Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BEYNON, ROSSER (Asaph Glan Tâf; 1811 - 1876), musician Born at Glyn Eithinog in the Vale of Neath, Glamorganshire, son of John and Elizabeth Beynon. The family moved in 1815 to Merthyr Tydfil where the son went to a school kept by George Williams, but only for a short period, as he started work when he was 8 years of age in an iron-works where, later, he was to become an important official. He showed an interest in music at an early age and in 1835
BOOTS, JOHN GEORGE (1874 - 1928), Wales and Newport Rugby forward
BOWDEN, HERBERT WILLIAM (BARON AYLESTONE), (1905 - 1994), politician Whip, William Whiteley, who had served for over forty years as a whip, both in opposition and in government. Neither Whiteley nor Clement Attlee, the Leader of the Labour Party, was anxious to retire. After a series of manoeuvres by George Wigg, Whiteley decided to stand down in June 1955 and Bowden was the only candidate for the office of Opposition Chief Whip. Pressure for Attlee to retire
BOWEN family Llwyn-gwair, John Griffith, son of Sir William Griffith, Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire. Thomas Nicholas gives some details of the pedigree of the family in his Annals of the…County Families of Wales, 1872, see also similar works on ancient families of Wales, etc. GEORGE BOWEN (1722 - 1810) comes into the pages of Methodist history because of his friendship with John Wesley, David Jones (Llan-gan), and others. He was
BOWEN, EDWARD GEORGE (1911 - 1991), developer of radar and an early radio astronomer Edward (Eddie) Bowen was born 14 January 1911, the youngest of four children of George Bowen (steelworker in tinplate works) and Ellen Ann (née Owen) of Cockett, Swansea, Glamorganshire. He attended Sketty Primary School and gained scholarships to the Municipal Secondary School, Swansea and to the University College of Swansea, graduating BSc (Physics, 1st class honours, 1930) with MSc degree in
BOWEN, EMRYS GEORGE (1900 - 1983), geographer
BREESE, EDWARD (1835 - 1881), antiquary gained general confidence by his ability, integrity, and judicial temper. David Lloyd George, as a beginner in his office, owed much to his kindness. In politics he was a Liberal, in religion a Churchman. He married in 1863 Margaret Jane, daughter of Lewis Williams of Fron Wnion, Dolgelley, sheriff of his county in 1865. From an early age, Breese developed a strong interest in local antiquities. Many
BREESE, JOHN (1789 - 1842), Independent minister admitted to the Academy under George Lewis, which had just moved from Wrexham to Llanfyllin. While there his ability as a preacher attracted attention, and in 1817 he was called to be minister of the church in Edmund Street, Liverpool, shortly afterwards moving to the Tabernacle, Great Crosshall Street. Here he worked hard for seventeen years to develop the Welsh Independent connexion in the city, and on
BRIDGEMAN, GEORGE THOMAS ORLANDO (1823 - 1895), cleric, antiquary and genealogist
BROOKES, BEATA ANN (1930 - 2015), politician Beata Brookes was born on 21 January 1930 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, the daughter of George Brookes, a farmer and property developer, and his wife Gwendoline. She attended Lowther College in Abergele and the University College of North Wales, Bangor. She also won an American State Department scholarship to study politics in the USA. This was followed by a brief visit to Australia to study local
BRUCE, MORYS GEORGE LYNDHURST (4th Baron Aberdare), (1919 - 2005), politician and sportsman organisations that benefited from his support and expertise included the Kidney Research Unit for Wales Foundation and the London Welsh Association. He was awarded a knighthood for his public services in Wales and received an honorary LLD from the University of Wales. His last service to a Welsh cause was the role of chairman of the trust established by Lord Cledwyn to raise a statue of David Lloyd George in
CALLAGHAN, LEONARD JAMES (1912 - 2005), politician secretary of the constituency Labour Party, Bill Headon. Callaghan won the nomination against George Thomas by a single vote - because he wore his navy uniform for the interview according to Thomas. Cardiff South had been a Conservative seat since 1918, except a brief period when Arthur Henderson won it for Labour in 1929-31, but in the 1945 election James Callaghan (as he was now known) took the seat

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