Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CANNON, MARTHA MARIA HUGHES (1857 - 1932), doctor and politician to any senate in the nation, state or federal, which is why another statue of her is to be placed in the National Statuary Hall in Washington D.C. Many other honours have come her way, including a commemorative stamp in 1992 and the naming of Utah's Health Department building as 'The Dr. Martha Cannon Building' in 1986. She proved a great success as a senator. As might be expected, her best work
CARNE, Sir EDWARD (c. 1500 - 1561), lawyer and diplomat The son of Howel Carne of Nash and a descendant of the princes of Gwent. Educated at Oxford (where he graduated B.C.L. 1519, D.C.L. 1524), he became principal of Greek Hall in 1521. In 1530 he was attached in a legal capacity to the embassy of the earl of Wiltshire (Anne Boleyn's father) to explain to Charles V at Bologna the king's reasons for repudiating Catherine of Aragon; thence he
CARPENTER, KATHLEEN EDITHE (1891 - 1970), ecologist Kathleen Zimmerman was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 24 March 1891, the daughter of German immigrant Francis Frederick Zimmerman and his English wife, Victoria (née Boor). She was educated at Lealholme School in Gainsborough. As an undergraduate student at The University College of Wales Aberystwyth, she lived in Alexandra Hall and was awarded a BSc degree in 1910 (by University of
CATRIN ferch GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN [ap LLYWELYN?] FYCHAN (fl. 16th century), poet Daughter, it appears, of the poet Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan of Llannerch in the Vale of Clwyd. One poem only of her work remains, a religious poem in NLW MS 722B (155). It appears that the poem in Cardiff MS. 19 (742), Cwrtmawr MS 14C (72), and NLW MS 6681B (404) was composed by her sister, Alice.
CHANCE, THOMAS WILLIAMS (1872 - 1954), minister (B) and principal of the Baptist College, Cardiff president of the British C.E. Union in 1924-25. In June 1954, as a tribute to his long-standing service to the East Glamorgan Baptist Association, he received a gift of an oil portrait of himself, painted by Alfred Hall, Cardiff, which he later presented to the Baptist College. He edited and contributed three chapters to the biography of one of his predecessors, The life of Principal William Edwards
CHARLES, WILLIAM JOHN (1931 - 2004), footballer , aged 72, in Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, on 21 February 2004. His funeral was held in Leeds parish church on St David's Day and a passage from the scripture was read in Welsh during the service. A memorial service was held at the Elland Road stadium on the same day, and another at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea on 19 April. His body was cremated and his ashes were buried at the edge of the Liberty
CLOUGH, Sir RICHARD (d. 1570), merchant, and (for a period) 'factor' for Sir Thomas Gresham in Antwerp , Denbighshire; he was Katherine's second husband. Of this marriage there were two daughters, among their descendants being Hester Lynch Salusbury and Sir Robert Salusbury (died 1818), baronet, of Cotton Hall, Denbighshire, and Llan-wern, Monmouthshire. (Clough had, by Catherine Muldert of Antwerp, a son named Richard, from whom were descended the Cloughs described in the article on that family.) About the
CORY family of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society; trustee and guarantor of Wesleyan Methodist churches; and lord of the manor of S. Nicholas. Among his many benefactions may be mentioned the gift of Maendy Hall at Ton Pentre to the Salvation Army; donations to the Band of Hope Union, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, Soldiers' and Sailors' Rests in many towns (including the John Cory Hall in Poplar); the Cardiff
COTTON, JAMES HENRY (1780 - 1862), dean of Bangor cathedral and educationist Born 10 February 1780, second son of George Cotton, dean of Chester, and Catherine, daughter of James Tomkinson of Dorfold Hall, Nantwich. Educated at Rugby school and Trinity College, Cambridge (matric, 1797, LL.B. 1804), he was ordained in 1803, became curate of Stoke, 1803, Thornton, Chester, 1806; rector of Derwen, Denbighshire, 1809, junior vicar of Bangor, Caernarfonshire (by exchange), and
CRAWSHAY family, industrialists Cyfarthfa much troubled by his only son, 'who would never follow my advice, and has treated me rudely'; father and son were, however, reconciled, the son receiving, under the terms of his father's will, a three-eighths share. Another three-eighths share went to Benjamin Hall, husband of his daughter Charlotte - they were the parents of Sir Benjamin Hall, baron Llanover - and the remaining quarter share going
DAFYDD DARON (fl. 1400), dean of Bangor , following Le Neve, says he was outlawed, as a supporter of Owain Glyn Dŵr, in 1406, and adds, on his own information, that he was 'a wealthy man and son of Evan ap David ap Griffith, a descendant of Caradoc ap Iestyn.' More questionable is the assertion that he was the man in whose house the famous Tripartite Indenture was signed. According to the chronicler Hall, the sole authority for the place of
DAFYDD LLWYD (d. 1619) HENBLAS,, poet and scholar of the landed family of Henblas (Llangristiolus, Anglesey), who, it is said, graduated from S. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He married Catherine, daughter of Richard Owen of Penmynydd, and about eight children were born to them, three of the sons becoming clergymen. Lewys Dwnn and J. E. Griffith state that he also married Jane, daughter of Llywelyn ap Dafydd of Llandyfrydog (she being his first wife

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