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FITZGERALD, MICHAEL CORNELIUS JOHN (1927 - 2007), a friar of the Carmelite Order, priest, philosopher and poet Joseph (Father Gregory O. Carm.), Bridget Cecilia (Sister Bridget Mary of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary), and Mary Catherine (Mrs Pryer). The interest of the two brothers in the Carmelite Order was inspired by the influence of their uncle, Conleth FitzGerald, Provincial Superior of the Irish Carmelites and a man of high standing in the Vatican, and in 1940, when 13 years old and following
FOLEY, Sir THOMAS (1757 - 1833), admiral
FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913 - 2010), politician, journalist, author Michael Foot was born on 23 July 1913 at 1 Lipson Terrace, Plymouth, Devon, the fifth of seven children of Isaac Foot (1880-1960) and his wife Eva (née Mackintosh, 1877-1946). Isaac Foot was a solicitor in Plymouth and was the Liberal MP for Bodmin, Cornwall 1922-1924 and 1929-1935. Michael's siblings were also well-known, namely Sir Dingle Foot (1905-1978), Hugh Foot (Baron Carodon, 1907-1990
FOSTER, IVOR LLEWELYN (1870 - 1959), singer with Villiers Stanford. He won a gold medal during his first year and before the end of the course Sir Hubert Parry said that he was one of the best baritones to have studied in the college. He portrayed the character Don Pedro in a performance of Standford's Opera Much ado about nothing at Covent Garden in 1901. Later he sang in the promenade concerts and in Boosey's ballad concerts in London and he
teulu FOTHERGILL, iron-masters sheriff of Glamorgan in 1850, died 19 September 1871, and was buried at Pendoylan church, and the Hensol estate, with its castle, descended to his heiress, Isabella, daughter of his sister Ann, who married 1877, Sir Rose Lambert Price, bart. RICHARD FOTHERGILL III (1822 - 1903), iron-master, coal-owner and politician Business and Industry Politics, Government and Political Movements He was the eldest
FOX, Sir CYRIL FRED (1882 - 1967), Director of the National Museum of Wales
FRANCIS, JOHN DEFFETT (1815 - 1901), painter and collector Savage Club.' He painted portraits of queen Victoria, Sir Robert Peel, and other notable persons, and several of these were engraved. He exhibited one picture at the Royal Academy in 1846 and several at other exhibitions between 1837 and 1860. Francis's assiduity as an art collector is remembered today by the existence of the Deffett Francis Art Gallery at Swansea, which contains the large collection
FRANKLEN, Sir THOMAS MANSEL (1840 - 1928), public servant
teulu GAMAGE Coety, Coity, the extinction of the co-heirs of Sir Payn's brother, Sir Richard Turberville, Coety eventually fell to the descendants of Sarah Gamage. GILBERT, son of William and Sarah, had licence to acquire the manor of Caldecote in Netherwent in 1381. When he died in the following year, custody of his heir was granted to the canons of Hereford. His widow, Lettice, daughter of Sir William Seymour, of Penhow
GEORGE, THOMAS (fl. 1829-1840), miniature painter miniature on ivory of Richard Bird at the Victoria and Albert Museum. This carefully painted miniature is signed 'Painted by T. George. London Oct. 1826.' The late Sir Thomas Barry Jones possessed a miniature by George which was probably a self-portrait and which the artist gave shortly before his death to his brother Henry who lived at Fishguard. The National Museum of Wales has one miniature by him and
GIBBINS, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1861 - 1937), Quaker industrialist Born at Neath, 1 April 1861, eldest son of Frederick Joseph Gibbins and Caroline Gibbins, prominent members of the Society of Friends. He was educated at the Quaker School, Scarborough. He married 1898, Sarah Jennette Rhys, Sgubor-fawr, Penderyn, and had two sons. F. W. Gibbins was an outstanding figure in the commercial life of South Wales, particularly in the tinplate industry. He entered the
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

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