Dictionary of Welsh Biography

REES, JOHN CONWAY (1870 - 1932), Rugby footballer Born 13 January 1870, he was the son of Thomas Rees, Cloth Hall, Llandovery. He was educated at Llandovery College and Jesus College, Oxford; he graduated in 1894. Later he taught at Sherborne, Rossall, and Giggleswick schools. He was the first Welshman to captain the Oxford Rugby Club, and it was he who introduced the four three-quarter game - he himself played at centre-three-quarter. He played
REES, Sir JOHN MILSOM (1866 - 1952), surgeon and laryngologist student he was an excellent cricketer, boxer and rugby player; later on he became a first-class golfer of international standing, and still later he took up big-game hunting with equal success. The account of his visits to Africa reveal in a striking manner his multifarious interests. His expert surgical craftmanship would be in demand for the local celebrities and native chieftains; his wise counsel
REES, LEIGHTON THOMAS (1940 - 2003), world champion darts player Pontypridd Rugby Club at Ynys Angharad Park. On 16 August 1980 in Las Vegas he married Debbie Ryle, a female darts player from Anaheim, California, whom he had met on the 'Queen Mary' in Long Beach, she had a son, Ryan, whom Leighton Rees nurtured as his own son. By the 1990s Leighton Rees's health had declined through heart troubles. He had a heart operation in 2001 and died in Glamorgan Royal Hospital
REES, MORGAN GORONWY (1909 - 1979), writer and university administrator prowess, his wit and charm, his magical conversation and Byronic good looks. He represented the College in both rugby and football. Academically he had little to fear, but he realized that Oxford success depended on something apart from brain power. Term-time highlife alternated with vacation study at Roath, a pattern that paid off with the award of a First in 1931 followed by an All Souls prize
REES, WALTER ENOCH (1863 - 1949), contractor and long-standing secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union Born 13 April 1863 at Neath, Glamorganshire, son of Joseph Cook Rees, builder and contractor. He was educated at Neath and Barnstaple. He began his very long career as a rugby administrator in 1888 when he became secretary of the Neath club. He was elected to the council of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1889, and in 1896 he succeeded William Henry Gwynn (Swansea) as secretary of the Union. No-one has
RICHARDS, ALUN MORGAN (1929 - 2004), screenwriter, playwright, and author was to nostalgia and mythology. From the outset Richards's world was prosperous and ambitious but full of flawed relationships. Two of Richards's great passions - rugby football and the sea - frequently asserted themselves in his fictional writing. One of his earliest radio plays, 'O Captain, My Captain' broadcast on the Home Service in June 1961 and again on BBC TV in August of that year, was set
ROBERTS, MICHAEL HILARY ADAIR (1927 - 1983), Conservative politician was also a coach to the Welsh Rugby Union, a member of the Bow Group and president of the Cardiff branch of the NUT. He was a consultant to the NUT, 1970-79, and earlier in his career he had served on the National Youth Advisory Committee. Roberts stood as the Conservative candidate in the Aberdare by-election in 1954 against Arthur Probert, and in the Cardiff South East constituency in the general
ROCYN-JONES, Sir DAVID THOMAS (1862 - 1953), medical officer of health and a public figure wholehearted support to the new venture. He served with distinction in various capacities on many public and professional bodies in Wales, such as the Welsh Regional Hospital Board, the British Medical Association and the St. John's Ambulance Brigade - he was a Knight of Grace of the Order. He was closely associated with the Welsh Rugby Union for forty-five years and was its president at the time of his
ROWLANDS, Sir ARCHIBALD (1892 - 1953), administrator graduated with a first class in that subject in 1914; he took the same class in French in 1915. During his time in college he displayed the characteristics that led to his brilliant career. He was one of the most popular students of his time, a champion 100 yards runner, full back and captain of the rugby team (there is a sketch of him in the Dragon, XXVI, 221), an able oarsman and student President in
SEABORNE-DAVIES, DAVID RICHARD (1904 - 1984), lawyer and politician vigour and interest. He published a large number of highly regarded articles in various professional law journals, most notably on the history of patents. Many of these appeared in the Law Quarterly Review, the Modern Law Review and Nineteenth Century. After retirement in 1971, Davies moved to Caernarfon where he cultivated his interest in Rugby union (he had been Life President of Liverpool University
SULLIVAN, CLIVE (1943 - 1985), rugby league player trained as a radio operator in Catterick and then joined the Parachute Signals Squadron, stationed in Hampshire, and saw active service in Cyprus with the UN Peacekeeping Force. Whilst at Catterick he started playing rugby for the army, where his skills were spotted and he was signed up by the rugby league club Hull FC. The beginning of his sporting career was plagued by injuries, knee operations and a
THOMAS, JAMES PURDON LEWES (VISCOUNT CILCENNIN), (1903 - 1960), M.P. Born 13 October 1903, the son of J. Lewes Thomas, Cae-glas, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, and his wife Anne Louisa (née Purdon). He was educated at Rugby School and Oriel College, Oxford. He was a candidate (C) for the Llanelli division in the general election 1929, but received little support; he was elected M.P. for the Hereford division in 1931 and kept his seat until 1955. He was parliamentary

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