Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, DAVID REES (1st BARON OGMORE), (1903 - 1976), politician and lawyer , Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, the Rajah, decided to hand over the territory to direct British rule. Before the agreement was concluded, questions were asked in the House of Commons about the views of the people of Sarawak. In response, the government persuaded Rees-Williams and L. D. Gammans, the Conservative Member for Hornsey, to visit Sarawak in order to establish if the cession of the territory “was
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (1818 - 1880), Independent minister Born 29 December 1818 at Blaenavon, Monmouthshire; his father came from the Mynydd-bach district, Swansea; his mother had French connections. He began to preach in 1843, and received a call to minister to Dinas Mawddwy and its district; there he was ordained 27 April 1848. He died 8 April 1880, and was buried in Dinas Mawddwy cemetery. He published Cofiant a Phregethau … D. Milton Davies
WILLIAMS, EVAN (1749 - 1835), bookseller and publisher 1795 until his death. He established a bookselling business with his brother Thomas at No. 13, Strand. The brother remained only for ten years or so in partnership, but Evan Williams continued for over forty years. The brothers began to publish books of Welsh interest. Up to 1800 the name of E. & T. Williams appears as booksellers in imprints (e.g. in 1791, in Walter Davies, Rhyddid; D. Thomas
WILLIAMS, Sir GLANMOR (1920 - 2005), historian was appointed a senior lecturer in 1952, because of his vigour as a teacher and lecturer and a flow of published articles, and his administrative abilities were observed when he became a member of the Board of Celtic Studies in 1948. He was thus a serious contender for the chair of history at Swansea when Professor D. B. Quinn was appointed to the chair at Liverpool in 1958, but it was in the teeth
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ioan ap Ioan; 1800 - 1871), Baptist minister and author ordained 29-30 November 1831 and remained there till his death, 31 December 1871. He married at Aberduar 13 August 1841, Eleanor Hughes, daughter of D. Hughes, Glandyforiog, Llanybydder, who bore him two sons and four daughters. He was buried at Aberduar. His ministry was prosperous, the chapel at Aberduar being extended as early as 1834, and as a preacher he became famous for his eloquence and his
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1745/6 - 1818), cleric and schoolmaster the Church (see the list in D. G. Osborne-Jones, Edward Richard of Ystrad Meurig, 60-2). He married Jane, daughter of Lewis Rogers (high sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1753), and they had three sons and one daughter, Letitia Maria who married David Davies. After becoming headmaster of Ystrad Meurig, John Williams was licensed to curacies at Lledrod and Llanafan; in April 1793, he was appointed rector
WILLIAMS, LLYWELYN (1911 - 1965), minister (Congl.) and politician -members. He represented Britain at the Council of Europe in Strasburg in 1954. He went on a lecture tour to America in 1955 and spoke on a variety of subjects including the campaign against famine, the Colombo Plan, the Welfare State in Britain, and the Council of Europe. In 1957 he argued for inviting Mao Tse Tung and Chou En-lai to Britain, and in 1958 he was one of the twelve M.P. s who toured the
WILLIAMS, MATHEW (1732 - 1819), landsurveyor, author, and almanack-maker? It is known that he lived at Llangadock in 1774 and at Rhos-maen, near Llandeilo, in 1788. He published (a) Y Mesurwr Cyffredinol (Carmarthen, 1775; another ed. in 1785); (b) Speculum Terrarum et Caelorum: neu Ddrych y Ddaear a'r Ffurfafen … (Carmarthen, 1784; other eds. in 1804 and 1826); (c) Hanes Holl Grefyddau'r Byd, yn enwedig y Grefydd Grist'nogol (Carmarthen, 1799); (d) a series of (Welsh
WILLIAMS, PETER (Pedr Hir; 1847 - 1922), Baptist minister, author, and eisteddfodwr Born 1 May 1847 at Byrdir, Llanynys parish, Vale of Clwyd. His father, Thomas Williams, was a cousin of Sir Charles James Watkin Williams. He frequented the school of J. D. Jones, the musician; in 1868 he was at a Ruthin eisteddfod, enjoying the company of such varied characters as Nefydd, Talhaiarn, and Llew Llwyfo. He tried his hand at several occupations before joining the Denbighshire police
WILLIAMS, PHILIP (d. 1717), genealogist his son LLEWELYN WILLIAMS (who was buried 20 November 1740). For the titles of some of the poems (including one by ' Richard Edwards y prydydd o Wynedd') see volume one of N.L.W. Schedule of Penrice and Margam Muniments, 1942. For further details of the family see D. Rhys Phillips, Hist. of the Vale of Neath, 1925; see also G. J. Williams, Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg, 224.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ARTHUR (Berw; 1854 - 1926), cleric and poet prepare for holy orders. He was ordained deacon by bishop Campbell of Bangor, 4 June 1882, and licensed to the curacy of Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merioneth, where Thomas Edwards (Gwynedd) was rector. He was ordained priest, 8 March 1884, and, in November 1888, went as rector to Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Caernarfonshire. From there, in May 1891, he was appointed by bishop D. L. Lloyd vicar of Betws Garmon
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL (c. 1660 - c. 1722), cleric and author published in 1707. In 1710 he published Undebyn Orchymmynedig i Ymarfer, another translation from the original English book by Dr. D. Phillips, rector of Maenor Deifi (Manordivy). He was also responsible for translating the index to the 1718 S.P.C.K. Bible. He also translated other books, but these are still in manuscript; they are: ' Gofal Tylwyth neu Ddyled Pennau Teuluoedd,' Erasmus Saunders

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