Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, THOMAS (fl. end of the 18th century), attorney, outstanding figure in the copper industry As son (born 13 May 1737) of Owen Williams of Cefn Coch in Llansadwrn, who owned also Tregarnedd and Treffos, and his wife, the daughter of Hendre Hywel by Llangefni, it was comparatively easy for Thomas Williams to become intimate with the great men of Anglesey; it was he who straightened out the tangled estate of Bodior; he spent years in getting reason out of the stubborn people at Plas Coch
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Eos Gwynfa, Eos y Mynydd; c. 1769 - 1848), poet
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Twm Pedrog; 1774 - 1814), poet Born 25 May 1774, the son of Owen Williams, farmer and inn-keeper, the Sign, Llanbedrog, Caernarfonshire, and Catherine, his wife - and christened 3 June 1774. He spent some time at sea - one of his awdlau was written on board H.M.S. Amethyst, 1800 - but he returned and settled in his native county. Several poems by him were published at Tremadoc in Y Brython and there is a selection of awdlau
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Brynfab; 1848 - 1927), littérateur and farmer Born 8 September 1848 at Fforch Aman, a farm in Cwmaman, Aberdare, son of Thomas and Gwenllian Williams. When he was very young, the family moved to Fforch, Treorchy, where he received what little education he ever had. At the age of 25 he settled at Hendre, in the parish of Eglwysilan, and was a farmer there for more than fifty years. On his retirement he went to live at Hendre Wen, S. Athan. He
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Hafrenydd; 1807 - 1894), musician
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet introduction to the first volume of Y Parthsyllydd, 1870, says that he has 'drawn extensively on the old Parthsyllydd, the joint production of those eminent men, Dr. John Jenkins of Hengoed, and Mr. Thomas Williams' (Gwilym Morgannwg); moreover, in his introduction to the second volume (1875) Spinther says that the title Parthsyllydd was coined by them. Taliesin ab Iolo does not say definitely when it was
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Tom Nefyn; 1895 - 1958), minister (Presb.) and evangelist Born 23 January 1895 at Bronolau, Boduan, Caernarfonshire, son of John Thomas, a well-known local poet in Llŷn, and his wife Ann Williams. The family moved to the vicinity of Nefyn, and established themselves later at Bodeilas near Pistyll where he was brought up. He left Nefyn Elementary School in 1909, and worked in the Eifl granite quarry. He joined the army in 1914, and saw action in the
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (1755 - 1839), bookseller - see WILLIAMS, EVAN
WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHARLES (1868 - 1927), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 28 August 1868 at Bryntirion, Gwalchmai, Anglesey, son of the Rev. Hugh Williams, his mother being the daughter of the Rev. John Charles (1784 - 1858) and sister of the Revs. Hugh (1806 - 1839), John (1809 - 1865), William (1817 - 1849), and David (1823 - 1860) Charles - the two latter being very popular preachers. (Thomas, another brother, died young.) He was educated at Oswestry, Bala
WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT PARRY- - see PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT
WILLIAMS, THOMAS HUDSON - see HUDSON-WILLIAMS, THOMAS
WILLIAMS, THOMAS LLOYD (1830 - 1910), Welsh-American writer

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