Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEWIS, DAVID MORGAN (1851 - 1937), Congregational minister, afterwards professor of physics Born 27 September at Henllan, a small farm situated between Eglwyswrw and Felindre, north Pembrokeshire, the eldest of the five children of Evan Lewis (1813 - 1896), minister of the Congregational church at Brynberian, and his wife, Catherine Morgan, of the parish of Llan-gan, near Whitland, and a sister to William Morgan (1818 - 1884). He received his early education at Palmer's School, Cardigan
LEWIS, DAVID VIVIAN PENROSE (1st Baron Brecon), (1905 - 1976), politician Born 14 August 1905, the son of Alfred William and Elizabeth Mary Lewis of Craiglas, Talybont-on-Usk, Breconshire. He was educated at Monmouth School to the age of 16 when he left to work with his father who owned stone quarries and slag merchants. He made a considerable contribution to the development of the quarrying side of the business, which became the largest and most advanced in Wales. At
LEWIS, DAVID WILLIAM (1845 - 1920), musician
LEWIS, DAVID WYRE (1872 - 1966), minister and administrator (B) Born 13 May 1872 at Felinganol, Llanrhystud Mefenydd, Cardiganshire, son of the poet and musician John Lewis ('Eos Glyn Wyre '; 1836 - 1892), Tŷ-mawr, and Jane (née Davies; 1844 - 1917), Felinganol, and nephew of the musician David Lewis (1828 - 1908). He was educated in the church school in the village, and was apprenticed to a carpenter at Trawsgoed. Because of lack of work locally he moved to
LEWIS, EVAN (1818 - 1901), dean of Bangor choral singing; so too at Dolgelley he introduced Gregorian chanting. While still a curate, he took part in the vigorous controversy known as the ' Bangor debate,' speaking and writing in defence of ' Catholic ' views, against Nonconformists like John Phillips (1810 - 1867) and William Davies (1820 - 1875) - one of the products of this debate was Lewis's book Yr Olyniaeth Apostolaidd, 1851. He read a
LEWIS, GEORGE (Eiddil Llwyn Celyn; 1826? - 1858), poet and shoemaker prize of one guinea at the 'Carw Coch eisteddfod' (Stag Inn) (see Gardd Aberdar, 1854), and other prizes at Blaenau Gwent and Llanilltud Fardre. He died at the early age of 32, leaving a widow and nine little girls. His brother, William Lewis (Cawr Dar), and Carw Coch published a booklet of his compositions, Telyn y Gweithiwr - caneuon, pryddestau, ac englynion - moesol a dyddorol, etc. - Dros ei
LEWIS, GEORGE (1763 - 1822), theologian and Independent minister LEWIS (1836 - 1891), classical scholar Scholarship and Languages was his grandson, son of his youngest son, WILLIAM JONES LEWIS, a medical practitioner (see D.N.B.)
LEWIS, GRUFFYDD THOMAS (1873 - 1964), schoolmaster and a leading layman in the Presbyterian Church of Wales , founder of the drapery firm of Harries of Oxford Street, London. She managed the small farm of Pil-rhoth, thus allowing her husband to continue his itinerant preaching. He died in 1896, aged 66, and she, who was of the same family as William Williams, M.P., died at an advanced age in 1933. The son was named Gruffydd Thomas after an elder of that name, his father's bosom friend of Aberystwyth days. G
LEWIS, HENRY (1889 - 1968), Welsh and Celtic scholar, university professor Born 21 August 1889, youngest son of William Lewis and his wife, in Ynystawe, Glamorganshire. He proceeded from Ystalyfera county school to university college Cardiff where he graduated in Welsh, and then to Jesus College, Oxford to study under Sir John Rhys. He gained the degrees of M.A. and D.Litt. (Wales). He began his career as a teacher at his old school in Ystalyfera and then at Llanelli
LEWIS, HUGH (1562 - 1634), cleric, author, poet His forbears were bondsmen of the township of Bodellog near Caernarvon. His great-grandfather was known as William of Bodellog whose son William ap William married Margaret Bennett and had three sons - Ieuan, Rhys, and Lewis. This Lewis married Agnes, daughter of William Foxwist of Prysgol, a member of the lower gentry. Of this marriage four sons were born - Hugh, Griffith, Richard and John. Hugh
LEWIS, JAMES (1674 - 1747), Independent minister William Evans (died 1718) and became a prominent Independent leader in that area. He was very Calvinistic in his views and strenuously opposed Arminianism. He and Christmas Samuel were the joint authors of Y Cyfrif Cywiraf o'r Pechod Gwreiddiol, 1730, in answer to a book entitled Y Cyfrif Cywir o'r Pechod Gwreiddiol, 1729, which is attributed to Jenkin Jones of Llwynrhydowen (1700? - 1742), whom he had
LEWIS, JOHN (Eos Glyn Wyre; 1836 - 1892), poet and musician born to them. He composed some hymn-tunes and part-song s; one hymn tune, ' Adgyfodiad,' appeared in 1896 in the collection of William Harries, Heolyfelin, whilst the words and music of a part-song were published in Golud yr Oes. But he was better-known as a poet, his compositions including pryddestau, lyrics, and englynion, many of which took prizes at eisteddfodau. He died 2 November 1892 and was

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