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ROBERTS, IEUAN WYN PRITCHARD (1930 - 2013), journalist and politician in 1990, and after his retirement from the House of Commons in 1997 he was elevated to the House of Lords under the title Lord Roberts of Conwy. He was involved in leading the Conservative Party's consultation amongst the grass roots on devolution policy in 2008, and his proposals were later adopted as part of the Silk Commission under the David Cameron government. Wyn Roberts died at his home in
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1760 - 1811), printer later he printed the first number of another periodical - Trysorfa Gwybodaeth, neu Eurgrawn Cymraeg; of this two numbers appeared. Ifano Jones, Hist. of Printing and Printers in Wales, quotes the titles of some other works printed by Thomas Roberts up to 1811 and, after his death, by his widow, M. Roberts, who died 20 July, 1814; it was she, e.g. who printed Arwyrain Amaethyddiaeth, the work of David
ROBERTS, THOMAS (Scorpion; 1816 - 1887), Independent minister when he was only 12 years of age. He was, for a time, a blacksmith's apprentice. In 1837 Gwilym Hiraethog (William Rees) became minister of the church at Swan Lane, Denbigh, and discovered that Scorpion had the necessary qualifications for the ministry. That summer Scorpion began to preach. In 1839 he went to the Rev. D. W. Jones of Holywell to be coached before entering college. In December 1841, as
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1835 - 1899), Calvinistic Methodist minister was at Colwyn, where he remained for two and a half years. In January 1867 he was put in charge of the churches of Jerusalem (Bethesda) and Ty'n-y-maes, and was ordained in June the same year. In 1870 he married Winifred, the daughter of the Rev. Rees Jones of Port Dinorwic; they had one son, Arthur Rhys, solicitor, who died young. He was moderator of the North Wales Assembly in 1893, and secretary
ROBERTS, THOMAS (bu farw c. 1775), first Baptist convert in Anglesey His first home was Y Myfyrian Uchaf, but he spent the latter part of his life at Trehwfa-fawr near Rhos-tre-hwfa in Cerrig Ceinwen. He was originally a Congregational member and lay preacher at Rhos-y-meirch, but he came under the influence of David Jones, Baptist minister at Wrexham, and in 1763 (1768 according to Frimston), with the approbation of his fellow-members, he went there to be
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Eryri; 1844 - 1895?), poet and editor Born 22 March 1844 at Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire, the son of David and Catherine Roberts. He is said to have been a sailmaker. He won in many poetical competitions at eisteddfodau - mostly local, but also including the national eisteddfod held at Caernarvon in 1877. In 1879 he edited a volume of verse entitled Lloffion y Flwyddyn, which had appeared in the bardic column of the Herald Gymraeg, and
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (1784 - 1864), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 19 September 1784 at Aberach, Llaneilian, Anglesey. As a child he was unable to go to school and was only 10 years of age when he began work at the Parys copper mine. Later he went to work with one David Roberts of Amlwch who, in due course, sent him, now a strong and responsible young man, to Llannerch-y-medd as bailiff of some land which he owned there. The spiritual awakening he
ROBERTS, WILLIAM JOHN (1904 - 1967), Methodist minister and ecumenist ever drove a car either). In 1943 he married Maria Beryl Evans, daughter of David Evans, author of the popular hymn 'O! ganu bendigedig' (Tegla gave them his latest book Dechrau'r Daith as a wedding present). Beryl was an immensely supportive and caring companion to W. J. throughout the rest of his ministry. They had two children, a son and a daughter. In 1947, having received several invitations
ROBERTS, WILLIAM MORGAN (1853 - 1923), musician him, 'Cwsg, fy Maban,' which was a test-piece at national eisteddfodau held in Corwen and Caernarvon, became very popular in Australia and the U.S.A. After living for some time in Liverpool and Manchester he joined the firm of Hughes and Son, Wrexham, publishers of books and music. It was he who suggested to that firm the publication (in 1889) of Y Cerddor, under the editorship of David Jenkins and
ROBERTSON, HENRY (1816 - 1888), civil engineer and railway pioneer Wales Mineral Railway - the first of many measures which he was destined to pilot through Parliament; David Davies of Llan-dinam (1818 - 1890) said Robertson was the best parliamentary witness of his day. Leaving the Brymbo iron-works and pits to the care of W. H. and Charles Darby, Robertson concentrated on building the railways, chiefly with Thomas Brassey as contractor. Robertson was the engineer
ROBESON, PAUL LEROY (1898 - 1976), actor, singer and political activist elicited from him a solemn declaration that would go on to become his epitaph: 'The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.' Wales was the stage for Robeson's final British film, The Proud Valley (1940), in which he played an African-American sailor, David Goliath, a name and figure evoking gentle strength, who makes the voyage
ROCYN-JONES, Sir DAVID THOMAS (1862 - 1953), medical officer of health and a public figure Born in Rhymney, Monmouthshire, 16 November 1862, the son of David Rocyn Jones, whose father, Thomas Rocyn Jones was a member of a famous family of bonesetters from Maenordeifi, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Lewis School, Pengam, the University College of Cardiff and London, and graduated M.B. at the University of Edinburgh in 1897. He began his professional life in general practice at

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