Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1868 - 1936), Baptist minister Congress at Philadelphia in 1911. He became principal of the Baptist College, Cardiff, in 1928, and remained there until his death on 21 April 1936. In 1916 he was made president of the Baptist Union, and in 1928, the McMaster University (Toronto) bestowed on him the degree of doctor of divinity. He married (1) 1892, Martha John of Whitland (died 1932), by whom he had seven children, and (2) 1934, Anne
PHILLIPS, THOMAS BEVAN (1898 - 1991), minister, missionary and college principal end of the War, T. B. Phillips became seriously ill with typhoid and cholera. He was treated by Dr R. Arthur Hughes and his staff in Shillong Welsh Mission Hospital, during which time he came to know and love the Matron, Miss Menna Jones, daughter of the poet Thomas Jones (1860-1932), author of Pitar Puw a'i Berthnasau (1932), who lived in Cerrigellgwm, Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire. They were married
PHYLIP family, poets Ardudwy , poems in free metre 3; III, englynion. Of the elegies the best known are those on the death of Siôn Phylip, and of Richard Hughes of Cefn Llanfair, Llŷn. Not so well-known, but interesting because of its subject, is the elegy on John Williams, archbishop of York. Gruffydd also wrote elegies on the death of his patrons, William Vaughan of Corsygedol, and Owen Ellis, Ystumllyn. More than half of the
PHYLIP, PHYLIP JOHN (d. 1677), poet - see PHYLIP
PICTON, CESAR (c. 1755 - 1836), coal merchant Cesar Picton was born c. 1755 in West Africa, possibly Senegal, and was brought to Britain in 1761 at the age of around six. The earliest reference to him is a note made on 8 November 1761 in the journal of Sir John Philipps of Picton (Philipps Family), sixth baronet (1701-1764), who represented Pembrokeshire in Parliament with the residence Norbiton Place in Kingston upon Thames: 'Went to
PICTON, Sir THOMAS (1758 - 1815), soldier, colonial governor and enslaver ship to the West Indies, where he was welcomed in Martinique by fellow-Welshman Sir John Vaughan, commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands, who made him Deputy Quarter-Master General, a position confirmed by his successor Ralph Abercromby, who valued Picton's 'stern look and harsh voice' and his assistance in capturing St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada in 1796-7. On his departure, Abercromby left
PICTON-TURBERVILL, EDITH (1872 - 1960), worker for women's causes and author Born in 1872 in the registration district of Hereford, a twin daughter and one of the large family of John Picton Warlow, later (1891) John Picton Turbervill of Ewenny Priory, Glamorganshire, and Eleanor (née Temple) his second wife. Soon after leaving the Royal School, Bath, she had her first experience of social service when she endeavoured to improve the conditions of the navvies working on
PIERCE, JOHN (1889 - 1955), author, minister (Presb.) and schoolteacher
PIERCE, THOMAS JONES (1905 - 1964), historian Born 18 March 1905 at Liverpool to John and Winifred Pierce. He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School and Liverpool University where he graduated with first-class honours in the School of Medieval and Modern History in 1927. He was awarded the Chadwick Scholarship (1927), the Gladstone Memorial Prize (1928) and the degree of M.A. (1929). Following a brief period as a University Fellow
PIERCE, WILLIAM (1853 - 1928), Congregational minister and historian Marprelate Tracts (London, 1911); John Penry: his life, times and writings (London, 1923).
PIOZZI, HESTER LYNCH (1741 - 1821), author A friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Born 16 January 1741 at Bodfel, near Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, only child of John Salusbury, Bachygraig, Flintshire, and Hester Maria (died 1773), daughter of Sir Thomas Cotton, bart., of Combermere and Lleweni. Her inordinate pride in her Welsh ancestry can be understood if it be remembered that on the paternal and the maternal sides she was a descendant of
POOLE, EDWIN (1851 - 1895), journalist, printer, and local historian Brecknock (1885), The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire (1886), and John Penry (1893). He also brought out a short-lived but very useful antiquarian journal, Old Brecknock Chips (1886-8). He died 15 April 1895.

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