Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PUW family, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, with the earl of Powis at Powys Castle. He was probably living there in 1659 when he published in Paris De Anglicani Cleri Retinenda in Apostolican Sedem observantia, and in 1661, when his second book, Excantationis Amuletum, appeared. In these he attacked the views expressed by Thomas White or Blackloe with regard to the governance of the Roman Catholic Church in England at the time; later, he was
COPPACK, MAIR HAFINA (1936 - 2011), author and columnist commented, 'an innate literary talent, one of the richest in the competition.' She twice herself adjudicated the Prose Medal competition (1997 and 2002), and also adjudicated Llyfr y Flwyddyn (Book of the Year), in 2005. She became a member of the Gorsedd in 1960, receiving the white robe in 1992 in recognition of her enormous contribution to Welsh culture. She was made an honorary Fellow of Bangor
CHARLES, GEOFFREY (1909 - 2002), photographer -point being his collaboration with John Roberts Williams and Cynan -'Yr Etifediaeth.' The film was shot in black and white and premiered in both Welsh and English (titled 'The Heritage') at the 1949 National Eisteddfod in Dolgellau. Other films of his include Tir Na Nog filmed in Ireland; Y Cymro - a film about printing; a cultural trip to Franco's Spain in 1949 and Wales defeating Belgium in a soccer
HUGHES GRIFFITHS, ANNIE JANE (1873 - 1942), peace campaigner for the women to travel on to Washington, and to the White House, to meet President Calvin Coolidge. It should be emphasised that the main aim of the journey and the petition was to make a connection between the women of Wales and the women of America. The meeting with the President was an informal one, since the organisers were at pains to stress that this was a non-political and non-partisan event
WATKIN, MORGAN (1878 - 1970), scholar, university professor Liber Landavensis on the basis of their Old French graphical phenomena', National Library of Wales Journal (1960); La civilisation française dan les Mabinogion (1962); 'The chronology of the White Book of Rhydderch on the basis of its Old French graphical phenomena', National Library of Wales Journal, (1964); 'The Book of Aneirin, its Old French remanients, their chronology on the basis of the Old
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, appointment that he sentenced Richard White, the Roman Catholic schoolmaster of Llanidloes, to his death in 1584. Thelwall was an exceptionally gifted man, who, according to Simwnt Fychan, was fluent in eight languages. After the death of Gruffudd Hiraethog, c. 1560, it appears that Simwnt forsook the patronage of the Mostyn family for that of the Thelwall family of Plas y Ward. In an awdl to Simon Thelwall
SALUSBURY family Lleweni, Bachygraig, origin. They were established at Lleweni in the Vale of Clwyd before 1334, though no Salusbury appears among the original burgesses of near-by Denbigh, listed in its original charter (before 1290). The belief that a 'Sir' John Salusbury founded the house of White Friars at Denbigh and was buried there in 1289 is based upon several misconceptions, and has no foundation in fact. In the course of time the
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher not go unnoticed. In the Caernarfon National Eisteddfod in 1979, Elen was accepted as a member of the Gorsedd and honoured with the white robe, and when the Eisteddfod came to Anglesey in 1983 she was presented with the Garmon prize and recognized as the Best Actress of the year. Religion was an unwavering influence on her life, and for her loyalty to the Sunday School she was awarded the Gee Medal
LLOYD GEORGE family . MAIR ELUNED LLOYD GEORGE (1890 - 1907) It is said that Mair Eluned was her father's most cherished child; he almost broke his heart when she died, 29 November 1907, following an operation for appendicitis. She was a beautiful and talented girl, especially so in music; she used to entertain her parents by playing the piano and her father could not be reconciled to the fact that ' the white hand was
HUGHES, GAINOR (1745 - 1780), fasting woman , filing into her narrow room in 'ones or twos'. We hear more about her abhorrence of food and its odour, and how every nook and cranny had to be blocked to prevent the steam from reaching her when soup was being boiled; or how she fainted after her sister Gwen came into her chamber with a loaf of white bread under her apron, so intolerable was the effect of the bread's aroma. Contemporary accounts of
SPEED, GARY ANDREW (1969 - 2011), footballer United in February 1998 for £5.5 million, making him, at the time, the most expensive player in Welsh football history. Gary never revealed why he had left the club he loved, because, as he said at the time, that would damage the good name of Everton football club, and he was not prepared to do that. During his six years in the famous black and white colours of Newcastle United Gary played in two FA
GIFFORD, ISABELLA (c. 1825 - 1891), botanist and algologist that no volume concerning them had been published, considering how extensive Somerset was and how varied its soil and the geographical directions it faced; and showed sensitivity to the plight of native species, which were 'dying, at the approach of cultivation, like the Red Indian disappearing from his hunting-grounds before the advancing footsteps of the white man'. In 1890, Isabella Gifford became

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