Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VARRIER-JONES, PENDRILL CHARLES (1883 - 1941), physician Pendrill Varrier-Jones was born at Glyn Taff House, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, on 24 February 1883, the son of Dr Charles Morgan Jones, a local doctor, and his wife Margaret Varrier (née Jenkins), whose family ran a coal mining business. (He changed his surname from Jones to Varrier-Jones in 1929). He had one sister. He was educated at Epsom College and then Wycliffe College, Stonehouse. At
VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN NOEL YOUNG (1917 - 2003), Anglican priest Benjamin Vaughan was born on 25 December 1917 in Newport, Pembrokeshire, the son of James O. Vaughan (b. 1877), an alderman in the town, and his wife Elizabeth (née Lewis, b. 1877). He was educated at St David's College, Lampeter, where he took a first in Classics and then at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he achieved a second in Theology. He completed ministerial training at Westcott House
VAUGHAN, EDWIN MONTGOMERY BRUCE (1856 - 1919), architect Bruce Vaughan was born 6 March 1856 at Frederick Street, Cardiff, the youngest of the four children of Thomas Vaughan, sailor and tailor, and his wife Jane Agnes Gribble (née Davies). Educated at a private school in Charles Street, Cardiff, Bruce Vaughan became articled to W D Blessley, a prominent local architect, and attended the Cardiff Science and Arts Schools, winning the medal of the
VAUGHAN, HILDA CAMPBELL (1892 - 1985), author Hilda Vaughan was born in Builth Wells, Breconshire, on 12 June 1892, the daughter of Hugh Vaughan Vaughan (1852-1937), a solicitor, and his wife Eva (née Campbell, 1863-1932). Her father was closely associated with Radnorshire, serving as Under Sheriff of the County, Clerk of the County Council and of the Local Education Authority. Educated at home by a series of governesses, she stayed in her
VAUGHAN, JOHN (1663 - 1722) Derllys Court,, social and religious reformer Born 1663, the son of John Vaughan of Derllys (1624 - 1684), barrister, and Rachel, daughter of Sir Henry Vaughan, Derwydd, Carmarthenshire. His paternal grandfather was a brother of John Vaughan, Golden Grove, the first earl of Carbery. He was (probably) educated at Carmarthen grammar school. On 6 October 1692 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas (née Protheroe), Meidrym
WADE-EVANS, ARTHUR WADE (1875 - 1964), clergyman and historian Born 31 August 1875 at Hill House, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, son of Titus Evans, master mariner, and Elizabeth (née Wade) his wife. He went to Haverfordwest grammar school and graduated at Jesus College, Oxford (1893-96) before entering the priesthood, being ordained deacon in St. Paul's Cathedral in 1898. By Deed Poll on 2 September 1899 he assumed the surname Wade-Evans and soon afterwards
WALTERS, DAVID (EUROF; 1874 - 1942), minister (Congl.) and writer Born 27 May 1874 the eldest of the five children of John and Ann (née Dyer) Walters of Ty'n-y-coed, Betws, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. The father was a blacksmith and the family moved when David was five years old to Glais, near Clydach, Swansea Valley. He had his early education at the local board school where he became a pupil-teacher. The family were members at Seion, Glais, and his mother
WALTERS, EVAN JOHN (1893 - 1951), artist Born 6 January 1893 in the Welcome Inn, Mynydd-bach, Llangyfelach, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, son of Welsh -speaking parents, Thomas Walters and his wife Elizabeth (née Thomas). After attending the village school at Llangyfelach, he became an apprentice painter-decorator at Morriston, Swansea. In 1910 he entered the Swansea School of Art, then under Grant Murray. He went on to Regent Street
WALTERS, GARETH (1928 - 2012), composer Gareth Walters was born in Swansea on 27 December 1928, the son of Irwyn R. Walters (1902-1992) and his wife Margaret Jane (née Edwards). He began composing while still at school, and was encouraged by Benjamin Britten, a friend of the family. In 1949 he enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy of Music and in 1952 went to Paris on a scholarship to the Conservatoire Nationale, where he studied
WALTERS, IRWYN RANALD (1902 - 1992), musician and administrator Irwyn Walters was born on 6 December 1902 in Ammanford, the second of six children of William Walters and his wife Elizabeth (née Morgan). His father kept a tobacconist and newsagent's shop at Clifton House on the town square; he was also a keen solfaist and precentor at the Ebeneser Baptist chapel. Irwyn received early instruction in music from Gwilym R. Jones (1874-1953), conductor of the
WALTERS, THOMAS GLYN (WALTER GLYNNE; 1890 - 1970), tenor Born 4 January 1890 son of David and Elizabeth (née Jones) Walters, Cefngorwydd, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, and was educated at Gowerton Grammar School. He was a bank clerk until he decided to take up a musical career, and won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London in 1910. He served in the Welsh Guards during World War I. In 1921, on the recommendation of Sir Landon Ronald, HMV's
WARNER, MARY WYNNE (1932 - 1998), mathematician Mary Warner was born in Carmarthen on 22 June 1932, the elder of the two daughters of Sydney Davies (1901-1978), a mathematics teacher later to become a headteacher, and his wife Esther (née Jones, 1899-1982). Mary received her primary education in Carmarthen before the family moved to Llandovery where she attended the local grammar school, later moving to live in Holywell and studied for her A

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