Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADWGAN (d. 1241), bishop of Bangor He succeeded after the death of Robert in 1212. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth was at this time dominant in North Wales, and it was, no doubt, through his influence that Cadwgan obtained the see. King John, moreover, who, in the early months of 1215, was angling for the support of the Welsh against the barons, put no obstacles in his way. On 13 March the chapter was allowed to elect the abbot of Whitland
CALLAGHAN, LEONARD JAMES (1912 - 2005), politician (1973). Callaghan was one of the few politicians who did not expect Labour to win the 1970 general election. He was proved right and the Conservatives held power for the next four years. Callaghan won easily in Cardiff South East and had an excellent agent in John Edward Brooks throughout the 1970s. He made him a member of the House of Lords in 1979 as Baron Brooks of Tremorfa. During the Heath
CANNON, MARTHA MARIA HUGHES (1857 - 1932), doctor and politician Martha Hughes Cannon was born in Madoc Street, Llandudno on 1 July 1857, the second of the three daughters of Peter Hughes (c.1825-1861), a carpenter, and his wife Elizabeth (née Evans, c.1833-1923). At the time, there was a small Mormon community flourishing in the old village of Llandudno on the Great Orme, of which Peter and Elizabeth Hughes were probably members. Their last address in Wales
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.
CARRINGTON, THOMAS (Pencerdd Gwynfryn; 1881 - 1961), musician and printer Born at Gwynfryn, Bwlch-gwyn, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, 24 November 1881, the son of John Carrington (a descendant of one of the families that migrated from Cornwall to work in the Denbighshire lead mines) and Winifred (née Roberts), a native of Bryneglwys. He spent his early years at Gwynfryn and was educated at Bwlch-gwyn school. After leaving school he was apprenticed as a printer at Hughes
CARTER family Kinmel, to William Price of Rhiwlas, Meironnydd, and in 1647 Elizabeth married John Carter. Sir JOHN CARTER (died 1676), colonel in the Parliamentary army Military, was born at Dinton, Buckinghamshire, a village rich in associations with the Parliamentary cause. He was the eldest son of a Thomas Carter; a younger son, William, became a wealthy London merchant. Tradition avers that John started life as a
CASSON, LEWIS (1875 - 1969), actor and theatrical producer , and also resumed his association with the Old Vic, directing Laurence Olivier in Coriolanus, and John Gielgud in King Lear (1940). That year he and his wife toured Wales in Macbeth, and subsequently by King John, Candida, Medea and St. Joan. They collaborated after the war, not only in London, where Lewis Casson came into his own as the leading man in J.B. Priestley's The linden tree, but also at
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
CAYO-EVANS, WILLIAM EDWARD JULIAN (1937 - 1995), political activist Cayo Evans was born on 22 April 1937 at Glandenys, Silian, a mansion on the main road two miles west of Lampeter. His father, John Cayo Evans (1879-1958), was Professor of Mathematics at St David's College, Lampeter and he was High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1941-42. His mother was Freda Cayo Evans (née Cluneglas) from Cellan, Ceredigion. Cayo Evans was educated at Millfield School in Somerset
CECIL-WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN LIAS CECIL (1892 - 1964), solicitor, secretary Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and driving force behind the publishing of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography Born 14 October 1892 in Paddington, London, one of two children of John Cadwaladr Williams, a doctor, and Catherine (née Thomas) his wife. (The son adopted the hyphenated name of Cecil-Williams by deed-poll in 1935). The family came from Uwch Aled. He was educated first in London and, for a year or so, in the village school at Cerrigydrudion. Returning to London he attended the City of London
CEMLYN-JONES, Sir ELIAS WYNNE (1888 - 1966), public figure Born 16 May 1888 in Gwredog, Amlwch, Anglesey, son of John Cemlyn Jones, a solicitor from Caerphilly, and Gaynor Hannah, daughter of John Elias Jones, from Penmaen-mawr (and through his wife, of Gwredog, Amlwch), a prominent figure in the public life of Anglesey and an ardent Liberal. His father died when he was a child and he was educated privately: at Mostyn School, Parkgate, Cheshire, at
CHAMBERS, JOHN GRAHAM (1843 - 1883), athlete - see CHAMBERS, WILLIAM

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