Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ELSTAN (or ELYSTAN) GLODRYDD, founder of the fifth of the 'royal tribes' of Wales
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Cyfeiliog; 1801 - 1876), poet and hymn-writer of Dolgwyddyl, Trefeglwys, who was descended from Elystan Glodrydd; and (3) 1845, to Mary Evans of Tyn-llwyn, Llanbryn-mair. He had ten children - among them Richard Williams of Celynog, Newtown (1835 - 1906). From 1823 on, pieces of poetry by Gwilym Cyfeiliog were frequently published in Y Dysgedydd, Goleuad Cymru, Y Drysorfa, Seren Gomer, and the Gwyliedydd. His awdl on 'The founding of St
BOWEN, EVAN RODERIC (1913 - 2001), Liberal politician and lawyer attained the rank of captain. He served as an officer on the staff of the Judge Advocate-General. He was elected the Liberal MP for Cardiganshire in the general election of July 1945 as the successor to the recently deceased Sir David Owen Evans, and was re-elected there in five successive general elections, but was defeated by D. Elystan Morgan (Labour) in the general election of 1966. Bowen - 'the
HOWELLS, GERAINT WYN (Baron Geraint), (1925 - 2004), farmer and politician election and won a surprising victory over the Labour member, Elystan Morgan. Eight months later, Howells held the seat against a challenge from Morgan. At both elections, his majority was around 2500. In 1979, Howells held the seat by a little over 2000 votes above the Conservative candidate. He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 14 March 1974 during that part of the debate on the Queen's
HOOSON, HUGH EMLYN (1925 - 2012), Liberal politician and public figure give his support to Thorpe on the second, but he was never to be a strong supporter of Thorpe as party leader. Emlyn Hooson retained Montgomeryshire in five successive general elections, winning a handsome majority of 4651 votes in the election of February 1974. From 1966, when Elystan Morgan defeated Roderic Bowen in Cardiganshire, until February 1974, he had been the only parliamentary
PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales for which he was responsible was in Cardiganshire in the General Election of 1966 when Labour won with a majority of 523. Prothero was the agent for Elystan Morgan who had fought five times for Plaid Cymru before he became a member of the Labour Party. The victory in 1966 was due to a great number of reasons, but the professionalism of the agent, who had returned from retirement, was one factor
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner in the House of Lords, Lord Cledwyn Hughes, and Lord Elystan Morgan he was part of a small but powerful team. He kept a close connection with Ireland, north and south, and knew the country's history at his fingertips. The failure of the Referendum vote on 1 March 1979 was a bitter disappointment to him, but he listened to his college friend Jennie Eirian Davies, editor of Y Faner, that a permanent
EVANS, GWYNFOR RICHARD (1912 - 2005), Welsh nationalist and politician revamp of the party organisation. Following the disappointment of the 1964 election many, even among Gwynfor's main supporters, were dubious about the emphasis on parliamentary elections. Elystan Morgan's departure for the Labour Party was a personal blow to Gwynfor and an apparent indication of the failure of his strategy. Then the utterly unpredictable happened. That strategy, along with Gwynfor's
ELYSTAN GLODRYDD - see ELSTAN GLODRYDD

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