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IEUAN ap RHYDDERCH ap IEUAN LLWYD (fl. 1430-1470), gentleman and poet Son of Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd of Rhydderch Park, in the parish of Lanbadarn Odyn, a wealthy landowner who held office under the Crown in 1387. According to Dwnn, i, 28, the mother of ' Ieuan ap Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd y prydydd ' was Annes, daughter of Gwilym ap Philip ab Elidir. But Dwnn, i, 45, 85, states that Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd married twice, (1) ' Marged ferch Gruffydd Gryg ap Ieuan
IEUAN DU'R BILWG (fl. c. 1470), poet No details concerning his life are known, but three interesting poems by him remain, these being (1) ' Cywydd y Gown Coch ', (2) a begging ' Llyfr y Greal ' (see Cywyddau'r Ychwanegiad, 144) from the abbot of Glyn Nedd, and (3) a cywydd in which the poet seeks the whereabouts of Llywelyn Goch y Dant from a woman winnowing barley.
IEUAN LLWYD BRYDYDD (fl. c. 1460-1490), poet some examples of whose work remain in manuscript. These include an elegiac cywydd to Ifan ap Tudur ap Gruffudd Llwyd of Henllan parish, Denbighshire, a cywydd to Hywel Coetmor, and a 'blind man's cywydd.' His work is found in the following manuscripts: Brogyntyn MS 2; NLW MS 552B, NLW MS 644B, NLW MS 6471B, NLW MS 6495D, NLW MS 6681B, NLW MS 9166B; Wynnstay MS. 1. According to Cymru (O.J.) this
IEUAN TEW Two poets bore this name: (1) IEUAN TEW BRYDYDD HEN (fl. c. 1400-40), a native of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, and (2) IEUAN TEW BRYDYDD IEUANC, a native of Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, who fl. c. 1560-90, graduated at the eisteddfod held at Caerwys in 1568 - Peniarth MS 121 (215) and Peniarth MS 132 (61) - and is said to have been buried at Llanidloes. A large number of their poems remain in
INSOLE, GEORGE (1790 - 1851), colliery proprietor , Cardiff, from at least 1845 and as a Cardiff Street Commissioner from at least 1847. He died at his residence in Crockherbtown, Cardiff, on 1 January 1851, due to 'heart disease many years, paralysis one week' and was buried at St Margaret's Church, Roath, on 7 January. George Insole Esq. was eulogised at the Cymmer Eisteddfod of 1851 in two lengthy prize-winning elegies. These three samples from
JACKSON, Sir CHARLES JAMES (1849 - 1923), businessman and collector Charles Jackson to describe himself as an architect. The Jacksons established a flourishing business in Cardiff and invested heavily in property, particularly commercial property. In 1879, Charles Jackson stood as an independent candidate in the Roath Ward on Cardiff Council but he came bottom of the poll. He was more successful on 1 November 1882 when he was elected the Conservative member for the East
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach , the British Lions' first choice in 1955 and, by common consent, one of Wales's best-ever. Long before substitutions were allowed, he was a travelling reserve more than twenty times. Finally, in January 1958, when he was 28 years old, Morgan's injury allowed him to make his debut against Australia at Cardiff Arms Park wearing number 6 (numbering was different then with the full back wearing 1 and the
JAMES, DAVID (Defynnog; 1865 - 1928), schoolmaster, educationist, organiser of summer schools, and author , Templeton, the Rhondda Pupil-teacher Centre, Dunraven and Treherbert (1908-26). Although he was a good mathematician, like his brother John, he turned his attention towards improving methods of teaching Welsh. When he was appointed secretary of the Welsh Language Society on 1 October 1902, he took the opportunity to promote his mission throughout Wales. He applied himself to preparing reading books
JAMES, Sir DAVID JOHN (1887 - 1967), businessman and philanthropist from Studios 1 and 2, a rendezvous for the London Welsh for a period. He had been chairman of three companies before retiring in 1957. During his life he donated substantial sums to the Nonconformist denominations and to the Church in Wales to improve the stipends and pensions of ministers, to St. David's College, Lampeter, to Pontrhydfendigaid village and to numerous other causes. In 1952 he founded
JAMES, EDWARD (1839 - 1904), Congregational minister religious services and keep a school for the quarrymen. He was ordained at Llanaelhaearn and Sardis (Llangybi), 31 July to 1 August 1861, and moved in 1872 to Nevin and Morfa Nevin, where he remained until his retirement on account of ill-health in 1897. He died 21 December 1904, after a long illness. 'James Nefyn' was one of the best-known Congregationalists of his day. He received a denominational
JAMES, EVAN (Ieuan ap Iago, Iago ap Ieuan; 1809 - 1878), author of the words of 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau' , and elsewhere. According to Taliesin James, grandson of Evan James, it was the son James who, in 1856, composed the melody and the father who wrote the words. The subject is fully discussed by Percy A. Scholes, in the National Library of Wales Journal, iii, 1-10; see also the portraits of father and son reproduced there together with facsimiles of manuscript and printed versions. A later article in
JAMES, JOHN (1779 - 1864), the first Unitarian minister in Cardiganshire, and schoolmaster 1824 he published a translation, Ymofyniad tawel i'r Athrawiaeth Ysgrythurol am Berson Crist, of a work by Thomas Belsham. He died 1 September 1864 at the age of 85 and was buried in Pantydefaid cemetery.

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