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BEAUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. RALPH EDWARD BLACKETT
(1901 - 1977), Member of Parliament and public figure
Cecil Wray; they had two sons and a daughter. Christine Beaumont died on 26 August 1962. Around 1972, Ralph Beaumont moved from Plas Llwyngwern to
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-y-Wennol, also in Pantperthog. He died on 18 September 1977 and his funeral was held at St. Peter's Church, Machynlleth, on 23 September 1977. He left an estate of £225,314.
BREESE, EDWARD
(1835 - 1881), antiquary
Born at Carmarthen 13 April 1835, son of John Breese, Congregational minister, and Margaret, daughter of David Williams of Saethon in Llŷn. His father's death in 1842 threw him upon the care of his mother's kindred, who were influential in south Caernarvonshire. In particular, his uncle, David Williams of
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Eryri already far advanced in a prosperous career as lawyer and politician, was able to
CASSON, LEWIS
(1875 - 1969), actor and theatrical producer
(1942-44). In 1945 he was knighted, and he also received honorary degrees from the universities of Glasgow (1954), Wales (1959) and Oxford (1966). He lived at 98 Swan Court, London, but stayed occasionally at his inherited property,
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-y-garth, Porthmadog, before it was sold in 1949. He died 16 May 1969.
DAVIES, GLYNNE GERALLT
(1916 - 1968), minister (Congl.) and poet
William John Roberts, Gwilym Cowlyd, a work which was published by his widow under the title Gwilym Cowlyd 1828-1904 (1976). He married Freda Vaughan Davies, Maesneuadd, Pontrobert and they had a son and a daughter. He died at his home in Colwyn Bay, 13 June 1968, and was buried in
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-y-nant cemetery, Colwyn Bay.
DAVIES, RICHARD
(Mynyddog; 1833 - 1877), poet, singer, and eisteddfod conductor
Baich Drain. These letters dealt with topics of the day and criticized stupid customs. He married, 25 September 1871, Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Aaron Francis of Rhyl, and built a new house,
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-y-gân, at Cemais, Montgomeryshire. In 1876, after conducting the 'Black Chair eisteddfod' at Wrexham, he accepted the invitation of his friends to visit America for the sake of his health, but this continued
DAVIES, ROBERT
(Cyndeyrn; 1814 - 1867), musician
Born 16 June 1814 at Segar farm, Henllan, near Denbigh. He lost his mother when he was 4 years of age and was brought up at
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-haul, Henllan, by an uncle. He was apprenticed to a painter at S. Asaph. In 1834 he moved to Bangor, where he came into prominence as a musician and was elected precentor of the Wesleyan chapel. In 1837 he married Margaret, daughter of Owen Williams of Tros-y-canol
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ELLIS
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Evans family of Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog; Ieuan, brother of Sir Hywel y Fwyall, was ancestor of the Madryn family. HYWEL AP MEREDYDD, of
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y Foel, whose wife was Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffydd ap Ednyfed Fychan, had a son, GRUFFYDD AP HYWEL, who, by his wife Angharad, was the father of EINION AP GRUFFYDD, sheriff of Caernarvonshire 1354-6, and Sir Hywel y Fwyall. Einion ap Gruffydd was succeeded by
EVANS, JOHN EMRYS
(1853 - 1931), South African banker
Born at
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-y-berllan, Denbighshire, 1853, son of Emrys Evans, Calvinistic Methodist minister. He became a bank official and went to South Africa in 1882. During the South African war he was financial adviser to the commander-in-chief (lord Roberts); in August 1900 he was made controller of Transvaal treasury and later auditor-general of the Transvaal. He was a director of Barclay's Bank
EVANS, MAURICE
(1765 - 1831), Evangelical cleric
Ifan and
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-gwyn, 30 October 1820. He died 24 December 1831. His evangelical zeal was much admired by many leaders of the Evangelical movement in England in the time of Henry Venn. Thomas Jones of Creaton (1752 - 1845) said of him in a letter to Thomas Charles, March 1794 - 'He is a charming soul, a bundle of sweet dispositions.' He played a leading part in paving the way for getting Bibles for the
GRIFFITH, WALTER
(1727 - 1779), captain R.N.
Bay. From 1760 to 1763 (when he retired) he was on the Mediterranean. The war of American independence recalled him to active service, and he was killed off S. Lucia, 18 December 1779. The D.N.B. statement that he was of an old Merioneth family needs rectifying. He was in fact the younger son of Ralph Griffith, of
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-gain in Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire - see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 119, 233
GROSSMAN, YEHUDIT ANASTASIA
(1919 - 2011), Jewish patriot and author
. Yehudit referred in several articles to the memorable journey to Wales; her impressions clearly demonstrate how she had been mesmerized by the land, 'a completely new and exciting country' which left her 'as if revived through sorcery'. There was some delay before they were able to move to their own home,
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-y-Foel, a ruin of a house on the slopes of Moel-y-Gest. Jones toiled to renovate it as best he
GRUFFUDD ap CYNAN
(c. 1055 - 1137), king of Gwynedd
castle at Rhuddlan in spite of the former help given him by Robert, carrying off booty but failing to take the castle itself. As a result of the resentment felt towards the Norsemen in Gruffudd's army the men of Llŷn rebelled, giving Trahaearn an opportunity to attack Gruffudd and overcome him in a battle which took place at
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-yr-erw near Clynnog. Gruffudd fled to Ireland. In 1081 he returned and
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