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PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales , Ness Edwards, James Griffith and other coalfield had leaders studied. In 1936 he was chosen by the South Wales Federation of Miners to visit the Soviet Union coalfield as a member of an important four-man delegation. The three others were Will Arthur, Jim Grant and Tom Andrews from Treharris. They were away for 6 weeks and Tom Andrews, on more than one occasion, spoke briefly in Welsh to the Russian
teulu PRYCE Newtown Hall, , 1568, and Member of Parliament for the Montgomery boroughs in three Parliaments of queen Elizabeth. His youngest brother, ARTHUR PRYCE, of Vaynor, Montgomeryshire, was also sheriff in 1578 and Member of Parliament for the boroughs in 1571; in 1588 he was a candidate for the county against Edward Herbert of Blackhall, but was defeated, mainly owing to the gross partisanship of the sheriff (J. E. Neale
PRYCE, ARTHUR IVOR (1867 - 1940), antiquary - gweler PRYCE, JOHN
PRYCE, JOHN (1828 - 1903), dean of Bangor Rowland Williams of Ysgeifiog and sister of Dr. Rowland Williams. Their second son was ARTHUR IVOR PRYCE (1867 - 1940), solicitor, registrar of the diocese of Bangor, and chapter clerk. From Friars School, Bangor, he went to Westminster School, and thence to University College, Oxford (1885), graduating in 1889. He bore a striking resemblance to his famous uncle, Rowland Williams. He was a diligent
REES, MORGAN GORONWY (1909 - 1979), writer and university administrator financial systems and evoked the real feel of the period. The Heron edition of Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon (1970) should also not be ignored: Rees's commentary is outstanding. Described as 'both a chapter of autobiography and a reflection of English (and also Welsh) life between 1930 and 1955', A Chapter of Accidents (1972) is a narrative of Rees's relations with Guy Burgess and the Aberystwyth
REES, REES ARTHUR (Rhys Dyfed; 1837 - 1866), poet
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron him to Solomon, but also to numerous characters from traditional tales and triads: Arthur, Cai, Caw, Garwy Hir, Meirion, Bedwyr, Llŷr, Geraint, and Rholant (the French hero Roland). Such a list surely reflects Rhydderch's interest in and familiarity with the Welsh narrative tradition, especially as preserved in the famous manuscript that bears his name. Around the middle of the fourteenth century
RHYS NANMOR (fl. 1480-1513), poet ap Thomas, and wrote in his honour between 1485 and 1513. There is no evidence of any composition of his after 1513. He wrote an elegy on prince Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII, in 1502, and an awdl to welcome Henry VIII to the throne in 1509. Lewis Môn (died 1527) wrote an elegy on him. It is said that Rhys Nanmor lived at Maenor Fynyw, that is, S. Davids. There is no record of his living in
RHYS, CHARLES ARTHUR URYAN - gweler RHYS, WALTER FITZURYAN
RHYS, WALTER FITZURYAN (1873 - 1956), nobleman and politician Born at Dursley, Gloucestershire, 17 August 1873, son of Arthur de Cardonnel, 6th Baron, and Selina Lascelles (of the Earls of Harewood). He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He returned to Dynevor Castle in 1898 on marrying Lady Margaret Child-Villiers, eldest daughter of the Earl of Jersey. Involvement in running the estate did not prevent his serving the Government as private
RHYS-ROBERTS, THOMAS ESMOR RHYS (1910 - 1975), soldier and barrister Thomas Esmor Rhys Roberts (he later adopted 'Rhys-Roberts' as a surname) was born on 22 April 1910 at 23 Albion Road, Hampstead, the son of Arthur Rhys Roberts, a solicitor, and his wife Hannah Dilys Roberts (née Jones), a well-known singer. Arthur Rhys Roberts had been a law partner of David Lloyd George and still advised him on personal legal matters. One of Thomas's earliest memories was
RHYS-WILLIAMS, BRANDON MEREDITH (1927 - 1988), Conservative politician death led to the first by-election of the 1987-92 parliament. His successor in the baronetcy was his son, Arthur Gareth Ludovic Emrys Rhys-Williams (born 9 November 1961).

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