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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. rather as a symbolic figure than on personal grounds. As he (and his family) exemplified the new free-trade economic order, so also in politics he, like his colleague David Williams (1799 - 1869 in Merioneth, became an almost legendary symbol of the new Liberal Nonconformist middle class, whose ascendancy in Wales was to last into the 20th century. He married, 1855, Anne, daughter of Henry Rees, and
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
DAVIES, THOMAS HUWS (1882 - 1940), secretary to the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales, littérateur and collector of books years he was editor of The Welsh Outlook, to which he contributed numerous articles. Davies married, 1913, Alice Wall of Oswestry. He died in London, March 1940.
DAVIES, TIMOTHY (1802 - 1862), cleric Born 1802, son of D. Davies, curate of Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire; educated at the Carmarthen grammar school under Hancock and D. A. Williams, afterwards chancellor of S. Davids cathedral. In 1825 he was ordained to the curacy of Ystradgynlais; in 1826 he became perpetual curate of Capel Coelbren, in 1836 rector of Ystradgynlais and vicar of Devynnock, Brecknock. In 1840 he married Sarah
DAVIES, TUDOR (1892 - 1958), singer the British National Opera Co. and remained with that company for the rest of his career. He portrayed Rudolfo in London in 1922, and in 1924 he sang the leading role in the first public performance of Hugh the Drover (Vaughan Williams) in His Majesty's Theatre. He was principal tenor in Sadler's Wells, 1931-41, and with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, 1941-46; and as a resident member of the company
DAVIES, WILFRED MITFORD (1895 - 1966), artist ' became very popular; they appeared in Breton in 1936. He worked widely for Welsh publishers, illustrating volumes by Daniel Owen, E. Tegla Davies, Meuryn, John Ellis Williams and many others, and he was a cartoonist for Welsh newspapers and periodicals. Apart from his commercial work, he was a noted artist in oils and watercolour, and his canvases, many of Anglesey and Snowdonia, are found in homes
DAVIES, WILLIAM (1899 - 1968), botanist and grassland specialist was awarded the degrees of M.Sc. (1925) and D.Sc. (1945) of the University of Wales and was awarded an honorary D.Sc. degree by the University of New Zealand in 1956. He was honoured with the C.B.E. in 1964, and was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and honorary life president of the European Grassland Federation. He married in 1928 Alice Muriel Lewis and they had one

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