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ROWLAND, HENRY (1551 - 1616), bishop of Bangor Born at Mellteyrn, Llŷn, Caernarfonshire, the son of Rolant ap Robert and Elizabeth, daughter of Gruffydd ap Robert Vaughan of Talhenbont. He was educated at a school in the parish of Penllech and at New College, Oxford (B.A. 1574, M.A. 1577, B.D. 1591, D.D. 1605). Ordained on 14 September 1572; he became rector of Mellteyrn, 1572-81; rector of Langton (Oxfordshire), 1581-1600; prebendary of
ROWLAND(S), WILLIAM (1887 - 1979), schoolmaster and author Swansea grammar school (1920-24), founded by Bishop Hugh Gore in 1682. In 1924 he was appointed successor to Rhys Evans as headmaster of Porthmadog county school; he remained in post until his retirement in December 1949. William Rowland was a dedicated and diligent educationalist. Besides teaching children daily and holding evening classes for adults in Welsh language and literature whilst in the south
ROWLANDS, EURYS IONOR (1926 - 2006), Welsh scholar especially their metrical skills and artistry. He edited Gwaith Lewys Môn (Cardiff, 1975) and Gwaith Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel (Cardiff, 1984), he revised and completed editions of Gwaith Iorwerth Fynglwyd (Cardiff, 1975) and of Gwaith Rhys Brydydd a Rhisiart ap Rhys (Cardiff, 1976) and he also prepared a useful selection of poems, Poems of the Cywyddwyr (Dublin, 1976). He published a host of innovative
ROWLANDS, Sir HUGH (1828 - 1909), general, and the first Welshman to be awarded the Victoria Cross Born on 6 May 1928 at Plastirion, Llanrug, Caernarfonshire, the second son of John and Elizabeth Rowlands. His father was the heir to the Plastirion estate which amounted to approx. 1,200 acres. The family claimed descent from Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, prince of Powys and were also descended from Dafydd, brother of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd; they had resided in the Caernarfon area for nearly two hundred
SALESBURY, WILLIAM (1520? - 1584?), scholar and chief translator of the first Welsh New Testament He was a gentleman by birth, the second son of Ffwg ap Robert ap Thomas Salbri Hen, and Annes, daughter of Wiliam ap Gruffydd ap Robin of Cochwillan. He was born at Llansannan but spent the greater part of his life at Plas Isa, Llanrwst. He was educated at Oxford and, in all probability, it was while he was there that he left the Roman Catholic Church and became a Protestant. He married Catrin
teulu SALUSBURY Rug, Bachymbyd, This family was founded at Bachymbyd, between Ruthin and Denbigh, at the close of the 15th century by JOHN SALUSBURY, fourth son of Thomas Salusbury of Lleweni (died 1471). It acquired Rug by the marriage of John's eldest son PIERS SALUSBURY to Margaret Wen, daughter and heiress of Ieuan ap Hywel ap Rhys, lord of Rug, near Corwen, Meironnydd. Rug became the more important of the two seats, though
teulu SALUSBURY Lleweni, Bachygraig, Parliament (whether for county or borough is unknown) in 1539, and knight of the shire in 1542. As a leader of the English force in Ireland in 1534-5 this John Salusbury was a member of the Council of Ireland. Sir John Salusbury's eldest son and heir, another JOHN SALUSBURY, predeceased him by twelve years in 1566; he was the first husband of the celebrated Katheryn of Berain, daughter of Tudur ap Robert
SAMUEL, HOWEL WALTER (1881 - 1953), judge and politician recommenced work in Garn-goch pit 3, where David Rhys Grenfell (later a Member of Parliament for Gower) was one of his workmates. He took an interest in socialist activities and was one of the secretaries of Swansea Labour Society. In a Socialist holiday school in Caister-on-sea he met Harriott Sawyer Polkinghorne, a London schoolmistress. They were married in 1911 and she strongly urged him to devote
SAMWELL, DAVID (1751 - 1798), naval surgeon and poet to reveal a headstrong and intolerant nature. He assisted in the task of collecting for publication the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym and of Huw Morys. A portrait of Samwell is reproduced in the first article noted below.
SCOTT-ELLIS, THOMAS EVELYN (8th BARON HOWARD DE WALDEN, 4th BARON SEAFORD), (1880 - 1946), landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts operatic libretti. Among his works are: Children of Don (1912), Pont Orewyn (1914), Lanval (1915), Dylan (1919), The Cauldron of Annwn (1922), The Cauldron of Annwn, including the story of Bronwen (1929), Five Pantomimes (1930), Song of Gwyn ap Nudd [ 1913 ]. He had previously published Banners, standards, and badges: from a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms, and Some feudal lords and their seals
teulu SCUDAMORE married Maud, daughter of Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Newton, Dynevor. The Kentchurch and other properties were subsequently restored to their issue.
SEEBOHM, FREDERIC (1833 - 1912), historian and banker The Tribal System in Wales (1895). However, he was not included in the corresponding English volume edited by Jenkins, The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (1959). He was a member of the Welsh land commission of 1893-6, and chapter 9 of The Welsh People by John Rhys and David Brynmor Jones (1906) is mostly his work based on the findings of the commission. He died on 6 February 1912 in

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