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ROBERTS, GOMER MORGAN (1904 - 1993), minister (CM), historian, author and hymnwriter . Two of his hymns have been included in Caneuon Ffydd (2001). He was also a member of the Court and Council of the National Library of Wales. He was awarded an honorary M.A., 1949, and D.Litt., 1985, by the University of Wales. Of medium height and sturdy build, he enjoyed good health until the last few years of his life, when he received every care from his wife and daughter, Mair. An entertaining
ROBERTS, IOAN (1941 - 2019), journalist, producer and author book Achos y Bomiau Bach (2001) on the Welsh Socialist Republican Movement conspiracy trial at Cardiff Crown Court in 1983, at which Ioan was present as a reporter for Radio Cymru. For the book Rhyfel Ni - Profiadau Cymreig o Ddwy Ochr Rhyfel y Falklands/Malvinas (2003) on the Falklands war, he visited Patagonia to interview families of Argentinian soldiers of Welsh descent, some of whom were killed
ROBERTS, JOHN (Siôn Robert Lewis; 1731 - 1806), author, almanack-maker, and hymn-writer before Bangor consistory court in August 1765 for keeping a school in Llaniestyn without a licence. He was the author of many works on various subjects; these include Rhai Hymnau, 1760, which he wrote in conjunction with Richard Jones; Yr Anedigaeth Newydd, 1762, a translation of an English pamphlet, The New Birth; Drych y Cristion, 1766, which was the second edition of Carwr y Cymru published by T
ROBERTS, JOHN BRYN (1843 - 1931), lawyer and politician Parliament for south Caernarvonshire, and held the seat till 1906, when he became county-court judge in Glamorgan. In 1918 he was transferred to North Wales and Chester. He retired in 1921, died at Bryn Adda 14 April 1931, and was buried in Llanfair-is-gaer churchyard. Bryn Roberts was a most remarkable man. A fearless rider to hounds, he took to driving a motor car when approaching his eighties, and
ROBERTS, PETER (fl. 1578-1646), attorney and chronicler Born 2 February 1577/1578, son of Robert ap Hywel ap Rhys, of Bron-yr-wylfa, near S. Asaph, and his wife Agnes - a Griffith of Gwern-eigron; he probably went to S. Asaph cathedral school. By 1599 he was notary public at S. Asaph, and in 1624 (30 June) he was appointed proctor in the bishop's court. In 1606 he married Jane, one of the daughters of David ap Lewis ap Gronw, of Meiriadog; and he
ROBERTS, RICHARD ARTHUR (1851 - 1943), archifydd a golygydd cynorthwyol a hefyd ysgrifennydd y sefydliad. O 1900 hyd 1919 gwasanaethai hefyd fel archwiliwr (cyfreithiol) yn unol ag amodau Deddf yr Archifdy Gwladol, 1887. Ef oedd ysgrifennydd yr Historical MSS Commission o 1903 hyd 1912, ac yn 1912 gwnaed ef yn aelod o'r comisiwn. Golygodd The Court Rolls of the Lordship of Ruthin … of the Reign of King Edward the First (Llundain, 1893); A Calendar of Home Office
ROBERTS, RICHARD ARTHUR (1851 - 1943), archivist and editor . From 1900 to 1919 he acted as Inspecting Officer (legal) under the provisions of the Public Record Office Act, 1887. He was secretary of the Historical MSS Commission from 1903 to 1912, and became a member of the Commission in 1912. He edited The Court Rolls of the Lordship of Ruthin … of the Reign of King Edward the First (London, 1893), A Calendar of the Home Office Papers of the Reign of George
ROBERTS, THOMAS ROWLAND (Asaph; 1857? - 1940), biographer Born at S. Asaph. He was for some years a solicitor's clerk at Caernarvon, a court interpreter and official shorthand writer. In 1901, for a short time, he was editor of Y Genedl Gymreig and its associated newspapers. Later he established an accountant's practice at Colwyn Bay and was the general secretary of the national eisteddfod held there in 1910, and at Bangor in 1915. He died at Colwyn Bay
teulu ROBINSON Conway, Monachdy, Gwersyllt, for North Wales, and married a Norris of Speke, the parent stock of his house. In Parliament he supported the Court, from which, according to official figures, he was drawing £200 a year in secret service money in 1679. As a militia colonel he was active in harrying the Dissenters and Quakers of Denbighshire. He died on 22 March 1681, and was buried at Gresford, his epitaphs there are in Pennant
teulu SALUSBURY Lleweni, Bachygraig, Shakespeare and other contemporary poets (see Carleton Brown, Poems by Sir John Salusbury and Robert Chester). He does not appear to have returned to London after Elizabeth's death, and his later years were clouded by the persistent attempts of his enemies to discredit him in the eyes of the new king and his court. Sir John died 24 July 1612 leaving Lleweni to his son HENRY SALUSBURY (1589 - 1632), who
SALUSBURY, THOMAS (1561 - 1586), conspirator later. He and the other conspirators were arraigned before a special court at Westminster, 13 September, and Salusbury was found guilty of intending to raise a rebellion in Denbighshire should Babington's plot be successful. In spite of his strenuous denial that he had any desire to murder Elizabeth, he was executed 21 September to the terror and great grief of his family and his other friends in
SANKEY, JOHN (BARON SANKEY, VISCOUNT SANKEY of Moreton), (1866 - 1948), lawyer Born at Moreton, Gloucester, 26 October 1866, son of Thomas and Catalina Sankey. Educated at Lancing and at Jesus College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar in 1892, became a King's Counsel in 1909, was appointed a judge of the High Court in 1914, and a Lord of Appeal in 1928. In 1929 he became Lord Chancellor in the second Labour Government, and retained this office until 1935. He was chairman of

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