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BEAUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. RALPH EDWARD BLACKETT (1901 - 1977), Member of Parliament and public figure Greenfields, Machynlleth, now Plas Machynlleth. Beaumont was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford where he took his B.A. in 1923, and proceeded to M.A. in 1953. A man of independent means, he pursued a political career, but as an Unionist, not a Liberal like his father. In 1929 he stood for the Cannock division of Staffordshire and came second in the poll. He was more successful in 1931 when he was
BECK, THOMAS (bu farw 1293), bishop of S. Davids many of the magnates of the realm. Beck was then consecrated by archbishop Peckham, the other three Welsh bishops being in attendance. There followed the translation of the body of S. Hugh of Avalon to a new shrine, marked by festivities, the cost of which was borne by the new-made prelate. Beck now gave up civil duties (except for some service in 1280-1 as royal commissioner in Wales), and
BELL, Sir HAROLD IDRIS (1879 - 1967), scholar and translator the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. He also contributed to the Cambridge Ancient History. In 1935 he was appointed Honorary Reader in Document Papyrology in Oxford, a position he held till 1950. His standing as a scholar was now very high, and his knowledge of all kinds of documents - legal, social or literary - was unsurpassed. He was president of the International Association of Papyrologists
BERNARD (bu farw 1148), bishop of S. Davids in 1129, but a few days afterwards Bernard appeared and obtained postponement of the whole matter for eighteen months. When 1130 came, there was a new pope. Innocent II at first favoured the Llandaff claim, and it was to have been settled at the Council of Reims in 1131. But Urban, now growing old, pleaded illness as a reason for his absence, and, with Bernard ready to argue his own case, began to
teulu BERRY, industrialists and newspaper proprietors Edward Lloyd, Ltd., one of the largest paper mills in the world, and also their first 'heavy' London daily newspaper, Daily Telegraph, with W.E. Berry becoming editor-in-chief. They now controlled 25 newspapers, and about 70 periodicals. Competition was fierce in the 1930 s but instead of trying to attract readers with gifts, as other newspapers did, they decided to change the format of the Daily
BERWYN, RICHARD JONES (1836 - 1917), colonist and man of letters now adopted ' Berwyn ' as a surname. When Tommy Dimol (Ceiriog's friend) was lost on the ship Denby in 1867, Berwyn married his widow, and several talented sons were brought up in his home. He was the first to hold official positions in the colony: secretary to the council, secretary to the Welsh courts, postmaster, registrar, and schoolmaster, and was also the colony's first postmaster under the
BEVAN, SILVANUS (1691 - 1765), Quaker physician pharmacy at 2 Old Plough Court, Oxford Street in 1715, but later practised physic at Hackney. In 1725 he had been elected F.R.S. on the proposal of Isaac Newton. A belated interest in Welsh antiquities brought him (now a retired man) in 1760 into contact with Richard Morris; and there are references to him in the Morris Letters (more especially ii, 265, 336-7, 416) which give us a picture of him: a
BEVAN, THOMAS (1796? - 1819), missionary in the service of the London Missionary Society at Pen-y-banc and later to colleges at Newtown and at Gosport. It was now decided that he and Stephen Laidler should go to Madagascar. He was ordained at Neuadd-lwyd, 20-21 August 1817, and married Mary Jones (née Jacob) of Pen-yr-allt Wen in the same district. They sailed for Madagascar 9 February, arriving in Mauritius 3 July 1818. Five weeks later Bevan embarked again, and landed at Tamatave
BIRD, JOHN (1768 - 1829), landscape painter Born at Cardiff, 1768. He prepared some drawings for Principal Seats of the Nobility (1787) and other topographical works. Examples of his work are ' Llewenni Hall ' (copper-plate engraving) and ' Llewenni Bleach Works ', now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. He died at Whitby.
BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (bu farw 1075), prince challenged their power in the battle of Mechain, an encounter in which Bleddyn proved victor and the only survivor of the four. He was now threatened by the advance of the Normans into North Wales; in 1073, Robert of Rhuddlan established himself on the banks of the Clwyd and shortly afterwards surprised Bleddyn in a stealthy attack, in which the Welsh leader lost much booty and narrowly escaped capture
BLEDRI ap CYDIFOR (fl. 1116-30), chieftain on that house four carucates of land in Eglwys Newydd, now Newchurch. In this record, he bears the title 'Latemeri,' i.e. interpreter, which confirms the impression that he was a Welshman of consequence in this district who maintained friendly relations with the invader. His descendants remained prominent landowners hereabouts for centuries. They were to be found at Cil Sant, Pwll Dyfach, Motlysgwm
teulu BODVEL Bodvel, Caerfryn, Newborough - had long been intriguing for the succession to the Bodvel estates, and he now got Bodvel into his power by poisoning him against his family and hiding him from importunate creditors in the slums of London, where, in the extremity of squalor and sickness of body and mind, he made a new will (1662), leaving his estates to Wynne's son Griffith (who assumed the name of Bodvel) and another distant

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