Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CLARK family, printers and publishers 1903 to Enoch Williams. James Clark died 12 June 1859. A fortnight after The Chepstow Weekly Advertiser began to appear, another Monmouthshire newspaper started its career - The Illustrated Usk Observer; this was printed and published at Usk by JAMES HENRY CLARK (1818 - 1913), another son of James Clark. J. H. Clark and his elder brother GEORGE A. CLARK (who, however, died at Chepstow 12 April 1835
CLIVE, HENRIETTA ANTONIA (1758 - 1830), traveller and scientific collector (1785-1848), the eldest, was followed by Henrietta Antonia Clive (1786-1835)). Known in the family as 'Harry' she became a proficient harpist and later married Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1772-1840). Another daughter, Charlotte Florentia Clive (1787-1866) known as 'Charly', was born in Florence and later became governess to Queen Victoria. Finally there arrived another son, Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854
CLOUGH family Plas Clough, Glan-y-wern, Bathafarn, Hafodunos, , and the Lloyds of Hafodunos, and so to provide for a succession of enormous families, several members in each generation going up to the universities and achieving some local eminence in clerical, legal, or military circles. Of the thirteen children of HUGH CLOUGH (1709 - 1760), three followed him to Oxford and one, HUGH CLOUGH (born 1746) went to Cambridge and became Fellow of King's, a friend of
CNEPPYN GWERTHRYNION (fl. 13th century), poet and grammarian fits in well with the statement by Gwilym Ddu, and suggests that the leading poet-teachers were in possession of a written grammar in Welsh as early as the 13th century if not earlier (see G. J. Williams, Gramadegau'r Penceirddiaid, xx-xxi).
COLEMAN, DONALD RICHARD (1925 - 1991), Labour politician singing. A small group of his political papers is in the custody of the National Library of Wales. Coleman married (1) in 1949 Phyllis Eileen Williams, who died in 1963 - they had one son; and (2) in January 1966 Margaret Elizabeth Morgan - they had one daughter. His second wife survived him. Their home was at 'Penderyn', 18 Penywern Road, Bryncoch, Neath. Donald Coleman died on 14 January 1991 and was
CONWAY family Botryddan, Bodrhyddan, The Conways were of English origin, descended from Sir William Coniers, ' Knight of War ', high constable of England under William the Conqueror. Sir HENRY CONWAY, son of Sir Hugh Conway, who married Ellen (or Angharad), daughter of Sir Hugh Crevecoer, lord of Prestatyn, was the first known to have settled in Wales, and his son, Richard, succeeded as lord of Prestatyn. In contrast to his
COOMBE TENNANT, WINIFRED MARGARET (Mam o Nedd; 1874 - 1956), delegate to the first assembly of the League of Nations, suffragette, Mistress of the Robes of the Gorsedd of the Bards, and a well-known medium had a great interest in Welsh culture, though she never completely mastered the Welsh language. She died 31 August 1956 at her home in 18 Cottesmore Gardens, Kensington. She wished for neither flowers nor mourning at her funeral. On 17 September a memorial service was held in All Saints by the Tower, where James Nicholas represented the Welsh Baptist Union and Sir John Cecil Cecil-Williams the
CORBETT, JOHN STUART (1845 - 1921), solicitor and antiquary Blanche, the elder daughter of James Williams Evans, vicar of Costessey, near Norwich, the son of a former rector of Llandough, near Cardiff. In 1890, on the death of his brother James Andrew Corbett (infra), he was appointed solicitor to the Bute estate; he held that position until his retirement in 1917. His tenure of the office coincided with the period of greatest prosperity in the South Wales
CRAWSHAY, Sir GEOFFREY CARTLAND HUGH (1892 - 1954), soldier and social benefactor
CUDLIPP, PERCY (1905 - 1962), journalist Born 1905, son of William Cudlipp, a well known commercial traveller in south Wales, and Bessie his wife, of Lisvane Street, Cardiff. He was one of three eminent Welsh journalist brothers (Reginald became editor of The News of the World, 1953-59; and Hugh, editor of The Sunday Pictorial, 1937-40 and 1946-49, and chairman of Odhams Press, 1960). Percy was educated, as were the others, at Gladstone
CYNWAL, WILLIAM (d. 1587), poet best-known of his bardic controversies is the long one between Edmwnd Prys and himself. He also produced works of heraldry (e.g. Bangor MS. 5943), a chronicle (Peniarth MS 212), a grammar (Cardiff MS. 38), and part of a dictionary, extant in the hand of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (NLW MS 13142A). A copy of his will, made shortly before his death, is kept at N.L.W. He was buried at Ysbyty Ifan
CYNWRIG HIR (fl. 1093) Edeirnion The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan relates how Cynwrig came to Chester, where Gruffydd had been a prisoner of earl Hugh for twelve years, how he saw the prince lying in chains, bore him away while the burgesses were having a meal, sheltered him secretly under his roof, and then took him to Anglesey. If the story is true, it was an event of great consequence to Welsh history in view of the

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