Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet Farddoniaeth Cadair … a Gorsedd Pendefigaeth Morganwg a Gwent …, 1826. Gwilym Morgannwg's work had already been seen in print: among the compositions sent in to the Carmarthen eisteddfod, 1819, and later published in Awen Dyfed (1822), were his ode 'on the death of the outstanding military officer, Sir Thomas Picton', this by the intervention of Iolo Morganwg, since Gwilym Morgannwg had broken the
WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT PARRY- - see PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT
WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS MARCHANT (1845 - 1914), barrister and writer
WILLIAMS, THOMAS OSWALD (ap Gwarnant; 1888 - 1965), Unitarian minister, author, poet and public figure giants, denominational homes and denominational chapels, publishing the latter part of this series as Hanes cynulleidfaoedd Undodaidd sir Aberteifi (1930). In the same magazine he published a series of critical articles on his contemporaries, ' Gwŷr blaenllaw yr enwad ' under the pen-name ' Gwalch Ogwr '. He published Hanes Caeronnen in 1954 and the comprehensive volume Undodiaeth a rhyddid meddwl in
WILLIAMS, Sir TREVOR (c. 1623 - 1692) Llangibby, politician descended from the marriage of Howel Gam ap David (fl. 1300) to a daughter of the Scudamore family. The surname was first adopted by his grandfather, Roger Williams (died 1583), who was sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1562 and was succeeded in the office in 1627 by his son, Sir Charles Williams; the latter, Sir Trevor's father, knighted in 1621, also represented the county in Parliament that year
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (fl. 1648-1677), author of Poetical Piety Little is known of this man beyond what he says himself in the dedication to Sir Thomas Pryse, Gogerddan, Cardiganshire, of his book Poetical Piety: or Poetry made Pious …, printed for the author 'at the White Swan in Black-Fryers near the King's Printing-house,' London, 1677. He says that he was then 'near Thirty' years of age, that he had been born in the vicinity of Gogerddan, and that he knew
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1788 - 1865), Member of Parliament Coventry. With Joseph Hume, he was for many years the leading radical in the House of Commons, advocating the ballot, shorter parliaments, an extension of the franchise, and various other reforms. A Churchman, he yet believed in the separation of Church and state. He was defeated at Coventry in 1847, but was returned for Lambeth in 1850, and retained his seat until his death at Regent's Park on 28 April
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Ap Caledfryn; 1837 - 1915), portrait painter his friends were Dr. Joseph Parry, T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn), and Owen Morgan (Morien). Ap Caledfryn painted landscapes in water-colour, but is better known for his portraits in oils, many of which are to be found in private hands in South Wales. Two portraits of his father are to be found, at Groes-wen, Caerphilly, and the Welsh Folk Museum, St. Fagans. He died at Groes-wen in 1915, and was
WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM (1634 - 1700), lawyer and politician Price of Giler and other Welsh members he successfully opposed the proposed grant by William III of the lordships of Denbigh, Bromfield, and Yale to the earl of Portland. Elected Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, 1695, he died 11 July 1700. He married, 1664, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Watkin Kyffin of Glascoed, Denbigh, and in 1665 he purchased Llanforda from Edward Lloyd. Sir WILLIAM
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1738 - 1817) Llandygái, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry store of knowledge to inquirers like Richard Fenton, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, and the Irishman Hyde Hall who wrote Bangor MS. 908 (published in 1952 by the Caernarvonshire Historical Society as A Description of Caernarvonshire, and ed. by E. Gwynne Jones). He died on 17 July 1817. The love of letters in the family did not die out with him; his son, Robert, was an author himself and a friend of literary
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Caledfryn; 1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, poet, and critic opposed the ideas of many contemporary poets and critics, and urged greater simplicity and directness in cynghanedd poetry. He supported the Liberal movement by speeches and pamphlets. He was prominent in the Anti-Corn-Law League, the Peace Society, and the Society for the Liberation of Religion. He opposed Sir James Graham's Factory Bill in 1843 and gave evidence on behalf of Nonconformists before
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (fl. 1853), translator and author Known in his day as the author of a Welsh translation - Caban 'Newyrth Tom (Abertawy, 1853) - of Harriett B. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. He also published an attack on Mormonism under the title Dynoethiad Mormoniaeth; yn cynwys Hanes Joseph Smith, Saith Gradd y Deml, Gwreigiaeth Ysbrydol, yn nghyda'r Seremoniau a arferir ar Dderbyniad i'r Urdd hono (Abertawy, 1853). He was living at Ystradgynlais

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