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GILDAS (fl. 6th cent), monk Columban (Columbanus) in a letter to pope Gregory, c. 600. For his contribution to the second wave of Irish saints see Hugh Williams, Gildas, 416; see also Sir John Lloyd's considered opinion of him generally (A History of Wales, 134-43).
GILLHAM, MARY ELEANOR (1921 - 2013), naturalist and educator Mary Gillham was born in Ealing on 26 November 1921, the daughter of wood- and metal-work teacher Charles Thomas Gillham (1890-1974) and professional dressmaker Edith Gertrude (née Husband, 1887-1975) and sister to John Charles Gillham (1917-2009). Despite living within London the family were keen campers and would regularly travel out into the countryside on weekends and holidays. This, with
GITTINS, CHARLES EDWARD (1908 - 1970), educationalist president of the Debates Union and of the Students' Representative Council. He graduated in 1928 with a well-merited first class in History, and then pursued the secondary school training course in the department of Education leading to the University of Wales Diploma in Education in 1929. From 1929 to 1931 he held the Eyton Williams postgraduate studentship which led to his Master's degree with a
GIVVONS, ALEXANDER (1913 - 2002), rugby player Alexander Givvons was born on 2 November 1913 in Pillgwenlly, Newport, Monmouthshire, the eldest child of Alexander Givvons (b. 1888), a merchant seaman from St Thomas in the West Indies, and his wife Johanna Dunn (1896-1987). He had five siblings, including a half-brother Trevor Williams (b. 1925) from his mother's second marriage. He was known as Alex (pronounced Alec). Alex attended Holy Cross
GLENN, THOMAS ALLEN (1864 - 1948), soldier, historian, genealogist, and archaeologist some of the older Welsh families. In the latter work he was particularly skilled, for he was a tireless searcher into original records and a careful copyist. In addition, he possessed considerable ability as an amateur artist, as attested by his work in making armorial shields, etc. Glenn married, 1904, Meenie Mary, daughter of Robert H. and Jessie Tothill; they had two daughters. He died at Abergele
teulu GLYN Glynllifon, Array (with the rank of colonel) for Charles I till 1646 when he deserted to the parliamentary side with Sir William Williams, Vaenol. But during 1642-3 he did try to prevent the Commission from being put into effect, and drew down rebukes on the county from Charles I.
GLYN, WILLIAM (1504 - 1558), bishop of Heneglwys, Anglesey, 1552. On the accession of Mary, he was instituted to the livings of Cilrhedyn and Lampeter Velfrey (S. Davids). He was elected president of Queens' College in December 1553 and was one of the Cambridge delegates sent to Oxford to dispute with Latimer and Ridley in April, 1554. In 1554 he was made vice-chancellor, and in 1555 went on a diplomatic mission to Rome with Thirlby
teulu GLYNNE death. He married Penelope Anderson. Their son, Sir WILLIAM GLYNNE (1662 - 1721), 2nd baronet, succeeded to the title and family estates. He too was educated at Oxford, which constituency he represented in Parliament in 1698. He was made a D.C.L. of Oxford in April 1706. On 5 July 1688 he married at S. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Evelyn of Long Ditton. Their only son, WILLIAM
GLYNNE, MARY DILYS (1895 - 1991), plant pathologist Mary Dilys Glynne was born at Glyndyl, Menai Avenue, Upper Bangor on 19 February 1895, the youngest daughter of the five surviving children of John Glynne Jones (1849-1947), solicitor, and his wife Dilys Lloyd Glynne Jones (née Davies, 1857-1932). Her father's family home was Tyddyn Isaf (Cymryd) in the parish of Y Gyffin near Conwy. Her mother was one of the London Welsh, daughter of the
GODWIN, JUDITH (bu farw 1746), one of Howel Harris's correspondents Independent minister in London. Of the second marriage there were two sons: Edward (1722 - 1748/9), a Whitefieldian exhorter, and John (1723 - 1772), an Independent minister in East Anglia who became father of the writer William Godwin and grandfather of the novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Judith Godwin moved in the quasi-Methodist Nonconformist circle of her day in Wales, and was friendly with
GOODMAN, GABRIEL (1528 - 1601), dean of Westminster and founder of Christ's Hospital, Ruthin Born 1528, second son of Edward Goodman (died 1560) of Ruthin. He was educated at Cambridge (B.A. 1550, M.A. 1553, D.D. 1564); was Fellow of Christ's College, 1552-4, and of Jesus College, c. 1554-5. About 1555 he entered the service of William Cecil, later lord Burghley, as chaplain. A sympathizer with the religious settlement of Edward VI, he compromised under Mary and fully accepted the
GOODWIN, GERAINT (1903 - 1941), author The son of Richard and Mary Jane Goodwin, he was born at Llanllwchaearn, Montgomeryshire, 1 May 1903. He attended Towyn County School, and from 1922 to 1938 lived by journalism and authorship in London. In 1932 he married Rhoda Margaret, daughter of Harold Storey. His first books were Conversations with George Moore (1929) and the semi-autobiographical Call Back Yesterday (1935). He then turned

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