Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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
BRWMFFILD, MATTHEW (fl. 1520-60), poet 1539'; of Lewis Gwynn who died sometime about 1552; and of Siôn Wynn ap Meredith of Gwydyr who died 1559.
BUTTON, Sir THOMAS (d. April 1634), admiral and explorer He was the fourth son of Miles Button, sheriff of Glamorgan in 1565, 1571, 1589, and Margaret, daughter of Edward Lewis of Van. The Buttons had become possessed of Worleton, in the parish of S. Lythans, Glamorganshire, an alienated manor of the see of Llandaff. Their house at first was probably on the Dog Hill moated grange site, just across the Nant Golych, from the parish of S. Lythans and in
CAMPBELL, ELIZA CONSTANTIA (1796 - 1864), author Born 8 January 1796, she was the daughter of Richard Pryce of Gunley near Forden (one of whose ancestors, Capt. Richard Pryce, was a prominent Montgomeryshire Roundhead). She was twice married: first (1826) to Commander Robert Campbell, R.N. (died 1832), a cousin of Thomas Campbell the poet - one of their sons was Lewis Campbell the Greek scholar; and secondly (1844) to Capt. Hugh Morrieson
CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741), printer Gwreiddiol, 1730; and Tarian Cristnogrwydd, 1733. Carter married Ann Lewis at Cenarth, 11 January 1721; he was buried at S. Peter's, Carmarthen, 4 May 1741.
CARTER-JONES, LEWIS (1920 - 2004), Labour politician assumed the surname of Carter-Jones in lieu of Jones. His cause, above all others, was that of the disabled, particularly the war-disabled. His mission in life was to encourage the use of modern technology to assist them. He developed a major interest in the use of technology to aid the severely disabled and the very elderly, industrial training and industrial safety. Lewis Carter-Jones was crucial to
CASSON, LEWIS (1875 - 1969), actor and theatrical producer , and also resumed his association with the Old Vic, directing Laurence Olivier in Coriolanus, and John Gielgud in King Lear (1940). That year he and his wife toured Wales in Macbeth, and subsequently by King John, Candida, Medea and St. Joan. They collaborated after the war, not only in London, where Lewis Casson came into his own as the leading man in J.B. Priestley's The linden tree, but also at
CHARLES, DAVID (1812 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister Son of Thomas Rice Charles and Maria his wife, and grandson of Thomas Charles; born at Bala 23 July 1812. He was educated at Bala and Chirk, and after reading with the rector of Llanycil matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, in May 1831, proceeding to the degree of B.A. in 1835. He was associated with his brother-in-law, Lewis Edwards, in the inception in 1837 of the preparatory school which
CHARLES, GEOFFREY (1909 - 2002), photographer section in Oswestry. Shortly afterwards he moved to Newtown to run the Montgomeryshire Express and contribute photos to the Welsh language weekly newspaper Y Cymro. The first story he covered for Y Cymro was of Lewis Valentine shortly before sentencing for his part in burning down the bombing school in Penyberth. Lewis Valentine declined to be photographed so instead Geoff took photographs of his
CHARLES, THOMAS (1755 - 1814), Methodist cleric parish church of Bala. His widow survived him by a mere three weeks, dying on 24 October They left two sons, Thomas Rice Charles, father of David Charles III, and of Jane Charles who became the wife of Lewis Edwards, who continued the family business, and David James Charles, who practised at Bala as a physician.
CHRISTOPHER, JACOB (fl. 1655-90), Independent preacher There is evidence that he was a recognized preacher before the Restoration, but not actually set apart for the work; he was 'silenc'd' (to use Calamy's term) either before or by the Act of Uniformity of 1662 (before, more likely). He is first associated with Mawdlam near Margam; he and Lewis Alward of Kenfig were both persecuted under the penal code of Clarendon about 1664, but in 1672 he took

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