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DAVIES, NOËLLE (1899 - 1983), littérateur, educationist, and political activist 1931, 'You are creating a new and richer nationalism in Wales, a new Welsh mind, which is not narrowly literary and one-sided, but is fully humanistic and in close touch with reality.' It is an apt description of Noëlle. He thought highly enough of her - along with Professor T. H. Parry-Williams - to obtain her nomination of his candidature for the University of Wales parliamentary election in 1931
DAVIES, OLIVER (fl. c. 1820), harpist Born at Montgomery. He was the principal harpist at the Welshpool eisteddfod in 1824 and in the Cymmrodorion eisteddfod in London, 6 May 1829, when his skill on the pedal harp caused a sensation. He also appeared at the eisteddfod held in London in 1831. In Y Cymmrodor, i, Bardd Alaw (John Parry, 1776 - 1851), writing on the ' Cambrian Pedal Harp,' refers to him as follows: 'This harp will be
DAVIES, OWEN (1840 - 1929), Baptist minister the Welsh Baptist Union, and chairman in 1888. [See article on John Rufus Williams, which indicates that he would have been co-secretary of the Welsh Baptist Union, since John Rufus Williams also held the post from its foundation.] For a period he edited Yr Athraw, and he was editor of Y Greal from 1871 to 1918. He married, 1872, Sarah Jane, daughter of Owen and Catherine Ellis, of Bryn y Pin
DAVIES, RACHEL (Rahel o Fôn; 1846 - 1915), lecturer and preacher Born in Anglesey (?), daughter of William Cox Paynter, of the parish of Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Caernarfonshire, and his wife Jane Mary (Williams), Cae Eithin Tew, Cwmystradllyn, Caernarfonshire. (Some of the forebears of her father had been customs officers at Minffordd and Llanfrothen, Merioneth, and at Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire). When she was young she lived for a time at Brynsiencyn
DAVIES, RANDOLPH (bu farw 1695), cleric and controversialist remained vicar of Meifod until the Restoration (1660), when he once more conformed, being reappointed to the living by king Charles II under the Great Seal of the Realm, 25 August 1660, and receiving institution by the bishop of Sr Asaph, 13 August 1661; he also received the sinecure rectory of Cwm, Flintshire. He married, 10 June 1648, Mary, daughter of John Williams, the loyalist vicar of Llanfyllin
DAVIES, RHYS (Y Glun Bren; 1772 - 1847), eccentric Independent preacher occasion when he was preaching at Bedd-y-coediwr farm-house, Trawsfynydd, he made an astonishing impression on a very young man who later became one of the outstanding preachers of Wales and was known as 'Williams of Wern' (William Williams, 1781 - 1840). When he was out on tour he used to sell copies of the 'Association Letters' of the Independents, and, in this way, doubtless did much good in the rural
DAVIES, RICHARD (1818 - 1896), M.P. out as Liberal candidate for the Caernarvon boroughs at the election of 1852 (full account by Owen Parry in the volume Er Clod, ed. by T. Richards, 1934, 135-50). The seat was an old-established Tory preserve, under the thumb of neighbouring magnates, and Davies was beaten by 93 votes - yet the election was a landmark in the political history of Wales in the 19th century Davies's success was to come
DAVIES, RICHARD (Isgarn; 1887 - 1947), farmer-shepherd and poet , Caniadau Isgarn having an introduction by T.H. Parry-Williams and an appreciation by S.M. Powell. He was deeply interested in local history and antiquities, and was buried, as he had wished, at Strata Florida.
DAVIES, ROBERT (1790 - 1841), Calvinistic Methodist elder University College, London, and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He married (1863), Frances, daughter of David Humphreys, Llandyfaelog, Carmarthenshire, and great-grand-daughter of Peter Williams, and spent the rest of his life at Cwrt Mawr, Llangeitho, Cardiganshire. He was appointed a J.P. (Cardiganshire) in 1870, and treasurer of the General Assembly of the Calvinistic Methodists in 1873; he
DAVIES, ROBERT (Cyndeyrn; 1814 - 1867), musician Born 16 June 1814 at Segar farm, Henllan, near Denbigh. He lost his mother when he was 4 years of age and was brought up at Bron-haul, Henllan, by an uncle. He was apprenticed to a painter at S. Asaph. In 1834 he moved to Bangor, where he came into prominence as a musician and was elected precentor of the Wesleyan chapel. In 1837 he married Margaret, daughter of Owen Williams of Tros-y-canol
DAVIES, THOMAS (1812 - 1895), Baptist minister and principal of Haverfordwest Baptist College on ' Ministerial education in Wales ' was published. He was chairman of the Welsh Baptist Union in 1874, a vice-president of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and chairman of the Haverfordwest school board. He married (1) Jane (died 1857), daughter of Lewis Williams, Merthyr, and (2) Emma (died 1899), daughter of the Rev. W. Davies, Hailsham.
DAVIES, THOMAS ESSILE (Dewi Wyn o Essyllt; 1820 - 1891), poet and editor Williams, 1848 - 1927). His eisteddfod productions, written in the classical metres, were very numerous. He won the prize for the best awdl at the Dowlais eisteddfod, 1851. After that, his career as a competitor can be followed by going through his book Ceinion Essyllt (Cardiff, 1874), although it should be remembered that many of the pieces printed without comment were unsuccessful. He continued to

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