Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BASSETT, HULDAH CHARLES (1901 - 1982), teacher, musician and broadcaster , where she collaborated with her colleague Rhyda A. Jones, who taught music: their carol, 'Ymdaenai cyfrin lenni'r nos' was published by Oxford University Press and the National Council of Music in 1932 and again in Carolau Hen a Newydd in 1954. It was in Barry also that she completed her research on the life and work of the poet 'Golyddan' (John Robert Pryse, 1840-1862), and was awarded a University
BATCHELOR, JOHN (1820 - 1883), businessman and politician John Batchelor was born on 10 April 1820 in Newport, the second son of the 12 children of Benjamin Batchelor (d. 1836), a timber merchant and shipbuilder, and his wife Anne. The family were devout Congregationalists. For John Batchelor, the combined influences of religion and progressive politics came early. The Batchelor family were friends with the Chartist leader John Frost, both families
BATTRICK, GERALD (1947 - 1998), tennis player Gerald Battrick was born at Bridgend on 27 May 1947, the son of Denzil John Battrick (1924-2016), a local government Senior Public Health Inspector, and his wife Pearl Madeleine, née Egan (1925-2011). Pearl Battrick was an influential figure who served as a committee member of the Welsh Lawn Tennis Association. The family lived at Cornerways, Island Farm Road, Bridgend. Educated at Bridgend
BAUGH, ROBERT (1748? - 1832), engraver, map-maker, and musician Described as 'of Llandysilio,' he was for many years parish clerk of Llanymynech. His name is associated with the well-known map of North Wales, 1795, the work of John Evans, Llwyn-y-groes, Llanymynech, but engraved by Baugh. Baugh made a map of Shropshire for which he was awarded, in 1809, a silver medal and fifteen guineas by the Royal Society of Arts, London. He died 27 December 1832, aged 84.
BAXTER, WILLIAM (1650 - 1723), antiquary edition in 1752. Baxter's dictionary of antiquities, Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, was published in 1719. He also worked on a dictionary of Roman antiquities; this incomplete work was edited by Moses Williams after Baxter's death, and it appeared in 1726 as Reliquiae Baxterianae sive W. Baxteri opera posthuma (2nd ed. 1731 as Glossarium Antiquitatum Romanarum). He contributed articles to
BAYLY, LEWIS (d. 1631), bishop and devotional writer , but soon found he had been too precipitate in his opposition, for Wynn's hostility meant the disfavour of (the later) archbishop John Williams and the detective reports of Griffith Williams (1587? - 1673), rector of Llanllechid, to whom the bishop sarcastically refers as 'your honest parson Williams.' Before long he adopted quite a different policy by becoming one of Sir John's greatest friends
BEADLES, ELISHA (1670 - 1734), Quaker and writer Son of John Beadles of Kempston, Beds., and Elizabeth, heiress of Walter Jenkins of Pant, a Quaker. He married Anne Handley in 1699. He translated into Welsh the treatise by his grandfather, Walter Jenkins, entitled, ' The law given forth out of Zion, etc. ', the translation being printed at Shrewsbury c. 1715, under the title Y gyfraith a roddwyd allan o Sion wedi ei gyfieithu i'r Gymraeg er
BEAUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. RALPH EDWARD BLACKETT (1901 - 1977), Member of Parliament and public figure Born at 33 Belgrave Square, London, on 12 February 1901, the fifth child and second son of Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, from 1907 2nd Baron Allendale and from 1911 1st Viscount Allendale, and Lady Alexandrina Louisa Maud Vane-Tempest, daughter of the 5th Marquess of Londonderry. His maternal grandmother, the 5th Marchioness of Londonderry, was the daughter of Sir John Edwards of
BEBB, LLEWELLYN JOHN MONTFORD (1862 - 1915), cleric
BEBB, WILLIAM AMBROSE (1894 - 1955), historian, prose writer and politician articles for publication in Welsh periodicals such as Y Geninen, Y Llenor, Y Faner, Cymru and Y Tyst. In these he discussed the future of the Welsh language, and as early as 1923 he argued the case for Welsh self-government. These articles played a significant part in creating an atmosphere conducive to the establishment of an independent Welsh political party. In January 1924 he and G.J. Williams (1892
BELCHER, JOHN (fl. 1721-1763), Methodist exhorter
BELL, Sir HAROLD IDRIS (1879 - 1967), scholar and translator Born 2 October 1879 at Epworth, Lincolnshire, son of Charles Christopher Bell and Rachel (née Hughes). His maternal grandfather, John Hughes of Rhuddlan, was a Welsh speaker. Bell received his early education at Nottingham High School. In 1897 he won a scholarship to Oriel College, Oxford, and graduated in Classics. He spent a year at the Universities of Berlin and Halle studing Hellenistic

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