Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MEYRICK, Sir SAMUEL RUSH (1783 - 1848), antiquary reference. It contains numerous footnotes by W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth, Meironnydd. ' Llewelyn, an Historic Play in Five Acts,' by and in the autograph of Meyrick, is preserved in NLW MS 1233C; there are letters from him in NLW MS 1559B, NLW MS 1657C, NLW MS 1807E, and NLW MS 1892E, whilst NLW MSS 5386C, 5387E contain his 'Collectanea de rebus celticis'; see also NLW MS 1502E, NLW MS 1503E, NLW MS 1636E
OSBWRN WYDDEL (fl. 1293), Irish nobleman and ancestor of landed families in Merioneth An Irishman with, however, some Welsh blood in his veins, who settled in west Merioneth, married a daughter of the Welsh house of Corsygedol, and became the ancestor of some of the landed families in that county - see, e.g. the articles on Wynne family of Glyncywarch, Wynne family of Peniarth, Vaughan family of Corsygedol. These families (and others) trace their descent from KENRIC AB OSBWRN
OWEN family Peniarth, As is shown in the article on the Wynne family of Peniarth, the Peniarth property came into Wynne hands by the marriage, in 1771, of a Peniarth heiress, Jane viscountess-dowager Bulkeley, eldest daughter of Lewis Owen, Peniarth, with William Wynne of Wern, Caernarfonshire Particulars about the family living in Peniarth before the time of this marriage are given (a) by W. W. E. Wynne in his notes
OWEN, Sir JOHN (1600 - 1666), royalist commander precipitated a final breach by impounding stores and cattle from Gwydir and so placing Williams's favourite niece and her husband, Sir Owen Wynne, at the mercy of the advancing Roundheads. Williams, exasperated, helped Thomas Mytton into Conway in August, but Owen held out in the castle till 9 November, when honourable terms enabled him to retire to Clenennau after taking the Covenant and Negative Oath (26
OWEN, RICHARD JONES (Glaslyn; 1831 - 1909), poet and prose-writer 78; he was buried at Beddgelert on 19 March. Glaslyn's literary output in poetry and prose was considerable, and his contributions to Cymru, Y Genedl Gymreig, and other periodicals were particularly numerous. He also published his ' Adgofion ' ('Reminiscences') of his friend, Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys), whose poetical and prose-works he edited in Yr Wyddfa. An unsuccessful effort was made to
PARRY, DAVID (1682? - 1714), scholar matriculated from Jesus College; in 1704 Lhuyd strove to get him a scholarship, but though ' all were fond of Parry,' that 'cold' Fellow John Wynne (afterwards bishop) prevented this. Parry graduated in 1705 (M.A. 1708), and became unpaid under-keeper at the Ashmolean, under Lhuyd. In Lhuyd's Archaeologia, 1707 (270-89), ' an Essay towards a British Etymologicon,' are by Parry. On Lhuyd's death, Parry was
PARRY, EDMUND WYNNE (1855 - 1897), minister - see PARRY, GRIFFITH
PARRY, GRIFFITH (1827 - 1901), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author , 1887-91. He was a remarkably polished preacher, a writer of distinction, and a voracious reader. He wrote much in the Traethodydd and the Y Drysorfa, and some of the most important articles in (both editions of) Y Gwyddoniadur were his work - he also published commentaries. He died 22 August 1901 at Carno. His second son, EDMUND WYNNE PARRY (1855 - 1897), was born at Caernarvon 8 August 1855, and
PARRY, JOHN HUMFFREYS (1786 - 1825), antiquary , keeping school and acting as curate of Mold. He married Anne Wynne. J. H. Parry, it would seem, was his parents' eldest son. He was born at Mold 6 April 1786, and went to Ruthin school (Thomas, op. cit., ii, 132). He was afterwards in the office of his uncle, a lawyer at Mold. On his father's death he inherited some money, went up to London in 1807, and was called to the Bar in 1811. But he ' neglected
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar T. H. Parry-Williams was born on 21 September 1887 to Henry Parry-Williams (1858-1925) and Ann, née Morris (1859-1926), at Rhyd-ddu, Arfon. Christened 'Tom' (not 'Thomas'), he was the second of six children, the siblings being Blodwen, Willie, Oscar, Wynne and Eurwen. Literary tendencies can be seen on both maternal and paternal sides of the family. The brother of Ann, R. R. Morris, was a
PERROTT, THOMAS (d. 1733), Presbyterian minister, and academy tutor preliminary school rather than to the Academy proper. But it is perfectly certain that Perrot was at Abergavenny under Roger Griffith, and afterwards at Shrewsbury under James Owen. He was ordained minister at Knutsford, 6 August 1706, by Matthew Henry. He was afterwards at Trelawnyd ('Newmarket,' Flintshire), as minister and as master of the school set up by John Wynne (1650 - 1714); the dates are
PHILLIPS, DANIEL (fl. 1680-1722), Independent minister a Carmarthenshire man, associated by tradition with the Philipps family of Picton. His sister Dorothy married Timothy Quarrell of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, of a family prominent in the history of Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire Independency (see Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, i, 260, and Jenkins, Hanes … Hen Gapel Llanuwchllyn, 70-2); her daughter married John Kenrick of Wynne Hall

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