Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WALTERS, GARETH (1928 - 2012), composer Gareth Walters was born in Swansea on 27 December 1928, the son of Irwyn R. Walters (1902-1992) and his wife Margaret Jane (née Edwards). He began composing while still at school, and was encouraged by Benjamin Britten, a friend of the family. In 1949 he enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy of Music and in 1952 went to Paris on a scholarship to the Conservatoire Nationale, where he studied
EVANS, WILLIAM GARETH (1941 - 2000), historian and university lecturer in education College. This was later published as a monograph by the Trustees of Llandovery College in 1981. Meanwhile in the autumn of 1977 Gareth Evans had taken up a position as lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. From the outset he was an accomplished lecturer, utterly devoted to the welfare of his students, and participated fully in the administrative work of
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), journalist Gareth Jones was born on 13 August 1905 at Eryl, Romilly Road, Barry, the youngest of three children of Edgar William Jones (1868-1953), a schoolmaster, and his wife Ann Gwenllian (née Jones, 1867-1965). He was first educated at home by his mother, and then attended Barry County School where his father was headmaster. His mother had worked as a tutor to the grandchildren of the industrialist John
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (GARETH HUGHES; 1894 - 1965), actor Elementary School, Llanelli. Although apprenticed to a chemist in Vaughan Street, he left home in 1911 to pursue an acting career in London, and it was at this time that he adopted the stage name Gareth Hughes. He obtained work with the Alan Wilkie Shakespearean touring company and F. B. Wolfe's Repertoire Company performing melodrama in 1911. Further engagements in south Wales and then with Denis Hogan
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), linguist and journalist
WILLIAMS, GARETH WYN (Baron Williams of Mostyn), (1941 - 2003), lawyer and politician Gareth Williams was born on 5 February 1941 near Prestatyn, Flintshire. He was the third child of Albert Thomas Williams (died 1964), a primary school headmaster, and his wife Selina (née Evans, died 1985). He had a sister, Catrin, and a brother John. Welsh was been the language of his home in Mostyn and, reputedly, he first learnt English with the aid of Linguaphone records. He was educated at
EDWARDS, PETER (Pedr Alaw; 1854 - 1934), musician choirs and children's musical festivals, and wrote notes on music to the London Kelt. He composed cantatas: ' Gareth ac Eiluned,' ' Cantawd y Blodau '; published Anthemydd y Cysegr; and wrote several hymn-tunes and chants (see his Llyfr o 300 o Salm-donau). In 1912 he emigrated to the U.S.A.; he subsequently graduated Mus. Bac. (Toronto). Entering the Anglican ministry, he was appointed assistant
DANIELS, ELEANOR (1886 - 1994), actress to the stage and became part of a movement towards a National Welsh Drama. She appeared in a touring production of Little Miss Llewelyn, in The Joneses at the Strand Theatre and also in The Mark of Cain. In 1914 she toured to the USA with the Welsh Players, together with Gareth Hughes also from Llanelli, to perform J. O. Francis's prize-winning play Change. Eleanor's excellent notices throughout
JONES, EMYR WYN (1907 - 1999), cardiologist and author for due recognition of the Welsh language within the health service. In 1936 he married Enid Llywelyn Williams (1909-1967), daughter of Dr David Llewelyn Williams and sister to Alun Llywelyn-Williams. They had one daughter, Carys (b. 1937) and one son, Gareth Wyn (b. 1940). During the intense bombing of Liverpool in the Second World War, the family moved first to Enid's parents' house in Old Colwyn
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM GILBERT (1874 - 1966), schoolmaster and local historian and papers, particularly in Y Genedl, where an occasional argument arose between him and his friend Bob Owen), demonstrating the more disciplined and academic method of Gilbert Williams of studying history. He was also a contributor to The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940. A selection of his work was published (Gareth Haulfryn Williams, ed.) in Moel Tryfan i'r Traeth (1983). He received an
WALTERS, IRWYN RANALD (1902 - 1992), musician and administrator Education Committee subsequently took over the administration of the orchestra, and Walters's association with it continued until 1957. He retired from the Schools Inspectorate in 1963, but continued active as an examiner for the Trinity College of Music all over the world. Irwyn Walters married Margaret Jane Edwards (died 1992) and they had one son, the composer Gareth Walters. Irwyn Walters died in
JONES, EDGAR WILLIAM (1868 - 1953), educationalist and broadcaster , went as a tutor to the grandchildren of John Hughes (1814 - 1889), the pioneer in the development of Russian metallurgy, at Yuzovka, in the Donets basin. They had three children, Gareth and two daughters, Gwyneth and Eirian. He died 1 May 1953.

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