Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRICE, DILYS MARGARET (1932 - 2020), educationalist and skydiver Dilys Price was born in Bournemouth on 3 June 1932, the only child of Thomas John Evans (1899-1973), born in Treherbert, and Elizabeth M Evans (née Gould, 1906-1963), from Aberaman, near Aberdare. Her father served in the Royal Air Force during the Great War, before going into service in Bournemouth following a religious conversion by missionaries. There, in 1929, he married Elizabeth Gould. Soon
ELWYN-EDWARDS, DILYS (1918 - 2012), composer Dilys Roberts was born on 19 August 1918 in Dolgellau. Her father was a musician, precentor and choral conductor, and also played the euphonium. She attended Dr Williams School in Dolgellau and took advantage of the school's strong musical tradition; it was there that she began to be interested in the music of Delius, Holst and Vaughan Williams, and also composed her first song. She was offered a
GLYNNE, MARY DILYS (1895 - 1991), plant pathologist Mary Dilys Glynne was born at Glyndyl, Menai Avenue, Upper Bangor on 19 February 1895, the youngest daughter of the five surviving children of John Glynne Jones (1849-1947), solicitor, and his wife Dilys Lloyd Glynne Jones (née Davies, 1857-1932). Her father's family home was Tyddyn Isaf (Cymryd) in the parish of Y Gyffin near Conwy. Her mother was one of the London Welsh, daughter of the
ROBERTS, JOHN IORWERTH (1902 - 1970), schoolmaster and secretary of Llangollen International Eisteddfod history. He held classes on the topic for the Workers' Educational Association, and his lecture on the 1858 Llangollen eisteddfod to the Denbighshire History Society was published in the Society's journal in 1959. He married (1) Dilys Alwen Jones (died 11 July 1965) in Rehoboth chapel, Llangollen, in August 1934 and they had one daughter; and married (2) Dilys Jones of Llangollen in King Street
OWEN, LEONARD (1890 - 1965), administrator in India, treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion Wales taxation records are at the University College of Bangor and the National Library of Wales. He also translated very many articles from Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 for inclusion in The Dictionary of Welsh biography down to 1940. He married in Bombay, India, in 1923, Dilys daughter of Joseph Davies Bryan, under BRYAN, ROBERT) and they had one son and one daughter. He died 4 November 1965 at
LLOYD, JOHN MORGAN (1880 - 1960), musician 'Dilys' and 'Alwen hoff', the madrigal 'Wele gawell baban glân', and part-song (SSA) 'Llyn y Fan', which are excellent examples of his style. His 'Arthur yn cyfodi' was performed during the Three Valleys Festival, 1936 and his 'Te Deum' for choir and orchestra was performed under his baton at Cardiff national eisteddfod, 1938. He excelled as a teacher, and several leading composers, Grace Williams and
NICHOLAS, WILLIAM RHYS (1914 - 1996), minister and hymnwriter Caniedydd committee, of which he subsequently became chairman. He also chaired the committee which prepared Caniedydd yr Ifanc, a collection for young people, published in 1980. He was very active in the work of Cymdeithas Emynau Cymru, the Welsh Hymn Society, and was invested with the society's Fellowship. In 1946 he married Elizabeth Dilys (Beti) Evans (1921-1985) of Rhydargaeau. There were no children
EVANS, GRIFFITH IFOR (1889 - 1966), surgeon and pioneer of the Christian Faith Healing Movement in Wales the 'complete' health of the individual. Notwithstanding the distinction of the earlier years of his medical career, Evans could not avoid the influence of an obsessional element when analysing the results of his observations, and it is not improper to record that this tendency was recognised by his contemporaries long before he embarked on his work in the Healing Ministry. He married Dilys Eames of
ROBERTS, LEWIS (1596 - 1640), merchant and writer on economics , William is invariably styled 'Mr.' Clearly, he was living at Aleppo in 1662, superintending his brother Gabriel's 'factory' there; his 'pride and stubbornness' are spoken of. Of Lewis Roberts's two daughters, ANN married George Hanger, a wealthy Levant merchant, whose son John became governor of the Bank of England, and DELICIA (qu. Dilys) married John Nelson, a 'Turkey merchant,' and became the mother
BULMER-THOMAS, IVOR (1905 - 1993), Labour, later Conservative, politician and writer continuing interest in Greek mathematics and throughout his life wrote learned articles on this subject. As a result, the University of Warwick awarded him the degree of D.Sc honoris causa in 1979. He was also awarded the honorary degree of D.Litt. by the University of Wales. He was a real workaholic who needed just four or five hours sleep each night. He married, firstly, on 5 April 1932, Dilys (born 1910
JONES, TERENCE GRAHAM PARRY (1942 - 2020), actor, director, writer and popular historian Terry Jones was born on 1 February 1942 in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, the second son of Alick George Parry-Jones, a bank clerk, and his wife Dilys Louisa (née Newnes). He first met his father on the platform of Colwyn Bay railway station when he returned from India after serving with the RAF during World War Two. When Terry was four, the family moved to Surrey where he attended primary school in
ROBERTS, ARTHUR RHYS (1872 - 1920), solicitor Dilys Jones (1882-1967), a notable operatic soloist originally from Flintshire. They had one child, Thomas Esmor Rhys-Roberts (1910-1975) who began his career as a professional soldier (winning the George Medal in Italy in 1943) before turning to the law. He became Queen's Counsel (1972) and one of the most prominent barristers on the Wales and Chester circuit. Arthur Rhys Roberts was an active member

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