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RHYS ap THOMAS Sir (1449 - 1525), chief Welsh supporter of Henry VII was the third son of Thomas ap Gruffudd ap Nicolas. His grandfather, Gruffudd ap Nicolas, had in 1440 leased the lordship of Dinefwr for a period of sixty years and thus laid the foundation of the family fortunes. His father, Thomas ap Gruffudd, had strengthened the position of the family by his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Gruffydd of Abermarlais, who could claim
RHYS BRYCHAN (fl. c. 1500), poet Twenty-seven of his poems are preserved in manuscript. Among them are an awdl and an elegy to Rosser Fychan of Talgarth, a laudatory poem to Lewis ap Risiart Gwyn of Fan, and poems to Einion Fychan of Tywyn, Watkin Fychan of Treffylip, Sir Morgan ap Sir Siôn Farchog of Tredeigr, William Herbert, and others. Most of his work is found in the following manuscripts: NLW MS 970E (177, 184), NLW MS
RHYS GOCH ERYRI (fl. early 15th century), poet was as follows - 'ap Dafydd ab Ieuan Llwyd.' His cywyddau to Gwilym ap Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Sir William Thomas of Raglan, and William Fychan ap Gwilym of Penrhyn, can be dated fairly easily. No poem by him to Owain Glyn Dŵr has been preserved, although there are suggestions in his poems to members of the Penrhyn family that his sympathies were with the adherents of Glyn Dŵr. Even if he did sing to
RHYS GOGH ap RHICCERT MSS. C21 (134), C30 (121), C36 (246), and that Rhys Goch was thus a forerunner of Dafydd ap Gwilym. Doubts have been cast on this account by a number of Welsh scholars in turn, from Thomas Stephens to J. H. Davies, J. Glyn Davies, and Sir Ifor Williams, and it was completely disproved by G. J. Williams in Y Beirniad, viii, 211-26, where it is revealed that Iolo had refurbished five old poems, and
RHYS IFANC Sir (1325) - gweler RHYS ap GRUFFYDD
RHYS NANMOR (fl. 1480-1513), poet His genealogy is found in Peniarth MS 268 (585), and Dwnn, ii, 284; there he is described as a 'penkerdd,' i.e. a member of the highest order of bards, and 'ab Maredudd ab Ieuan ab Dafydd Tudur,' etc. Rhys's mother was Nest, daughter of Owen ap Ierwerth. He is said to have been a pupil of Dafydd Nanmor, but there is no evidence that they were related. He was primarily a 'family poet' to Sir Rhys
RHYS Sir (1325) - gweler RHYS ap GRUFFYDD
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar Ireland, 1901, on the University of Wales and its constituent colleges, 1907, on a national university for Ireland, 1908, and chairman of the commission on ancient monuments in Wales. He was also president of the Dafydd ab Gwilym Society at Oxford. In all these councils he rendered priceless service to learning, education, and culture, particularly in Wales. The British Academy founded the 'Sir John
RHYS, JOHN DAVID (1534 - 1609?), physician and grammarian . After returning to Wales and devoting some years to the collection of material Rhys published, in 1592, his famous Welsh grammar, Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Linguae Institutiones et Rudimenta. The book was dedicated to Sir Edward Stradling of St Donats, Glamorganshire, who had defrayed the cost of printing. It consists of a grammar of the Welsh language together with a lengthy and laborious
RHYS, WALTER FITZURYAN (1873 - 1956), nobleman and politician with Sir Cyril Fox regarding Newton House (Dynevor Castle) and he was concerned about preserving the park's ancient herd of wild white cattle. He died 8 June 1956 and was buried at Llandyfeisant Church in Dynevor Park. RHYS, CHARLES ARTHUR URYAN, the eldest son and 8th Baron Dynevor (1899 - 1962) Business and IndustryLand OwnershipMilitaryNature and AgriculturePolitics, Government and Political
RHYS, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1880 - 1967), minister (B) and author
RHYS-WILLIAMS, BRANDON MEREDITH (1927 - 1988), Conservative politician He was born on 14 November 1927, the son of Sir Rhys Rhys Williams, Bart., (1865-1955) DSO, QC, who had served as the Liberal MP for the Banbury division from the general election of 1918 until the general election of 1922. He inherited his father's estate Miskin Manor in Glamorgan, which ran to some 800 acres, after which the baronetcy was named. His mother, Juliet Rhys-Williams (1898-1964), was

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