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DAVIES, EVAN THOMAS (Dyfrig; 1847 - 1927), cleric Son of Thomas Davies and Rachel his wife. Born. 20 June 1847 at Cwmcefn, Llanfihangel Ystrad, Cardiganshire, educated at Ystrad Meurig and at S. David's College, Lampeter, where he graduated in 1869. After a year spent in teaching at Greenock, he was ordained deacon in 1870 by bishop Ollivant of Llandaff, and priest in 1871. After serving curacies at Llanwynno, Ferndale, and Betws, Glamorganshire
DAVIES, EVAN THOMAS (1878 - 1969), musician produced when the composer was in old age) have great artistic merit. He also took an interest in Welsh national songs, and was co-editor with Sydney Northcote of The National Songs of Wales (1959). He married, 31 August 1916, Mary Llewellyn, youngest daughter of D.W. Jones, Aberdare. He died at home in Aberdare on Christmas Day 1969.
DAVIES, FRANCIS (1605 - 1675), bishop of Llandaff treatment 'because of his great learning and excellent parts' and the favour of the Parliamentarian colonel Philip Jones, Fonmon. He was allowed a 'fourth' of the living of Llan-gan, and the living itself was leased to his brother Maurice. Later, payment of the 'fourth' was suspended and Davies maintained himself by keeping a private school and afterwards by entering the household of the countess of
DAVIES, GEORGE MAITLAND LLOYD (1880 - 1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace Born 30 April 1880, in Peel Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, son of John and Gwen Davies. He was christened G.M. Temple Davies; he himself was responsible for changing his name. One of his brothers was John Glyn Davies. His father was a tea-merchant, whose roots were in Cardiganshire and Llyn, his mother was a daughter of John Jones, Talysarn. He was educated at Liverpool and entered the Bank of
DAVIES, GETHIN (1846 - 1896), Baptist minister and college principal strengthening the position of the Baptist denomination in North Wales; he was particularly active in assisting weak churches. He was also in great demand as a preacher, conductor of musical festivals, and adjudicator at eisteddfodau. He succeeded Hugh Jones (1831 - 1883) as principal of the college in 1883. The foundation of the University College of North Wales at Bangor in 1884 raised the question whether
DAVIES, GLYNNE GERALLT (1916 - 1968), minister (Congl.) and poet Born in Liverpool 21 February 1916, but brought up in Ro-wen, in the Conwy Valley, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at Ro-wen primary school and Llanrwst grammar school. He worked for a time in the office of Henry Jones, solicitor at Llanrwst. He began to preach in the Calvinistic Methodist connexion and followed further education at Clwyd College, the University College, Bangor, and the
DAVIES, GRACE GWYNEDDON (1878 - 1944), singer and folk-song collector in those two volumes, she had the assistance of the composer Mansel Thomas, then a student at the Royal Academy of Music, in the preparation of the third. A frequent adjudicator of folk-song competitions at the National Eisteddfod, she was always keen to protect the rights of folk-song collectors over their songs and would protest when composers arranged them without the appropriate consent. She
DAVIES, GRIFFITH (1788 - 1855), actuary of the newly established Local Government Board, and J. W. Thomas (Arfonwyson) to a place on the staff of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. In 1812 he married Mary Holbert, she died in 1836, leaving one daughter who became the wife of Samuel Dew, a solicitor of Llangefni. For his second wife he married a widow, a Mrs. Glynne. Both wives were buried at Bunhill Fields cemetery. Griffith Davies won
DAVIES, GRIFFITH (Gwyndaf; 1868 - 1962), poet, tutor of poets and antiquary Born 5 February 1868 at Llwynpïod, a smallholding in Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire. His father Griffith Davies died before he was born, and his mother experienced great hardship in bringing up her two sons, Griffith and Thomas. After attending the local school, Griffith spent some time at the famous school of Owen Owen (1850 - 1920 at Oswestry. He lived most of his long life farming Bryncaled, a
DAVIES, GWENDOLINE ELIZABETH (1882 - 1951), art collector and benefactress , particularly in France. They acquired Gregynog mansion near Newtown, just after World War I, intending it to become an arts and crafts centre for Wales. The one craft activity that came to fruition, largely through the energy of Dr. Thomas Jones was printing, and between 1923 and 1942 the Gregynog Press published forty-two titles in limited editions. Among the works, many of great beauty in typography and
DAVIES, GWILYM ELFED (Baron Davies of Penrhys), (1913 - 1992), Labour politician the Rhondda East constituency in parliament from 1959 until February 1974 when he retired from parliament at the time of the creation of a single unified constituency for the Rhondda. His successor as the Labour MP for the Rhondda was T. Alec Jones. Davies was elected secretary of the Miners' Parliamentary Group in 1964, and was chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party, 1968-69. He was PPS
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner politician, John Morris. He also became a good friend of the University's Principal, Ifor Evans, and President Dr Thomas Jones. He was disappointed in the Republican Movement, because the medium of debate was English and because they supported Ithel Davies rather than Trefor Morgan as parliamentary candidate in Ogmore in 1950. He withdrew from them, and when the Movement's days came to an end he decided to

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