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PRYS, THOMAS (1564? - 1634) Plas Iolyn,, poet and adventurer bards, namely, his cousin Rhys Wyn of Giler and Rhys Cain. These have little literary value; but they throw some light on his life and the characteristics of his age. His best poetry is in his elegies. Amongst the best are his elegies on his two sons, Elis and Hanibol Prys; and also that on his old friend Pirs Griffith of Penrhyn. On his faulty diction and his use of English words and phrases, Lewis
teulu PRYSE Gogerddan, of 'Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch,' 'The White Book of Roderick,' now Peniarth MS 4 and Peniarth MS 5 in N.L.W. (The present whereabouts of 'Llyfr Gwyrdd Gogerddan,' 'The Green Book of Gogerddan' are not known). The pedigree of the family up to the year 1588 is given by Lewis Dwnn (Visitations, i, 44-5), based, probably, on tables compiled by Thomas Jones (c. 1530 - 1609), Fountain Gate, Tregaron; see also
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters at Cae-crin, Llanrhyddlad, Anglesey, 10 June 1840. He was educated at the British School, Llanrhyddlad, after which he was sent to R. E. Williams ('Apeles'), Independent minister of Llanddeusant, to learn Greek and Latin. When he was 13 or 14 years of age he was apprenticed to Dr. Jones of Llanfachraeth and Holyhead, but continued with his other studies. In 1855 he was sent to the Andersonian
PRYTHERCH, WILLIAM (1804 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister , Nantgaredig, and Ferryside. He was ordained in 1839. In 1861 he married, as his second wife, Mrs. Jones of Llandeilo-yr-ynys. William Prytherch had a place of his own as an original and natural preacher, eloquent in speech and homely in manner. Dr. Owen Thomas thought one of his sermons the greatest he could remember. He died 20 November 1888 at Ferryside. His son WILLIAM ELIEZER PRYTHERCH (1846 - 1931
PUGH, FRANCIS (1720 - 1811), early Welsh Methodist and Moravian Born 10 September 1720 'in Brecknockshire ' according to Moravian records; it would be interesting to know precisely where, for it is clear that Pugh was a neighbour and friend of Howel Harris at a very early date - so confidential a friend that Harris used him as a go-between when he was courting Anne Williams. He appears to have been in 1741 teacher of a Griffith Jones school at Trevecka itself
PUGH, HUGH (1803 - 1868), schoolmaster and Independent minister Born May 1803 at Towyn, Meironnydd. His father had enlisted in the army, in which he served during the Peninsular War. The son was educated by John Jones of Pen-y-parc, a celebrated schoolmaster, until he was 13 years of age, when he went to London as clerk in a solicitor's office. There, he embraced every opportunity of improving his knowledge but was compelled, owing to ill health, to return to
PUGH, PHILIP (1679 - 1760), Independent minister Born in 1679 at Hendre, Blaenpennal, Cardiganshire. His father was also Philip Pugh, while his mother, Ann, was a daughter of Dafydd Jones of Coedmor and a step-sister, on her mother's side, of Peregrine Musgrave, the Haverfordwest Quaker. Pugh was educated at Brynllywarch Academy and later, after the death of Samuel Jones in 1697, at Abergavenny. In 1709 he was ordained joint minister with David
PUGH, WILLIAM JOHN (1892 - 1974), Director of Geological Survey of Great Britain , 1914). He attended an ancillary course in geology under Professor O. T. Jones, and helped with the completion of a detailed geological map of the district of Aberystwyth and part of the Dyfi estuary. He then served in the Great War with the Royal Welch Fusiliers, being attached to the General Staff of the 2nd and 4th Army Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and General
PUGHE, WILLIAM OWEN (1759 - 1835), lexicographer, grammarian, editor, antiquary, and poet of gentlemen. He contributed to English periodicals such as The Gentleman's Magazine and The Monthly Magazine, and was paid by Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr) and by some publishers for performing various tasks. He was also an amateur artist (see Mysevin MS. 30 in N.L.W.). It was a meagre existence, undoubtedly, particularly about the years 1804-6 after the residential school had been closed. During this
PULESTON, Sir JOHN HENRY (1829 - 1908), banker and Member of Parliament was interested in every Welsh national movement. He had acted as vice-president of the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion, treasurer of the National Eisteddfod Association, 1880-1907, and first chairman of the committee of the London Welsh club. He died 19 October 1908. His sister, Mary Ann Puleston (Mair Clwyd) was the mother of John Puleston Jones.
PYRKE, JOHN (1755 - 1834), japanners in 1817 and 1824) was an active public man, a Liberal in politics, and a great supporter of the Lancastrian schools. He sold his factory, in 1826, to Evan Jones (1790 - 1860). He died 1 November 1834, and was buried at Twyn.
RATHBONE, WILLIAM (1819 - 1902), philanthropist nationalism of his fellow-members for Wales. He took a leading part in the inception of the University College of North Wales (1884); it is true that he felt at first that Aberystwyth College should have been recognized as the college for North Wales, but as soon as Bangor was fixed upon, it was Rathbone who asked Sir Henry Jones to draft its charter (pp. 350-5 of the biography), and he contributed and

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