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GEORGE, WILLIAM (1865 - 1967), solicitor and public figure his career. The letters between them show that David placed great importance on William's judgement on current topics and that impression is reflected in his speeches. He published My Brother and I (1958), Atgoff a Myfyr (1948) and Richard Lloyd (1934). He married Anita Williams from Fishguard in 1910; she died 1943. They had twin sons but one died in infancy. He died at Cricieth 25 January 1967 and
GIBSON, JOHN (1790 - 1866), sculptor sculpture under Canova and Thorwaldsen, and carried out commissions for the duke of Devonshire, Sir George Beaumont, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and other leading art patrons of the period. Most of the remainder of his life was spent at Rome, although he visited England in 1844 in connection with the erection of his statue of Huskisson at Liverpool, and again in 1850 and 1851 to model the statue of the
GILDAS (fl. 6th cent), monk Columban (Columbanus) in a letter to pope Gregory, c. 600. For his contribution to the second wave of Irish saints see Hugh Williams, Gildas, 416; see also Sir John Lloyd's considered opinion of him generally (A History of Wales, 134-43).
GITTINS, CHARLES EDWARD (1908 - 1970), educationalist president of the Debates Union and of the Students' Representative Council. He graduated in 1928 with a well-merited first class in History, and then pursued the secondary school training course in the department of Education leading to the University of Wales Diploma in Education in 1929. From 1929 to 1931 he held the Eyton Williams postgraduate studentship which led to his Master's degree with a
GIVVONS, ALEXANDER (1913 - 2002), rugby player Alexander Givvons was born on 2 November 1913 in Pillgwenlly, Newport, Monmouthshire, the eldest child of Alexander Givvons (b. 1888), a merchant seaman from St Thomas in the West Indies, and his wife Johanna Dunn (1896-1987). He had five siblings, including a half-brother Trevor Williams (b. 1925) from his mother's second marriage. He was known as Alex (pronounced Alec). Alex attended Holy Cross
teulu GLYN Glynllifon, Array (with the rank of colonel) for Charles I till 1646 when he deserted to the parliamentary side with Sir William Williams, Vaenol. But during 1642-3 he did try to prevent the Commission from being put into effect, and drew down rebukes on the county from Charles I.
GREEN, CHARLES ALFRED HOWELL (1864 - 1944), second Archbishop of Wales Eldest son of A.J.M. Green, clerk in Holy Orders, and Elizabeth his wife, was born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 19 August 1864. On his mother's side he was a great-great-grandson of Peter Williams (1723 - 1796). He was educated at Charterhouse and Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1887 and M.A. in 1892. He was successively Librarian and President of the Oxford Union Society. He
GREENLY, EDWARD (1861 - 1951), geologist geological survey of Anglesey. He married Annie Barnard in 1891 (she died 1927) and they worked together on the task until its completion in 1910. The geology of Anglesey, two vols., was published in 1919 and the 1 inch map in 1920. The work was later extended to Arfon. He published (with Howel Williams) Methods of geological surveying (1930) and his autobiography, A hand through time, appeared in 1938. He
teulu GRENFELL, Swansea industrialists ) married, as his 2nd wife, Georgina St. Leger, daughter of the 1st Viscount Doneraile (of the 2nd creation), in 1798. Charles Kingsley, another relation by marriage, first traced the connection. The family were already prosperous merchants and bankers in the eighteenth century. In 1803 Pascoe Grenfell entered into a contract with Owen Williams to trade in copper and developed a business in London
GRENFELL, DAVID RHYS (1881 - 1968), Labour politician He was born at Penyrheol, Gorseinon on 27 June 1881, the son of William and Alice/Ann Grenfell. She was the daughter of William Hopkins. His father was a coalminer who originally came from Blaenavon in Monmouthshire. The only formal education which he received early in life was at Penyrheol Elementary School which he left at just twelve years of age to become a coalminer, but he was assiduous in
GREY, THOMAS (1733 - 1810), Independent minister quarter sessions on 30 July 1762. Upon the death of Philip Pugh in 1762 he was called to be pastor of the Independent churches at Llwynpiod and Abermeurig, Cardiganshire. He married Letitia (née Jenkins), widow of Theophilus Jones of Blaenplwyf, Llanfihangel Ystrad, a local squire upon whose death in 1758 William Williams, Pantycelyn, wrote an elegy. They settled at Sychbant, Nantcwnlle, a farm on the
teulu GRIFFITH Garn, Plasnewydd, conclusions reached by the editor of Detholiad o Waith Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llewelyn Vychan (Bangor, 1910), was able to throw additional light on the career of the bard. Gruffydd ap Ieuan's first wife was Janet, daughter of Richard ap Howel (see Mostyn of Mostyn); his successor in the Griffith line was THOMAS AP GRIFFITH AP IEUAN, his son by his second wife, Alice, daughter of John Owen, Tre Bwll

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