Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BERWYN, RICHARD JONES (1836 - 1917), colonist and man of letters now adopted ' Berwyn ' as a surname. When Tommy Dimol (Ceiriog's friend) was lost on the ship Denby in 1867, Berwyn married his widow, and several talented sons were brought up in his home. He was the first to hold official positions in the colony: secretary to the council, secretary to the Welsh courts, postmaster, registrar, and schoolmaster, and was also the colony's first postmaster under the
MORUS BERWYN (fl. c. 1553-1615), poet A native, apparently, of the Berwyn district of North Wales. A number of his poems remain in manuscripts. Most of these are addressed to various members of North Wales families, including John Salusbury of Lleweni and his wife Katheryn (of Berain), Sir William Morys of Clenennau, Robert Wyn of Foelas, Thomas Vaughan of Hafod, captain William Thomas. There are also a poem in praise of Bishop
ROBERTS, EMMANUEL BERWYN (1869 - 1951), minister (Meth.) , he was appointed assistant to the Reverend John Evans, Eglwys-Bach, Pontypridd, and it was he who insisted on giving him the middle name ' Berwyn ', because he thought that no-one should be called ' Emmanuel '. From that time, he was always known by his new name. When John Evans died, he went to Pont-rhyd-y-groes, and in 1899, he was ordained in the first Conference of the Wesleyans in Machynlleth
KADWALADR, SION (fl. 1750-1765), writer of ballads and interludes . The scenes are lively and the satire keen, and the author stands high in the second class of 18th century interludists. He should not be confused with the John Cadwaladr, whose ballads Sir O. M. Edwards printed in Beirdd y Berwyn.
ROBERTS, MORRIS (d. c. 1723), poet, and carpenter . A number of free-metre poems, mainly on religious and moral themes, also remain; six of them are included in Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry. No details are known concerning the poet's life, but a number of anecdotes about him are found in Y Brython (Tremadoc), Y Gwyliedydd, Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry, and in Hanes Eglwysi Annibynol Cymru. Some of his work was printed by O. M. Edwards in Beirdd y Berwyn and Beirdd
WILLIAMS, DAVID DAVID (1862 - 1938), minister (Presb.) and author Presbyterian Church in Wales. He published the following books: Dyfyniadau llên Cymru (1909); Deuddeg o feirdd y Berwyn (1910); Twm o'r Nant (1911); Geirfa Prifeirdd (1911); Dylanwad y Rhufeiniaid ar iaith, gwareiddiad a gwaedoliaeth y Cymry (1912); Hanes mynachdai gogledd Cymru (1914); Cymry enwog cyfnod y Tuduriaid (1914); Addysg Cymru yn y Canol Oesoedd (1914); Hanes dirwest yng Ngwynedd (1921); Thomas
MORGAN, ELUNED (1870 - 1938), writer and Patagonian colonist Born on board the Myfanwy in the Bay of Biscay, daughter of Lewis Jones (1836 - 1904), and given the surname 'Morgan' at her christening. She was brought up in the Welsh colony in Patagonia, where she was educated at the Welsh school kept by R. J. Berwyn and 'Glan Tywi.' She came to Wales in 1885, and again in 1888 when she entered Dr. Williams's school at Dolgelley, where she spent the next two
HUGHES, HUGH DERFEL (1816 - 1890), poet . He won the prize at a Llandygái literary society meeting for an essay on the antiquities of Llandygái and Llanllechid, this essay being published in 1866 (Hynafiaethau Llandegai a Llanllechid). Among his surviving papers is an awdl to ' Chwarel y Cae ' which won for him the chair at the Bethesda national eisteddfod. His best poem is ' Y Cyfamod Disigl,' written when he was crossing the Berwyn hills
SNELL, DAVID JOHN (1880 - 1957), music publisher , and he offered eisteddfod prizes to committees which chose his publications as test pieces. He republished popular works like ' Myfanwy ' (Joseph Parry) and ' Yr hen gerddor ' (David Pugh Evans), but he also published new pieces of high standard, including ' Bugail Aberdyfi ' (Idris Lewis), ' Paradwys y bardd ' (W. Bradwen Jones; see Jones, William Arthur above) and Saith o ganeuon and ' Berwyn ' (D
DAVIES, THOMAS RHYS (1790 - 1859), Baptist minister Berwyn, consecrating their waters.' In 1814 he married Ann Foulks of Peniarth, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, who was the daughter of wealthy parents, and, as a result of this marriage, he was able to advance money to a host of little churches founded by him in Flintshire and west Denbighshire to enable them to build chapels. In 1818, following a quarrel with the church at Glanwydden (not far from Llandudno
JONES, FRANCIS WYNN (1898 - 1970), statistician and writer regard for Wales and her language. He remained faithful to Welsh culture and religion and never forgot his debt to his parents and his upbringing in Edeirnion. Small wonder that it was these interests that inspired his writing. In 1952, while living in Watford, he completed a narrative portrayal of his youth in his home area, published as Godre'r Berwyn. After retiring to Aberystwyth he accepted an
OWAIN CYFEILIOG (c. 1130 - 1197), prince and poet royal castle of Carreghofa. In 1165 he is found with other princes of Powys and the other Welsh provinces in the great muster under Owain Gwynedd facing Henry II's attack in the Berwyn district. The next year, however, he again joined with Owain Fychan to drive Iorwerth Goch from Mochnant, which they divided between them by a line which still remains as the border of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire

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