Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WARDLE, GWYLLYM LLOYD (1762? - 1833), Quaker and Wesleyan preacher and poet Wardle was said to have gained a great estate, and he himself asserted this. When he was made sheriff of Caernarvon in 1803 he was described as 'of Wern Fawr ' (Llanbedrog), but according to J. E. Griffith, this estate belonged to his sister-in-law; so, too, when ne became sheriff of Anglesey (1802) he was credited with the Cefn Coch estate which, in fact, was not his. What is certain is that he bought
WAYNE family, industrialists Cyfarthfa district. In 1823 he was a freeholder at Gelli-deg, Merthyr, and a prominent and generous member of the Old Meeting House (Hên Dŷ Cwrdd) at Cefn Coed y Cymer. He and his wife, Margaret, daughter of William Watkyn, a farmer of Penmoel-allt, Cwm-Tâf, in the neighbourhood, were both buried in the burial-ground of this chapel. In 1827 Wayne established iron-works of his own at the Gadlys, Aberdare
WILLIAMS, DAFYDD RHYS (Index; 1851 - 1931), author and journalist Born 8 May 1851 at Tai Hywel o'r Llwyn, Cefn Coed y Cymer, Brecknock., the son of a cattle drover. He began to work underground when he was 13 years old. He won prizes at eisteddfodau - for a drama at Aberdare, a pryddest at Treherbert, a poem at Jewin chapel (London) eisteddfod, and afterwards at national eisteddfodau held at Merthyr Tydfil and Denbigh. By this time he was working in London
WILLIAMS, DAVID (Alaw Goch; 1809 - 1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr becoming a coal-owner was in partnership with Lewis Lewis (of Cefn Coed) at Ynyscynon, Cwm-bach, where they began sinking a pit in 1847, and entered into a lease of a coal-mine, dated 31 December 1844, for 48 years (N.L.W. Ewenny MS. 374). After Lewis gave up, David Williams carried on alone. After being successful here, he soon opened another colliery at Aberaman, obtaining a lease from Crawshay Bailey
WILLIAMS, GEORGE (1879 - 1951), company director and Lord Mayor of Cardiff chaired the Chamber of Trade, the estates committee and the airport committee, and he played an important part in the city's acquisition of Cardiff Castle and Pontcanna Fields. A leading champion of Cardiff's claim to be recognised as the capital of Wales, he purchased Parc Cefn Onn and later donated it to the city. He was made a C.B.E. in 1938. In 1904 he married Margaret Jones (died 1942) and they had
WILLIAMS, ROGER (1667 - 1730), Independent minister laymen in Carmarthenshire, and William Williams of Tredwstan (Brecknock), his brother; and John Williams of Cefn-coed, father of William Williams of Pantycelyn.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (fl. end of the 18th century), attorney, outstanding figure in the copper industry As son (born 13 May 1737) of Owen Williams of Cefn Coch in Llansadwrn, who owned also Tregarnedd and Treffos, and his wife, the daughter of Hendre Hywel by Llangefni, it was comparatively easy for Thomas Williams to become intimate with the great men of Anglesey; it was he who straightened out the tangled estate of Bodior; he spent years in getting reason out of the stubborn people at Plas Coch
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Ap Caledfryn; 1837 - 1915), portrait painter The son of William Williams (Caledfryn), Congregational minister and poet. He was born at Caernarvon, 24 March 1837. He received his first drawing lesson when he was 6 years old from the Welsh artist Hugh Hughes (1790 - 1863). He married Mary Daniel, daughter of Herbert Daniel, Congregational minister at Cefn-y-crib, and had two children, both of whom inherited their father's love of music. Among
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Crwys; 1875 - 1968), poet, preacher, archdruid Born 4 January 1875 at 9 Fagwr Road, Craig-cefn-parc near Clydach, Glamorganshire, son of John and Margaret (née Davies) Williams. His father was a shoemaker and for some years the son learned the craft, but decided to change the course of his life and become a minister. He began preaching in Pant-y-crwys (Congregational) church, and after two years in the school of Watcyn Wyn (Williams, Watkin
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1832 - 1900), veterinary surgeon Born in the parish of Cefn Meiriadog near S. Asaph, the son of William Williams, and grandson of Thomas Williams, a well-known farrier in his day. At the age of 17, he took up his grandfather's profession, but his health broke down when he was 20, and he went to Australia for three years. On his return, he entered Dick's Veterinary College, Edinburgh. In 1857 he embarked on a very successful
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717 - 1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer Born in 1717 at Cefn-coed, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Carmarthenshire, son of John and Dorothy Williams. His father was a ruling elder in the Cefnarthen Independent church. He was educated, with a view to becoming a doctor, at Llwyn-llwyd Academy, but while he was there he heard Howel Harris preaching in Talgarth churchyard and was completely converted. He joined the Established Church and was ordained
WOGAN family . Wales Records, vii, 11-2), or one of the Wogans of Lisburne, Ireland. His mother (died 1732) is said to have been a sister of Robert Williams of Cefn-gorwydd, in the parish of Loughor, Glamorganshire, where he himself was brought up after the death of his father before 13 February 1686. He was educated at Swansea grammar school and Westminster School (1694), and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, on

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