Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BALLINGER, Sir JOHN (1860 - 1933), first librarian of the National Library of Wales assistance and advice there of such people as James Ifano Jones and Professor Thomas Powel. With the help of Ifano he arranged for publication in 1898 a catalogue of the Welsh and Celtic portions of the contents of the Cardiff Public Library; evidence of Ifano's assistance is also seen in what Ballinger published on Vicar Prichard of Llandovery (1899), the Trevecka printing press (1905), and The Bible in
BARKER family, artists BENJAMIN BARKER (died 1774?), foreman and enamel painter at the japan works, Pontypool, expert at painting sporting and animal figures Art and Architecture According to the Trevethin church register (quoted by Sir Joseph A. Bradney), he was paid six guineas in 1774 for painting a royal coat of arms. A sporting scene painted by him on japanware is in the N.M.W. His sons, Thomas Barker, R.A., and
BARKER, THOMAS WILLIAM (1861 - 1912), registrar of the diocese of S. Davids
BARLOW, THOMAS, rector Catfield - see BARLOW, WILLIAM
BARLOW, WILLIAM (1499? - 1568), bishop Cantabrigienses), adopted a later date. He left two sons, and five daughters, all of whom were married to bishops. ROGER BARLOW His brother, founded the famous family of Slebech. He was a merchant and discoverer of note. In 1546 he and his brother, THOMAS BARLOW, rector of Catfield, Norfolk, bought the lands of the preceptory of Slebech and the priory of Haverfordwest, and the house of the Black Friars there
BARNES, EDWARD (fl. c. 1760-1795), poet and translator of religious books Born at S. Asaph, where he served as a schoolmaster. According to Josiah Thomas Jones in his Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru, he became a Methodist and lived for many years in Montgomeryshire, where he welcomed itinerant preachers to his house. Two of his carols, a song against drunkenness and another against worldly desires, are printed in Cyfaill i'r Cymro, collected by William Hope of
BARNES, WALLEY (1920 - 1975), association footballer (1880-1947), “Peerless Jim” Driscoll (1880-1925) and Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969). The family eventually settled at Gosport, Hampshire in 1932, where Walley was eventually to sign amateur forms with Southampton, after his father had moved to Hampshire to take up a civil appointment as a physical education teacher at Price College, Fareham. Walley Barnes' talents as a full back soon attracted the attention
BARRETT, WILLIAM LEWIS (1847 - 1927), flautist Born in London, the son of Thomas Barrett and a Welsh mother (Mary Lewis) from Dinas Mawddwy, at which place the family was brought up. The father was a skilled violin player. William Barrett was given violin lessons when he was quite young; he also learned to play the flute. He was apprenticed to a merchant in Old Change, S. Paul's, London. He received further instruction on the flute from
BARRINGTON, DAINES (1727/1728 - 1800), lawyer, antiquary, and naturalist work of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) on early Welsh literature, and it was (bishop) Percy and Daines Barrington who brought Ieuan to the notice of Thomas Gray and of Samuel Johnson (Cymm., 1951, 69). He died 14 March 1800.
BATCHELOR, JOHN (1820 - 1883), businessman and politician lost heavily in the commercial panic of 1866, so was not in a robust position. He applied to the Bute trustees for various permissions at the graving dock he felt would see him through but the application was refused. He had no option. The graving dock was sold at auction for a knock-down price and was eventually re-sold with the full permissions he sought for £100,000. When Batchelor was declared
BAYLY, LEWIS (d. 1631), bishop and devotional writer The date and place of his birth are uncertain. Born c. 1575, probably at Carmarthen, because of the prevalence of the Bayly surname there, and the particular reference to the town in his last will. Possibly the son of Thomas Bayly who was a curate at Carmarthen that year. He was at Abermarlais for a period and had the patronage of the family that lived there. He went to Exeter College, Oxford
BAYLY, THOMAS (1608 - 1657) - see BAYLY, LEWIS

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