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FINCH, Sir WILLIAM HENEAGE WYNNE - gweler WYNNE-FINCH, Sir WILLIAM HENEAGE
FISHER, JOHN (1862 - 1930), Welsh scholar Kynniver Llith a Ban (by William Salesbury), 1931. Among his contributions to Archaeologia Cambrensis were the following articles: ' The Religious and Social Life of former days in the Vale of Clwyd,' 1906; ' Some Place-names in the locality of St. Asaph,' 1914; ' Wales in the time of Queen Elizabeth '; ' The Wonders of Wales,' 1915; ' The Welsh Wills,' 1919; ' The Welsh Celtic Bells '; ' Bardsey Island
teulu FITZ ALAN, lords of Oswestry and Clun, and later earls of Arundel The Fitz Alan family was settled at Oswestry in the early years of the 12th century, but their position was challenged by Maredudd the son of Bleddyn. During the reign of Stephen (1135-54) WILLIAM FITZ ALAN I (c. 1105 - 1160) aided Matilda, and when he was forced to flee, Madog ap Maredudd took control of Oswestry which he lost sometime before his death (and that of William) in 1160. William
teulu FITZ WARIN, lords Whittington, Alderbury, Alveston Fulk s died.] A WILLIAM FITZ WARIN, who may have been related to the lords of Whittington, was active in Welsh affairs in 1277 when he witnessed an agreement between Pain de Chaworth and Rhys ap Maredudd, and was present at the surrender of Gruffydd and Cynan, sons of Maredudd ab Owain, Llywelyn their nephew, and Rhys ap Rhys Fychan. In the 15th cent, another WILLIAM FITZ WARIN, levied men in Wales
FITZGERALD, MAURICE (bu farw 1176), one of the conquerors of Ireland Son of Gerald de Windsor, chief follower of Arnulf Montgomery and castellan of Pembroke Castle (1093- post 1116), by his wife Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr. Maurice and WILLIAM, two of the sons of Gerald and Nest, and lords respectively of Llanstephan and Emlyn, came into prominence as leaders of the Anglo-Norman settlers in West Wales against the great revolt of the native princes in 1136. In
FITZOSBERN, WILLIAM (bu farw 1071), earl of Hereford, lord of Breteuil in Normandy Kinsman and friend of king William I. He was the first to urge William to invade England, and became the ' prime agent ' in its conquest; he was mainly responsible for establishing Norman rule on the Welsh border and for conquering Gwent. He became earl of Hereford early in 1067 and his vigorous attacks on the border country brought about an alliance between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of
FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM (1656 - 1723), bishop and antiquary
FOLEY, Sir THOMAS (1757 - 1833), admiral Llawhaden during the Owain Glyn Dŵr rising; and several of the family are said to have been killed at the battle of Colby Moor (close by) in 1645. The admiral was the second of the three sons of JOHN FOLEY of Ridgeway (who had married a Herbert of Court Henry, Carmarthenshire), and had an uncle, THOMAS FOLEY (captain R.N., died 1758), who was with Anson on his voyage round the world, 1740-4. The eldest
FOLLAND, HENRY (1878 - 1926), industrialist its Managing Director. When William Lockett Agnew died in 1918, Folland became Chairman of the company as well. What marked Henry Folland out was his ability with figures and his managerial skills. He was said to be a brilliant mathematician and a first class organizer with a penetrative insight into the thinking of his employees. He forged an astute commercial and strong personal relationship with
FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913 - 2010), politician, journalist, author on his behalf and this was the first meeting in a lifelong partnership between the two. Foot had already begun a career as a journalist on the New Statesman, and when Bevan established the weekly Tribune in 1937 he invited Foot to join as a reporter, but Foot resigned within a year after the editor William Mellor was sacked. On Bevan's advice, Lord Beaverbrook gave him a job on the Evening Standard
FOSTER, IDRIS LLEWELYN (1911 - 1984), Welsh and Celtic Scholar Prehistoric and Early Wales which he co-edited with Glyn Daniel (1965). From 'Cylch yr Hengerdd' (the Early Poetry Circle), which he founded and which met twice or three times a year under his chairmanship at Jesus College, emerged the volume Astudiaethau ar yr Hengerdd (Studies in the Early Poetry), edited by Rachel Bromwich and R. Brinley Jones (1978) and dedicated to Foster; Early Welsh Poetry (ed
FOSTER, IVOR LLEWELYN (1870 - 1959), singer Born at Tramroad, Pontypridd, 1 March 1870, son of Ebenezer Foster and Sarah (née John) of Peny-graig, Rhondda, Glamorgan. He left school at the age of 12, and when he was 16 and working in a business with his uncle, William Richards, Dinas, Rhondda, he started to learn old notation in his spare time and competed in eisteddfodau. He won singing prizes at the Porth annual eisteddfod in 1892, 1893

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457 - 468 of 1882 for "William Glyn"