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GRIFFITHS, JOHN (1837 - 1918), artist Born at Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, 29 November 1837, son of Evan Griffiths and his wife Mary Evans of Machynlleth; on his father's death, his mother became housekeeper to Sir James Clarke, physician to queen Victoria. The boy was brought up by his uncle Richard Griffiths, of Neuadd Uchaf farm, Llanfair. Noting his artistic leanings, Sir James had him trained at what is now the Royal
GRIFFITHS, RICHARD (1756 - 1826), colliery pioneer
GRIFFITHS, VAVASOR (bu farw 1741), Independent minister and tutor paid him as tutor. In 1736 or 1737, Griffiths moved his home to Chancefield, on the outskirts of Talgarth, Brecknock, still retaining his pastorate, and teaching at Llwyn-llwyd as well as at Chancefield. His best-known pupils are Jenkin Jenkins and Richard Price, for it is very doubtful whether he ever taught Howel Harris and Williams of Pantycelyn, who were more probably pupils of David Price's
GRUFFUDD AP LLYWELYN (bu farw 1064), king of Gwynedd 1039-1064 and overlord of all the Welsh daughter of Ælfgar of Mercia came their daughter Nest who married Osbern fitz Richard; her daughter was also named Nest and she married Bernard of Neufmarché. A genealogy in Hen Lwythau Gwynedd a'r Mars claims that a third wife was Ceinfryd daughter of Rhirid Mawr and her son with Gruffudd was called Cynin. Less certain, although possible, is his parentage of three men active in the third quarter of the
GRUFFUDD GRYG (fl. second half of the 14th century), bard wrote the elegy to Rhys ap Tudur, ' chief of Anglesey,' who was honoured by king Richard and appointed ' keeper of the stags of Snowdonia,' we must believe that the poet lived until the beginning of the next century, because Rhys died in 1412, at Arddreiniog, according to Rowlands (Archæologia Cambrensis, iv, 267) [but according to Panton MS. 23, he was executed at Chester; Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 154
GRUFFUDD, RHISIART (fl. c. 1569), poet No details of his life are to be found, but some of his poems remain in manuscripts. These include two englynion (B.M. Add. MS. 14898 (42b); NLW MS 3037B (324); a poem begging the reconciliation of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Anglesey with his second wife, Agnes, in NLW MS 3048D (490). She was accused of having tried to poison her husband; see Angharad Llwyd, History of Anglesey, 143; and another
GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN (c. 1485 - 1553), bard and member of a Welsh landed family sat with three commissioners, viz. Richard ap Howel ap Ieuan Fychan of Mostyn (father-in-law of Gruffydd ap Ieuan), Sir William Gruffydd, (father-in-law of Thomas Mostyn, son of Richard ap Howel), and Sir Roger Salusbury of Llewenni. A second reason for his importance is the fact that his nephew, or 'great-nephew,' bishop Richard Davies (1501? - 1581), says that he remembers seeing in the possession
GUTO'R GLYN (fl. second half of the 15th century), bard if he is the author of the cywyddau to Sir Richard Gethin and Mathau Goch then it must be presumed that he started to write a little earlier, i.e. c. 1432-5. Guto'r Glyn was, according to Tudur Aled, the best bard for composing poems to men; the bard himself says, 'ac erioed prydydd gŵr wyf.' He knew how to praise; he also knew how to satirize as is shown by his biting references to Dafydd ab
GWALCHMAI, HUMPHREY (1788 - 1847), Calvinistic Methodist minister not to be confused with the 19th cent, poet Gwalchmai (Richard Parry, 1803 - 1897) - born 14 January 1788, was a son of Edward Gwalchmai (1757 - 1799), of Dolgar, Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire, a substantial freehold which had been in the family for four generations. His religious activities began early, more especially in Sunday school work; he became an elder at seventeen and a preacher at
GWENT, RICHARD (bu farw 1543), archdeacon of London
GWYN, RICHARD (c. 1537 - 1584), Roman Catholic martyr
teulu GWYNNE Kilvey RICHARD GWYNNE (1822 - 1907), schoolmaster Education; Born Swansea 18 March 1822. He began his career as a compositor but in 1841 trained as a teacher at Grays Inn Road Model School and Norwood. The same year he began to teach at Kilvey (Infants) Copperwork School. He subsequently became the headmaster of the Kilvey Copperwork Schools and remained in that post until 1892. Under his headship the

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