Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN, ANEURIN (1792 - 1851), Welsh historical scholar and editor of the Laws of Hywel Dda an assistant Poor Law commissioner, and, a little later, an Enclosure commissioner. On the death of John Humffreys Parry in 1825 Owen was entrusted with the task which the former had begun, that of preparing an edition of the Laws of Hywel Dda and the collection of material for an edition of 'Brut y Tywysogion.' The Laws appeared in 1841 under the title of Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales
OWEN, DAVID (Brutus; 1795 - 1866), editor and littérateur Born towards the end of 1795 (he was christened on 25 December 1795) in the parish of Llanpumpsaint, Carmarthenshire. His father, David Benjamin (Owen), was a shoemaker and a sexton, and his mother, Rachel (Owen), was a Baptist. He received a good education, including instruction in the classics. He intended becoming a physician and was apprenticed to John Thomas of Aberduar, near Llanybyther
OWEN, DAVID (Dewi Wyn o Eifion; 1784 - 1841), farmer and poet medal for his awdl on the Isle of Britain, and in 1811 he won the prize at Tremadoc eisteddfod for his awdl on agriculture. His masterpiece, which caused a great deal of controversy, was his awdl ' Elusengarwch ' ('Charity'), which he entered for the Denbigh eisteddfod in 1819, when the award was made to Edward Hughes ('Y Dryw,' 1772 - 1850), vicar of Bodfari. Dewi and his friends regarded this as a
OWEN, Sir DAVID JOHN (1874 - 1941), docks manager
OWEN, EDWARD HUMPHREY (1850 - 1904) Tŷ Coch,, book-collector and local historian Born 20 December 1850, son of John Owen, timber merchant, etc., and Elizabeth his wife. E. H. Owen's interest in local and family history led him to accumulate a large library, mainly (but not entirely) of Welsh interest; that library was acquired by the National Library of Wales in 1910 and is kept intact as a 'foundation collection.' A short description of the printed works appears in the
OWEN, ELLIS (1789 - 1868), farmer, antiquary, and poet (Alltud Eifion) at Tremadoc in 1877. A number of his manuscripts are now in the N.L.W. His mother, Anne (Thomas), was sister to the antiquaries John Thomas (1736 - 1769) and Richard Thomas (1753 - 1780) - see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 359.
OWEN, GEORGE (c. 1552 - 1613), historian, antiquary, and genealogist Born c. 1552 at Henllys, in the parish of Nevern, north Pembrokeshire, the eldest son of William Owen (c. 1486 - 1574), a successful lawyer who purchased the barony of Cemais of John Tuchet, lord Audley, in 1543, and became lord of Cemais. George Owen's mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Herbert of Swansea, brother to William, first earl of Pembroke of the Herbert line (second creation
OWEN, GORONWY (1723 - 1769), cleric and poet into contact with the local poets. In January or February 1746 he was ordained deacon and appointed curate of Llanfair-mathafarn-eithaf, which gave him an opportunity of associating with the poets and antiquaries of Anglesey. When he was compelled to leave he became a curate and schoolmaster at Oswestry for three years; there, he married Elin, daughter of Owen and Margaret Hughes, who were
OWEN, HENRY (1716 - 1795), cleric, physician, and scholar himself in Welsh antiquities, and in the Welsh manuscripts belonging to William Jones (1675? - 1749). True, Sir John Lloyd was convinced that the attribution to Owen of the 1775 History of Anglesea, including an essay on Owain Glyn Dŵr attributed to Thomas Ellis of Dolgelley (these attributions are made in Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry), is erroneous - the History, says Sir John, was by John Thomas (1736 - 1769
OWEN, HUGH (1575? - 1642) Gwenynog,, translator which was edited and published in 1684 by his son Hugh, the Jesuit priest, better known as Father John Hughes (1615 - 1686). In his introduction to Dilyniad Crist Hughes says that his father wrote ' a number of godly Dissertations, and when he was but 27 years of age translated into Welsh Llyfr y Resolution … and after that Vincentius Lirinensis, the which, perchance, may yet see the light of
OWEN, HUGH (1639 - 1700), Puritan minister, Independent 'apostle of Merioneth' He was of the same family as 'baron' Lewis Owen, the great divine Dr. John Owen (1616 - 1683), a distant relative, the chief people of Merioneth amongst his friends and acquaintances. He matriculated at Oxford (Jesus College, 1660), began to preach, but he was silenced (to use Calamy's word) by the Act of Uniformity, 1662. He joined the Puritan congregation of Wrexham, becoming a teaching elder
OWEN, HUGH (1761 - 1827), cleric and local historian son of Pryce Owen, physician, Shrewsbury (' Pryce Owen of Bettws,' Montgomeryshire, according to R. Williams, Montgomeryshire worthies), and his wife Bridget, daughter of John Whitfield. Although the connection of Hugh Owen with Wales is but slight he merits inclusion as the joint- author, with J. B. Blakeway, of A History of Shrewsbury, two vols., quarto, 1825, a work which is still of value to

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