Dictionary of Welsh Biography

VAUGHAN, ROBERT (1592? - 1667), antiquary, collector of the famous Hengwrt library Siôn Cain, Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd, Evan Lloyd Jeffrey of Palé, John Jones of Gellilyfdy (whose manuscripts became his property in 1658), Meredith Lloyd of Welshpool, William Maurice of Cefn-y-braich, the Wynne family of Gwydir, Sir Simonds d'Ewes, John Selden, James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, and others. The library of manuscripts which he collected at Hengwrt is the finest collection of Welsh
WARNER, MARY WYNNE (1932 - 1998), mathematician
WILLIAMS family Bron Eryri, Castell Deudraeth, obituary notice in The Times, 21 August 1939. He died 20 August 1939. Another son of David Williams was Edmund Trevor Lloyd Wynne Williams (1859-1946), co-founder of the British Gramophone Company. Alice Williams ('Alys Meirion', 1863-1957) was a daughter of David Williams.
WILLIAMS, Y Fonesig ALICE MATILDA LANGLAND (Alys Mallt, Y Fonesig Mallt Williams; 1867 - 1950), author and celtophile with that of her sister GWENFRIDA ('Cate ', ' Gwenffreda ferch Brychan'), is linked with that of Lady Llanover in a poem entitled ' An Diou Vag ', which François Jaffrennou ('Taldir') composed after the national eisteddfod held at Cardiff in 1899, and published in Gwerziou gant Abherve ha Taldir, St. Brieuc, 1899. The two sisters were ' Y Ddau Wynne', joint authors of the novels One of the Royal
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author Kyffin Williams was born at Tanygraig, Llangefni, Anglesey, on 9 May 1918, the second son of Henry Inglis Wynne Williams (1870-1942), a bank manager, and his wife Essyllt Mary (1883-1964), daughter of Richard Hughes Williams, rector of Llansadwrn. Their first son Owen Richard Inglis Williams (Dick) was born in 1916 and died in 1982. It was a matter of great pride for Kyffin Williams that his
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1810 - 1881), cleric, Celtic scholar and antiquary reliable. His most important works have been noticed above, but he made other contributions to scholarship to which reference must be made. He published The History and Antiquities of the Town of Aberconway (Denbigh, 1835); he revised many of the notes to the new edition (Oswestry, 1878) of the The history of the Gwydir family by Sir John Wynne; he translated 'The Book of Taliesin' for W. F. Skene's Four
WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1779 - 1854), cleric Ysgeifiog, and there is a memorial window to him at the west end of St Asaph cathedral. He married Jane Wynne Jones of Tre-iorwerth, near Bodedern, Anglesey, and they had three sons and five daughters. One of his sons was Rowland Williams (1817 - 1870). Rowland Williams began to take an interest in Welsh literary matters from the time he went to Bangor, and in 1805 was appointed secretary of the Bangor
WILSON, RICHARD (1713 - 1782), landscape painter bedchamber to the queen. RICHARD WILSON (1713-1782), landscape painter Art and Architecture Nature and Agriculture Third son of the above John and his wife Alice, was born in August 1713 at Penegoes near Machynlleth. His mother was of the Wynne family of Leeswood near Mold, and Richard passed his boyhood at Mold. He was sent up to London, with the help of Sir George Wynne, in 1729, and there trained as a
WYNN family Glyn (Glyn Cywarch), Brogyntyn, , probably before 1 October 1499. This Ifan, who is also referred to as IEUAN AP RHYS, had released to him certain lands which became part of the Glyn estate ' which are stated to have been previously pledged by Richard Bamville ' (W. W. E. Wynne, Pedigree of … Wynne of Peniarth, 1872). ' Through this marriage, Glyn, and much of the property in the parish of Llanvihangel y Traethau, came into the family
WYNN family Maesyneuadd, Llandecwyn of Ellis Brynkir, the mother of his heir, ROBERT WYNN, who was sheriff of Merioneth in 1734, and who had [an aunt,] Lowry, who became the first wife of Ellis Wynne, author of Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc, and (2) Margaret, daughter and coheiress of Roger Lloyd, Rhagad, near Corwen - it was this second Margaret who was the mother of William Wynn, rector of Llangynhafal, Denbighshire, and an eminent
WYNN family Bodewryd, his father-in-law), 4 November 1672, together with a licence to hold Llantrisant as well. He died 21 March 1681. His successor at Llantrisant (16 May 1681) was his younger brother, Robert Wynn, who had been rector of Llanddeiniolen since 22 March 1680, and who continued to hold both livings in addition to that of Llanbeblig (from 5 November 1693) until his death, 18 October 1720. JOHN WYNNE, the
WYNN family Berth-ddu, Bodysgallen, church describes him as ' a great sufferer for the Royal Cause '; he left the estate (already encumbered by his father) heavily mortgaged. A contemporary painting of a man in armour, formerly at Bodysgallen, now at Gloddaeth, is traditionally identified as colonel Hugh Wynne (reproduced in Llandudno … Field Club Proceedings, XXV). ROBERT WYNN II (born 1655), eldest son of the colonel's first marriage

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