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PARRY, DAVID (Dewi Moelwyn; 1835 - 1870), Independent minister, and poet Born 1835, the son of John Parry, Ffestiniog, Meironnydd. He received some measure of education as a boy, and in 1850, at the age of 15, was successful at a Ffestiniog eisteddfod with a Welsh poem on 'The Printing Press.' He was received as a member of the church of Saron, Ffestiniog, but moved to Caernarvon in 1856. There he became a member of Pen-dref chapel, and in 1857 he began to preach. He
PARRY, Sir DAVID HUGHES (1893 - 1973), lawyer, jurist, university administrator He was born on 3 January 1893, the second child and eldest son of John Hughes Parry, farmer, and his wife Anne (née Hughes), at Uwchlaw'r-ffynnon, Llanaelhaearn, Caernarfonshire. His mother was a granddaughter of Robert Hughes, Uwchlaw'r-ffynnon. He was educated at the elementary school in Llanaelhaearn and later at Pwllheli Grammar School. In 1910, he enrolled at the University College of Wales
PARRY, EDGAR WILLIAMS (1919 - 2011), surgeon and the naturalist who discovered it, Edward Lhwyd. He retired in 1984. Enid and Edgar had a long and happy marriage and they had a reputation for warm hospitality in their welcoming home. As well as medicine they shared interests in music and in art. They had two children: John (b. 1950) is a Urologist, now retired, and Jane Anne (Carr, b. 1955) is a musician who specialises in playing the harp
PARRY, EDWARD (1798 - 1854), publisher and antiquary , e.g. Coffhad am y Parch. Daniel Rowlands, by John Owen, 1839, and The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, 1837. Parry wrote the memoir which forms the preface to this book, and he also edited and published Blodau Arfon, sef gwaith Dewi Wyn, 1842. He was a successful competitor on historical essays at eisteddfodau. He published Historical Researches on the Flintshire Castles, 1830, which was submitted
PARRY, GRIFFITH (1827 - 1901), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Born at Caernarvon in December 1827; his mother was sister to Robert Owen (Eryron Gwyllt Walia) and a niece of the famous Calvinistic Methodist preachers Robert Roberts of Clynnog and John Roberts of Llangwm - appropriately enough, Parry was to edit the poems of Robert Owen and the sermons of Robert Roberts. He went to Bala C.M. College (1847-1851), and began preaching. In 1851, while continuing
PARRY, HENRY (1766? - 1854), cleric and antiquary , 212, to his being chairman at an eisteddfod of bards held at Holywell, 3 June 1834) and as an antiquary (there is a very brief obituary notice in Archæologia Cambrensis, 1855, 58). He edited the second edition (Oxford, 1809) of the Grammatica Britannica by Dr. John Davies (c. 1567 - 1644), of Mallwyd, first published in 1621; Parry's edition was on sale by Broster and Poole at Chester and by Carnes
PARRY, HUMPHREY (c. 1772 - 1809), schoolmaster, member of the Gwyneddigion and Cymreigyddion Societies of London premises. He was a member of the Gwyneddigion (vice-president 1807, president 1808) and of the Cymreigyddion. When in 1804 the periodical Y Greal was started by these societies, he was one of the committee of four placed in charge - W. O. Pughe and Thomas Jones (Bardd Cloff), representing the Gwyneddigion, Parry and John Jones (Glan-y-gors) the Cymreigyddion (correct the error on this point in Cymm
PARRY, JOHN (1770 - 1820), poet Born 29 June 1770 in a farm called Y Wern, near Llanelian, Denbighshire. He may be the John Parry, son of Edward and Catherine Parry, whose christening is recorded on 31 August 1770 in the bishops' transcripts for the parish of Llanelian. He received a good education, as is evident from the character of his poetry. At the age of 28 Parry married Elsbeth Hughes, Ffermnant, Llanelian, and there
PARRY, JOHN (1835 - 1897), leader of the Anti-tithe movement
PARRY, JOHN (1775 - 1846), Calvinistic Methodist minister, man of letters, and editor Born 7 May 1775, son of Owen and Jane Parry of Groeslon-grugan, Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire. He received a better education than most boys of his time. He was for a time at Madam Bevan's school at Bryn'rodyn, at John Roberts's (1753 - 1834) school at Llanllyfni, and at Evan Richardson's school at Caernarvon. In 1793 he went to Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, where he kept a day school for the children and
PARRY, JOHN (Bardd Alaw; 1776 - 1851), musician -tunes published in Seren Gomer. He died 8 April 1851. He was a member (and president in 1819) of the Gwyneddigion society, and 'Registrar of Music' in the second Cymmrodorion society. JOHN ORLANDO PARRY (1810 - 1879), musician, actor and entertainer Music Performing Arts John Parry's son was born 3 January 1810 in London. He was taught the harp by Boscha, and when he was 15 appeared in public as a
PARRY, JOHN (1812 - 1874), Calvinistic Methodist minister, college tutor, and editor

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