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TREE, RONALD JAMES (1914 - 1970), priest and schoolmaster other hobby was carpentry. He was a genial character, at his best when tutoring students. He married in 1944 Ceridwen, daughter of G.E. Thomas, Gwauncaegurwen, and they had a daughter and a son. He died 28 November 1970 and was buried at St. David's.
TREHERNE, GEORGE GILBERT TREHERNE (1837 - 1923), antiquary Youngest son of Rees Goring Thomas (see under Ebenezer Morris, 1790 - 1867) of Llannonn, Carmarthenshire, and Surrey; born 30 December 1837; in January 1857 he went from Eton to Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1861 (Foster, Alumni Oxonienses); he rowed for the University in the 1859 boat race. Shortly after leaving Oxford he changed his name. He was admitted a solicitor in 1865
teulu TREVOR Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, Denmark. Till 1634 he was often consulted on questions of naval man-power and shipbuilding. He was a kinsman and correspondent of James Howell. THOMAS TREVOR (1572 - 1656), judge Law He is generally called the youngest of John Trevor's four sons, but D.N.B. post-dates his birth by fourteen years. Born in London, educated at the Middle Temple (November 1592), and called to the Bar in 1603, he became
teulu TREVOR Brynkynallt, array to Charles I of helping to rally east Denbighshire against his hereditary foe, Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586 - 1666). ARTHUR TREVOR (died c. 1666), judge Law The younger son of Sir Edward by his first wife, was trained to the law, entering Middle Temple on 3 November 1624, and being called to the Bar 10 February 1633. In 1641 he appeared on behalf of the thirteen bishops impeached by the Commons
TROY, BLANCHE HERBERT (LADY TROY), (bu farw c. 1557), Lady Mistress of Elizabeth I, Edward VI and Queen Mary . It was a Welsh household; though Blanche was English she would have also been Welsh-speaking. Lewys Morgannwg states that she and her husband welcomed King Henry VII, his earls and possibly his queen to Troy House, near Monmouth in August 1502. They had two sons Charles and Thomas, both of whom were eventually knighted and served as sheriffs of Monmouthshire. (Sir William also had an illegitimate
TUDOR, STEPHEN OWEN (1893 - 1967), minister (Presb.) and author Born 5 October 1893 at Llwyn-y-gog, Staylittle, in the parish of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, son of Thomas and Hannah Tudor. He was educated at Newtown grammar school, and he served with the Welsh Guards in France during World War I. As a result of deep experiences he had during the war, he felt a call to enter the ministry. He went to University College, Aberystwyth (where he graduated with
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet Sir Rhys ap Thomas (see op. cit., I, vii, xii, xiii, xiv; II, cxxxvii) who died in 1526. As the poet did not write an elegy upon him it is presumed that he, too, had died suddenly at Carmarthen and that he was buried in the Friars' graveyard, as is made clear in the laments written for him, in the habit of a Grey Friar - a habit assumed by him on his death-bed in the customary manner of those days
teulu TURBERVILLE Crickhowell, Dryslwyn, Carmarthenshire; in 1288 he was deputy-justiciar for a few months; and afterwards returned to Bere, where he died in 1293. He was the last of the family in the direct line. His daughter Sybil married Sir Grimbold Paunceforte, whose family succeeded the Turbervilles at Crickhowell. A THOMAS DE TURBERVILLE also served in the same wars as leader of infantry and knight of the household, but it is
TURNER, WILLIAM (1766 - 1853), pioneer of the North Wales slate industry sixth child of Henry and Jane Turner who lived on a small landed estate called Low Mosshouse, Seathwaite, near Broughton-in-Furness, north Lancashire (he was christened 23 March 1766); his father was lessor of the Walmascar slate quarries. He was educated under the Rev. Robert Walker, 'the wonderful Robert Walker,' incumbent of Seathwaite (and grandfather of Mrs. Thomas Casson, Blaenddôl
TURNOR, DAVID (1751? - 1799), cleric and agriculturist earl of Cawdor, rector of Rudbaxton, 1790-7, rural dean of Dungleddy, 1795, vicar of Penrhyn, 1796-9, and rector of Manordivy, 1797-9. He was a magistrate in Cardiganshire and one of the founders of the Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture and Industry in the county, 1790, taking particular interest in land drainage and plantation. With Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd he was author of A General View
TWISLETON, GEORGE (1618 - 1667), officer in the parliamentary army , 1743, and who had disposed of the Lleuar estate to Sir Thomas Wynn of Glynllifon.
UNGOED-THOMAS, (ARWYN) LYNN (1904 - 1972), Labour politician Ungoed-Thomas was born at Carmarthen on 26 June 1904, the son of the Reverend Evan Ungoed-Thomas and Katherine Howells. His father, a minister with the Welsh Baptist denomination, was a minister at Carmarthen for more than forty years. This background undoubtedly moulded Ungoed-Thomas's views and character. He was in every sense very much the son of the nonconformist manse. Throughout his life he

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