Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, Sir HUGH (1718 - 1794), soldier and Member of Parliament Born in 1718, the son of Griffith Williams of Ariannws (Llangelynnin, Conway valley) and grandson of Edmund Williams, brother of Sir Hugh Williams of Marl; when his kinsman Sir Robert Williams of Marl died (1745), he succeeded as 8th baronet 'of Penrhyn' (J. E. Griffith Pedigrees, 186 and 43). He married, in 1761, Emma, widow of lord James Bulkeley and heiress of Caerau and Castellior (see under
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar limited edition of 200 copies, did not have the same aim. But he returned to his original purpose with Cywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i Gyfoeswyr (1914), produced in collaboration with Thomas Roberts. He had long been interested in Dafydd ap Gwilym, having discussed his floruit in two articles in Y Drysorfa in 1909. This selection of Dafydd's poems was the first attempt to restore the text along scholarly
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1856 - 1917), teacher of singing and choral conductor Born at 20, Castle Square, Caernarvon, 26 October 1856, the son of Humphrey and Ann Williams. His father was the precentor in the local Wesleyan chapel where he also conducted the choir. When he was 8 years of age his father arranged for him to be taught the piano by Robert Roberts, the cathedral organist at Bangor, and later the organ and the principles of harmony by Dr. Roland Rogers. In 1880
WILLIAMS, JOHN, goldsmith Son of William Coetmor and grandson of the John Coetmor who was an illegitimate son and twenty-third child of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Rhobert of Cesail Gyfarch in Eifionydd - two of John Coetmor's half-brothers were Humphrey Wynn of Cesail Gyfarch and Cadwaladr Wynn of Wenallt in Nanhwynen (today, ' Nant Gwynant'); pedigrees are given by J. E. Griffith, 280-1 and 393 - but on p. 393 he follows the
WILLIAMS, JOHN (d. 1613), principal of Jesus College, Oxford proved himself an able college administrator, and under him the number of students steadily increased, and there was a marked influx of Welshmen from South Wales. He instituted a ' Liber Collegii,' containing a register of college elections and acts and sometimes statements of accounts. But he was obdurate in his opposition to the introduction of the statutes drafted and advocated by Griffith Powell
WILLIAMS, JOHN ELLIS CAERWYN (1912 - 1999), Welsh and Celtic scholar Renaissance period], 1983; Diwylliant a Dysg [Culture and Scholarship] ed. Brynley F. Roberts, 1996. He was also an outstanding editor of periodicals and of monograph series: he edited Y Traethodydd 1965-99; Ysgrifau Beirniadol 1965-99; Studia Celtica 1966-99; the 'Llên y Llenor' Series, 35 volumes, 1983-2000. But perhaps his most enduring editorial feats were as Consulting Editor of Geiriadur Prifysgol
WILLIAMS, JOHN JOHN (1884 - 1950), school-teacher, education administrator, producer and drama adjudicator the works of Ibsen in the Welsh press and the novels of Daniel Owen in Y Drysorfa. His fervour for every aspect of culture was admired by persons like J.O. Williams, Ernest Roberts and Sir Idris Foster. He believed steadfastly in the ideals of Sir O.M. Edwards, but Wales did not take advantage of the progressive ideas of this exceptional educationist and in 1930 he went as a schools' inspector to
WILLIAMS, MEIRION (1901 - 1976), musician William Robert Williams was born on 19 July 1901 in Glanywern, Dyffryn Ardudwy. He began to use the name 'Meirion' when a student and adopted it officially during the Second World War. He was the son of Robert Parry Williams and Mary Elizabeth (née Roberts), the father a shopkeeper and sub-postmaster. His dark colouring was attributed by some to Italian ancestry on his mother's side. Meirion
WILLIAMS, ORIG (1931 - 2009), footballer, wrestler, promoter and journalist scheduled British wrestling programme on television until it ceased to air in 1995. Orig Williams married Wendy Kay Roberts in 1983 and they settled in Llanfair Talhaearn. They had one daughter, Tara Bethan, who became an actress and singer. During his time on Reslo Williams continued his journalism, writing a controversial but popular column, 'Siarad Plaen' ('Plain Speaking') for the North Wales Daily
WILLIAMS, PETER BAILEY (1763 - 1836), cleric and writer familiar with the difficult places. Evan Roberts suggested that he was the 'fabled parson' immortalized in the name Clogwyn y Person ('Parson's Precipice'): that may be so but it was in the 1840 s, after Williams's death, that J.H. Cliffe met the unknown 'climbing parson' whom he describes. He died 22 November 1836, and was buried at Llan-rug.
WILLIAMS, RICHARD (1802 - 1842), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Born at Winllan, Llanbryn-mair, 31 January 1802, son of Richard and Mary Williams, and brother of William Williams (Gwilym Cyfeiliog). He was educated first at a school kept by his uncle, the Rev. John Roberts (1767 - 1834), then at the school of William Owen (1788 - 1838), and later in schools at Birmingham, Wrexham, and Liverpool. After some time had elapsed he opened a school of his own at
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1782 - 1818), composer of the hymn-tune 'Llanfair' also a musician of great repute. The tune which we now call ' Llanfair ' was at first called ' Bethel '; it is so called in Robert Williams's manuscript book, and is there dated 14 July 1817. It was first printed (again named ' Bethel') as harmonized by John Roberts (1807 - 1876) of Henllan, in the Peroriaeth Hyfryd (1837) of John Parry (1775 - 1846) His burial is recorded in Llanfechell parish

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