Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BARKER, THOMAS WILLIAM (1861 - 1912), registrar of the diocese of S. Davids relating to the endowments, etc., of livings in the diocese of S. Davids. The latter, published in 1907, appeared in four volumes - one for each archdeaconry in the diocese. In conjunction with Francis Green he compiled lists of Pembrokeshire incumbents, which were published in the Transactions of the West Wales Historical Society, i-vi, 1912-16. He died 7 July 1912.
BARLOW, WILLIAM (1499? - 1568), bishop . Roger Barlow afterwards became a justice of the peace and a vice-admiral within the shire. JOHN BARLOW Another brother, who graduated M.A. at Oxford in 1521, and who later became a diplomat. He was made archdeacon of Westbury-on-Trym, and afterwards dean of Worcester. He was very active in South Wales, particularly when William Barlow was bishop of S. Davids.
BARNES, WALLEY (1920 - 1975), association footballer Born 16 January 1920 at Brecon, where his father, Sergeant Edward ('Teddy') Barnes, was stationed with the South Wales Borderers. Both Teddy and his wife Joyce (née Plummer), were born in north London. Walley Barnes was the third of their four children and the only one born in Wales. Edward and John were born in England, whilst Pearl, his only sister was born in India to where the family moved in
BARRETT, JOHN HENRY (1913 - 1999), naturalist and conservationist in a basket on an elephant came the bitter disappointment of being invalided home. In March 1937 Barrett was accepted for a four year commission with the RAF, and as part of his training he spent time at Penyberth camp near Pwllheli where Welsh nationalists set fire to the only hangar. Years later he received an honorary degree from the University of Wales in the company of Saunders Lewis, one of
BARRETT, RACHEL (1874 - 1953), suffragette in the Oxford Local Examinations, she won a scholarship to Aberystwyth University where she was awarded a BSc in Mathematics and Science. Rachel taught for three years at Carmarthen County School and, in 1905, became science mistress at Penarth County School. In 1906, she joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and helped Adela Pankhurst with her work in Wales. Having resigned (or
BARRINGTON, DAINES (1727/1728 - 1800), lawyer, antiquary, and naturalist The life of the Hon. Daines Barrington (he was the son of John Shute, 1st viscount Barrington) is described fairly fully in the D.N.B. Although not a Welshman, he influenced, in various ways, certain aspects of the life of Wales, came to acquire a considerable knowledge of the history and antiquities of North Wales and numbered some prominent North Wales antiquaries among his acquaintances or
BARSTOW, Sir GEORGE LEWIS (1874 - 1966), civil servant, president of University College Swansea Born 20 May 1874 in India, the son of Henry Clements Barstow, a civil servant, and Cecilia Clementina Baillie. The Barstows were long-established and prominent merchants in York. Following his marriage to the only daughter of Sir Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin, George Barstow established a home near Builth and a connection with Wales. Barstow graduated from Emmanuel College
BARTRUM, PETER CLEMENT (1907 - 2008), scholar of Welsh genealogy Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts (1966), which gathers together and edits the earliest genealogical texts, presenting them for the first time in an accessible and reliable form. Pedigrees have always played an important role in Wales, and under Welsh law a knowledge of one's pedigree was a legal necessity. The study of the pedigrees of the Welsh princes and nobility formed part of the traditional
BASSETT, CHRISTOPHER (1753 - 1784), Methodist cleric . Ethelburga's. When his health broke down he returned to Wales where, in 1778, he became curate at S. Fagans, after which he was curate at Porthkerry; in both of these places he established Methodist societies. He travelled throughout South Wales, preaching to the Methodists. In 1783 his health again deteriorated, and he went to his sister's house in Bristol to recuperate; he died there of tuberculosis, 8
BASSETT, HULDAH CHARLES (1901 - 1982), teacher, musician and broadcaster the whole of Wales in the same examination. She went to University College Cardiff to study Welsh under Professor W. J. Gruffydd and was one of the five pupils to whom Gruffydd dedicated his Llenyddiaeth Cymru o 1450 hyd 1600 in 1922, the year in which she graduated with first class honours in Welsh. Her first teaching post was in Cowbridge, from where she moved to the Girls' County School in Barry
BASSETT, RICHARD (1777 - 1852), Methodist cleric brought him to the notice of David Jones of Llan-gan. He now began to consort with the Methodists, but, although he attended their societies and associations and was one of the trustees of their chapels in Glamorgan, he succeeded in retaining his Church of England appointment until his death. He was probably the last clergyman in Wales to be associated with the Methodists. His brother ELIAS BASSETT, a
BATCHELOR, JOHN (1820 - 1883), businessman and politician but it was in Canada he settled for three years, developing and managing a large shipbuilding yard in New Brunswick. On his return to Wales he decided to set up business in Cardiff with his younger brother James Sydney (1824-1915) as Batchelor Brothers, timber merchants and shipbuilders, on the bank of the River Taff in 1843. It was then began the series of events that saw John Batchelor become a

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