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WILLIAMS, JOHN ELLIS CAERWYN (1912 - 1999), ysgolhaig Cymraeg a Cheltaidd o eitemau. Yma noder yn unig y cyfrolau canlynol: Traddodiad llenyddol Iwerddon, 1958 (fersiwn Gwyddeleg, 1978; fersiwn Saesneg, 1992); Edward Jones Maes-y-plwm, 1963; Poems of Taliesin, 1968; The court poet in medieval Ireland, 1972; Y storïwr Gwyddeleg a'i chwedlau, 1972; The Poets of the Welsh princes, 1978, 1994 (fersiwn diwygiedig yn dwyn y teitl The Court Poet in Medieval Wales, 1997
WILLIAMS, JOHN ELLIS CAERWYN (1912 - 1999), Welsh and Celtic scholar tradition of Ireland], 1958 (versions in Irish, 1978, and in English, 1992); Edward Jones Maes-y-plwm, 1963; Poems of Taliesin, 1968; Y Storïwr Gwyddeleg a'i Chwedlau [The Irish Story-teller and his Tales], 1972; The Poets of the Welsh Princes, 1978, 1994 (revised edition entitled The Court Poet in Medieval Wales, 1997); Geiriadurwyr y Gymraeg yng Nghyfnod y Dadeni [Welsh lexicographers during the
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author University of Wales 1978, OBE 1983, Deputy Lieutenant of Gwynedd 1987, honorary fellowships of the University of Wales Swansea (1989), the University of Wales Bangor (1991) and the University of Wales Aberystwyth (1992), the Cymmrodorion medal 1991, President of the Royal Cambrian Academy (for two periods), member of the Court of the National Library of Wales, the Glyndwr Award of the Tabernacle Trust
WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE (Llinos; 1795 - 1873), folklore collector and musician of Welsh folk music came to the attention of the assembled patrons. Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly (1771-1839) of Titley Court, Herefordshire, supported her by offering a prize for the 'best collection of original unpublished Welsh airs, with the words as sung by the peasantry of Wales' to be awarded at the 1837 Abergavenny eisteddfod. Maria Jane Williams's collection won the prize and came to be
WILLIAMS, MARY (1883 - 1977), French scholar of the Celtic Congress, was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Society, and was President of the Folklore Society between 1961 and 1963. An active member of the Swansea University Court, she took a special interest in the hall of residence which the university named in her honour in 1967. Mary Williams died in Aberystwyth on 17 October 1977 at the age of ninety-four.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (fl. end of the 18th century), attorney, outstanding figure in the copper industry the daughters of Thomas Peers Williams, son of OWEN WILLIAMS (1764 - 1832), and grandson of Thomas Williams, were married to members of the House of Lords, two others to sons of lords; a brother to these daughters was Hwfa Williams, prominent (he and his wife) at the court of Edward VII.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS OSWALD (ap Gwarnant; 1888 - 1965), Unitarian minister, author, poet and public figure the same local authority on four occasions (1940/41; 1941/42; 1950/51; 1959/60). He was granted the Freedom of the Borough in 1954. He represented the borough on the Court of Governors of the University of Wales and on Cardiganshire County Council in 1951, but he had previously been a co-opted member of the county education committee. He served as the chairman of many committees while a member of
WILLIAMS, Sir TREVOR (c. 1623 - 1692) Llangibby, politician support of the country party led to his removal from the county bench in February 1680; this he avenged the following January by joining John Arnold in demanding the removal of Worcester (whom he accused of garrisoning Chepstow with Papists) from the royal court and council, while Worcester (now duke of Beaufort) replied by procuring against him, in November 1683, a verdict of 'scandalum magnatum,' with
WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM (1634 - 1700), lawyer and politician Parliament of 1681. In 1684, his enemy, George Jeffreys, instigated an action against him for having, as speaker, authorised, in 1680, the publication of Thomas Dangerfield's libellous Narrative, and in 1686 he was fined £10,000 by the Court of King's Bench. He thereupon changed sides, made his peace with James II, and was appointed solicitor-general, and knighted in 1687. He incurred great odium by
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717 - 1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer deacon in 1740, working as a curate for Theophilus Evans at Llanwrtyd, Llanfihangel, and Llanddewi Abergwesyn until 1743. In that year he was in some trouble in the bishop's court and the bishop refused to ordain him priest. He thereupon cast his energies into the Methodist movement, and he became one of its chief leaders in Wales. He married, c. 1748, Mary Francis of Llansawel and went to live at his
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EMYR (1889 - 1958), solicitor and eisteddfod patron the end of the war as judge of a military court dealing with unrest among the Egyptians who were seeking independence from British authority. On his return to Wrexham he became a partner with J.S. Lloyd in the firm of solicitors J.S. Lloyd and Emyr Williams. He married Mary, daughter of J.E. Powell, Wrexham. Elected a member of the Wrexham borough council in 1923 he was mayor in 1933 and chairman of
WROTH, WILLIAM (1576 - 1641), Puritan cleric, and founder of the first Independent church in Wales the Public Record Office in favour of 1611, and a good deal for 1617. Romantic stories are told about his transition from an indolent apathetic cleric to a Puritan of industry and zeal; it is possible that 1630 was the year of transformation, but there is no proof. It is said that he was a conscientious objector to the Book of Sports; whatever the exact reason was, he was summoned before the Court

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