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GRIFFITH, RICHARD (Carneddog; 1861 - 1947), poet, writer, and journalist Nantmor (under William Ellis) and Beddgelert (under George Thomas). He was a sheep farmer but he became better known as a poet, prose writer, and journalist. An eisteddfod competitor early in life, he also began to contribute to Welsh weekly newspapers, e.g. Baner ac Amserau Cymru, Y Genedl Gymreig, and Yr Herald Cymraeg, c. 1881; his weekly column ('Manion y Mynydd') in Yr Herald Cymraeg was very
GRIFFITH, ROBERT (1847 - 1909), musician Born 1 March 1847 at Glog Ddu, Llangernyw, Denbighshire, the son of John and Jane Griffith. The family moved to Llanrwst in 1853. The father was an Anglican and the mother a Calvinistic Methodist. After receiving some education at the National School, Llanrwst, he became a servant to 'Glan Collen' and afterwards to the Rev. John Rougler, Eglwys-bach. He then became apprenticed to Robert Roberts
GRIFFITH, ROBERT ARTHUR (Elphin; 1860 - 1936), author and lawyer position which he held until his retirement in 1935. On the literary side he was a keen eisteddfodwr; he assumed the bardic name of Elphin. He wrote two volumes of Welsh verse (Murmuron Menai and O Fôr i Fynydd) and a Welsh comedy entitled Y Bardd a'r Cerddor. With David Edwards (1858 - 1916) and John Owen Jones (1861 - 1899), he produced the pseudonymous The Welsh Pulpit: divers notes and opinions. By a
GRIFFITH, ROGER (bu farw 1708), Presbyterian minister and tutor, afterwards archdeacon Brynllywarch, the Presbyterian board (but not the Congregational board) placed its students under Griffith's care; his academy, of some five or six students (including Samuel Jones 'of Tewkesbury' and Thomas Perrott,, was highly spoken of. In 1698 he began to exhibit leanings towards the Establishment, and in 1702 resigned and conformed. He was given the Crown rectory of New Radnor, perhaps as early as 1704
GRIFFITH, THOMAS, weaver - gweler THOMAS, DAVID
GRIFFITH, THOMAS TAYLOR (1795 - 1876), surgeon and antiquary Born at Wrexham, 11 December 1795, he was one of the eleven children (and the eldest son) of Thomas Griffith (1753 - 1846, surgeon), and great-grandson of John Griffith (1654 - 1698) or Siôn Gruffydd of Cae Cyriog, genealogist and herald, who died 31 October 1698. The family of Cae Cyriog in the Hafod township, Ruabon, was there at least as early as the mid 15th century (P. Fadog, ii, 184). His
GRIFFITH, WALTER (1727 - 1779), captain R.N. of his elder brother Ralph Griffith of Brongain, who married as his first wife Catherine Jones, heiress of the Davieses of Caerhun (Griffith, op. cit., 233); the younger Walter Griffith (who in 1798 took the surname Booth) was the son of a second marriage.
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1719 - 1782), farmer of Drws-y-coed Uchaf, at the head of Nantlle Vale, from 1744 till his death; known to Goronwy Owen, to Margaret Davies, of Coedcae-du, and to David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri as a man of literary tastes, is also noteworthy because his house was the centre of the Moravian mission in Northwest Wales from 1768 to 1776 - see under David Williams (1702 - 1779), David Mathias, and John Morgan (1743
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1801 - 1881), Independent minister and hymn-writer Younger son of John Griffith (1752 - 1818), born 12 August 1801 at Glan-yr-afon, Llanfaglan, Caernarfonshire, was at Neuadd-lwyd and Carmarthen, and was in 1822 ordained minister at Holyhead, where he remained for the rest of his life, declining calls to important churches in London, Liverpool, Carmarthen, and other places. His long ministry was of great importance in the history of Independency
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1853 - 1918), mining engineer and author [2nd ed. 1912, ed. by W. J. Gruffydd ]. In 1893 he married Annie, second daughter of Thomas Morris, Aberystwyth; and was landlord of the Waterloo Hotel there. He died 25 November 1918, leaving two sons, and was buried at Aberystwyth cemetery.
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM JOHN (1875 - 1931), writer of short stories Born at Bwlan, Aberffraw, Anglesey, 15 September 1875, son of Thomas Lewis Griffith, farmer and valuer, and Margaret Griffith of Bwlan. The family went to live at Cefn Coch farm, Llansadwrn, near Beaumaris, where Griffith lived until he was 24 years of age. He was educated at Llansadwrn and at Beaumaris grammar-school, won an agricultural scholarship to the university college, Bangor, and took a
GRIFFITH-JONES, EBENEZER (1860 - 1942), Congregational minister and college principal Born 5 February 1860 at Merthyr Tydfil, son of the Rev. E. Aeron Jones and Mary Ann, daughter of David Griffiths (1792 - 1863), missionary to Madagascar. Although he received the best education that was possible at the time he attributed his culture and scholarship mainly to the influence of his father. He went to Carmarthen Presbyterian College, 1875-78, and was an assistant teacher at Swansea

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