Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VAUGHAN, Sir GRUFFUDD (d. 1447), soldier them on the occasion, and granted them their lands in Strata Marcella free of certain rents and services. At Shrewsbury, 4 March 1420, in the presence of the king and of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, the four acknowledged satisfaction by the lord of Powys for their portion of the reward for the capture of Oldcastle. It is likely that most of Gruffudd Vaughan's service in France belongs to the ensuing
VAUGHAN, RICE (d. 1670), lawyer and author , 1654.) The previous year (18 August 1653) Vaughan had been appointed prothonotary for the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery in the court of Great Sessions in place of John Edisbury; for details, see W. R. Williams, op. cit., and Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, 1653-4. He served the commissioners for sequestrations (from March 1649) and did some business on behalf of the Council of State
VAUGHAN, RICHARD (1550? - 1607), bishop extreme Puritans. He died 30 March 1607.
VAUGHAN, Sir THOMAS (d. 1483), soldier, court official, ambassador, chamberlain to the prince of Wales He was the son of Robert Vaughan of Monmouth and Margaret his wife. The assertion in History of Parliament (1439-1509) that he was the heir of Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower must be rejected. He received denizenship (being a Welshman) by order of the Privy Council and at the instance of lord Somerset and Adam Moleyns, 30 March 1442/3. He was granted the offices of steward, receiver, and master of
VAUGHAN, WILLIAM HUBERT (1894 - 1959), railway guard and chairman of the Welsh Land Settlement Society Born 21 March 1894, son of Henry Charles and Catherine Vaughan, Rogerstone, Monmouthshire. He was educated at the Eastern School, Port Talbot, and, like his father and two brothers, was employed on the railway, where he served for 51 years, 34 of them as a guard. He became a well respected figure who undertook a remarkable variety of public voluntary work. He was a member of Port Talbot borough
VINCENT family VINCENT VINCENT, was born 4 October 1792, graduated in 1815 from Jesus College, Oxford, of which he became a Fellow, and after a curacy at Beaumaris became rector of Llanfairfechan (1834-62) and dean of Bangor (1862-76); died 22 March 1876. He had married Margaret Matilda Crawley of Gorddinog, and their second son was JAMES CRAWLEY VINCENT (1827 - 1869), born 23 April 1827, who graduated from Jesus
WALTER, ROWLAND (Ionoron Glan Dwyryd; 1819 - 1884), quarryman and poet verse and much work by him appeared in Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd and Y Drych. In 1872 was published at Utica, Caniadau Ionoron. He died March 1884 at Fairhaven, Vermont. According to Blackwell he was aged 64.
WALTERS, EVAN JOHN (1893 - 1951), artist Walters later affected a Bohemian image, with flowing hair and goatee beard. His marriage in 1935 to a student friend, Marjorie Davies, lasted but a few months. He was much attached to his parents and nursed them both in their last years. He died in London on 14 March 1951 and was buried at Llangyfelach. A number of his remaining works were left to the National Museum of Wales and to the Glynn Vivian
WARING, ELIJAH (c. 1788 - 1857), merchant, author and publisher and Anecdotes of Edward Williams, the Bard of Glamorgan - pleasant and amusing, but quite certainly one of the most misleading books. In 1835 he moved to Cardiff and from there went to Hotwells, Clifton. He returned to Neath c. 1855 and died at the home of his son on Sunday, 29 March 1857. He wrote much English verse, and his daughter, ANNA LETITIA WARING (1823 - 1910), came to some prominence as a
WATERHOUSE, THOMAS (1878 - 1961), industrialist and public figure Born 21 March 1878 at Holywell, Flintshire, second son of Thomas Holmes Waterhouse, an industrialist of Bradford and Holywell. He was educated at Oswestry High School under Owen Owen. At his father's death in 1902 the responsibility for the Holywell Textile Mills fell on his shoulders and between 1909 and 1957 he was successively manager, director and chairman of the company. In 1920 he was
WATKINS, JOSHUA (1769 or 1770 - 1841), Baptist minister when the Cylchgrawn expired. On the 28 March 1796 he was ordained minister of Penuel, Carmarthen. He was obviously a zealous missionary, for he not only greatly increased the size of his congregation but started churches at Ferryside, Kidwelly, Porth-y-rhyd, and elsewhere. But his theological views were no more in accord with the higher Calvinism of the west than were those of M. J. Rhys; he was
WATKINS, Sir TASKER (1918 - 2007), barrister and judge lives of his men, and had a decisive influence on the course of the battle. Watkins was decorated with the Victoria Cross by King George VI on 8 March 1945 at Buckingham Palace. He was famously reticent both in public and in private about his gallantry, choosing not to talk about it, but he was reported as saying "The boys were wonderful. They were Welsh" (Western Mail 9 May 1945) and when he was

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