Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIS, JOHN WILLIAM - see WILLIS-BUND, JOHN WILLIAM
WILLIS-BUND, JOHN WILLIAM (1843 - 1928), writer on the history of the Welsh Church
WILSON, RICHARD (1713 - 1782), landscape painter A member of the Wilson family of Bwlch-y-llyn and Y Ffinnant, Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire., one of the old Welsh families of Arwystli. HUGH WILSON, M.A. (1651 - 1687), vicar Religion of Trefeglwys (1674) and also of Llangurig (1676), was the son of RICHARD (died 1688) and Joanna (died 1678) Wilson, Bwlch-y-llyn, Trefeglwys. He married (1679) Maria (died 1688), widow of William Lloyd, Maes-bangor
WINSTONE, JAMES (1863 - 1921) South Wales, miners' leader Born at Risca, Monmouthshire, 1863, son of William and Hannah Winstone. He started to work at 8 years of age in a brick-works, and then at the Risca colliery. He had to leave owing to his trade union activities and went to Treharris. He was, however, appointed check–weighman at Risca, and in 1901, made miners' agent for the eastern valleys district. He was one of the founders of the South Wales
WOGAN family landowners in Daugleddy, became prominent in local affairs, particularly in the 15th and 16th century. A number of them were knights - Sir JOHN WOGAN (died 1419), his grandson, Sir HENRY WOGAN, steward of the earldom of Pembroke in 1448 (his wife was Margaret, daughter of Sir William Thomas, later Herbert, of Raglan), and his son, Sir JOHN WOGAN, whose wife was Matilda, daughter and heiress of William
WOOD family, Welsh gipsies roadside near Llwyngwril, and was buried at Llangelynnin, 12 November 1799 - the entry in the parish register being ' Abram Woods, a travelling Egyptian.' He is known to have had three sons, Valentine, William, and Solomon (the 'great scholar's' grandmother spoke of Tom and Robin), and a daughter, Damaris, who married an Ingram from north Cardiganshire. This article is concerned with only two of the sons
WOODING, DAVID LEWIS (1828 - 1891), genealogist, historian, bibliophile and shopkeeper Ffrwdfâl Academy, Carmarthenshire, under the direction of Dr. William Davies, 1838-44, with a brief interval at Hay Academy in 1842. In 1844 he moved to a school in Hills Lane, Mardol, Shrewsbury for one term. At the age of 16 he was apprenticed to a draper in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, for one year but did not complete his period due to the draper not fulfilling the conditions of his agreement. He moved
WORTHINGTON, WILLIAM (1704 - 1778), cleric and author
WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666 - 1727), cleric and scholar Suffolk 13 August 1666, and died in Essex 13 February 1726/7. He did, however, have some Welsh associations. In 1680 he made the acquaintance of bishop William Lloyd of S. Asaph, and from 1691 until his death, held the sinecure living of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos - his residential living being Middleton Keynes near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. In 1714, owing to financial difficulties, he retired to Wales, where
WROTH, WILLIAM (1576 - 1641), Puritan cleric, and founder of the first Independent church in Wales
WYNDHAM-QUIN, WINDHAM HENRY (5th EARL DUNRAVEN and MOUNT-EARL), (1857 - 1952), soldier and politician became a Companion of the Bath in 1903 and served as lieutenant colonel in the Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry. Wyndham-Quin was elected M.P. (Con.) for South Glamorgan in 1895 when he defeated A.J. Williams, and he continued to represent this division in parliament until 1906 when he lost his seat to William Brace. As a politician, he was extremely well-mannered and courteous. He served as High
WYNN family Cesail Gyfarch, Penmorfa . Humphrey Wynn's wife was Catherine, daughter and heiress of Evan ap Gruffydd ap Meredydd, of Cwmbowydd, Ffestiniog; their son, JOHN WYNN AP HUMPHREY (who was buried at Ffestiniog), married Catherine (buried at Penmorfa), daughter of William Wynn ap William, Cochwillan. John Wynn ap Humphrey's heir was ROBERT WYNN (died 1637), who married Mary, daughter of Ellis ap Cadwaladr, Ystumllyn, and was the father

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