Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROWLAND, DAVID (1795 - 1862), eccentric Calvinistic Methodist minister preaching to the cattle and sheep on the farm, he ventured forth as an exhorter in the latter part of 1815 - he was not ordained till 1831 - and attempted, with little success, to acquire a little knowledge under John Hughes (1796 - 1860) at Wrexham. He was a noted eccentric, in dress, manners, and preaching, but itinerated far and wide (e.g. in London for some months in 1853), and was very popular. He
ROWLAND(S), WILLIAM (1887 - 1979), schoolmaster and author , he was also a prolific author. In 1923 he was a member of an advisory committee which met at Hughes & Son, the Wrexham publishers, with the purpose of identifying the literary needs of children in the Welsh language, and to meet those needs where possible. Following this he published a number of books for children mainly during the 1920s and 1930s. In the words (in translation) of Elis Gwyn Jones
ROWLANDS, HENRY (Harri Myllin; 1832 - 1903), writer and antiquary to the courts at Wrexham, an appointment which he held until May 1902. He died 28 January 1903, at the age of 70, at his home in Abbey Road, Llangollen. He was a frequent contributor to various periodicals, e.g. Yr Haul, Y Cyfaill Eglwysig, Y Cronicl, Yr Eurgrawn, and Y Winllan, and wrote regularly to Bye-Gones from its inception to 1901. It was through his endeavours in the press that a memorial
SALUSBURY family Lleweni, Bachygraig, abandoned when Sir John and his party had come within an ace of fighting a pitched battle at Wrexham with his enemies, Sir Richard Trevor of Trefalun, Sir John Lloyd of Llanrhaeadr, and captain John Salusbury of Rug. Sir John was something of a poet; he wrote in English, and in the manner of his time, a number of sonnets and love lyrics which have little literary merit but throw light on the works of
SALUSBURY, THOMAS (1561 - 1586), conspirator Scots. Early in 1586 Salusbury and another Welshman, Edward Jones of Plas Cadwgan near Wrexham, came under the influence of Anthony Babington who was plotting to murder Elizabeth, release Mary, and set her on the throne. The plot was disclosed to the authorities and Babington was arrested at the end of August; Salusbury succeeded in escaping to Cheshire where, however, he, too, was arrested a few days
SCOTT-ELLIS, THOMAS EVELYN (8th BARON HOWARD DE WALDEN, 4th BARON SEAFORD), (1880 - 1946), landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts Wrexham and who went to Jamaica in the reign of Charles II, is given in Debrett, Burke, and other works on the peerage; the additional name of Scott was adopted by the 8th baron in 1917. He married 1912, Margherita Dorothy, daughter of Charles van Raalte, and they had 6 children. He lived for years at Chirk Castle, Denbighshire; in 1929 he bought the Old Hall at Croesnewydd, near Wrexham, which had been
SHIPLEY, WILLIAM DAVIES (1745 - 1826), cleric Ysgeifiog, Flintshire. His subsequent preferments included the vicariate of Wrexham (6 February 1771), the sinecure rectory of Llangwm (11 April 1772), which he exchanged for Corwen (8 January 1774) and Llanarmon-yn-Iâl (10 January 1782), the chancellorship of the diocese (19 November 1773), and the deanery (27 May 1774). These he held till his death at Botryddan, near Rhuddlan, Flintshire, on 7 May 1826
SION CLYWEDOG (fl. c. 1610-1630), poet Poems attributed to him are found in Swansea MS. 1; Wynnstay MS. 3; Cwrtmawr MS 21B, Cwrtmawr MS 27E, Cwrtmawr MS 448A; Peniarth MS 87, Peniarth MS 91, Peniarth MS 92, Peniarth MS 114, Peniarth MS 144, Peniarth MS 151, Peniarth MS 327; Llanstephan MS 133, Llanstephan MS 145, Llanstephan MS 155, Llanstephan MS 156; NLW MS 3061D; Wrexham MS. 3; NLW MS 5269B, NLW MS 8330B, NLW MS 11993A; Cardiff MSS
SPEED, GARY ANDREW (1969 - 2011), footballer 2014. She said that he was passionate about players being able to sing the national anthem and he recruited Courtenay Hamilton, the classically trained singer and current Miss Wales, to inspire his players. On 5 August 2011 Gary visited the National Eisteddfod at Wrexham where he named the squad to face Australia on 10 August, the first Wales manager to attend the event. Gary was one of the first
STEPHENSON, THOMAS ALAN (1898 - 1961), zoologist Born 19 January 1898 at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, son of Thomas Stephenson, D.D., minister (Meth.) and his wife Margaret Ellen (née Fletcher). He was educated at Clapham; Wrexham; and Kingswood School, Bath, 1909-13. In 1915 he was admitted to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (where the family lived 1914-19) but was unable to take up his place because of ill-health. Professor Herbert
SYMONDS, RICHARD (1609 - ?), Puritan preacher leave Wrexham. In 1638-9 many Puritans, including Symonds, found refuge at Brampton Bryan with Sir Robert Harley and his wife Brilliana. When the Civil War broke out, he is heard of at Bristol, also preaching at Andover, and for a time holding the living of Sandwich in Kent. In 1646 Parliament resolved to make an effort to evangelize South Wales, and for that purpose sent three missionaries there
THOMAS, DAVID (1880 - 1967), educationalist, author and pioneer of the Labour Party in north Wales at Pen-sarn, near Amlwch, at Bridgend, Glamorganshire, and then Walton-on-Thames. He took the opportunity to attend a class in London on Saturdays to prepare himself for an examination for a teacher's certificate. Afterwards he taught at Cradley; Rhostryfan (1905-09); Tal-y-sarn, Caernarfonshire (1909-20); and Bangor Central School (1922-45). He worked on a farm near Wrexham during World War I as a

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