Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, IVOR LESLIE - see EVANS, IFOR LESLIE
EVANS, JOHN (1651? - 1724), bishop of Bangor and later of Meath early in 1692 threatened to stop his pay. By April 1698 (at latest) he was home again, and became rector of Llanaelhaiarn (Browne Willis) - oddly enough there is no record of his institution in A. Ivor Pryce's lists. At the end of 1701 he was elected bishop of Bangor, and consecrated 4 January 1701/2; he was a very strong Whig. Nothing that we know suggests that he did anything at Bangor, but such as
EVANS, WILLIAM (1795 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist minister -daughter, and Ivor Novello (died 1951) his great-great-grandson.
FFRANGCON-DAVIES, GWEN LUCY (1891 - 1992), actress experienced amateur live theatre. In addition, they encouraged a new generation of actors: Sid James was a member of the Company for their final tour in 1946. Sir Nigel Hawthorne saw their productions during his childhood in Cape Town. Edith Evans, Lewis Casson, Sybil Thorndike, Lawrence Olivier, Ivor Novello and Noel Coward all visited Gwen there, assisting her endeavours to promote a South African
FOSTER, IVOR LLEWELYN (1870 - 1959), singer
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1812 - 1895), translator, businesswoman and collector herself pitted not only against the workforce but also having to negotiate with an oligarchy of ironmasters unused to dealing with a powerful woman. Two years later her life changed course again. In April 1855 she married Charles Schreiber of Suffolk, fourteen years her junior. He had been employed as a tutor to prepare Ivor Guest (the eldest son) for Cambridge and was a classics scholar who became a
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume advocating the Welsh harp. In 1902, she financed the posthumous publication of the Manual of Methods of Instruction for playing the Welsh Harp by Ellis Roberts (Eos Meirion, 1819-1873), the first manual for triple harp instruction. Her 'Choir of Triple Harps' performed at eisteddfodau around 1900 and at the Pan-Celtic Congress of Caernarfon, 1904. Her son, Major-General Sir Ivor Herbert (1851-1934), baron
HALL, BENJAMIN (1802 - 1867) January 1896. Her only surviving child, Augusta, married 12 November 1846, Arthur Jones of Llanarth, of an old Roman Catholic family which later assumed the name of Herbert. Their son, Major-General Sir IVOR CARADOC HERBERT (1851 - 1934), became baron Treowen in 1917. He presented the Llanover MSS. to the National Library of Wales in 1916.
HAM, PETER WILLIAM (1947 - 1975), musician and songwriter nomination and two Ivor Novello awards. It remains one of the most covered songs from the 1970s pop canon, and Mariah Carey would return Without You to the top of the UK charts in 1994. Despite mixed contemporary reviews, 1971's Straight Up - produced in part by George Harrison - is now widely considered Badfinger's strongest album. The former Beatle's respect for Pete's musicianship was much noted
HODDINOTT, ALUN (1929 - 2008), composer and teacher Alun Hoddinott was born in Bargoed on 11 August 1929, the son of a schoolteacher, Thomas Ivor Hoddinott, and his wife Gertrude (née Jones). The family moved to Gorseinon and he received his education at Gowerton Grammar School, which boasted a strong musical tradition. He began the violin at a young age and was one of the first members of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, formed in 1946. In
IFOR HAEL, patron of bards Bassaleg), (181) 'Gwern y klepa ymassalec' (Gwern y klepa in Bassaleg) and the ancestry of the Philip who was there in 1550 is traced back to 'Tomas ap Ivor hael ap Llywelyn ap Ivor.' The three brothers, Morgan, Philip, and Ifor Hael are named in Peniarth MS 176, Peniarth MS 206, (R. i, 977); see also NLW MS 3033B (39-40) and Peniarth MS 140 (74-6). For the complete pedigree see Dwnn, i, 218. Their
JAMES, IVOR (1840? - 1909), first registrar of the University of Wales Born Ivor James, or IVOR BARNOLD ROBERT JAMES, as be called himself, 21 September 1840, at Britannia, in the village of Rock, and the parish of Bedwellte, Monmouth, son of Robert James and Mary (Arnold), his wife. Hence, on the distaff side, he had connections with the Arnold family of Llanthony and The Court, Llanfihangel Crucorney. The family moved to Llansamlet where the father was

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