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VAUGHAN, RICE (bu farw 1670), lawyer and author Second son (and, from 1654, heir) of Henry Vaughan, Gelli-goch, Machynlleth, and his wife Mary, daughter of Maurice Wynn, Glyn, near Harlech. He went to Shrewsbury school in July 1615, was admitted to Gray's Inn, 13 August 1638, and was called to the Bar on 20 June 1648. In the meantime he had been assisting the Parliament side, e.g. in June 1644 he was appointed a member of the committee for
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND (c.1590 - 1667) Caer-gai,, poet, translator, and Royalist Oxford, although there is no record that he graduated there. He married Jane, daughter of Edward Price, Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn, and according to Hugh Cadwaladr's elegy (NLW MS 9B), he was survived by three sons and three daughters: JOHN, who matriculated from Hart Hall (now Hertford College), Oxford, in 1635, aged 18, married Catherine, daughter of William Wynn of Glyn, Merioneth, and became sheriff
WALTERS, THOMAS GLYN (WALTER GLYNNE; 1890 - 1970), tenor
WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN (Gwynionydd; 1821 - 1891), cleric and author Llanover, Monmouth. He published (a) two volumes of poems - Caniadau (Aberystwyth, 1867) and Briallen Glan Ceri (Carmarthen, 1873), (b) a short essay on Lewis Glyn Cothi (Carmarthen, 1866), (c) Enwogion Ceredigion (Carmarthen, 1869), a biographical work which is still consulted. He also contributed to Y Brython, Yr Haul, and Archaeologia Cambrensis. He was a successful competitor at eisteddfodau, being
WILLIAMS, DAVID PRYSE (Brythonydd; 1878 - 1952), minister (B), writer, and historian part in arranging for a tomb-stone to be erected. He married, 1 October 1941, in Tabernacl, Cardiff, a member of his church, Annie Lydia, only daughter of David and Jane Morgan, Cedrwydd, Treherbert, deputy headmistress of Penyrenglyn Primary School and secretary of Treherbert Cymrodorion Society. He died suddenly in Church Village Hospital, 27 October 1952 and was buried in Glyn-taf Crematorium.
WILLIAMS, Sir GLANMOR (1920 - 2005), historian College of Swansea, where he remained until retirement in 1982. His colleague Glyn Roberts went to Bangor as University registrar, and this enabled him to be appointed to a permanent post in Welsh history at Swansea. He married Fay Davies on 6 April 1946, and they settled near the university in Swansea and had two children, Margaret born in 1952 and Huw born in 1953. His MA on Richard Davies was
WILLIAMS, GRACE MARY (1906 - 1977), composer Grace Williams was born in Barry, Glamorgan on 19 February 1906, the eldest of three children of William Matthews Williams (a schoolteacher from Wrexham) and his wife Rose Emily (née Richards), a teacher from Llanelli, who had married in 1900. Her brother Glyn was born in 1908, and her sister Marian in 1919. W. M. Williams was an accomplished musician and the conductor of the Romilly Boys' Choir
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar of two poets which had been collected by two other scholars - Dafydd Nanmor (1923) by Thomas Roberts (of Borth-y-gest, not to be confused with the Thomas Roberts mentioned above), and Guto'r Glyn (1939) by J. Llywelyn Williams. He published many texts, both prose and verse, in the Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies. His linguistic pursuits led him to take a passing glimpse at sixteenth century
WILLIAMS, JOHN JOHN (1884 - 1950), school-teacher, education administrator, producer and drama adjudicator was addressed by some of the nation's most prominent literati, musicians and historians. Sir Walford Davies took great interest in Cefnfaes school children's choir. Concerts of note and performances of operettas and plays were held there. But J.J. was also an excellent teacher, so much so that J. Glyn Davies went as far as comparing his method of inspiring children to Sandersons at Oundle. In 1917
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author which was also seen at the Glyn Vivian Gallery in Swansea and at Oriel Mostyn in Llandudno. A number of memorable exhibitions of his work were held at the National Library in Aberystwyth, one in particular to celebrate his eightieth birthday on 9 May 1998, and another to display his Patagonian collection in 2000. The Library also put on several travelling exhibitions of his work. Oriel Ynys Môn was
WILLIAMS, ROBERT JOHN (PRYSOR; 1891 - 1967), collier and actor . He died 13 October 1967 at Treherbert and his remains were cremated at Glyn-taff.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym ab Iorwerth; 1800? - 1859), poet he returned to Darowen and kept a school at Melinbyrhedyn. After this he was given the work of looking after the road at Carno and then at Clatter toll-gate, Pont-dol-goch. He then went to Llanidloes, then to Llawr-y-glyn to keep a day school, and finally to Ranc-y-mynydd, Dylife. He was buried at Dylife, 12 February 1859, at the age of 58. Letters which he wrote appeared from time to time in Y

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