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REYNOLDS, JONATHAN OWAIN (Nathan Dyfed; 1814 - 1891), author Son of Dafydd and Mary Reynolds, born 28 April 1814 in the parish of Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire. He could read Welsh when 5 years old, having been taught by his mother. Nine weeks at a day school was all the education he had. At first a farm labourer, he afterwards became a wheelwright, with his father, and practised that trade at Merthyr Tydfil until his death. He left home to work near Llanelly
teulu RHYS, rhymesters and minstrels DAVID (1742? - 1824) was a carpenter. He composed popular carols and songs. He was a good musician and led the church choir. He died at Penygeulan. THOMAS (1750/51 - 1828) was noted for his wit and pungent songs. He died at Bont. MARY (1744? - 1842) also composed songs, but she was better known for her singing. They were about the last of the wandering minstrels and carol-singers in
RHYS, EDWARD PROSSER (1901 - 1945), journalist, poet and publisher he contributed verses to Cymru'r Plant when he was quite young. In 1924, at the national eisteddfod held at Pontypool, he won the crown for his poem 'Atgof', a poem which was unusual in its form and its content and which caused a stir at the time. He took the surname Rhys when he married Mary Prudence Hughes, of Aberystwyth in 1928; they had one daughter. In 1928 he began to publish books and
RHYS, MARY (1744? - 1842), rhymester - gweler RHYS, DAVID
RHYS, MARY CATHERINE - gweler LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL
RHYS, MORGAN (1716 - 1779), circulating schoolmaster, and hymn-writer Born 1 April 1716 at Efail-fach, Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire, son of Rhys and Anne Lewis. Little is known about his early days. He worked as a circulating schoolmaster in various places in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire between 1757 and 1775, and references to his industry as a teacher are found in Welch Piety. In 1770 he was called by his contemporaries 'a Methodistical preacher,' and his will
RHYS, WALTER FITZURYAN (1873 - 1956), nobleman and politician Movements, Born 21 September 1899, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was a captain in the Grenadier Guards Reserve of Officers, and served in the British Expeditionary Force in Russia 1919. He was awarded the M.C. and the Order of S. Anne of Russia. He was Member of Parliament (C) for the Essex and Romford division, 1923-29. He became parliamentary private secretary to
teulu RICE Newton, Dynevor, Catholicism and his opposition to Anne Boleyn. His fall brought his great possessions, said to have been worth £10,000 a year in land and £30,000 in personal property, into the hands of the Crown. The next three generations of the family attempted to rebuild the family fortunes and they succeeded in regaining some of the forfeited lands, though by far the greater part was disposed of by successive Tudor
RICHARD, EBENEZER (1781 - 1837), Calvinistic Methodist minister 1806 he went to Cardigan, where he was employed as a private tutor in the family of one of the Bowen's of Llwyn-gwair. In 1809 he married Mary Williams of Tregaron and went to live in his wife's home. He was ordained to the ministry in the first Methodist ordination at the Llandeilo Association, 1811. He died 9 March 1837 and was buried in Tregaron churchyard. He was a very powerful preacher, but is
RICHARD, HENRY (1812 - 1888), politician Born 3 April 1812, at Tŷ Gwyn, Tregaron, second son of Ebenezer Richard and Mary his wife (daughter of William Williams of Tregaron). After his birth the family moved to Prospect House, Tregaron. He was at school at Llangeitho, and in 1826 was apprenticed to a draper at Carmarthen. Later he decided to enter the Christian ministry, and went to Highbury College, London; on 11 November 1835, he was
RICHARD, TIMOTHY (1845 - 1919), missionary in China , the name of 'Li T'i-motai' was a household word throughout China. His Chinese honours were singularly distinguished, e.g. a mandarin of the highest grade and a member of the Order of the Double Dragon. The University of Wales gave him its LL.D. (1916); he was also D.D. and D.Litt. Dr. Richard married (1) 1878, Mary Martin, who died in 1903, and by whom he had four daughters; (2) 1914, Dr. Ethel
teulu RICHARDS Coed, Caerynwch, The families of Richards of Coed and Humphreys of Caerynwch were united when, on 7 October 1785, Sir Richard Richards (below) of Coed, married Catherine, daughter and heiress of Robert Vaughan Humphreys, of Caerynwch, a marriage which meant also the union of the two respective estates. Later, in 1863, Richard Meredyth Richards married Louisa Janette Anne, daughter and heiress of Edward Lloyd

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