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BAKER, ELIZABETH (c. 1720 - 1789), diarist Although not a Welshwoman - she was the daughter of a clergyman living in the Midlands - Elizabeth Baker spent so much of her life in Merioneth and became so inextricably bound up with the house and household at Hengwrt, near Dolgelley, and its owners, that she merits a note, particularly on account of the diary which she kept. On 25 July 1770, after obtaining, in conjunction with persons called
BANCROFT, WILLIAM JOHN (1871 - 1959), rugby player and cricketer his kick, and it was his penalty drop-kick which won the match against England in 1893, when Wales gained the triple crown for the first time ever. He led Wales to its second crown in 1900. He was one of the first to be employed as a professional player by Glamorgan Cricket Club (founded in 1888) in 1895 at £2 per week. He died 3 March 1959 at Swansea. His brother, JACK BANCROFT (1879 - 1942), was a
BARNES, WALLEY (1920 - 1975), association footballer career for 16 months, and after he resumed playing his regular appearances were less frequent. By 1956 he was forced to retire. During his Arsenal career he played a total of 267 first team league matches, and made 25 additional appearances in FA Cup matches, scoring a total of 12 goals. In all he played 395 matches for the Arsenal if friendly and reserve matches are also included. After he retired
BARNWELL, EDWARD LOWRY (1813 - 1887), antiquary and schoolmaster , October 1887, also in Williams, Llyfryddiaeth Sir Ddinbych, part 3). After retiring from Ruthin in 1865, he lived at Melksham House, Wiltshire, where he died 9 August 1887; he was married, and had a son and a daughter.
BATCHELOR, JOHN (1820 - 1883), businessman and politician initiative and his financial contribution was substantial. Glamorgan Archives has a record of a lease dated May 1855 for a chapel to be built on the site, the lease to be held by Batchelor's two young daughters Lydia Mary and Annie Gertrude and his brother James Sydney Batchelor, with an annual ground rent of £25. The 1851 religious census shows John Batchelor living as a widower of 30, with the two little
BATTRICK, GERALD (1947 - 1998), tennis player Australian tennis authorities for using indecent language! In doubles, Battrick reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1968 and 1970. He twice represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup in 1970 and 1974. In 1970 he won the prestigious British Hard Court Championship in Bournemouth defeating the Croatian Željko Franulović (born 1947) in four sets: 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-0. Perhaps his greatest successes
BECK, THOMAS (bu farw 1293), bishop of S. Davids a change of career; there was a vacancy in the see through the death of Richard of Carew, and on 3 June Beck was elected in his stead. On the 17th, the royal assent was signified; consecration was somewhat delayed, but this, it would seem, was in order that it might be a special occasion. On 6 October 1280 there was a distinguished assembly at Lincoln, which included the king and the queen and
BELL, RICHARD (1859 - 1930), M.P. and trade union leader which drew up the draft constitution of the Labour Representation Committee (L.R.C.). When that committee was established in 1901 he became its first treasurer, and its chairman in 1902-3. Nevertheless, at the Newcastle conference in 1903 he opposed the adoption of a redrafted constitution which sought to create a new self-governing Labour Party. In 1904 he became president of the Trade Union Congress
teulu BERRY, industrialists and newspaper proprietors Edward Lloyd, Ltd., one of the largest paper mills in the world, and also their first 'heavy' London daily newspaper, Daily Telegraph, with W.E. Berry becoming editor-in-chief. They now controlled 25 newspapers, and about 70 periodicals. Competition was fierce in the 1930 s but instead of trying to attract readers with gifts, as other newspapers did, they decided to change the format of the Daily
BERRY, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1869 - 1945), minister (Congl.) and writer Bangor university college, where he took the first part of the B.A. degree course of London University, and, in 1892, he entered Bala-Bangor Theological College. He contributed to the college magazine (of which he was the first editor) light and witty sketches of students and events. His only pastorate was at Bethlehem, Gwaelod-y-garth, Glamorganshire, to which he was invited 3 August 1896. He married
BERTIL, PRINCESS LILIAN (DUCHESS OF HALLAND), (1915 - 2013) Princess Lilian, wife of Prince Bertil of Sweden, was born Lillian May Davies, in her grandparents' home 3 Garden Street, Swansea on 30 August 1915, a month or two after her parents' marriage. Her father was William John Davies (1893-1956) and her mother was Gladys Mary (Curran) (c.1895-1942), daughter of William Curran, labourer at the fuel works, and his wife, Jane. W. J. Davies served in the
BERWYN, RICHARD JONES (1837 - 1917), colonist and man of letters Argentine Government and private secretary to the first governor, but was imprisoned in 1882-3 for organizing an agitation to secure the rights of the Welsh colonists. In 1868 he edited and published Y Brut, a manuscript monthly. In 1878, with the help of Thomas Pugh, a young man from Llandderfel, he published Gwerslyfr i ddysgu darllen Cymraeg (a Welsh reader). This was the first book printed in the

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