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ROBERTS, GLYN (1904 - 1962), historian and administrator of the mission to the U.S.A. to secure raw materials to meet the needs of Britain. A glittering career as a Government administrator lay ahead, but he decided to return to his old college in Bangor as Registrar. He played an indispensable part in the post-war reorganisation of the college and the number of students increased substantially. In 1949, on the retirement of Robert Thomas Jenkins, the
ROBERTS, JOHN (1775 - 1829), cleric and author further under Knight, William Bruce). Yet, though no lover of Methodism, Roberts had no quarrel with Thomas Charles's general aims; indeed, he warmly supported the Bible Society and the Sunday school movement. A letter of his (printed in D. E. Jenkins, Thomas Charles, iii, 302-3) shows that (with the consent of his bishop, Cleaver) he was willing to adopt quasi-Methodist practices such as prayer
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
ROWLAND(S), DAVID (Dewi Brefi; 1782 - 1820), cleric Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, Cardiganshire; he received priest's orders 20 September 1806. On 1 June 1808 he was licensed to the curacies of Llanwnnog and Carno, Montgomeryshire, but after two years, on the recommendation of John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), he was chosen to go as a missionary to S. John's, Newfoundland, under the auspices of the S.P.G., sailing in June 1810. He remained there till 1816, when, owing to
ROWLANDS, DAVID (Dewi Môn; 1836 - 1907), Congregational minister and college principal was a member of the Brecknock Education Committee for many years and was a strong supporter of the University of Wales. He was chairman of the Union of Welsh Independents in 1902. His literary work was varied. He was joint-editor of Y Dysgedydd for a period, collaborated with D. E. Jenkins, Liverpool, to edit a volume of sermons [wrote the English words for 'Blodwen,' an opera by Dr. Joseph Parry
ROWLANDS, JOHN (Giraldus; 1824 - 1891), antiquary Gogerddan. His father died when John was only 4 years old, and he was then brought up by his grandmother at Ffynnon-wen. He worked as a shepherd during the summer months, receiving some education during the winter in a school held by Isaac Jenkins at Caeau Bach on the Hafodau estate. He left Ffynnon-wen after his grandmother's death and went to his grandfather John Griffiths, thereby becoming friendly
ROWLANDS, ROBERT JOHN (Meuryn; 1880 - 1967), journalist, writer, poet, lecturer, preacher preached in Welsh Methodist churches and on week-nights he was a W.E.A. lecturer. He was the author of numerous books varying in content from adventure stories to poems and plays. (For a list of his works see David Jenkins, Y Genhinen, Winter 1967-68, the memorial issue to Meuryn.) Both as a journalist and an individual he was at all times a man of strong views and one who had a very great interest in
SAUNDERS, DAVID (Dafydd Glan Teifi; 1769 - 1840), Baptist minister, poet, and writer ministry at Merthyr Tydfil was a great success, and he is recorded to have baptized 510 persons there in the period 1816-36. He married (1), 23 June 1815, Margaret Jenkins, a widow, of Dol-wlff, Llanwenog. Their only child, Thomas, was born 19 August 1816. She died April 1817, Thomas was lost in the docks at Bristol, 12 October 1837, and Thomas's infant daughter, Mary, was buried at Zion, 12 September
SEEBOHM, FREDERIC (1833 - 1912), historian and banker Frederic Seebohm was born on 23 November 1833 in Bradford. He was a banker by trade, a Quaker in religion, and an amateur historian who made a significant contribution to the social history of medieval England and Wales. An article on him by R. T. Jenkins was included in Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (1953), by virtue of his important work on the Welsh kindred and land holding, published in
SLINGSBY-JENKINS, THOMAS DAVID (1872 - 1955), secretary of a shipping company and philanthropist Born 25 December 1872, eldest son of Evan Jenkins, Bodhyfryd, Bridge Street, Aberystwyth, and Mary, his wife, but when he was two years old his father was lost at sea. He attended the local grammar school and worked in a solicitor's office in the town before joining the shipping company of Mathias and Son, Cardiff, where he became company secretary. He was a member of the board of the British
SNELL, DAVID JOHN (1880 - 1957), music publisher . In 1916 he paid £1150 to the widow of Joseph Parry (1841 - 1903) for the stock and copyright of the works published by the composer, and about the same time he bought the business of David Jenkins, Aberystwyth, who died in 1915. During the 1920s he augmented his catalogue by buying the output of companies which had closed down and the works of composers who published their own compositions
SOSKICE, FRANK (Baron Stow Hill of Newport), (1902 - 1979), barrister and Labour politician Race Relations Act of 1965. He had, however, been responsible for the legislation which finally abolished the death penalty in the United Kingdom (except for treason), which is sometimes erroneously included with the Roy Jenkins reforms which followed. He was appointed treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1968. He had married in 1940 Susan Isabella, the daughter of William Cloudsley Hunter, and they had

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