Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, JOSHUA (d. 1759?), cleric and translator explaining the significance of the change of reckoning time (in 1752) from 'Old Style' to 'New Style.' He had previously published Y Fuchedd Gris'nogol, o'i Dechreu, i'w Diwedd mewn Gogoniant … gan Joan Scott, D.D., Person S. Giles yn y Meusydd yn Llundain. A Chyfieithad Josua Thomas, Ficer Llanbister yn Sir Faesyfed, a Merthyr Cynog ym Mrycheiniog, a Chaplain i'r Gwir Anrhydeddus Iarll Powis (London, John
THOMAS, LEWIS (1568 - 1619), cleric and author : Certain Lectures upon Sundry Portions of Scripture, 1600. This was dedicated to Sir Thomas Egerton, lord keeper of the great seal, one of Thomas's first patrons.
THOMAS, Sir NOAH (1720 - 1792), medical man
THOMAS, Sir (1858 - 1923), agriculturist, soldier, and Member of Parliament
THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883 - 1969), architect and planning consultant this ministry was taken over by Lord Beaverbrook he was made director. When the Ministry of Production was set up in 1942 he became regional director and chairman of the Welsh region, a post he held while the ministry existed. Sir Stafford Cripps invited him to continue as an independent chairman of the Welsh board and as a member of the National Productivity Advisory Council. He became one of the
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress fruitful collaboration with John Hefin continued in the striking productions A Bus to Bosworth (prod./dir. John Hefin, BBC, 1976), Off to Philadelphia in the Morning (prod./dir. John Hefin, 1978), a screen adaptation by Elaine Morgan of Jack Jones's volume on Joseph Parry, the musician from Merthyr, and The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (dir. John Hefin, BBC, 1981). In this period she also
THOMAS, ROBERT (d. 2 April 1692), Puritan preacher , in his report of 1675, assigns him an important place as Dissenting leader in Glamorgan. His name often appears in the Margam manuscripts as a person who refused to attend the parish church. In 1687 he was one of the few Welsh Nonconformists who believed in the sincerity of James II's declaration of that year; on 15 April he gave intimation to Sir Edward Mansell of Margam that he intended holding a
THOMAS, Sir ROBERT JOHN (1873 - 1951), politician and shipowner winning the seat at a by-election in April 1923 held following the death of Sir Owen Thomas. He continued to represent Anglesey in Parliament until May 1929 when he resigned in order to be able to give more attention to his commercial interests. His successor in the constituency was Lady Megan Lloyd George (see LLOYD GEORGE FAMILY above). He was declared bankrupt in 1930 and was not discharged until
THOMAS, Sir ROGER (1886 - 1960), pioneer of modern agriculture
THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850 - 1885), metallurgist and inventor resultant steel was brittle; Sir Henry Bessemer and other experimentalists spent years in an attempt to overcome the difficulty. Towards the end of 1875 Thomas succeeded in reaching a provisional solution (details in D.N.B.). He communicated the details to his cousin Percy Gilchrist, then chemist to a large iron-works at Blaenavon, Monmouth, and both men conducted further experiments. In 1878 Thomas
THOMAS, SIMON (d. 1743?), Presbyterian minister and author , furthermore, credits him with three English books. One of these is the History of the Cambri, 1746, described in the Cambrian Journal, iv, 328, by Sir Thomas Phillipps of Middle Hill as a book 'rustically printed on coarse paper,' bearing no name of author or press, but having a hand-written inscription attributing it to the 'Rev. Simon Thomas' - who is said to have had his own private press, and to have
THOMAS, THOMAS GEORGE (Viscount Tonypandy), (1909 - 1997), Labour politician and Speaker of the House of Commons and Michael Foot and other parliamentary colleagues like Cledwyn Hughes. His writing about them was less than charitable. In 1986 he published the much less controversial volume My Wales. He was also the chairman of the Bank of Wales, 1989-91, founded by his close friend Sir Julian Hodge. He travelled widely, receiving recognition and honours from around the world. He was also the recipient of a

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