WILLIAMS, DAVID REES
RHISIART FYNGLWYD (fl. 1510-1570), poet members of the Dwnn family, particularly to Gruffudd Dwnn of Ystrad Merthyr, and Harry, his son. Rhisiart Fynglwyd was feasting at Ystrad Merthyr at Whitsuntide 1531 and 1533, and on S. Davids Day 1536 and 1537, and was in Sir George Herbert's home in Swansea about 1543. Professor G. J. Williams suggests that perhaps his most interesting poem is his cywydd of intercession between Sir George Herbert and

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