Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BOWEN, DAVID GLYN (1933 - 2000), minister and multifaith theologian , a few weeks before the translation appeared. His funeral on May 22, 2000, at Little Lane Church, Bradford, reflected in an impressive manner his lifelong commitment to Christian tolerance. Representatives of the Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu and Sikh communities all took part. The Blessing was pronounced in Welsh by the Reverend Dewi Lloyd Lewis, Cardiff, who had been a fellow student of
BRADFORD, JOHN (1706 - 1785), weaver, fuller, and dyer in Upper Glamorgan in the first half of the 18th century. Nevertheless, only a few of his poetic works are extant, and these do not reach a high standard. He corresponded with William Wynn, Llangynhafal and Lewis Morris, and he was elected a member of the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion, London. He was also of some repute as a rationalist, and, although we do not know the details, it can be concluded
BREESE, EDWARD (1835 - 1881), antiquary gained general confidence by his ability, integrity, and judicial temper. David Lloyd George, as a beginner in his office, owed much to his kindness. In politics he was a Liberal, in religion a Churchman. He married in 1863 Margaret Jane, daughter of Lewis Williams of Fron Wnion, Dolgelley, sheriff of his county in 1865. From an early age, Breese developed a strong interest in local antiquities. Many
BREESE, JOHN (1789 - 1842), Independent minister admitted to the Academy under George Lewis, which had just moved from Wrexham to Llanfyllin. While there his ability as a preacher attracted attention, and in 1817 he was called to be minister of the church in Edmund Street, Liverpool, shortly afterwards moving to the Tabernacle, Great Crosshall Street. Here he worked hard for seventeen years to develop the Welsh Independent connexion in the city, and on
BRWMFFILD, MATTHEW (fl. 1520-60), poet 1539'; of Lewis Gwynn who died sometime about 1552; and of Siôn Wynn ap Meredith of Gwydyr who died 1559.
BULMER, JOHN (1784 - 1857), Independent minister religious matter. Among them may be noted The Vicar of Llandovery, 1821, 1830, an English version of the works of Rhys Prichard; Memoirs of the Life of Howell Harris, 1824; and Memoirs of Benjamin Evans (one of his predecessors at Albany), 1826.
BUTTON, Sir THOMAS (d. April 1634), admiral and explorer He was the fourth son of Miles Button, sheriff of Glamorgan in 1565, 1571, 1589, and Margaret, daughter of Edward Lewis of Van. The Buttons had become possessed of Worleton, in the parish of S. Lythans, Glamorganshire, an alienated manor of the see of Llandaff. Their house at first was probably on the Dog Hill moated grange site, just across the Nant Golych, from the parish of S. Lythans and in
CAMPBELL, ELIZA CONSTANTIA (1796 - 1864), author Born 8 January 1796, she was the daughter of Richard Pryce of Gunley near Forden (one of whose ancestors, Capt. Richard Pryce, was a prominent Montgomeryshire Roundhead). She was twice married: first (1826) to Commander Robert Campbell, R.N. (died 1832), a cousin of Thomas Campbell the poet - one of their sons was Lewis Campbell the Greek scholar; and secondly (1844) to Capt. Hugh Morrieson
CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer Gwreiddiol, 1730; and Tarian Cristnogrwydd, 1733. Carter married Ann Lewis at Cenarth, 11 January 1721; he was buried at S. Peter's, Carmarthen, 4 May 1741.
CARTER-JONES, LEWIS (1920 - 2004), Labour politician assumed the surname of Carter-Jones in lieu of Jones. His cause, above all others, was that of the disabled, particularly the war-disabled. His mission in life was to encourage the use of modern technology to assist them. He developed a major interest in the use of technology to aid the severely disabled and the very elderly, industrial training and industrial safety. Lewis Carter-Jones was crucial to
CASSON, LEWIS (1875 - 1969), actor and theatrical producer , and also resumed his association with the Old Vic, directing Laurence Olivier in Coriolanus, and John Gielgud in King Lear (1940). That year he and his wife toured Wales in Macbeth, and subsequently by King John, Candida, Medea and St. Joan. They collaborated after the war, not only in London, where Lewis Casson came into his own as the leading man in J.B. Priestley's The linden tree, but also at
CHARLES, DAVID (1812 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister Son of Thomas Rice Charles and Maria his wife, and grandson of Thomas Charles; born at Bala 23 July 1812. He was educated at Bala and Chirk, and after reading with the rector of Llanycil matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, in May 1831, proceeding to the degree of B.A. in 1835. He was associated with his brother-in-law, Lewis Edwards, in the inception in 1837 of the preparatory school which

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