Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SEABORNE-DAVIES, DAVID RICHARD (1904 - 1984), lawyer and politician Yorke Prize in 1928. At Aberystwyth he served as president of the Students' Council. He was then called to the bar, but subsequently earned his living as a lecturer, and subsequently reader in law at the University of London from 1929 until 1945. During the war years, he served in the Nationality Division at the Home Office, and was secretary to the Naturalisation Revocation Committee in 1944-45. In
WILLIAMS, ELIEZER (1754 - 1820), cleric, author, and schoolmaster Born at Pibwr Lwyd near Carmarthen, and christened in Llandyfaelog church, Carmarthenshire, 4 October 1754, eldest son (and second child) of Peter Williams (1723 - 1796) and Mary his wife. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's grammar school, Carmarthen, and matriculated in the University of Oxford from Jesus College, 3 April 1775. He was ordained deacon by bishop Yorke of S. Davids, 3 August 1777
WILLIAMS, RICHARD (1747 - 1811), cleric and man of letters Born at Hawarden in 1747, the son of the rector, Richard Williams (M.A., Jesus College, Oxford), who in turn was the son of Peter Williams, also a clergyman, owner of Fron (Arddynwynt) near Mold - the family claimed to be descended from Cynwrig Efell (Yorke, Royal Tribes of Wales). He entered Brasenose College, Oxford, in December 1765, at the age of 18, but there is no record of his having
YORKE, PHILIP (1743 - 1804) Erddig, Erthig,, antiquary The eldest son of Simon Yorke (died 1767), grandson of Simon Yorke of Dover, wholesale grocer, and first cousin of lord-chancellor Hardwicke. He was born 29 July 1743, at Erthig, inherited by Simon (1732) from his uncle, John Meller, who had bought the property in 1718 after the bankruptcy of Josua Edisbury. He was Hardwicke's godson, and after attending preparatory schools near London from 1758
YORKE, PHILIP SCOTT (1905 - 1976), Squire of Erddig, near Wrexham Born at Erddig, Denbighshire, 23 March 1905, the second son of Philip Yorke II and his second wife, Louisa Matilda (née Scott), the daughter of a Church of England chaplain in Malaga, Spain, he was the last descendant of Philip Yorke, 1743-1803?. He enjoyed a happy childhood with his brother Simon amidst the fine furniture and other treasures collected by the family since the 18th century. He
YORKE, SIMON (1903 - 1966), nobleman and soldier The fifth descendant of that name from Simon Yorke (1606 - 1682), wholesale grocer of Dover, grandfather of Earl Hardwicke; born 24 June 1903, eldest son of Philip Yorke (1849 - 1922), Erddig, Denbighshire, and his second wife Louisa Matilda (née Scott). He was educated at Moorland House, Heswall; Cheltenham College; and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in forestry in 1927. In

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