Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, PHILIP (d. 1717), genealogist of Plas Dyffryn Clydach in the Neath valley, son of Philip Williams (died 1668). Besides being a genealogist, the son was steward of the manor of Cadoxton and of the Neath Abbey estate of Elizabeth Hoby (died 1699). He is included here because he is notable as an example of a Glamorgan man who encouraged and patronised Glamorgan local bards (such as Dafydd Evans, William Prees Crwth) as also did
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1848 - 1918), architect, author and social reformer Robert Williams was born on 27 January 1848 in Ystradowen, Glamorgan, the second son of Rees Williams, a carpenter, and his wife Mary (née Evans). Following his education at the Eagle Academy, Cowbridge, Robert worked for a local building contractor, before leaving Wales around 1873 to study architecture and building construction at the South Kensington School of Art, where he won several prizes
WILLIAMS, TALIESIN (1787 - 1847), poet and author Son of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg). He was born, according to tradition in the Vale of Glamorgan, in Cardiff prison on 9 July 1787, and was christened at Flimston on 16 September He was educated at a school at Cowbridge and then worked with his father as stonemason and carver on gravestones. He kept a school at Gileston and, c. 1813, was appointed assistant in a school kept by the Rev. David
WILLIAMS, Sir TREVOR (c. 1623 - 1692) Llangibby, politician Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, some of which (especially Chepstow) he coveted for himself, he helped Sir Nicholas Kemys to seize and hold Chepstow castle for the king in March 1648, until it was recovered for Cromwell by storm on 25 May. Despite this he was put on the local militia committee on 12 May, but was excluded from the General Composition Act for South Wales (23 February 1649). The sequestration of
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1817 - 1900), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author with Methodism in Glamorgan and all are very readable.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Myfyr Wyn; 1849 - 1900), blacksmith, poet and local historian blacksmith in the smithy of the Sirhowy iron-works, where he also moved among several local poets, such as Joseph Bevan (Gwentydd), and Ezechiel Davies (Gwentwyson); but his chief teacher in the art of poetry was Evan Powell (Ap Hywel). Towards the middle of his life he moved to Glamorgan, and pursued his trade at Porth, and elsewhere, and finally at Aberdare. His health weakened, and in his latter years
WILLIS, ALBERT CHARLES (1876 - 1954), president of the Australian Labour Party Born 24 May 1876 at Tonyrefail, Glamorganshire. He was educated at Bryn-mawr Board School, King's College, London and Ruskin College, Oxford. He was working as a coal miner in Glamorgan when he decided to emigrate to Australia in 1911. He secured employment as a coal miner, and developed a deep interest in the activities of the trade unions. In 1913 he was chosen president of the Illawarra Miners
WOOLLER, WILFRED (1912 - 1997), cricketer and rugby player moved to Cardiff to work in the G.L.M. coal-exporting business based in Cardiff Docks. He joined the St. Fagans cricket club before playing his first match for Glamorgan in 1938, when he took three wickets for 22 runs in his first bowling spell and had first-innings figures of 5-90. He continued to impress as a fast-medium bowler and hard-hitting batsman, scoring his maiden century and taking five
WYNDHAM-QUIN, WINDHAM HENRY (5th EARL DUNRAVEN and MOUNT-EARL), (1857 - 1952), soldier and politician became a Companion of the Bath in 1903 and served as lieutenant colonel in the Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry. Wyndham-Quin was elected M.P. (Con.) for South Glamorgan in 1895 when he defeated A.J. Williams, and he continued to represent this division in parliament until 1906 when he lost his seat to William Brace. As a politician, he was extremely well-mannered and courteous. He served as High
WYNDHAM-QUIN, WINDHAM THOMAS (4th EARL of DUNRAVEN AND MOUNT-EARL in the Irish peerage, 2nd Baron KENRY of the United Kingdom), (1841 - 1926), Glamorgan landowner and politician, sportsman and author Born 12 February 1841 at Adare, county Limerick, but spent his childhood at his father's home, Dunraven Castle, on the Glamorgan coast near Porthcawl. He was descended from the ancient Irish family of Quin, one of the few families of genuinely native origin in the Irish peerage and from the Gloucestershire family of Wyndham, who had been Glamorgan landowners since the 17th century. They were
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer David Wynne was born at Nantmoch Uchaf farm, Penderyn, Breconshire, on 2 June 1900, the son of Philip Thomas (born 1872) and his wife Elizabeth (née Thomas, born 1877). He was christened David William Thomas, and later adopted the name David Wynne for his musical career. In 1901 the family moved to Llanfabon, Glamorgan, where his father found work in the Albion colliery in Cilfynydd. David

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