Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, JANE (Ysgafell; 1806 - 1885), Welsh historian and miscellaneous writer She was the daughter of David and Eleanor Williams of Riley Street, Chelsea, where she was born on 1 February 1806. Her father, who held an appointment in the Navy office, was descended from Henry Williams (1624?-1684), of Ysgafell, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, a friend of Vavasor Powell. Owing to her weak health she spent the first half of her life at Neuadd Felen, near Talgarth, Brecknock
WILLIAMS, JOHN, goldsmith John Williams junior's will that Henry Cary (first viscount Falkland, and father of the Civil War hero) had become bound 'in greate somme of money' to the elder John Williams. An even more exalted borrower appears in an entry in Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, 28 September 1621 : 'grant and sale to John Williams, goldsmith, of certain jewels as security for a loan to the King of £3,000 and
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Glanmor; 1811 - 1891), cleric, poet, and antiquary . Vinogradoff and F. Morgan, British Academy, London, 1914) is an improvement on the early chapters of The Records of Denbigh and its Lordship. This last-named work, however, has extracts from the borough registers and lists of the officials and sheriffs which are not available elsewhere.
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ab Ithel; 1811 - 1862), cleric and antiquary later critics - not only because he was quite incapable of editing old manuscripts diplomatically but because he plagiarised the ideas of men like Aneurin Owen and Thomas Rowland without acknowledgement. But the high-water mark of his folly was the 'Great Llangollen Eisteddfod' (1858), organised by himself and his friends such as Môr Meirion (R. W. Morgan) and Carn Ingli (Joseph Hughes), which aroused
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1627 - 1673), Nonconformist preacher, and physician at Bryn Gro, Clynnog, in 1666, but she was christened at Llangian, and it is quite certain that he generally lived at Tyn-y-coed - the house which, on 5 September 1672, was registered as a meeting-house under the Indulgence of that year. At the end of August 1672 Henry Maurice visited Llŷn and called at Tyn-y-coed to look up his 'kinsman' to use his own expression - although the connection between
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1762 - 1802), Evangelical cleric preachers who visited Begelly, even if they were Nonconformists - in particular, Richard Morgan of Henllan and Morgan Jones of Tre-lech were always warmly welcomed by him on their frequent missionary visits to English -speaking Pembrokeshire, and used to stay at his parsonage. A volume of his sermons, Twenty Sermons on Miscellaneous Subjects, which included a short memoir, was published in 1805.
WILLIAMS, JOHN JOHN (1884 - 1950), school-teacher, education administrator, producer and drama adjudicator health was fragile but he had vivacity and humour. He possessed a charming personality, was an interesting conversationalist and an entertaining broadcaster. Amongst his other friends were William Garmon Jones, the article by J.J.W.), E. Morgan Humphreys and Gwilym R. Jones. He possessed dignity and courtesy. He was described as a Welsh Christian Socialist. He enjoyed wandering in the rural parts of
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author Kyffin Williams was born at Tanygraig, Llangefni, Anglesey, on 9 May 1918, the second son of Henry Inglis Wynne Williams (1870-1942), a bank manager, and his wife Essyllt Mary (1883-1964), daughter of Richard Hughes Williams, rector of Llansadwrn. Their first son Owen Richard Inglis Williams (Dick) was born in 1916 and died in 1982. It was a matter of great pride for Kyffin Williams that his
WILLIAMS, JONATHAN (1752? - 1829), cleric, schoolmaster, and antiquary to Oxford until 1786, long after his younger brothers - his son, also John Williams (1797 - 1873) had a distinguished career at Oxford, becoming a Fellow and tutor of Christ Church. The youngest of the three brothers was HENRY WILLIAMS (1756 - 1818), a graduate from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1778; he is said to have written the article on Rhayader in Nicholson's guide-book, but this is not
WILLIAMS, LUCY GWENDOLEN (1870 - 1955), sculptress Born in 1870 at New Ferry, near Liverpool, daughter of Henry Lewis Williams, priest, and Caroline Sarah (née Lee), his wife. Her father was the son of John Williams, Highfield Hall, Northop, Flintshire, but Gwendolen Williams can hardly be said to be Welsh from the point of view of her professional dedication. She studied art under Alfred Drury at Wimbledon Art College before proceeding to the
WILLIAMS, MARGARET LINDSAY (1888 - 1960), artist ', 1924. Among her early works are landscapes and titled paintings, some revealing an unusual and original imagination, such as 'The devil's daughter' and 'The triumph' which were exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1917. Nevertheless, she inclined more and more to portraiture after the war and among her sitters were clients as varied as Henry Ford, Field Marshall Slim and Ivor Novello, as well as many
WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE (Llinos; 1795 - 1873), folklore collector and musician necessary for her to give birth to the illegitimate child she was expecting by the second Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Henry Windham Quin (1782-1850). Elizabeth Ann and Maria Jane returned to Aberpergwm at the end of the summer with a young baby. Maria Jane also used her stay in Ireland in 1826 to tour Cork and Kerry, learning Irish folksongs. This stay and her meeting with the renowned Irish

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