Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BATTRICK, GERALD (1947 - 1998), tennis player was a quarter finalist in the doubles in 1975, partnering Graham Stilwell (born 1945), with whom he had also won the USA hard court championships at Columbus, Ohio, in 1973. After his semi-retirement in 1976, he played and coached in Hamburg, West Germany, where his daughter was born, before returning to Wales in 1981 to set up a tennis academy at his home in Waterton Hall, Bridgend. He continued to
BERRY, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1869 - 1945), minister (Congl.) and writer Born 20 May 1869 in Llanrwst, Caernarfonshire son of John and Margaret (née Williams) Berry, the father originally from Penmachno and the mother from Llannerch-y-medd. He received his education in the local British, national, and grammar schools at Llanrwst. He was received into membership of Tabernacl (Congl.) church under the pastorate of Thomas Roberts. He proceeded with a scholarship to
BIGGS, NORMAN (1870 - 1908), Wales and Cardiff Rugby wing threequarter Born 3 November 1870 in Cardiff, third son of John Biggs. Educated at University College, Cardiff, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he subsequently entered his father's business in Cardiff. He was the most famous of a large family of footballers who all played for Cardiff. He played his first game in the Cardiff XV against Penarth on 9 March 1887. Between 1889 and 1894 he played for Wales on eight
BIRD, JOHN (1768 - 1829), landscape painter Born at Cardiff, 1768. He prepared some drawings for Principal Seats of the Nobility (1787) and other topographical works. Examples of his work are ' Llewenni Hall ' (copper-plate engraving) and ' Llewenni Bleach Works ', now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. He died at Whitby.
BLETHIN, WILLIAM (fl. 1575 to 1590), bishop of Llandaff A Welsh -speaking Welshman, born at Shirenewton Court, Monmouth, of the lineage of Hywel Dda; his kinsman Morgan Blethin was abbot of Llantarnam in 1532. He married Anne Young of Pembroke, niece of Thomas Young, principal of Broadgates Hall, Oxford, later to become bishop of S. Davids and archbishop of York; she died in 1589, and Blethin married another Anne the same year. He was educated at New
BOOTH, FLORENCE ELEANOR (1861 - 1957), Salvationist and social reformer Soper married Chief of Staff Bramwell Booth at Clapton Congress Hall before a crowd of 6,000 Salvationists, the wedding ceremony being performed by General William Booth. Florence and Bramwell had seven children and in order to avoid outside influences Florence taught the eldest four at home for at least two hours every day. Having been left an inheritance by one of her aunts she employed a governess
BOWEN, EVAN RODERIC (1913 - 2001), Liberal politician and lawyer Conservative Government against opposition 'carping criticisms'. One of the chief opposition critics of the Government over Suez was his own party leader, Jo Grimond. Roderic Bowen extolled the virtues of private enterprise, supporting the reintroduction of flogging and in 1958 signing a Conservative backbench motion protesting at St Pancras town hall flying the Red Flag on May Day. At the same time he
BOWEN, JOHN (1815 - 1859), bishop of Sierra Leone Son of Capt. Thomas Bowen of the Court, Llanllawer, near Fishguard (Fenton, Pembrokeshire, 1903 edition, 312), was born 21 November 1815. His father's family (originally from Haverfordwest) were landowners living at Leweston in Camrose and at Manorowen. His parents removed from the Court to Stonehall, and then in 1830 to Johnston Hall. In 1847 he inherited Milton, an estate in the parish of Carew
BRANGWYN, Sir FRANK FRANCOIS GUILLAUME (1867 - 1956), painter , he had the idea of depicting the wealth of the British Empire for which they had died, but when the work was barely half done the panels were rejected by the Lords and the large colourful pictures now adorn Swansea civic centre where the Brangwyn Hall was designed to accommodate them. A large collection of the drawings and cartoons which were made in the preparation of this work is in the Glynn
BRIGSTOCKE, THOMAS (1809 - 1881), portrait painter pictures at the Royal Academy between 1843 and 1865, and in 1845 he was commanded to appear before queen Victoria to exhibit his portrait of General Nott. Portraits by Brigstocke are to be found today in private hands in England and Wales and in public ownership such as the National Portrait Gallery, the Oriental Club in Hanover Square, Carmarthen Town Hall, and Llanelly Town Hall, and engravings of his
BROOKE, Dame BARBARA MURIEL (Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte), (1908 - 2000), politician Christian faith. Barbara Brooke stayed in Mildenhall, moving to a house called Romans Halt. There had been one last small campaign to complete and that was for a village hall in Mildenhall. She died at Highfield Residential Home in Marlborough, Wiltshire, on 1 September 2000 and left an estate of £473,318. The Brookes had two sons and two daughters: the elder son, Peter Brooke (born 1934) was Secretary of
BROUGHTON family Marchwiel, BROUGHTON (c. 1544 - c. 1614), Ralph Broughton's grandson (and heir to the Plas Isa estate), added to it that of Marchwiel Hall by his marriage to the daughter of Henry Parry of Basingwerk and Marchwiel, and was sheriff of Denbighshire in 1608. His eldest son Sir EDWARD BROUGHTON was knighted in 1618 (18 March). In 1639 (22 January) he was pardoned (on the petition of his wife and the certificate of judge

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