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REES, THOMAS MARDY (1871 - 1953), Independent minister, historian and author a bank manager in Croydon, Penry was headmaster of Basaleg grammar school, and Bryn was minister of the Congregational church in Muswell Hill, London. He died 2 May 1953 and was buried in the new cemetery, Llanilltud Fach, Glamorganshire.
RHYS, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1880 - 1967), minister (B) and author Born 12 February 1880, son of Thomas and Esther Rees, Pen-y-bryn, LlangyfelachLlangyfelach, Glamorganshire. He and his two brothers - M.T. Rees, Meinciau and D.H. Rees, Llandudno Junction - became ministers. His father was related to Morgan Rees who had been instrumental in establishing Salem Church, Llangyfelach in 1777, whilst his mother was of the lineage of Moses Williams, Llandyfân. On
teulu ROBERTS Mynydd-y-gof, lecturer, and from 1873 till] 1889 professor of medicine at Owens College (later the Victoria University). In 1889 he removed to London. He received almost every honour that can be conferred by the medical profession. He specialized in kidney diseases, but made important contributions in other fields, notably in physiology. For twenty years before his death he had owned the estate of Bryn in Llan-ym
ROBERTS, ARTHUR BRYN (1897 - 1964), trade unionist
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia Edwyn Cynrig Roberts was born on 28 February 1837, the firstborn child of John Kendrick (1809-1839), farmer, and Mary Hughes (1809-1892), on Bryn farm, situated between the villages of Cilcain and Nannerch, Flintshire. The record of his baptism dated 14 March 1837 at Ebeneser Independent Chapel, Rhes-y-cae, parish of Halkyn, shows that he was named Edwin Hughes Kendrick. Soon after the birth of a
ROBERTS, ELLIS (Eos Llyfnwy, Robin Ddu Eifionydd; 1827 - 1895) Iachus … (Caernarfon, 1816), in which he defended his faith as a Baptist. Spinther (Hanes y Bed., iii, 342-3) gives the titles of some of his poems (among them 'Cerdd i Mr. Madog a'i Dref' - see Madocks, W. A.); there is a copy in Corph y Gaingc, 1810 (ed. D. Thomas, Dafydd Ddu Eryri) of 'Emyn ar Ddydd Ympryd gan Robert Morys, Bryn-y-gro, yn agos i Lanllyfni.' John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) in Gen., 1883
ROBERTS, EMRYS OWEN (1910 - 1990), Liberal politician and public servant father. They lived at Bryn Dedwydd, Dolgellau, at Court House, Basil Street, London, and 8 Kent House, 62 Holland Park Avenue, London W11. His papers are at the National Library of Wales. He died on 29 October 1990.
ROBERTS, GWILYM OWEN (1909 - 1987), author, lecturer, minister and psychologist clear and coherent expression of an original and unique vision about the siginificance of modern psychology and the future of Christianity. He suffered a stroke in 1972 which curtailed his work as an author and preacher. He died in Walton hospital Liverpool 12 January 1987 and the funeral service was held in Bryn Aerau chapel followed by interment at Pentre Uchaf cemetery Pwllheli 17 January 1987.
ROBERTS, HOWELL (Hywel Tudur; 1840 - 1922), poet, preacher and inventor October 1916. He designed and built Bryn Eisteddfod (his home in Clynnog). A leisurely and unruffled man, he used to stay up until the small hours and was proverbial for missing trains! He assisted many in drafting their wills. He was one of the prime movers behind the Clynnog and Trefor Motor Company in 1912. He is said to have designed a gadget which would enable a railway guard to open and shut doors
ROBERTS, JOHN BRYN (1843 - 1931), lawyer and politician Born 8 January 1843 (and christened John Roberts), son of Daniel and Anne Roberts, Bryn Adda, Bangor, was a member of the widespread Roberts family of Castell, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, for which see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 381. He was educated at Cheltenham, qualified as solicitor in 1868, but was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1889. In 1885 he became Liberal Member of
ROBERTS, MORRIS (1799 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and later Independent minister farms, mostly in the Bala district, until the economic condition of the countryside deteriorated and he was allowed to join his uncle at Bryn Llin, Trawsfynydd, where for some time he had to work for nothing more than his keep. He joined the chapel at Llanfachreth where he was given the opportunity of practising his gift for public speaking. In February 1820 he began his career as a Calvinistic
ROBERTS, ROBERT (SILYN) (Rhosyr; 1871 - 1930), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, social reformer, tutor Born at Bryn Llidiart, Llanllyfni, 28 March 1871. Starting as a slate quarryman, he was educated at Bangor University College (B.A. 1899, M.A. 1901) and at Bala Theological College. He became minister of Lewisham (Welsh) Calvinistic Methodist church, 1901-5, and Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1905-12. He was crown bard at the national eisteddfod, 1902, for a poem on ' Trystan and Esyllt.' He

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