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GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH (1762 - 1818), Presbyterian minister of unknown antecedents, was at Castellhywel school and went to Swansea Academy in 1784. He was ordained in 1788 as colleague to David Griffiths at Llechryd, Cardiganshire, and after D. Griffiths's death (1794) was sole pastor; he also kept school. Like his colleague, he was far from being an orthodox Calvinist; indeed, throughout his career at Llechryd he also assisted David Davis at Pen-rhiw
GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH PENNAR (1860 - 1918), Congregational minister kept by Rees Jenkin Jones with the intention of proceeding afterwards to one of the colleges of his denomination, but was unable to carry out his intention. He was ordairned at Merthyr Vale, Glamorganshire, in 1884 and moved to Pentre Esyllt, near Swansea, in 1887, there to spend the remainder of his days. He soon gained a reputation as an eloquent preacher. He had a clear voice and an easy delivery
GRIFFITHS, JAMES (JEREMIAH) (1890 - 1975), Labour politician and cabinet minister He was born at Betws, Ammanford on 19 September 1890, the youngest of the ten children of William Griffiths, a colliery blacksmith, and Margaret Morris. One of his brothers was the celebrated Welsh poet Amanwy (David Rhys Griffiths, died December 1953). He attended Betws board school, Ammanford, 1896-1903, and spoke only Welsh until he was five years old. He began work in a local anthracite
GRIFFITHS, JAMES (1782 - 1858), Independent minister Born 2 August 1782 at Clun-gwyn, Mydrim, Carmarthenshire, the son of David and Margaret Griffiths, members of Bethlehem church, St Clears. He went from school at St Clears to Carmarthen grammar school, and passed into the Presbyterian Academy in 1802. He was ordained at Machynlleth in March 1807. His churches increased in membership; Aberhosan and Penuel were under his care, and he had oversight
GRIFFITHS, THOMAS (JEREMY) (Tau Gimel; 1797? - 1871), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster and his family emigrated to the U.S.A. He was preaching at Caeronnen, 1846-51, and at Cribin and Ciliau, 1846-8. From 1851 to 1855 he was once more on his travels, but not this time to the U.S.A. He returned to his old neighbourhood and preached at Cribin from 1857 to 1868. He spent the autumn of his life at the home of his friend the Rev. David Evans of Maesymeillion. He died 19 January 1871 and
GRIFFITHS, VAVASOR (bu farw 1741), Independent minister and tutor - the farm itself, of course, also contributed to Griffiths's subsistence. In February 1733 or 1734 the Presbyterian board invited Griffiths to succeed Thomas Perrott at Carmarthen Academy, but he declined on the score of ill-health. It is however clear that he was already taking older pupils preparing for the ministry - we know, e.g. that Lewis Rees studied with him in 1734. In 1735, Griffiths fell
GRONOW, DANIEL (bu farw 1796), Presbyterian minister , 319 - which calls him ' David Gronow ' and speaks of his 'imperfect' English). From 1782 till 1787, he was pastor of various churches in Yorkshire, but removed then to Alfreton, Derby., where he died in 1796.
GRONOW, REES HOWELL (1794 - 1865), writer of memoirs
GROSSMAN, YEHUDIT ANASTASIA (1919 - 2011), Jewish patriot and author could, simultaneously working for John Petts at Caseg Press in nearby Llanystumdwy. Yehudit meanwhile remained at his parents' home in Wardley, where their first son, David, was born in December 1947, before joining Jones at Bron-y-Foel in February 1948. In November 1949, she returned to Israel, taking David with her and spending six months there tutoring immigrants in the Hebrew language. Back in
GRUFFUDD AP LLYWELYN (bu farw 1064), king of Gwynedd 1039-1064 and overlord of all the Welsh began to look across the Irish Sea for aid. He was kidnapped by the Vikings of Dublin in 1042. According to the testimony of the Historie of Cambria by the sixteenth-century historian David Powel (who claimed that his ultimate source was a medieval Welsh chronicle), the abduction was organized by Iago's son Cynan, but it failed when the captives were freed by the Welsh while being led to the ship
GRUFFUDD ap NICOLAS (fl. 1415-1460), esquire and a leading figure in the local administration of the principality of South Wales in the middle of the 15th century , heiress of William Clement. He held sessions on behalf of duke Humphrey in the counties of Carmarthen and Cardigan. When the English inhabitants of North Wales towns petitioned Parliament in 1444, against the denization of more Welshmen, he and William Bulkeley were excepted by name. He was placed on a commission to enquire into felonies committed by David ap Meredith in Aberystwyth 2 July 1445. The
GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION LLYGLIW (fl. c. 1380-1410), a poet with Welsh literature and folklore, he was entertained at some of the famous courts of his period. His work includes poems to Owain Glyndŵr, Sir David Hanmer, Owain ap Maredudd of Neuadd Wen, and Hywel and Meurig Llwyd of Nannau, love and religious poetry, and it is now certain that he is the author of the poem to send the sun to greet Glamorgan, which has also been attributed to Iolo Goch and Dafydd

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