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teulu ANWYL Park, Llanfrothen , in February 1700-1, aged 25, and was buried in the Abbey. By a codicil to his will, a few days before his death, he revoked the settlement of his Montgomery estate upon his cousin Catherine, daughter of Owen Anwyl and wife of Sir Griffith Williams, bart., of Marl (see ' Williams of Marl') in favour of his cousins the Owens of Porkington (now Brogyntyn), and devised an annuity of £100 in perpetuity
APPERLEY, CHARLES JAMES (Nimrod; 1779 - 1843), writer on sport Born 1779 at Plas Gronow (now demolished), near Wrexham, second son of Thomas Apperley; his mother was a daughter of William Wynn (1709 - 1760), of Maes y Neuadd, Talsarnau, Meironnydd, rector of Llangynhafal. Educated at Rugby (1790), Apperley became in 1798 cornet in Sir Watkin William Wynn's Ancient British Light Dragoons and served in Ireland. He married (1801) Winifred, daughter of William
teulu ARNOLD Llanthony, Llanvihangel Crucorney, he was later alleged to have been engaged in seditious designs. In September 1679 he unsuccessfully contested Monmouth borough against Worcester's heir, but unseated him on petition (26 November 1680) on the ground of the exclusion of the out-boroughs. Meanwhile (April 1680) an alleged Catholic-inspired attempt on his life (now believed to be a fabrication, although John Giles of Usk was convicted
AUBREY, WILLIAM (c. 1529 - 1595), civil lawyer (Cranmer, 576) that he was deprived for 'incompliance' seems to be unfounded. Elizabeth allowed him (23 February 1559) to alienate the office to John Griffith, B.C.L. (Rymer, Foedera, xv, 565). Aubrey now devoted himself to his practice in the prerogative and ecclesiastical courts as Master in Chancery (c. 1555), Master of Requests (1590), advocate in the Court of Arches and Judge of Audience in the
teulu BAILEY Nant-y-glo, partnership in the Nant-y-glo works on Matthew Wayne's departure in 1820. From then onwards the two brothers co-operated in developing the Nant-y-glo works, and, later on, the Beaufort works. A tradition persisted in the Rhymney district that he was the owner for some time until 1825 of the iron-works there. This seems to be corroborated by the Crawshay papers (now in N.L.W.); from these it would appear
teulu BAILEY Glanusk Park, , Joseph set about purchasing estates in Brecknock, Radnorshire, Herefordshire, Glamorgan, etc. Among them was that of Glanusk Park, where he lived for the rest of his life, having in 1830 retired from personal direction of the works. His brother Crawshay Bailey now had the responsibility of management. On 19 August 1830 Joseph married, as his second wife, Mary Ann, daughter of J. T. H. Hopper of Wilton
BAKER, DAVID (1575 - 1641), Benedictine scholar and mystic grounding in Greek and the humanities and a knowledge of the Bible which he found useful in his later career. In 1590 he went on to Broadgates Hall (now Pembroke College), Oxford, under the tuition of William Prichard, a kinsman of his at Christ Church, later vicar of Abergavenny and Caerwent. Dissatisfied with his progress, his father recalled him in 1592 and sent him to study law under his brother
BAKER, ELIZABETH (c. 1720 - 1789), diarist lived at Bryn Adda on the other side of the valley where she remained until 26 April 1784, after which she lived in Dolgelley. Her experiences are related in her unpublished diary, now Peniarth MS 416 i, Peniarth MS 416 ii, Peniarth MS 416 iii, Peniarth MS 416 iv, Peniarth MS 416 v, Peniarth MS 416 vi, Peniarth MS 416 vii, Peniarth MS 416 viii, Peniarth MS 416 ix, Peniarth MS 416 x in N.L.W. Extracts
BAKER, WILLIAM STANLEY (1928 - 1976), actor and producer , Baker joined Birmingham Repertory Theatre acting in plays such as She Stoops To Conquer, The Seagull, and 1066 And All That. In 1946, he was called up for national service and spent two years in the Royal Army Service Corps. Demobilised in 1948, now aged twenty, Baker returned to London in search of acting work. For a time, he struggled. Then, in 1949, work picked up - Baker was cast in Terence
BARRETT, JOHN HENRY (1913 - 1999), naturalist and conservationist the three responsible for the fire. In 1940, he married Ruth Byass who supported him loyally in all his many activities and enterprises. They had four children, Jane born in 1941, Michael in 1942, Richard in 1946 and Robert in 1951. In September 1941 the now Squadron Leader Barrett was posted to Linton, near York to the first Halifax squadron only to be shot down on his first flight over Germany. He
BARTRUM, PETER CLEMENT (1907 - 2008), scholar of Welsh genealogy Peter Bartrum was born in Hampstead, north London, on 4 December 1907, the son of Clement Osborn Bartrum and his wife Kate. His father invented the Bartrum clock, now in the Science Museum in London, while his great-uncle was headmaster of Berkhamsted School. He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and won a maths scholarship to Queen's College, Oxford in 1926. He joined the colonial service
BASSETT, RICHARD (1777 - 1852), Methodist cleric brought him to the notice of David Jones of Llan-gan. He now began to consort with the Methodists, but, although he attended their societies and associations and was one of the trustees of their chapels in Glamorgan, he succeeded in retaining his Church of England appointment until his death. He was probably the last clergyman in Wales to be associated with the Methodists. His brother ELIAS BASSETT, a

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