Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MOSES-EVANS, DAVID LEWIS (1822 - 1893), poet and schoolmaster Born 1 May 1822 at Cwm-pib, Cribyn Clotas, near Lampeter. He was of the same family as David Davis, Castellhywel. At the age of 12 Moses moved to Blaenbidernyn near Pencarreg. Some five years afterwards, he opened a school on his own account in Pencarreg and later at Rhydcymerau, Brynaman, and Cwm-twrch. He finally returned to Brynaman where he became employed as a clerk in the local iron works
MOSSELL, AARON ALBERT (1863 - 1951), lawyer, mining engineer and civil rights campaigner Aaron Mossell was born on 3 November 1863 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, into an African American family, the youngest of six children of Aaron Mossell, a brickmaker and grandson of enslaved people, and his wife Eliza Bowers Mossell. His siblings were: Charles W. (1849-1915), Mary E. (1853-1886), James (b. 1853), Nathan Francis (1856-1946) and Alvaretta (b. 1858). The family later moved to
MOSTYN family Talacre, The Mostyns of Talacre descend from Peter (Peyrs, Piers), son of Richard ap Hywel by his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Salusbury the elder, of Lleweni (for Peter and Richard ap Hywel see the article on the Mostyn family of Mostyn). The baronetcy in this family was created in 1670, the first baronet being Sir EDWARD MOSTYN. To this family belonged FRANCIS EDWARD MOSTYN (1860 - 1939), fourth
MOSTYN family Mostyn Hall, According to the History of the Family of Mostyn of Mostyn, 1925, compiled by the 3rd baron Mostyn and T. Allen Glenn, the land upon which the present Mostyn Hall stands 'was acquired about five centuries ago by the marriage of IEUAN FYCHAN (died 1457), of Pengwern, Llangollen (and Tre Castell, Anglesey), with ANGHARAD daughter and heiress of HYWEL (or Howel), son of TUDUR AP ITHEL FYCHAN, and
MOSTYN, AMBROSE (1610 - 1663), a Puritan preacher Lewis Dwnn could have brought in his name in his Heraldic Visitations; Powys Fadog has many details of the Mostyn family, but not of this Mostyn; T. A. Glenn had a clear opportunity of introducing his name in his Mostyns of Mostyn, but missed it. As a pure matter of fact, Ambrose Mostyn was a Mostyn of Calcot, a younger branch of the Mostyn family of Talacre, a son of Dr. Henry Mostyn, chancellor
MUTTON, Sir PETER (1565 - 1637), judge and politician died at Llannerch, 14 November 1637). The son of a modest landowner in the vale of Clwyd, whose family had been prominent in the borough of Rhuddlan for two centuries, Peter or Piers Mutton was one of the most eminent Welsh lawyers of the 17th century. Educated at S. Alban Hall, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the Bar in June 1594; throughout his career he took an important part in
MYDDELTON family Gwaenynog, parliament in the Civil War, first in a civilian capacity and then by raising a regiment of foot which he led to the aid of his cousin Sir Thomas Myddelton (below) in his Welsh campaign of 1644; he also protected during the war the interests of the New River Company, of which he was a governor. In 1646 he held for a time the family governorship of Denbigh, was elected a common councillor there in 1647, and
MYTTON, THOMAS (1608 - 1656) Halston,, parliamentary commander came of an old family of Shrewsbury burghers which had accumulated extensive estates by marriage into Salop county families. One such marriage, in the early 15th century, had made the family hereditary lords of Mawddwy; the family seat of Halston had been acquired through exchange by Mytton's great-grandfather (compare the preceding article). His father, Richard Mytton, married Margaret, daughter
NAISH, JOHN (1923 - 1963), author and playwright productions of his plays, he won a north Queensland playwright competition and a play and novel both received special commendations in national literary competitions. Aside from the published works he is known to have written 14 other plays and one short story. The family settled in the isolated community of Cooktown in north Queensland where Rosemary was medical superintendent of the hospital and John
NANNEY family Nannau, victors; his son Meurig Fychan has a sepulchral effigy in Dolgelley church, with a lion carved on his shield, but it is open to grave doubt whether he was one of the garrison of Bere castle soon after the death of Llywelyn the Last. There is no cogent proof to connect Anian II, bishop of St Asaph from 1268 to 1293 with this family, though a Peniarth manuscript does refer to him as the 'black friar of
NANNEY, RICHARD (1691 - 1767), Evangelical cleric He was born in 1691, one of the Cefndeuddwr family by Trawsfynydd, a branch of the ancient house of Nannau. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1710, graduated B.A. in 1714, M.A. in 1719; he was made vicar of Clynnog in 1718, and rector of Llanaelhaearn in 1725; Foster adds that he was also canon of Bangor. He was deeply endowed with a fine liberality of spirit, which is not at all
NASH, RICHARD (Beau Nash; 1674 - 1761) mother was a niece of John Poyer of Pembroke. His ancestry is not clear. A family bearing the surname Nash had been squires of Llangwm, Pembrokeshire (W. Wales Hist. Records, ii, 36-7; Laws, Little England, 445); Fenton describes them as newcomers to Pembrokeshire (possibly from Carmarthen town, where, in 1586, there was an important merchant named Richard Nash). It was a family in which the name

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