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teulu CONWAY Botryddan, Bodrhyddan, The Conways were of English origin, descended from Sir William Coniers, ' Knight of War ', high constable of England under William the Conqueror. Sir HENRY CONWAY, son of Sir Hugh Conway, who married Ellen (or Angharad), daughter of Sir Hugh Crevecoer, lord of Prestatyn, was the first known to have settled in Wales, and his son, Richard, succeeded as lord of Prestatyn. In contrast to his
CONYBEARE, WILLIAM DANIEL (1787 - 1857), geologist and divine
CORBET, Sir RICHARD (1640 - 1683), baronet and member of parliament One of the CORBET family of Leighton, Montgomery, a son of EDWARD CORBET (who died before his father in 1653), and grandson of Sir EDWARD CORBET, the first baronet. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, 1658. He was Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1677-81 and chairman of the elections committee. He was a close friend of Lord William Russell whose execution in 1683 may have hastened Sir
CORBETT, JOHN STUART (1845 - 1921), solicitor and antiquary coalfield, and with ' the war of the railways,' when the Bute estates were managed by that dominating personality, William Thomas Lewis, the 1st lord Merthyr. Corbett's chief recreations were painting and gardening, but after 1890 he devoted much of his leisure to historical studies, chiefly on the lordship of Glamorgan (collected under the title Glamorgan and published, with a memoir, in 1925); those
teulu CORY Police Institute; the original Cardiff Y.M.C.A.; the Cory Temperance Hall, Cardiff, etc. For many years before his death his benefactions amounted to nearly £50,000 a year. He was held in such esteem by the people of Cardiff, that they erected during his lifetime a bronze statue, the work of Sir William Goscombe John, in front of the City Hall (1905). John Cory married, 19 September 1854, Anna Maria
COSLET, EDWARD (1750 - 1828), Calvinistic Methodist preacher Born at Machen, Monmouthshire, in 1750. He was converted under the ministry of William Edwards (1719 - 1789), joined the church in Groeswen in 1769, and began to preach. He moved to Castleton, Monmouth, about 1776, where he came into touch with Blanche Evans of S. Mellons, who brought him to the notice of David Jones of Llan-gan and the Methodist society established in that place. He founded
COSLETT, COSLETT (Carnelian; 1834 - 1910), collier and poet was buried in Groes-wen burial-ground, where later a monument to him (illustration in Cymru, O.M.E., xliii, 229) was erected. His elder brother, WILLIAM COSLETT (Gwilym Elian; 1831 - 1904), a colliery official, was also a poet, and indeed, at several eisteddfodau defeated Islwyn, but was never successful at a national eisteddfod. He died 22 September 1904, at Caerphilly. The brothers, members of
COSLETT, WILLIAM (1831 - 1904), colliery official - gweler COSLETT, COSLETT
CRADOC, WALTER (1610? - 1659), Puritan theologian Born 1610? (1606? in D.N.B.) in Trefela, Llangwm, Monmouth, of good family. He inherited an estate worth £601 a year and is believed to have been educated at Oxford. He was appointed curate at Peterston, Glamorganshire, and later curate to William Erbery at S. Mary's, Cardiff. There he fell under the displeasure of the authorities on account of his Puritanical tendencies and in 1634 his licence
CRADOCK, Sir MATHEW (1468? - 1531), royal official in South Wales imprisoned by him, at Swansea, and another seeking to be reconciled to him (Lewis and Jones, Mynegai). He was twice married - first to Alice, daughter of Philip Mansel of Oxwich castle, and second to Katherine Gordon, widow of Perkin Warbeck. By his first wife he had a daughter, Margaret, who married Richard Herbert of Ewyas, Herefordshire, and became the mother of William Herbert, who was created earl of
CRAWLEY, RICHARD (1840 - 1893), scholar Born at Bryngwyn near Raglan, Monmouthshire, 26 December 1840, son of William Crawley, archdeacon of Monmouth, and of Gertrude, third daughter of Sir Love Jones Parry of Madryn. He was a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. His career and works (the chief of which was the translation of Thucydides, now included in ' Everyman's Library') are noticed by Sidney Lee in the D.N.B., First Supplement
teulu CRAWSHAY, industrialists Cyfarthfa This family had a preponderating influence on the industrial welfare of the people of South Wales, particularly through the heavy industries connected with the manufacture of iron, coal and iron-ore mining, etc. [In the earlier generations, the name appears as 'Crashaw' and 'Crashay'. RICHARD CRAWSHAY (1739 - 1810), Business and Industry Born at Normanton, near Leeds, son of William Crawshay, a

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