Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, Sir CHARLES HANBURY (1708 - 1759), satirical writer and diplomatist Born 8 December 1708, the fourth son of Major John Hanbury, of Pontypool. He was educated at Eton. He was god-son to Charles Williams of Caerleon, who had fled abroad after killing his cousin, William Morgan of Penrhos, in a duel, and had amassed a great fortune in Smyrna. Charles Williams had been aided in returning to this country by John Hanbury, and by his will, dated 7 August 1717, he left
WILLIAMS, Sir CHARLES JAMES WATKIN (1828 - 1884), Member of Parliament, judge of William Henry Carey, and (2) Elizabeth, daughter of lord justice Lush. He wrote The Principles and Practice of Pleading in Civil Actions, The Philosophy of Evidence, and The Law of Church Rates (a pamphlet).
WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER DAVID (1873 - 1934), artist the Investiture of the prince of Wales at Caernarvon in 1911 and ' The Charge of the Welsh Division at Mametz Wood ' in 1916. Among his portraits are those of Sir John Williams, Sir Henry Jones, Sir John Rhys, David Lloyd George (later 1st earl Dwyfor), Sir John Morris-Jones, and Hwfa Mon. Several of his pictures were shown at the Royal Academy exhibitions and his work is represented in the
WILLIAMS, DANIEL (1643? - 1716), Presbyterian divine, and benefactor to Nonconformity ' Daniel Williams ' who took out a Presbyterian licence in Wrexham in 1672 under the Indulgence of Charles II; for one thing he was in Ireland at that time, and for another Philip Henry does not mention it. It is, of course, possible that Williams took out the licence when he was visiting the town. His biography is given in some detail by Alexander Gordon in the D.N.B., so that in this volume a brief
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1717 - 1792), Methodist exhorter, afterwards Independent minister of Evan Prichard of Collennau. On the advice of Daniel Rowland, it is said, he was ordained minister at Aberthyn, in the same manner as Morgan John Lewis and Thomas William. That was probably during the Methodist Disruption (1750-62). For all that, he maintained his connection with the Methodists, attended their Associations and societies, and preached to them regularly. At Aberthyn he was troubled
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1709 - 1784), Independent minister of James Davies (above) of Merthyr Tydfil, and when three of his sons went to the bad, Edmund Jones saw in this (1773) God's judgement on the father for his doctrinal shortcomings. David Williams lived in his father's house during the early years of his ministry, but later moved to Cwm, nearer Watford, where he kept a school which had a high reputation - there were educated Thomas Morgan (1720
WILLIAMS, DAVID (Alaw Goch; 1809 - 1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr all classes. He spent considerable sums of money in helping on the movement to establish the national eisteddfod alternately in North and South Wales, attending meetings at his own expense in both districts (D. M. Richards, Rhestr Eisteddfodau, xxv-xxvii). He was married in S. John's parish church, Aberdare, 3 August 1837, to Ann Morgan, a sister of William Morgan (1819 - 1878) and their early home
WILLIAMS, DAVID JAMES (1897 - 1972), Labour politician He was born at Gwauncaegurwen on 3 February 1897, the son of Morgan Williams, a coalminer, and Margaretta Jones. He was educated at Gwauncaergurwen elementary school. He began work as a coalminer in 1911, and was then a student at the Marxist Central Labour College, 1919-21. He was unemployed before spending the year 1922-23 at Ruskin College, Oxford and he published the important volume
WILLIAMS, DAVID PRYSE (Brythonydd; 1878 - 1952), minister (B), writer, and historian part in arranging for a tomb-stone to be erected. He married, 1 October 1941, in Tabernacl, Cardiff, a member of his church, Annie Lydia, only daughter of David and Jane Morgan, Cedrwydd, Treherbert, deputy headmistress of Penyrenglyn Primary School and secretary of Treherbert Cymrodorion Society. He died suddenly in Church Village Hospital, 27 October 1952 and was buried in Glyn-taf Crematorium.
WILLIAMS, DAVID REES (1st BARON OGMORE), (1903 - 1976), politician and lawyer Alexandra Constance Wills, the daughter of Walter Robert Wills, Lord Mayor of Cardiff 1945-46. They had three children: Gwilym Rees, Joan Elizabeth, and Morgan Rees. Lord Ogmore died at the Westminster Hospital on 30 August 1976; the funeral was held on 3 September at the United Reform Church, Allen Street, London, and, later on the same day, at the Mid-Glamorgan Crematorium, Coychurch. Constance, Lady
WILLIAMS, EDMUND (1717 - 1742), early hymnist of the Methodist revival He was a native of Cwmtillery, Monmouth, and one of the converts made by Howel Harris on his first preaching visit to Monmouthshire in March-April 1738. A churchman of good family and well-to-do, he was educated and devout, and under Harris's influence became a ' much respected exhorter among the Methodists.' He and Morgan John Lewis, his friend and fellow-convert, published a collection of Welsh
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (Iolo Morganwg; 1747 - 1826), poet and antiquary Morgan. He also had the opportunity to read Welsh manuscripts. Thomas Richards, Coychurch, and John Walters, Llandough, must be listed among his teachers - and this accounts for the great interest which he took in the vocabulary of the Welsh language. Thus it was that he began to grow into a Welsh scholar. He learnt his father's craft, that of a stonemason. He journeyed in North Wales c. 1771-2 and, in

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