Dictionary of Welsh Biography

TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712 - 1799), cleric and economist , and in 1739 rector of All Saints in Bristol. In his earlier days at Bristol, Tucker was bitterly opposed to the Methodists; he published an attack on them in 1739, to which John Wesley replied in 1742. But during the 1756-63 war his views changed. The diary of the Bristol Moravian congregation, under the date 3 August 1759, records that Howel Harris (who, with his militia-men, was in Bristol at the
TUDOR, EDMUND (c. 1430 - 1456) Father of Henry VII, eldest son of Owain Tudor by Catherine de Valois, widow of Henry V. For the circumstances of his parents' marriage, see the article on Owain Tudor. Brought up in England under the tutelage of his royal half-brother, Henry VI, by whom he was created earl of Richmond in 1452-3, he had no connection with Wales until after his marriage in 1455 to the lady Margaret Beaufort
TUDOR, JASPER (c. 1431 - 1495), earl of Pembroke second son of Owain Tudor and Catherine de Valois, widow of Henry V; for the circumstances of his parents' marriage, see the article on Owain Tudor. Born at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, he was brought up at the convent of Barking, Essex, with his elder brother, Edmund, and their interests appear to have been fostered under the kindly eye of their royal half-brother, Henry VI. In 1452-3 Jasper was
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet (see op. cit., II, 725, 15-25, 729, 23-6, 735, 9-14). Raff ap Robert in his elegy to Tudur Aled says: ' Mae'n brudd llu am un bardd llwyd, O bur addysg, a briddwyd; Aeron o gorff yr un gŵr, Un i Dduw yn weddiwr; Dyna roi un da'n i raid, Syr Siôn, rhag siars i enaid; Peri alaeth i'r prelad, Fu oer a dwys farw i dad ' (op. cit., II, 744, 17-24). On the strength of these lines it has been maintained
TURNBULL, MAURICE JOSEPH LAWSON (1906 - 1944), cricketer and rugby player friend, J. C. Clay, strenuously endeavoured during the 1932-3 winter to secure sufficient funds to ensure the survival of the county team. In 1933 he scored 1,542 runs, including an unbeaten 200 against Northamptonshire, and he was recalled to the England team for the Test matches against the West Indies at Lord's and the Oval. In 1934 his initiative resulted in the amalgamation of Glamorgan with
TURNER, SHARON (1768 - 1847), solicitor and historian Born in London 24 September 1768 and died there 13 February 1847. His career and work are fully discussed in D.N.B. His chief work was his History of England … to the Norman Conquest, 1799-1805. In the course of this book (which broke new ground in this subject) he made use of the ancient poetry of Britain, for which he was criticised by those who disputed the genuineness of the poems. He replied
TURNER, WILLIAM (1766 - 1853), pioneer of the North Wales slate industry , Croesor, he was high sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1823-4, and of Merioneth, 1832-3. He died in November 1853. TURNER (Sir) LLEWELYN (1823 - 1903); Born 11 February 1823 at Parkia (and christened 26 February 1823 at Llanfairisgaer church), son of William Turner and his wife Jane (Williams), who was connected with the family of Griffith Williams (died 1672), bishop of Ossory, Ireland. In his Memories
TWISLETON, GEORGE (1618 - 1667), officer in the parliamentary army TWISLETON, married Margaret, daughter of William Griffith of Cefn Amwlch, and was justice of the peace for the county, as well as the sheriff in 1682-3. He died 26 December 1714. He was followed in the estate by his son GEORGE TWISLETON, who married Barbara Jackson, London (died 22 December 1732), whose daughter Mary married captain William Ridsdale of Ripon, who was killed at the battle of Dettingen
VAN HEYNINGEN, RUTH ELEANOR (1917 - 2019), biochemist . When her husband was appointed the first Master of Saint Cross College, Oxford (1965-1979), Ruth van Heyningen was elected a fellow of the college. She established the Mildred Treverton Trust in memory of her mother, a gift which enabled the college to purchase a number of artworks. Ruth van Heyningen died at the age of 101 on 24 October 2019 in Oxford.
VARRIER-JONES, PENDRILL CHARLES (1883 - 1941), physician Pendrill Varrier-Jones was born at Glyn Taff House, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, on 24 February 1883, the son of Dr Charles Morgan Jones, a local doctor, and his wife Margaret Varrier (née Jenkins), whose family ran a coal mining business. (He changed his surname from Jones to Varrier-Jones in 1929). He had one sister. He was educated at Epsom College and then Wycliffe College, Stonehouse. At
VAUGHAN family Golden Grove, brought against him of ill-treatment of his servants and tenants at Dryslwyn. He died 3 December 1686. He married (1) Bridget, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, Llanllyr, Cardiganshire, (2) Frances, daughter of Sir John Altham, Oxhey, Hertfordshire, and (3) lady Alice Egerton, daughter of John, 1st earl of Bridgwater. His surviving children were by his second wife. FRANCIS VAUGHAN, the eldest son, was Member of
VAUGHAN family Hergest, Kington an allusion by Guto'r Glyn, believed that he fell in a preliminary skirmish on Monday, 23 (recte 24) July. From Lewis Glyn Cothi's elegies upon his death it could be argued that he fell in the main battle on the 26th, and there was a tradition in the family in the time of Dr. John David Rhys that he, and not Sir Richard Herbert, was the hero of that battle. His body was brought home for burial at

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