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NICHOLAS, THOMAS EVAN (Niclas y Glais; 1879 - 1971), poet, minister of religion and advocate for the Communist Party supporter of David Thomas who was doing similar propagnda work for the Labour Movement in Gwynedd. Nicholas stood shoulder to shoulder with British Socialist pioneers, sharing a platform with Bruce Glasier and Keir Hardie of the ILP. He became a favorite of the colliers of Glais, especially at Tynyfron, Llwyndu and Sisters Pit. During the disputes of the summer of 1905, and October 1909 to March 1910, and
NOAKES, GEORGE (1924 - 2008), Archbishop of Wales George Noakes was born on September 13 1924 in Penygaer, Bwlchyllan, Cardiganshire, one of the three children of a Welsh-speaking mother, Elizabeth Mary née Lewis and father, David John Noakes, colliery worker and later farmer, from English-speaking south Pembrokeshire. This factor gave him an unforced and natural bilingualism which made him a fluent and attractive preacher in both languages. As
NONN (fl. late 5th century), saint Daughter of Cynyr of Caer Gawch in Menevia. The tradition about Nonn is contained almost entirely in Rhygyfarch's ' Life of S. David.' It is said that Nonn, though a nun, was violated by Sant (Sanctus), king of Ceredigion, and, as a result, became the mother of S. David. Gildas, when preaching in a certain church in the district, found himself bereft of speech because of the presence of the
NOVELLO, IVOR (1893 - 1951), composer, playwright, stage and film actor Born at 95 Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, 15 January 1893, of a very musical family who soon moved to Llwyn-yr-eos, 11 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, the only son of David Davies, rates collector, and Clara Novello Davies. He attended Mrs. Soulez' school nearby and received musical tuition from his mother and (Sir) Herbert Brewer, Gloucester. His good soprano voice won him prizes at eisteddfodau, and a
OLIVER, DAVID (fl. 1785-1814), Baptist minister reports his reception into the Independent denomination - he was then living at Llangyfelach. He died at an unknown date before the publication (1839) of David Jones's history of the South Wales Baptists - 'in slight repute,' says that zealous Baptist.
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM DAVID (1918 - 1985), politician, diplomat, media impresario David Ormsby-Gore was born in London on 20 May 1918, the second son of William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (1885-1964), fourth Baron Harlech, landowner and politician, and his wife Lady Beatrice Edith Mildred (née Gascoigne-Cecil, 1891-1980), a daughter of the fourth Marquess of Salisbury. His older brother and the barony of Harlech's heir presumptive, Owen Gerard Cecil Ormsby-Gore (1916-1935) died
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM GEORGE ARTHUR (1885 - 1964), politician and banker Born in London, 11 April 1885, son of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore (who became 3rd Baron Harlech in 1904) and Lady Margaret Ethel (née Gordon). The family home was Brogyntyn, near Oswestry, Salop. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and in 1913 he married Lady Beatrice Cecil, a member of a prominent Conservative family. In 1910 he was elected M.P. for the Borough of Denbigh by only eight votes
OWAIN GLYNDWR (c. 1354 - 1416), 'Prince of Wales' Gruffudd ap Cynan; and after the death of Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri in 1378, few remained with a better claim than his to the heritage of the Llywelyns. He married (perhaps in 1383) Margaret, daughter of David Hanmer of Maelor; there were six sons and several daughters. Of the sons, only Maredudd appears to have survived his father. There is no indication in his early life presaging the events of his
OWAIN, Syr DAFYDD, cleric and poet
OWAIN, Sir DAVID - gweler OWAIN, Sir DAFYDD
teulu OWEN Cefn-hafodau, Glangynwydd, Glansevern, Llangurig This family, of South-Welsh origin (pedigree in Mont. Coll., iii, 232), emerges into notice towards the middle of the 18th century, when it produced two successive generations of noteworthy men. DAVID OWEN (1700 - 1777), who married Frances Rogers of Cefn-y-berain (Kerry), had four sons, of whom three claim notice here: 1. OWEN OWEN (1723 - 1789), sheriff of Montgomery LawPublic and Social
teulu OWEN Plas-du, attended (in company with Humphrey Llwyd) to the Diet of Augsburg (1566) and by whom he was drawn into plots on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots. Implication in the Ridolfi Plot drove him into hiding, first with the Lloyd s of Llwyn-y-maen and other recusant families round Oswestry, then via Spain to Brussels (1572), where, as a Spanish pensioner, he advised the Netherlands government on English affairs

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1273 - 1284 of 1926 for "david lloyd george"