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teulu FITZ ALAN, lords of Oswestry and Clun, and later earls of Arundel , near Towyn, Meironnydd, was besieged in 1294, by Madog ap Llywelyn, RICHARD FITZ ALAN I (1267 - 1302) was in command of the force sent to bring relief and he was active in the other campaigns against the Welsh [see Morris, Welsh Wars of Edward I (index) ]. During the latter years of the reign of Edward II, EDMUND (1285 - 1326), son of Richard I, was justice of Wales (1322), custodian of the Welsh
FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913 - 2010), politician, journalist, author his first statement Foot said there would be no compromise or missed opportunity. He and Gwynfor Evans soon began to work together, and over the period of the Callaghan government they became close friends. But they were both disappointed when there was strong opposition to the plans before the bill on devolution for Wales and Scotland reached the House of Commons, and it became clear that
FOSTER, IDRIS LLEWELYN (1911 - 1984), Welsh and Celtic Scholar . Brynley F. Roberts, 1988) was dedicated to his memory. He did not, however, succeed in publishing his magnum opus on Culhwch ac Olwen (he was perhaps too much of a perfectionist) but this was completed for him in a series of four volumes by his friends Rachel Bromwich and D. Simon Evans between 1988 and 1997 - an act of extraordinary benefaction not only to Foster's posthumous scholarly reputation but
FOULKES, THOMAS (1731 - 1802), early Methodist exhorter for Wesley and Wesleyanism; the Welsh translations of Wesley's Primitive Physick and of the Rules of the United Societies, made by John Evans (1723 - 1817), are believed to have been published (1759 and 1761 respectively) at Foulkes's expense. He married three times, in each case becoming connected with families prominent in the history of Welsh Methodism. His first wife (1758) was Margaret
FRANCIS, DAVID (1911 - 1981), trade unionist and miners' leader attended the evening classes of the National Council of Labour College during the mid-1930s, where he was taught by the Marxist Dai Dan Evans. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1936 (convinced that it alone could stop the advance of Fascism in Europe), and he remained firmly in its ranks for the rest of his life. His career within the South
FRANCIS, EDMUND (1768 - 1831), Sandemanian Baptist minister Probably an Anglesey man, for his mother Lydia Francis was baptized at Amlwch; he too was baptized there, 8 October 1786. He had begun preaching before 1790, and on 1 December 1795 was ordained as assistant to Christmas Evans. Evans was at that time a Sandemanian; unlike him, Francis held to those views for the rest of his life. In 1799 he removed to Caernarvon, as clerk to Richard Roberts (a
FRANCIS, ENOCH (1688/9 - 1740), Baptist minister Glandŵr (Llandysul), or at Dre-fach, or (perhaps more probably) at Rhos-goch (Llanarth). About 1707 he began preaching, at Llanllwni; when he was ordained assistant to James Jones (died 1734), pastor of ' Tivy-side,' is not known, but it was obviously before 1721, the year in which he was selected to preach at the Baptist Association meeting (at Hengoed) in 1722. He had married (c. 1718) Mary Evans, of
FRANCIS, JOHN OSWALD (1882 - 1956), dramatist Born 7 September 1882, son of David Francis, Dowlais, Glamorganshire and Dorothy (née Evans) his wife. He was one of the first pupils at Merthyr Tydfil Intermediate School and graduated at Aberystwyth and the Sorbonne, before becoming a school teacher at Ebbw Vale county school and later at Holborn Estate grammar school, London. After military service during World War I he entered the Civil
FRIMSTON, THOMAS (Tudur Clwyd; 1854 - 1930), Baptist minister, historian and antiquary Born 28 July 1854 at Rhuddlan, son of Thomas, son of Thomas and Jane Frimston, and brother of John Frimston, pastor of Trehafod (died 1930). He was admitted to Llangollen Baptist College in 1876, and served the pastorates of Llangefni (1879-82), Brynhyfryd, Swansea (1882-7), Garn Dolbenmaen and Capel-y-beirdd (1887-93), Llangefni (1893-1904, when the Christmas Evans Memorial chapel was erected
teulu GAMAGE Coety, Coity, William Gamage, produced a remarkable clan of parsons. His grandson, JOHN GAMAGE (B.A.), was rector of S. Brides Minor, 1608-1646. He had three sons in holy orders: THOMAS GAMAGE (B.A.), who followed him at S. Brides, 1646-1670, holding it with approval during the Commonwealth; EDWARD (M.A.), rector of Coychurch, 1661-1685, Peterston-super-Ely, 1668-85, and archdeacon of Llandaff; and EDMUND
GEORGE, THOMAS NEVILLE (1904 - 1980), Professor of Geology Neville (TN) George was born on 13 May 1904 at Morriston, Swansea, son of Thomas Rupert George (originally from Port Eynon, Glamorganshire) and Elizabeth (Lizzie, née Evans, both schoolteachers. He attended Pentrepoeth Infants' School in Morriston, Morriston Boys' Elementary School (1910-14), Swansea Municipal Secondary School, later Dynevor School, (1914-19), and Swansea Grammar School (a fee
GIBBON, JAMES MORGAN (1855 - 1932), Independent minister Born at Pont-Seli, Abercŷch, Pembrokeshire, 1855. He was a member of Bryn Seion (Cenarth, Carmarthenshire) church where Evan Herber Evans also was brought up. He was educated at Newcastle Emlyn and the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen (1872-5). In 1875 he was ordained minister of Tre-lech; he joined the English connexion and was minister at Castle Street, Swansea (1880-5); Highgate, London (1885

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