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FFRANGCON-DAVIES, GWEN LUCY (1891 - 1992), actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies was born on 25 January 1891 in north London, the eldest of three children of David Ffrangcon-Davies, son of a foundry supervisor at Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, and his wife, Annie 'Nan' Raynor, the daughter of a Manchester doctor with a holiday cottage in Conwy. Gwen had a sister Marjorie (1893-1964), later a singer, and a brother Geoffrey (1895-1915) who was killed in a
FFRANGCON-THOMAS, DAVID - gweler THOMAS, DAVID FFRANGCON
FINIAN (fl. 6th century), saint monastic house at Clonard. But the 'Life' states that Finian received his education and training in Wales. At the age of thirty, Finian crossed over to S. Davids where he met three Welsh saints - David, Gildas, and Cathmael, the first two of whom were then contending for the primacy of Britain. Finian settled the dispute in favour of S. David. The saint is said to have remained with the British elders
FISHER, FRANCIS GEORGE (1909 - 1970), dramatist and producer
FISON, ANNA (Morfydd Eryri; 1839 - 1920), linguist, poet and educator the instigation of Dr. Charles Williams, principal of Jesus College. In 1871 she married David Walter Thomas, and their children (two sons and three daughters) were brought up good Welshmen and Welshwomen. One of their sons was the priest and scholar Evan Lorimer Thomas. She threw herself into Welsh life, holding night classes for the local quarrymen; she was instrumental in aiding many of them to
teulu FITZ ALAN, lords of Oswestry and Clun, and later earls of Arundel the battle of Shrewsbury, 1403, while in the following year he was placed in command of the campaign in North Wales against Owain Glyn Dwr [see Lloyd, Owen Glendower (index)].
FITZGERALD, DAVID (bu farw 1176), bishop of S. Davids such an appointment. A compromise was reached by the election of David, for he was of both Welsh and Norman stock. He was consecrated bishop by archbishop Theobald on 19 December 1148 at Canterbury, and he undertook to acknowledge the authority of Canterbury as a metropolitan see with power over and above S. Davids. On 3 June 1162, along with Nicholas, bishop of Llandaff, he assisted in the
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL CORNELIUS JOHN (1927 - 2007), a friar of the Carmelite Order, priest, philosopher and poet Spanish mystic John of the Cross), and from then until 1948 he was a novice in Ireland, taking his first vows as friar in 1943. While there, he went to University College, Dublin, where he continued his Welsh education under Professor John Lloyd-Jones. However, the Professor advised him to switch to Greek and Latin, which he accordingly did at the end of the first year (Welsh may not have been his
FLUDD, GEORGE - gweler LLOYD, GEORGE
FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913 - 2010), politician, journalist, author previous marriage. Foot was an eloquent and powerful orator, and during his time as MP for Plymouth Devonport he became a prominent advocate of the left-wing movement associated with Aneurin Bevan, which was also supported by a number of Welsh MPs, such as George Thomas, Tudor Watkins and Cledwyn Hughes. However, a bitter disagreement arose between Foot and Bevan on the question of nuclear weapons. As
FOULKES, HENRY POWELL (1815 - 1886), cleric and author living of Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire, in 1857 and he was made Archdeacon of Montgomery in 1861, an office that carried with it a canonry in the cathedral. He was presented to the living of Whittington, Shropshire in 1879 and he stayed there until his death. He married Jane Margaret, the daughter of Edward Lloyd, Rhagad and they had one daughter who died when she was 14. He was the author of several
FOULKES, HUMPHREY (1673 - 1737), cleric and antiquary son of David Foulkes, Llannefydd, Denbighshire. He graduated B.A., from Jesus College, Oxford, 1695, M.A., 1698, and D.D., 1720. Ordained priest in April 1700 he was instituted to the living of S. George, Denbighshire, in 1702. The prebend of Llanfair in the cathedral church of St Asaph was bestowed upon him in 1705 and he became rector of Marchwiel, Denbighshire, 1709-10, and sinecure rector of

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