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EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd . Goronwy, Rhys, and Gwilym were in the personal following of Richard II. Maredudd, father of Owain Tudur and great-grandfather of Henry VII (see the article Tudor family of Penmynydd), is a more shadowy figure; he was escheator of Anglesey before 1392 and is described in 1404 as an esquire to the bishop of Bangor. The three surviving brothers and their near kinsmen were prominent supporters of Owain Glyn
EDNYFED, WILLIAM, 'crowder'
EDWARDES, DAVID (c. 1630 - 1690), landowner and deputy-herald various manuscript collections, and compiled large genealogical volumes. He was consulted by contemporary British and Continental genealogists. He died without issue in 1690, his will being proved at Carmarthen on 31 November of that year. His collections were acquired by WILLIAM LEWES of Llwynderw.
teulu EDWARDS Stansty, This family boasted continuous occupation of the same area from 1317, when David ap Meilir is said to have bought the manor of Stansty, to 1783, when his direct line died out. The surname was first stabilized by JOHN EDWARDS (1573 - 1635), son of David ab Edward; his executorship of the will under which his neighbour Sir William Meredith established a 'lectureship' at Wrexham suggests Puritan
teulu EDWARDS Chirkland, This ancient Denbighshire family, descended from Tudur Trevor (see Trevor of Brynkynallt, ad. init.), settled from an early date in the cymwd of Nanheudwy and branching out into Flintshire first come into prominence in the person of JOHN AB EDWARD, or EDWARDS (died 1498), receiver and chief forester of Chirkland under Sir W. Stanley. His son WILLIAM EDWARDS (died 1532) distinguished himself at
EDWARDS, ALFRED GEORGE (1848 - 1937), first archbishop of Wales Son of William Edwards and Louisa his wife, and brother of H. T. Edwards, was born at Llan-ym-Mawddwy rectory, Merioneth, 2 November 1848. After a year at the Welsh Educational Institution, Llandovery, and private tuition, he matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, in January 1870, and graduated with honours in classics in 1874, M.A. 1876. He became successively assistant master and (in 1875
EDWARDS, ARTHUR TRYSTAN (1884 - 1973), architect and pioneer town planner Born 10 November 1884 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, the second son of Dr William Edwards, one of His Majesty's Inspector of Schools and later Chief Inspector of the Central Welsh Board. He was educated at Clifton school, and Hertford College, Oxford, where he took honours in Mathematical Moderations and in the final Greats Schools. His interests in the visual arts, particularly in
EDWARDS, ARTHUR TUDOR (1890 - 1946), surgeon Born Swansea, 7 March 1890, elder son of William Edwards, J.P. Educated at Mill Hill School, St. John's College, Cambridge, and Middlesex Hospital, London, where he was awarded the Senior Broderip and the University scholarships. Qualifying as a doctor in 1913 he obtained the higher degrees of M.Ch. and F.R.C.S. 1915. He served in the R.A.M.C. during World War I and rose to the rank of major. He
EDWARDS, DAVID MIALL (1873 - 1941), theologian and writer Born 22 January 1873 in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, son of William Edwards, grocer and gardener, and Jane Edwards. He began his education at the Board School, Llandderfel, and the grammar school, Bala, before proceeding with an Exhibition to the University College of North Wales, Bangor. As the University of Wales was not yet empowered to confer degrees, he sat for the Honours School of English
EDWARDS, FANNY WINIFRED (1876 - 1959), schoolteacher, children's writer, and dramatist Born 21 February 1876 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire, a sister of the poet William Thomas Edwards ('Gwilym Deudraeth '; and the youngest of the 12 children of William Edwards, master mariner, and his wife Jane (née Roberts). She was educated at Penrhyndeudraeth elementary school, becoming a pupil-teacher, afterwards a teacher until her retirement in December 1944 thereby completing over
EDWARDS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Padarn; 1812 - 1893), cleric, poet and antiquary Born at Llanberis 1 September 1812, son of William Edwards (Gwilym Padarn, 1786 - 1857). Having had only an elementary education, he was taught the classical languages by Peter Bailey Williams, rector of Llan-rug. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1843, and took his M.A. degree in 1846. Upon graduation he was ordained and appointed curate of Llangollen. Thence he moved in 1846 to be
EDWARDS, HUW THOMAS (1892 - 1970), trade union leader and politician well known in both north and south Wales, and had extensive experience of the activities of Welsh local government, he was chosen as the first chairman of the Council of Wales and Monmouthshire in 1949. During the nine years which he spent in the post, he collaborated closely with Sir William Jones to produce important reports on devolution and on depopulation in the rural areas of Wales. He resigned

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