Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BLEDDYN FARDD (fl. 1268-1283), one of the bards of the independent Welsh princes Thirteen of his odes are preserved in the NLW MS 6680B: Hendregadredd Manuscript. He sang chiefly to the sons of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and to the chieftains of Gwynedd, but he has one ode to Rhys ap Maredudd ap Rhys of South Wales. His entire work consists of eulogies and elegies, with the exception of his 'Marwysgafn' or last confession. The earliest ode by him which can be dated is
BOWEN, BEN (1878 - 1903), student and poet The sixth child of Thomas and Dinah Bowen, Treorchy, Rhondda, he was educated at Treorchy Board School, Pontypridd Collegiate School, and Cardiff University College. As a young coal miner he was precociously interested in poetry under the influence of local literary societies, eisteddfodau, and the writings of D. W. Jones (Dafydd Morgannwg) in The South Wales Weekly News and Thomas Williams
BOWEN, EVAN RODERIC (1913 - 2001), Liberal politician and lawyer campus. He was awarded the honorary degree of LlD (Wales) in 1972 and was also elected a fellow of Trinity College, Carmarthen in 1992. Bowen was a member of the Governing Body of the National Museum of Wales, 1945-2001, and of the federal University of Wales, 1950-2001. A warm admirer of Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris, Bowen's Liberal credentials were impeccable, reflected in his unwavering belief in the
BRADFORD, SIÔN - see BRADFORD, JOHN
BREESE, EDWARD (1835 - 1881), antiquary mother he claimed descent from Rhys ap Tewdwr and Trahaearn Goch o Lŷn, and he adopted a shield on which were quartered the arms attributed to them. CHARLES EDWARD BREESE (1867 - 1932), solicitor and antiquarian Law History and Culture Scholarship and Languages Of his sons followed him both in his profession and his antiquarian interests. Admitted a solicitor in 1889, he served on the Caernarvonshire
BROMWICH, RACHEL SHELDON (1915 - 2010), scholar poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym. Her Cymmrodorion lecture of 1964, 'Tradition and Innovation in the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym', was followed by an overview of the poet's work in her 'Writers of Wales' volume, Dafydd ap Gwilym (1974). Her various critical papers were brought together in 1986 in Aspects of the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym: collected papers. The high spot of her work on Dafydd ap Gwilym was
BRUCE, CHARLES GRANVILLE (1866 - 1939), mountaineer and soldier father being a most complete lover of his own valleys and hills.' Before joining the army he had walked with (Sir) Rhys Williams of Miskin 'from South to North Wales' and had become a 'worshipper of the wild Welsh mountain scenery' (p. 25). His teacher in rural matters was a farmer from the valley and according to Longstaff, Bruce used to sing Welsh airs with gusto. He married Finetta Madeline Julia
BRWMFFILD, MATTHEW (fl. 1520-60), poet According to Cwrtmawr MS 12B (629), he was a native of Maelor. In his to 'Saint Tydecho and the two parishes of Mowthwy,' having equally praised Llan-ym-Mawddwy and Mallwyd, he asserts that he yearns more for the latter than the former. He wrote poems in praise of Rhisiart ap Rhys ap Dafydd Llwyd of Gogerddan 'about 1520'; of Rhys ap Howel of Porthamyl, Anglesey, 'within the month of November
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.
BURTON, PHILIP HENRY (1904 - 1995), teacher, writer, radio producer and theatre director 1945, succeeding the ailing Rowland Hughes as the BBC English language features producer in Cardiff. He described this as 'the watershed of my life'. He produced work by Rhys Davies who became a good friend. In 1947 Burton commissioned Dylan Thomas's Return Journey, adding five minutes to the script himself in order to meet the requisite broadcast time. He later played the Reverend Eli Jenkins in the
BUTTON, Sir THOMAS (d. April 1634), admiral and explorer his return by James I. For the rest of his long naval career he served as ' Admiral of the King's ships on the coast of Ireland.' Sir Thomas married Mary, daughter of Sir Walter Rice of Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, and they had seven children. He made his home at Cardiff. Miles, his eldest son, married Barbara, the daughter and heiress of Rhys Meurug (' Merrick ') of Cottrell, Glamorganshire, his
BWTTING, RHYS (fl. 15th century), harpist

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