Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GLYNNE family GLYNNE (1709 - 1730), 5th baronet, who died unmarried, at Aix-la-Chapelle, one month after attaining his majority, and was succeeded by his brother Sir JOHN GLYNNE (1713 - 1777), 6th baronet, who matriculated from Queen's College, Oxford, 13 November 1730, and was made D.C.L., 7 July 1763. He is reputed to have spent £35,000 in his unsuccessful election contest with Sir George Wynne for the borough of
GRIFFITH family Cefn Amwlch, Penllech, Llŷn at the time the mother of two infant sons, William and John. WILLIAM GRIFFITH II the heir, was M.P. for Caernarvon 1708-13, and for Caernarvonshire from 1713 until his death in March 1714-15. JOHN GRIFFITH V, his brother, succeeded him both as squire of Cefn Amwlch and as knight of the shire, and died in June 1739, leaving a son WILLIAM GRIFFITH III, who married Sidney Wynne (Sidney Griffith) of
GRIFFITH family Garn, Plasnewydd, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire. JOHN WYNNE GRIFFITH (1763 - 1834), recorder of Denbigh, 1817-34, was returned as M.P. for Denbigh Boroughs in 1818 and again in 1826, and was a prominent agriculturist. EDWARD HUMPHREY GRIFFITH (1792 - 1872), one of whose seats was Gwastadfryn in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Meironnydd, was sheriff of that county for the year 1850-1.
GRIFFITH, SIDNEY (d. 1752), Methodist and associate of Howel Harris Daughter of Cadwaladr Wynne of Voelas, Ysbyty Ifan (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 326; her christian name came from her grandmother Sidney Thelwall of Plas-y-ward, Ruthin); married William Griffith of Cefn Amwlch, c. 1741 (her son was born in 1742). Her husband was a boor and a drunkard, and her life with him was unhappy. In 1746, a sermon by Peter Williams (1723 - 1796) brought her into
GRIFFITH, GEORGE (1601 - 1666), bishop came up from the Commons) and substitute 'children' in the baptism rubric. In his diocese his administration ranged from the firm to the stringent; he insisted that the Welsh sermons in the parish church of St Asaph instituted by his predecessor (John Owen) should be kept up; he had strong terms of reprobation for some irregular clergymen, especially the incorrigible rogue Rice Wynne, rector of
GRIFFITH, GRACE WYNNE (1888 - 1963), novelist Born February 1888 in Newborough, Anglesey, daughter of Captain W.G. Roberts. Elizabeth Ann Williams, author of Hanes Môn yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg (1927) was her sister. She was educated in Caernarfon county school. In the early years of the 20th century she was a nurse in Liverpool, and it was there that she met Griffith Wynne Griffith; they were married in 1914. She died 1 May 1963. She
GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH WYNNE (1883 - 1967), minister (Presb.) and author a daughter. After retiring he lived in Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. He died 2 February 1967 in his son's home, Huw Wynne Griffith, a minister (Presb.) in Aberystwyth, and was buried in Dwyran chapel graveyard, Anglesey. He was an elegant and powerful preacher in his day, and became one of the leaders of his denomination. He was Moderator of the Association in the North (1952), and of the General
GRIFFITH, GWILYM WYNNE (1914 - 1989), physician and Medical Officer of Health Gwilym Wynne Griffith was born in Liverpool December 18 1914, the son of Reverend G. Wynne Griffith (1883-1967), minister of Douglas Road chapel, Anfield and his wife, the novelist Grace Wynne Griffith (née Roberts) (1883-1963); Reverend Huw Wynne Griffith was his brother. The family moved to Porthmadog when the father became minister of Tabernacl Presbyterian church in the town and then to
GRIFFITH, HUW WYNNE (1915 - 1993), minister (Presb) and a prominent ecumenical leader Born 6 December 1915 in Liverpool, he was the second son of Reverend Griffith Wynne Griffith (1883-1967), minister of Douglas Road Welsh Chapel in Anfield and Grace Wynn Griffith (née Roberts, 1883-1963). His siblings were Dr Gwilym Wynne Griffith (1914-1989), Medical Officer of Health for Anglesey and an eminent epidemiologist, Elizabeth Grace (Beti) Hunter (1921-2007), a social worker; and
GRIFFITH, JOHN (fl. 1649-1669) Llanddyfnan, squire poet cywyddau is to be found among the Mostyn, Llanstephan and Henblas manuscripts in the National Library of Wales and the additional manuscripts in the British Museum. A staunch Churchman and Royalist, he was strongly antagonistic to the Puritan régime, as is evident from many of his compositions in the free metres. His elegies on Edward Wynne of Bodewryd and Mrs. Lumley Lloyd of Lligwy, both dated 1669
GRIFFITH, JOHN OWEN (Ioan Arfon; 1828 - 1881), poet and critic eisteddfod for an awdl on 'Adam.' His cywyddau to 'Night,' 'Hope,' and 'Home' are his best poems. He also wrote an elegy upon Glasynys (Owen Wynne Jones). His wife, Anne (Roberts), came from a small farm in Waun-fawr called Ala-bawl. They had six children, the eldest being R. A. Griffith (Elphin). After his marriage he went to school for six months. He then opened a grocer's shop at 23, High Street
GRIFFITH-WYNNE, CHARLES WYNNE (d. 1865), sheriff of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire - see GRIFFITH

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