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WILLIAMS, Sir TREVOR (c. 1623 - 1692) Llangibby, politician support of the country party led to his removal from the county bench in February 1680; this he avenged the following January by joining John Arnold in demanding the removal of Worcester (whom he accused of garrisoning Chepstow with Papists) from the royal court and council, while Worcester (now duke of Beaufort) replied by procuring against him, in November 1683, a verdict of 'scandalum magnatum,' with
WILLIAMS, WALDO GORONWY (1904 - 1971), poet and pacifist Waldo Williams was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire on 30 September 1904, the third of five children of John Edwal Williams (1863-1934) and Angharad Williams (née Jones, 1875-1932). His father was headmaster of Prendergast School in Haverfordwest and English was the language spoken within the family. Following periods of nervous illness which left a lasting impression on his young son, in
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Creuddynfab; 1814 - 1869), poet and literary critic 1837 he married Elizabeth Hughes, daughter of David Hughes, Llangollen. He obtained employment under the railway company in the Huddersfield district and was later promoted stationmaster, serving for three years in that capacity at Oldham and sixteen at Stalybridge. It was during his stay at Stalybridge that he became one of the chief members of the Cymreigyddion society at Manchester. It was during
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1781 - 1840), Independent minister Calvinism and became a moderate Calvinist, in this respect following the example of John Roberts of Llanbryn-mair (1767 - 1834) and other Independent ministers; there is an article by him in the ' Blue Book ' which was published by John Roberts and which caused a considerable amount of excitement at the time. He was, above all, a preacher, and it was as a preacher that he won such a prominent place in the
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1788 - 1865), Member of Parliament pamphlets: A Letter to Lord John Russell on the Report of the Commissioners (answered by Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd) in his A Vindication of the Education and Moral Condition of Wales) and a Second Letter on the present defective state of Education in Wales. He presided at the meeting held at the Freemasons' Tavern, London, 1 December 1863, to further university education in Wales, and promised a gift of
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Cyfeiliog; 1801 - 1876), poet and hymn-writer Born 4 January 1801 at Winllan, Llanbryn-mair, son of Richard Williams (Calvinistic Methodist exhorter) and Mary Williams (one of the descendants of Henry Williams of Ysgafell, and sister of the Rev. John Roberts (1767 - 1834) of Llanbryn-mair), and elder brother of the Rev. Richard Williams (1802 - 1842) of Liverpool. He was educated at the school kept by his uncle and at the school of William
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Peris; 1769 - 1847), poet he describes the Llanberis district and Cwmglas Mawr, the home of Abraham Williams, who taught him and Gutyn the rudiments of prosody; then comes a description of Dafydd Ddu, 'their second teacher,' and then there is a reference to John Morgan (1743 - 1801), the curate, ' yn y lle yn gweini llan.' Gwilym Peris died in 1847, and was buried in Llanllechid churchyard.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Caledfryn; 1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, poet, and critic Caledfryn (a further volume of verse), 1856. He edited Gardd Eifion, the works of Robert ap Gwilym Ddu in 1841, and Eos Gwynedd, the works of John Thomas, Pentrefoelas (1742-1818), in 1845, and a collection of hymns in 1860. He contributed essays on Robert ap Gwilym Ddu and Dewi Wyn o Eifion to Y Drysorfa in 1852 and 1853. He edited many periodicals, including Y Sylwedydd, (1831), Tywysog Cymru (1832-3
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Myfyr Wyn; 1849 - 1900), blacksmith, poet and local historian A regular contributor of articles to the Welsh press, especially to Tarian y Gweithiwr in the 'nineties.' He was born on Twyn Star, Tredegar, and was the son of John and Hannah Williams. His father, a coalminer, was a native of the Cardigan district, who died following an accident in the Bryn Bach mine, Tredegar, when Myfyr Wyn was a boy, one of four children. His mother was born at Nant-y-bwch
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Ap Caledfryn; 1837 - 1915), portrait painter The son of William Williams (Caledfryn), Congregational minister and poet. He was born at Caernarvon, 24 March 1837. He received his first drawing lesson when he was 6 years old from the Welsh artist Hugh Hughes (1790 - 1863). He married Mary Daniel, daughter of Herbert Daniel, Congregational minister at Cefn-y-crib, and had two children, both of whom inherited their father's love of music. Among
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1732 - 1799), Baptist minister, and justice of the peace even more strongly the Welsh edition of ' John Canne's Bible,' which was the joint production of Peter Williams and the Baptist David Jones (1741? - 1792), and which led to the excommunication of Peter Williams by the Methodists. There are some who believe (but without much foundation) that it was he who wrote Dialogous [ sic ] which was printed in 1791. In 1793 he published in Y Cylchgrawn Cynmraeg
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717 - 1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer Born in 1717 at Cefn-coed, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Carmarthenshire, son of John and Dorothy Williams. His father was a ruling elder in the Cefnarthen Independent church. He was educated, with a view to becoming a doctor, at Llwyn-llwyd Academy, but while he was there he heard Howel Harris preaching in Talgarth churchyard and was completely converted. He joined the Established Church and was ordained

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