Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1926), baronet, Court physician, principal founder of the National Library of Wales ) president of the National Library and that he should be re-elected on more than one occasion. He came to live at Aberystwyth in September 1909. When he died (24 May 1926), it was learnt that he had also bequeathed to the Library a very large sum of money (the capital of which is being retained in perpetuity) together with the residue of his private library. Sir John succeeded lord Rendel as president of
WILLIAMS, JOHN (RUFUS) (Rufus; 1833 - 1877), Baptist minister and author Born at Merthyr Tydfil, 5 May 1833, son of William and Hannah Williams, members at Abercannaid, where he himself was baptized in 1848. He was employed as a youth at the Pentre-bach ironworks, but started to preach 24 April 1850, and in January 1855, after a two years' course of training at a school kept at Merthyr Tydfil by Thomas Davies (1812 - 1895), he was admitted to Pontypool College. In
WILLIAMS, JOHN CEULANYDD (Ceulanydd; 1847? - 1899), Baptist minister, poet, and writer Robert Foulkes, Denbigh, and John Palmer, Amlwch, under the title of Y Ddau Foneddwr (n.d.); (2) a critical essay on the poetry of Ceiriog, under the title Athrylith Ceiriog Hughes (1892?); and (3) a lecture on Welsh hymnology delivered at the annual meetings of the Welsh Baptist Union at Cardigan in 1888. But his main interest was poetry. He was a member of the Gorsedd of Bards, a frequent adjudicator
WILLIAMS, JOHN JAMES (1869 - 1954), minister (Congl.) and poet giving birth to a son who died within a year and five months. He married (2), 1903, Abigail Jenkins of Pontlotyn, sister to the mother of Sir Daniel Thomas Davies. She died 24 June 1936 when he was in Bangor passing the chairmanship of the Union to John Dyfnallt Owen. He died 6 May 1954.
WILLIAMS, JOHN JOHN (1884 - 1950), school-teacher, education administrator, producer and drama adjudicator Wales and England. On the recommendation of Sir Wynn Wheldon he was interviewed for the post of first regional director for Wales of the B.B.C., but it was Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris who was appointed. He married, 3 July 1937, Elsie May Evans of Llanystumdwy, an English teacher at St. Helens school at the time. There were no children. He died 26 December 1950 at 17 Ashburton Avenue, Claughton, Birkenhead
WILLIAMS, JOHN LEWIS (1882 - 1916), Wales and Cardiff Rugby wing three-quarter, and coal exporter (Greenslade and Williams) Born 3 January 1882, the son of Edward Williams, Llwyncelyn, Whitchurch, Cardiff. He was one of the principals in the firm of Messrs. Greenslade and Williams, coal exporters, Cardiff Docks. After playing rugby for Whitchurch he joined the Cardiff club and played his first game for them in 1903. In 1909-10 he captained the Cardiff XV. He played for Wales seventeen times between 1906 and 1911, in
WILLIAMS, JONATHAN (1752? - 1829), cleric, schoolmaster, and antiquary nephew, John Williams, referred to above. There has been considerable misunderstanding about the date of his death; Foster, relying on the Gentleman's Magazine, 1821, ii, gives the date as 24 August 1821, but that was another Jonathan Williams. According to his tombstone at Eyton, he died 19 August 1829, 'aged 77,' and this is supported by the Gentleman's Magazine, 1829, ii, 377, where the death is
WILLIAMS, MARGARETTA (Rita) (1933 - 2018), lecturer and Celtic linguist died on 3 September 2018 in Llanelli Hospital, and she was cremated at Llanelli Crematorium.
WILLIAMS, MATHEW (1732 - 1819), landsurveyor, author, and almanack-maker? that there has been confusion between two men of this name. A Mathew Williams, land-surveyor, made his will 30 May 1819, and was buried at Llandeilo-fawr on 30 September 1819, aged 87; the will was proved 24 March 1820 (parish and probate records in N.L.W.).
WILLIAMS, MORRIS (Nicander; 1809 - 1874), cleric and man of letters , moving to Llanllechid in April 1845. He was appointed perpetual curate of Amlwch (with Llanwenllwyfo) in January 1847, and rector of Llanrhuddlad (with Llanfflewin and Llanrhwydrus) in October 1859. He was at various times rural dean of Twrcelyn and Talebolion, and died at Llanrhuddlad on 3 January 1874; he was buried there and there is a tablet in the church in his memory; there is also a marble
WILLIAMS, OWEN (Owain Gwyrfai; 1790 - 1874), antiquary alone. He died at Fron Heulog, Waun-fawr, 3 October 1874, and was buried in Betws Garmon churchyard. Ioan Arfon and other friends of his collected fifty pounds to provide a suitable tomb-stone and this was unveiled, 7 March 1879. In 1904 his son, Thomas Williams, published some of his works, together with the story of his life, in Gemau Gwyrfai; and in 1911, he published another book, Gemau Môn ac
WILLIAMS, PETER (Pedr Hir; 1847 - 1922), Baptist minister, author, and eisteddfodwr kind of college education, was, in 1881, invited to become minister to the Baptists of Abergele, where he met Emrys ap Iwan; in 1886 he moved south to Shiloh, Tredegar; in 1897 he became minister of Balliol Road church, Bootle, Lancashire, and there he remained until his death on 24 March, 1922. In person he was immensely tall, broad in proportion, a fine handsome presence; as a preacher he developed

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