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IFOR BACH (fl. 1158), lord of Senghenydd a 'dependant barony' of the lordship of Glamorgan and the hilly district bounded by Brecknock on the north, Cefn Onn ridge on the south, the river Taff on the west and the river Rhymney on the east. In 1158 he attacked and slew Morgan ab Owain of Gwynllwg and Caerleon, together with 'the best poet,' Gwrgant ap Rhys. He is noteworthy also for his attack on Cardiff castle the same year, when at
IFOR HAEL, patron of bards Bassaleg), (181) 'Gwern y klepa ymassalec' (Gwern y klepa in Bassaleg) and the ancestry of the Philip who was there in 1550 is traced back to 'Tomas ap Ivor hael ap Llywelyn ap Ivor.' The three brothers, Morgan, Philip, and Ifor Hael are named in Peniarth MS 176, Peniarth MS 206, (R. i, 977); see also NLW MS 3033B (39-40) and Peniarth MS 140 (74-6). For the complete pedigree see Dwnn, i, 218. Their
ILLINGWORTH, LESLIE GILBERT (1902 - 1979), political cartoonist American cartoonist and cartoon historian Draper Hill celebrated Illingworth's career in Illingworth on Target (1970). A large collection of Illingworth's work has been made digitally available by the National Library of Wales. Retaining a pronounced Glamorgan accent, no-one could mistake Illingworth for anything other than a Welshman, and he was the inspiration for the Welsh farmer 'Organ Morgan' in
ISMAIL, Sheikh SAEED HASSAN (1930 - 2011), Muslim leader Morgan, 'his wise counsel at times of crisis made him a truly significant figure in the shaping of modern Wales'. Saeed Ismail met his first wife Gallila in Aden, following her abandonment and divorce by her then husband. The couple remained childless, so he took a second wife, Wilaya, who bore him two daughters and a son. He died on 23 March 2011, and was buried on 25 March in Cardiff's Western
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach was an immediate influence; even his headmaster in primary school, W. J. Jones, had a full Welsh cap. As a boy, he was regularly taken along Heol y Baw by Lloyd Morgan, his father's best friend, to support Cefneithin RFC carrying the boots of Haydn Jones, the club's elegant outside half. He often referred to Lloyd and Haydn, whose fate reminded him daily of his privileges of opportunity and choice
JAMES, DANIEL (Gwyrosydd; 1847 - 1920), poet Born 13 January 1847 at Tre-boeth, Swansea, the son of Daniel James, a stone mason, and his wife Mary (née Morgan). His parents belonged to Mynydd-bach Independent church, the subject of many poems by Gwyrosydd. Having lost his father at an early age, he became a puddler at Morriston iron-works, and afterwards worked at Landore tin-plate works. Mastering the prosodical textbook of Dafydd
JAMES, DAVID (1787 - 1862), musician Born in 1787, he was brought up by his aunt at Penrallt, Pont Saison, near Brynberian, Pembrokeshire. As a child he only had three months' schooling, but he taught himself to be a good arithmetician and something of an astronomer. Dafydd Siencyn Morgan gave him his first lessons in music. In 1804 he was called up for military service at Haverfordwest, where he was given lessons in music by the
JAMES, JAMES (Iago ap Iago; 1818 - 1843), poet brother, Morgan James, wrote a short biography of him and collected his poetical works, in a volume edited by I. Jenkins, and published by Thomas Williams, Crickhowell, in 1844.
JAMES, PHILIP (1664 - 1748), early Baptist minister Born near Pontardulais, and educated (so it is said) in the school kept by Robert Morgan (1621 - 1711). His parents resented his Dissent, and c. 1685 he went to Liverpool, in service to a Baptist medical man named Ebenezer Fabius (died 1691); he then practised medicine, and also preached, near Lichfield. According to David Jones (Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Neheubarth Cymru, 524), he was for a while
JAMES, ROBERT (Jeduthyn; 1825 - 1879), musician Born 7 March 1825 at Aberdare, son of Morgan and Ann James. He was taught music in Rosser Beynon's classes. He had a good voice and, in 1845, was elected precentor of Bethesda chapel, Merthyr Tydfil, where he started a choral society which won many eisteddfod prizes. The society published Organ y Cysegr, a collection of sacred music arranged by Robert James. He was a good composer and many of his
JAMES, THOMAS DAVIES (Iago Erfyl; 1862 - 1927), clergyman, and popular preacher and lecturer , 1892. He was curate of Llanfair Caereinion from December 1891 to October 1896; Northop, Flintshire, 1896-97; and chaplain of the Welsh church of St. Martin, Chester, from 1897 to 1901 when he was appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the living of Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire (which was in the gift of the Crown), and he spent the rest of his life there. He succeeded ' Penfro ' (William Morgan) as Dean of
JAMES, WILLIAM (1836 - 1908), Calvinistic Methodist minister 1902-3, and of the General Assembly in 1895, and delivered the ' Davies Lecture ' (Christianity the Goal of Nature) in 1902. Besides this, he published a number of articles in periodicals, and collaborated in a handbook on the Gospels, 1888-90, and (with John Morgan Jones, 1838 - 1921) in a biography of his predecessor at Bethania, David Saunders (1831 - 1892), published in 1894. He was an eminent

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