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teulu EDWIN Llanfihangel, Llanmihangel, apart from mentioning the second daughter Mary, who in 1703 married Robert Jones of Fonmon (see under Philip Jones, 1618? - 1674), the present notice will deal only with the direct Llanfihangel line. The eldest son, SAMUEL EDWIN, christened 12 December 1671, died at Llanfihangel 27 September 1722, married Lady Catherine Montagu, daughter of the 2nd earl of Manchester, and had three children. Of these
EIFION WYN - gweler WILLIAMS, ELISEUS
ELDRIDGE, MILDRED ELSIE (1909 - 1991), artist commissioned to paint what was to be the centrepiece of her artistic career, a mural for the nurses' dining room at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen: a remarkable work, painted not directly onto the walls but onto a series of six panels, five feet in height and totalling some 120 feet in width. Entitled The Dance of Life, the work draws on themes and images which Eldridge had
ELIAS, DAVID (1790 - 1856), preacher and schoolmaster Born at Brynllwyn Bach, Aber-erch, near Pwllheli, 16 June 1790, son of Elias and Jane Jones, and brother of John Elias. He began to preach in 1815 and was ordained in 1835. He opened a school at Holyhead in 1817, but afterwards lived at Bryn-du, moving thence to Pentraeth, where he kept a shop. Of melancholic temperament, he was a stern preacher; like his brother, he was a hyper-Calvinist - he
ELIAS, JOHN (1774 - 1841), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and famous preacher Christened 6 May 1774 (his date of his birth is not known), his parents being Elias and Jane Jones, Brynllwyn (or Crynllwyn) Bach, Abererch, near Pwllheli. His brother was David Elias (1790 - 1856). He received a religious upbringing from his grandfather, John Elias, and when he began to preach he adopted his grandfather's name. He was admitted exhorter at Christmas 1794 and soon his fame as a
ELIAS, JOHN ROOSE (Y Thesbiad; 1819 - 1881), poet and prose writer Born 9 December 1819 at Bryn-du, Anglesey, son of David Elias, Pentraeth, and Elizabeth Roose, and nephew of John Elias. He received his early education at a school kept by Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn, 1806 - 1889) at Pen-y-garnedd; and afterwards R. Hughes of Gaerwen was his tutor. Later he entered Tattenhall school. His parents had intended that he should assist them in the family business at
ELIS WYN o WYRFAI - gweler ROBERTS, ELLIS
teulu ELLIS Bron y Foel, Ystumllyn, Ynyscynhaearn ), his heiress, whose husband was GRIFFITH WYNN (died 1719), of Penyberth, sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1676, the estate going eventually to Margaret's third son, HUMPHREY WYNN (died 1724), vicar of Bosbury, Herefordshire. The estate became eventually (1837) the property of Rowland Jones, Broom Hall, near Pwllheli, to which house the portrait of Sir Howel y Fwyall also went. Several poems by Gruffydd
ELLIS, EDWARD LEWIS (1922 - 2008), historian and biographer came an informal approach from the Baroness White of Rhymney and her brother Tristan Jones that Dr Ellis should prepare a full-length biography of their father Dr Thomas Jones CH (1870-1955), the former deputy secretary to the Cabinet from 1916 until 1930. After some hesitation and discussion, he accepted the alluring offer. Then in 1986 he found himself obliged to draft and edit a booklet on the
ELLIS, ELLIS OWEN (Ellis Bryn-coch; 1813 - 1861), artist Born in Aber-erch, Caernarfonshire, his mother being the daughter of John Roberts (Siôn Lleyn, 1749 - 1817; the artist was also related to John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion, 1786 - 1859. He was apprenticed to a carpenter but, as he displayed some talent for painting, Sir Robert Williames Vaughan of Nannau, Meironnydd, brought him to the notice of Sir Martin Archer Shee, the painter, who gave him
ELLIS, JOHN GRIFFITH (1723/4 - 1805), Methodist exhorter societies; as such, he reports to Howel Harris from Penllech, 20 April 1748, but in a P.S. it is said that he would not be at the Carmarthen Association in May following - a hint of something gone wrong. Ellis is conjectured to have been disciplined by Harris in July 1749. But he was present with William Griffith of Cefn Amwlch at Garth, Brecknock, in November 1748, and preached, so William Jones
ELLIS, ROBERT (Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator Born 3 February 1812 at Ty'n-y-meini near Pen-y-bont-fawr, Montgomeryshire. He was a farm labourer from 1822 until 1835. His interest in literature and antiquities and his knowledge of poetry were probably kindled by his mother and rustic literati such as Richard Morris, the turner of Pentre-felin, James Jones the tailor, and Humphrey Bromley, the Unitarian preacher. These interests absorbed him

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