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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 Bron Eryri already far advanced in a prosperous career as lawyer and politician, was able to
BREESE, JOHN (1789 - 1842), Independent minister Born at Llanbrynmair, September 1789. In his younger days he was almost entirely dependent on the Sunday school for his education. At the age of 20 he was admitted a full member of the church in the Old Chapel, then under the ministry of John Roberts (1767 - 1834), and when he was 24 he was invited to start preaching. His friends helped him to go to a school in Shrewsbury, after which he was
BRERETON, JANE (1685 - 1740), poetess She was the daughter of Thomas and Anne Hughes, Bryn Griffith, near Mold. In 1711 she married Thomas Brereton (1691 - 1722), one of the minor English dramatists. On the death of her husband in 1722 she is said to have settled in Wrexham where she died 7 August 1740 and was survived by two daughters. Showing an aptitude for writing English verse she became a contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine
BRERETON, OWEN SALUSBURY (1715 - 1798), antiquary Son of Thomas Brereton of Flintshire; his mother was Catherine, daughter of Salusbury Lloyd. His career and work are fully described in the D.N.B.
BRIDGEMAN, GEORGE THOMAS ORLANDO (1823 - 1895), cleric, antiquary and genealogist
BRIGSTOCKE, THOMAS (1809 - 1881), portrait painter
BRISCOE, THOMAS (1813 - 1895), cleric and scholar
BROMWICH, RACHEL SHELDON (1915 - 2010), scholar sit at the feet of Sir Ifor Williams in Bangor, the textual scholar par excellence whom she hero-worshipped, considering him a greater scholar than Chadwick himself. Encouraged by him Rachel began her work on the Triads. On the eve of the war in 1939 Rachel married a brilliant fellow student, John I'A Bromwich, (1915-1990) the son of a distinguished mathematician, Thomas Bromwich (1875-1929) who had
BROOKES, BEATA ANN (1930 - 2015), politician the disabled and various other health organisations in Clwyd. She also chaired the Welsh Consumer Council. She was awarded a CBE in 1996. Brookes remained active in Conservative politics after her time as MEP, and was the chair of the Welsh Conservative Party in the 1990s. She supported John Major in 1993 at a time when he was losing the support of the core party. Her later years were marked by
teulu BROSTER, printers Bangor PETER BROSTER printed an edition of Y Llyfr Plygain at Chester in 1783. In 1807 JOHN BROSTER started in business at Bangor; he was probably the John Broster who had been apprenticed to W. C. Jones, printer, Chester. John Broster's son, CHARLES BROSTER, was owner, publisher, and printer in 1817 of The North Wales Gazette, a newspaper of which the first number had been produced at Bangor on 5
teulu BROUGHTON Marchwiel, Sir Wm. Jones and Sir Thomas Trevor) for abetting murder. On the outbreak of the second bishops' war he tried to get some mitigation of the burdens imposed on Denbighshire (May 1639); and as a commissioner of array for Denbighshire (September 1642) and major in the forces raised in North Wales (November 1643), he was seized in his house by Myddelton's forces (November 1643) on their first invasion
BROWN, JAMES CONWAY (1838 - 1908), musician iron-works, Mon. After attending the Camberwell Collegiate School and King's College, London, he went to the Ebbw Vale iron-works to learn the business of an iron-master under his uncle, Thomas Brown, managing director of those works. He, however, paid more attention to music, taking part in concerts as violinist or pianist; he also played the organ in various places of worship. After becoming an

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