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WILLIAMS, DANIEL HOWELL
(1894 - 1963), aerodynamicist
Born 27 June, 1894 at Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, the son of Griffith J. Williams, schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary Helena. He was registered as Daniel John but later adopted his mother's maiden name, Howell. His father was later H.M. Inspector of Mines for north Wales. He was a nephew of Sir Richard J. Williams, Mayor of Bangor, 1913-20. He was educated at
Friars
School, Bangor and in October
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH VAUGHAN
(1940 - 2010), journalist and gay activist
Griff Vaughan Williams was born on 9 November 1940 in Bangor, Gwynedd, the only child of Griffith Williams (b. 1910), and his wife Katherine (née Turner, 1910-1968). He was educated at
Friars
grammar school in Bangor before studying journalism in Cardiff, and then worked for a number of magazines and provincial newspapers around the country until he joined the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
WILLIAMS, HUGH
(1722? - 1779), cleric and author
Born in Llanengan, Llŷn peninsula, in 1721 or 1722 (he was christened 18 January 1721/2), the son of William Williams (or ' Jones ') and Catherine his wife - William Morris suggests (Morris Letters, i, 308) that he was connected with the Bodvel family, but Foster enters 'pleb.' against his father's name. According to a letter which he wrote to Richard Morris in 1764, he was educated at
Friars
WILLIAMS, Sir HUGH
(1718 - 1794), soldier and Member of Parliament
Beaumaris, 1768-80 and 1785-94; he was constable of Beaumaris castle from 1761 to 1794 without a break, and was mayor of the town on a number of occasions. He became a member of the Society of Cymmrodorion in 1770 (Additional Letters of the Morrises of Anglesey (1735-86), p. 767), and was treasurer of the Society of Antient Britons in London in 1773. He died at
Friars
, Llanfaes, 19 August 1794, 'at the
WILLIAMS, HUGH DOUGLAS
(Brithdir; 1917 - 1969), teacher and artist
Born 7 June 1917 in 8 Albert Street, Upper Bangor, Caernarfonshire, son of David Thomas Williams and Mary Jane (née Williams) his wife, but was brought up in 4 Regent Street after the family moved there. He won a scholarship to
Friars
School when he was ten years old, and went from there to Manchester School of Art in 1936, where he gained a teaching diploma in art in 1941. He was president of
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR
(1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar
Born at Pendinas, Tre-garth, Caernarfonshire, 16 April 1881, the son of John Williams, slate-quarryman, and Jane, his wife. His maternal grandfather was Hugh Derfel Hughes, and H. Brython Hughes was an uncle of his. After receiving his elementary education at Gelli and Llandygái schools, he entered
Friars
School, Bangor, in 1894, but stayed only for a year and a term owing to an accident which
WILLIAMS, MORRIS
(Nicander; 1809 - 1874), cleric and man of letters
pulpit in Bangor cathedral. In 1840 he married Ann Jones of Denbigh; they had five daughters and three sons. One son, WILLIAM GLUNN WILLIAMS, became headmaster of
Friars
school, Bangor from 1879 to 1919; he died 23 February 1938, at the age of 87; in 1901 he published his father's work, Damhegion Esop ar Gân; and another, Richard, headmaster of Cowbridge grammar school. Whilst at Holywell, Nicander
WILLIAMS, PETER
(1756 - 1837), cleric and author
vicarage of Bangor. He was also master of
Friars
school, Bangor [ 1790-1802 ]. He took the degrees of B.D. and D.D. in 1802. On 27 October 1802 he was appointed rector of Llanbedrog with Llangïan and Llanfihangel Bachellaeth, and also archdeacon of Merioneth; on 1 July 1809, he resigned the archdeaconry, taking in its place the prebend of Penmynydd. This in turn he resigned, receiving instead, on 21
WILLIAMS, ROWLAND
(1779 - 1854), cleric
bishop Randolph of Oxford, he went as usher to
Friars
School, Bangor, in 1803, being licensed also to the curacy of Llandygài. He soon made a deep impression on the district. In 1807 he was appointed vicar of Cilcain, near Mold; in 1809 to Halkyn; in 1819 to Meifod, Montgomeryshire. In 1836 he returned to Flintshire, to Ysgeifiog, and remained there till his death on 28 December 1854. He was buried at
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM OGWEN
(1924 - 1969), archivist, university professor
Born in Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire, 12 December 1924, the elder of the 2 sons of William Henry Williams and his wife Margaret (née Pritchard). He was educated at Llanfairfechan national school, 1928-35,
Friars
School, Bangor, 1935-42, University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1942-47 (B.A., 1st.-class hons. History, 1945), University of London, 1947-48 (diploma in archive elect studies
WYNN, EDWARD
(1618 - 1669), chancellor of Bangor cathedral
the cathedral of Bangor. He died 17 December 1669, and was buried 23 December at Llangaffo. He left fifty pounds in his will for adorning the cathedral of Bangor, and £100 to create an exhibition in his old college at Cambridge. His second wife, Sydney, daughter of Rowland White, of the
Friars
, Llanfaes (whom he had married 7 April 1657), died in 1670. He published, at his own expense, a collection
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