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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), 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, 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, 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, EVELYN BEATRICE (Lynette) (1909 - 1995), poet and prose writer accomplished through its singular focus on Llanybri. It is a remarkably original work, in focus, structure and aesthetics, and it roots the heroism of the war in Roberts herself, her friends and community, and like the court poetry of medieval Wales, it preserves and recalls a community and culture in crisis. Also in Llanybri, Roberts wrote the experimental historical novel 'The Book of Nesta', which sought
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
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

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