Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADWALADR, DAFYDD (1752 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist preacher Second son of Cadwaladr and Catherine Dafydd, of Erw Ddinmael, Llangwm, Denbighshire; the family had lived on the holding for generations, and was typical of the region, delighting in 'interludes' and knitting-meetings. Dafydd was himself a versifier in his youth, but had to teach himself reading by noting the letters on sheeps' backs and then picking his way through the Prayer Book; he became a
CADWGAN (d. 1111), prince drawn into the revolt of the Montgomery family against Henry I in 1102, but escaped the ruin which befell the earl in 1103 and retained his dominions. The last years of his life were disturbed by the violence and family feuds of the line of Powys. His son Owain was an outstanding offender. The shameless abduction of Nest (fl. 1120) by Owain in 1109 imperilled the position of his father, who was at
CALLAGHAN, LEONARD JAMES (1912 - 2005), politician Baptist family in Portsmouth. Leonard (as he was known until the start of his political career in 1945) had an elder sister, Dorothy Gertrude (1904-1982). The father's untimely death in 1921 left the family dependent on charity for a period, until Charlotte Callaghan received a pension of ten shillings a week in 1924 based on the fact that her husband's death was partly caused by his wartime service
CAMPBELL, RACHEL ELIZABETH (1934 - 2017), teacher and community activist financially to provide for the family after his death and occasionally worked as an illegal street bookmaker. Despite her family shortcomings, at Mount Stuart Primary School Betty was top of her class, resulting in her being awarded a scholarship to the Lady Margaret High School for Girls in Cardiff. She became pregnant whilst doing her A-levels, and in 1953 she married the child's father Rupert Campbell, a
CANNON, MARTHA MARIA HUGHES (1857 - 1932), doctor and politician , as recorded in the manifest of 'The Underwriter', the vessel that took them across the Atlantic in 1860, was Tanygraig, which is up in the old village. Crossing from the Missouri to Salt Lake City by ox-cart in 1861 proved a harrowing experience for the family. Martha's younger sister, Annie, died on the Plains, and her father died three days after arriving in Utah. When she came of school-leaving
CARADOG ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH (d. 1081) The grandson of Rhydderch ap Iestyn, powerful in South Wales until his death in 1033, and the son of Gruffydd ap Rhydderch, the rival of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, by whom he was slain in 1055. The home of the family would seem to have been Gwynllwg and Upper Gwent. It is in this quarter of Wales that Caradog makes his first appearance in 1065, when he swooped upon earl Harold's new hunting lodge at
CARADOG ap IESTYN (fl. 1130), founder of the family of 'Avene' in Glamorgan
CARADOG FYNACH (d. 1124), recluse He was born of a good family in Brycheiniog and received a literary education. His accomplishments, which included the playing of the harp, and his companionable temper, led to his entering the service of Rhys ap Tewdwr. He rose high in the prince's favour, but entirely forfeited it when he had the misfortune to lose two valuable greyhounds entrusted to his care. His master's indignant threats
CARNE, Sir EDWARD (c. 1500 - 1561), lawyer and diplomat 'involuntary' character saved his Glamorgan estates - swollen since 1537 by his marriage to the widow of Sir John Raglan - for his son THOMAS CARNE, who, although a recusant (as were many of the family till well on in the next century), was twice M.P. and thrice sheriff for his county.
CARTER family Kinmel, Kinmel, near Abergele, once the property of a Lloyd family (Yorke, Royal Tribes, 2nd edn., 113), changed hands when Alice, heiress of Gruffudd Lloyd, married Richard ap Dafydd ab Ithel Fychan, of Plas Llaneurgain (Northop). Their daughter and heiress, Catherine, married Pyrs Holland (died 1552), of Faerdref (see Holland families, No. 5); thus was founded the house of Holland of Kinmel (ibid., No
CASNODYN (fl. 1320-40), poet Ieuan ap Gruffudd, of Ceredigion (an elegy to Angharad, wife of this Ieuan, is attributed to Dafydd ap Gwilym). He also sang to the Trinity, and his elegy to Madog Fychan of Coetref, Llangynwyd, steward of Tir Iarll under the lord of Glamorgan, and a man of considerable importance about 1330, is the first extant poem to any male member of a Glamorgan family. Casnodyn has other references to places in
CATHERALL, JONATHAN (1761 - 1833), industrialist and philanthropist The youngest of three sons of John and Martha Catherall of Buckley, Flintshire. He was studying in London for the legal profession when his father died, 7 December 1777, and he came home to assist his mother in the pottery business established by the family in the 17th century. When his mother died in 1792 he took over the sole management of and greatly extended the business. In 1792 also he

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