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REES, JAMES (1803 - 1880), printer and publisher both newspapers until 1871, when they were taken over by John Evans, Caellenor, Caernarvon. An alderman and mayor on more than one occasion, he also acted as high bailiff of the County Court at Caernarvon. In politics he was a staunch Liberal. He died 21 June 1880 at Castle Street, Caernarvon.
REES, Sir JOHN MILSOM (1866 - 1952), surgeon and laryngologist teaching hospitals as vice-president or governor, and he was also a member of the Court of the University of Wales. In addition he took an active part on the governing body of the British Postgraduate School, Epsom College, the Nuffield Provincial Hospital Trust and similar bodies. Apart from his remarkable success in professional spheres, he also achieved great distinction in many other fields. As a
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron law, which still pertained for many purposes in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire in the fourteenth century, and he served as dosbarthwr or legis peritus between 1380 and 1392, hearing appeals, reversing wrongful court decisions, etc. With a correspondent expertise in English law, he also served as constable and beadle of Mabwynion, and as steward and deputy justiciar of Cardiganshire. Poetic praise
RHYDDERCH HAEL (or HEN), king of Alclyde (Dumbarton, near Glasgow) Arfderydd, which was fought, according to Harl. MS. 3859 (Cymm., ix, 155) in 573. In the triads he is named as one of the 'three liberal ones of the Island of Britain' (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 389), his court is said to have been devastated by Aidan, king of the Scots, 574-606 (ibid., 391), and 'Drudlwyd' is given as the name of his steed (Black Book of Carmarthen, 28. 5). According to the
RHYS AP TEWDWR (bu farw 1093), king of Deheubarth (1078-1093) known as Gerald of Wales, and Rhys ap Gruffudd ('the Lord Rhys') who dominated Wales at the end of the twelfth century. Notwithstanding his slaughter of dynastic competitors, Rhys was remembered as a pious individual and the hermit Caradog of Rhos emerged from his court to begin a life of religious solitude.
RHYS ap THOMAS Sir (1449 - 1525), chief Welsh supporter of Henry VII descent from the Welsh princes. As a lad he spent some time abroad with his father at the court of Burgundy, returning about 1467. On the death of his father, who had been predeceased by his two elder sons, Rhys ap Thomas succeeded to the estate. The family tradition had been Lancastrian, but in the circumstances of the time caution was necessary. In the reign of Edward IV, Rhys organized a local
teulu RICHARDS Coed, Caerynwch, (above) the chief baron had eight sons and two daughters. The eldest son, RICHARD RICHARDS (1787 - 1860), was born 22 September 1787, educated at Westminster and at Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1812. He was appointed a commissioner of bankruptcy 1814, accountant-general of the court of exchequer 1820, and became a master in ordinary in Chancery in 1841. He was
ROBERTS, ARTHUR RHYS (1872 - 1920), solicitor continuing importance to Lloyd George as a personal lawyer, he emphasised, when asking for Lloyd George's support, that the conditions of the appointment would not prevent him from continuing to undertake some private work at the same time. Lloyd George agreed to support the application and Roberts was appointed Official Solicitor of the Supreme Court in December 1919. However, his health was already so
ROBERTS, EMRYS OWEN (1910 - 1990), Liberal politician and public servant was a member of the Mid-Wales Development Corporation, 1969-77, and its chairman in 1977, a member of the Welsh Development Agency, 1977-81, and director of the Development Corporation of Wales, 1978-81. He brought to these positions a creative mind and considerable professional and political skills. He was a member of the court and council of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1972-85
ROBERTS, EMRYS OWEN (1910 - 1990), gwleidydd Rhyddfrydol a gwas cyhoeddus gadeirydd hynod effeithiol a blaengar o gyngor yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. Cyhoeddodd ar y cyd The Law of Restrictive Trade Practices and Monopolies. Priododd Anna Elizabeth Tudor ym 1948, a bu iddynt un mab ac un ferch. Roedd y mab Owen wedi marw cyn ei dad. Eu cartref oedd Bryn Dedwydd, Dolgellau a Court House, Basil Street, Llundain a 8 Kent House, 62 Holland Park Avenue, Llundain W11. Mae ei bapurau
ROBERTS, Sir ERNEST HANDFORTH GOODMAN (1890 - 1969), judge in the military court. In the meantime he was called to the Bar (1916). He contested the Flintshire seat for the Conservatives in 1923 and won it in 1924, continuing as an M.P. until 1929. He was knighted in 1936 and was the Chief Justice of the High Court in Rangoon from that year until 1948. The following year he was made a King's Counsellor and was an Assize commissioner in a number of circuits
ROBERTS, Sir GEORGE FOSSETT (1870 - 1954), soldier, politician and administrator Artillery. He was elected a member of the Aberystwyth Town Council in 1902; he remained a member for 30 years and served as mayor in 1912-13 and 1927-28. He chaired many council committees. He also served as a member of the Cardiganshire County Council for 20 years. Roberts also played an active part in the activities of the National Library of Wales; he was elected a member of the Court of Governors in

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