Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BAILEY family Nant-y-glo, CRAWSHAY BAILEY (1789 - 1872), iron-master and M.P. Business and Industry Politics, Government and Political Movements Crawshay Bailey was born in 1789 at Great Wenham, Suffolk, the younger son of Joseph (or John) Bailey of Wakefield, and Susannah, sister of Richard Crawshay, iron-master, Cyfarthfa. When only about 12 years of age he joined his older brother, Joseph, at Cyfarthfa and to assist at
BAILEY family Glanusk Park, Sir JOSEPH BAILEY, (1783 - 1858), baronet, iron-master, landowner, and M.P., was the elder son of Joseph (or John) Bailey of Wakefield, and Susannah, sister of Richard Crawshay (1739 - 1810), the famous iron-master of Cyfarthfa. When quite a young lad, he tramped the whole way from Yorkshire to seek his rich uncle at Merthyr. By hard work and perseverance he soon obtained a good grasp of the iron
BAKER, DAVID (1575 - 1641), Benedictine scholar and mystic Richard, recorder of Abergavenny, and four years later he entered Clifford's Inn and the Inner Temple to complete his studies. He read assiduously, with the Latin dramatists, the Colloquies of Erasmus, and the playhouse, as his chief diversions, but neglected religion and forgot his Welsh. The death of his brother Richard in 1598 brought him back to Abergavenny to succeed him in the recordership. In
BAKER, WILLIAM STANLEY (1928 - 1976), actor and producer onto the production of Undercover (1943), a wartime film about Yugoslav guerrillas. Six months later, Baker was given a role in Emlyn Williams's The Druid's Rest. First performed at St Martin's Theatre in London in 1944, the play was likewise notable as Richard Burton's stage debut. 'That gave me the real taste for the theatrical profession', Baker later recalled. In the aftermath of The Druid's Rest
BARKER family, artists pictures. Among his portraits are those of Benjamin Disraeli and General Nelson. He also painted 'General Williams and staff leaving Kass,' 'Napoleon at Bassano,' 'The intellect and valour of Great Britain,' 'Lord Clive's relief of Lucknow,' and 'The Allied generals before Sebastopol.' He exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1845-76, and at other galleries. He died in London, 27 March 1882.
BARLOW, WILLIAM (1499? - 1568), bishop succeeded in founding Christ College, Brecon, in 1542. He conveyed the valuable manor of Lamphey to the king, who in turn conferred it upon Sir Richard Devereux. Barlow was translated to Bath and Wells in 1548, and 'resigned' in 1553. After being twice imprisoned for trying to escape, he fled to the Continent early in 1555, and remained in Germany and Poland until 1558. He was one of those who consecrated
BARNWELL, EDWARD LOWRY (1813 - 1887), antiquary and schoolmaster , October 1887, also in Williams, Llyfryddiaeth Sir Ddinbych, part 3). After retiring from Ruthin in 1865, he lived at Melksham House, Wiltshire, where he died 9 August 1887; he was married, and had a son and a daughter.
BARRETT, JOHN HENRY (1913 - 1999), naturalist and conservationist renowned keeper at Hickling Broad. On leaving Cambridge Barrett was asked by the University Appointments Board if he had ever considered looking after elephants in the jungles of Upper Burma. An hour later he was signed on with a sailing date. He served with J. H. Williams ('Elephant Bill') but sadly his adventure came to an abrupt end when he caught cerebral malaria. After a ten day journey to hospital
BASSETT, CHRISTOPHER (1753 - 1784), Methodist cleric February 1784, and his body was brought to S. Athan for burial. Elegies to his memory were written by John Williams, S. Athan, 1728 - 1806, and William Williams, Pantycelyn. At the same time David Jones, Llan-gan, published a booklet giving an account of his life: Llythyr oddiwrth Dafydd ab Ioan y Pererin at Ioan ab Gwilim y Prydydd … (Trevecka, 1784).
BASSETT, HULDAH CHARLES (1901 - 1982), teacher, musician and broadcaster reputation for the school. She also endeavoured to retain its Welsh character: the school was, for instance, a subscriber to the recordings of Welsh music issued by the Welsh Recorded Music Society at the end of the 1940s. It was also during the 1940s that she began broadcasting alongside Stephen J. Williams in a series for Welsh learners, 'Dysgu Cymraeg'; she later hosted her own programme, 'Rhigwm a Chân
BASSETT, RICHARD (1777 - 1852), Methodist cleric
BATCHELOR, JOHN (1820 - 1883), businessman and politician -Nonconformity. Batchelor broke the Bute control of the coal export trade in 1856, when he was chief promoter of a Parliamentary Bill to build Penarth Dock, and he was part of the group to found Mount Stuart Dry Dock. In 1850 Batchelor and fellow shipbroker Richard Cory were elected to Cardiff Town Council as Liberal councillors for South Ward. An extension of the franchise to include the rising merchant class

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