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NOTT, Sir WILLIAM (1782 - 1845), soldier church, and a statue of him was erected in what is now Nott Square.
O'NEIL, BRYAN HUGH ST. JOHN (1905 - 1954), archaeologist produced an officially-sponsored report on the coastal castles of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). He was secretary and editor of the Congress of Archaeological Societies. He was an industrious and conscientious worker, a zealous churchman and a keen follower of rugby. He died 24 October 1954 in Edinburgh.
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM DAVID (1918 - 1985), politician, diplomat, media impresario diplomats not politicians, to ensure close relations. After presenting his credentials in October 1961, the Cold War and fears of mutually-assured destruction shaped his embassy. The now Sir David Ormsby-Gore (appointed KCMG in 1961) was in close discussion with the Kennedy administration throughout the Cuban Missile Crisis, helped secure the Polaris submarine-launched system after the failure of the
OWAIN ap THOMAS ap RHODRI (bu farw 1378), soldier of fortune and pretender to the principality of Wales conscious of his hereditary claims as lineal successor of the two Llywelyns, as Froissart makes clear, and seems to have spoken much about them in French court circles. Owain's pretensions were now exploited by French interests, and plans were laid for diverting English attention by an invasion of Wales under Owain's leadership. The expedition of 1372, preceded by a notable proclamation setting out
OWEN, DAVID (Dewi Wyn o Eifion; 1784 - 1841), farmer and poet misjudgement; he became embittered, and in letters to friends and in satire he fiercely attacked the two adjudicators, William Owen Pughe and Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn). He was now sorely offended and composed but little afterwards. He was a master of the strict metres in Welsh, and wrote some excellent englynion; amongst the best are the series on the Menai Suspension Bridge, which were written in 1832
OWEN, EDWARD HUMPHREY (1850 - 1904) Tŷ Coch,, book-collector and local historian Annual Report of the National Library for the years 1909-10. The manuscripts, now NLW MS 815-68, are described in N.L.W. Handlist of MSS., i, 61-7; they include several volumes containing pedigrees and poems, seven volumes from the library of Sir Richard Colt Hoare; two volumes compiled by William Williams, Llandygài; and volumes which had belonged previously to Jonathan Jones, surveyor of taxes
OWEN, ELLIS (1789 - 1868), farmer, antiquary, and poet (Alltud Eifion) at Tremadoc in 1877. A number of his manuscripts are now in the N.L.W. His mother, Anne (Thomas), was sister to the antiquaries John Thomas (1736 - 1769) and Richard Thomas (1753 - 1780) - see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 359.
OWEN, FOULKE (fl. 1686), poet a native of Nantglyn, Denbighshire. There appears to be no evidence as to where he was educated, although it is possible that he went up to Oxford, particularly if he was related (he may have been a grandson) to the Foulk Owen of Denbighshire who graduated there in 1584. He owned 'The Black Book of Basingwerk,' an important manuscript of the 14th and 15th cents., now kept at the N.L.W. (NLW MS
OWEN, HENRY (1844 - 1919), antiquary the honorary degree of D.Litt. He bequeathed a selection of his valuable library of period books to the N.L.W. and the remainder to the town of Haverfordwest; all his manuscripts he bequeathed to the N.L.W. (now NLW MS 1341-1453). He died at Poyston 14 April 1919.
OWEN, JEREMY (fl. 1704-1744), Presbyterian minister and writer man of considerable parts, was called (1711) to succeed him. The date of his birth is unknown; but he was educated at his uncle's Academy at Shrewsbury, where Thomas Perrott was his contemporary and friend. His uncle had imparted to him not only a sound classical scholarship but also the 'moderate' views associated with his name. Fresh troubles now broke out at Henllan, and another secession to Rhyd
OWEN, JOHN (1836 - 1915), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author of the popular ballad 'Cân y Mochyn Du' ('the Ballad of the Black Pig') Welshmen gathered. Its author, however, remained deeply ashamed of his composition to the end of his days. He forbade its further publication and could not tolerate its strains. There is but one brief mention of the work in his manuscript autobiography: ' During this period (i.e. 1850-57) I wrote “ Y Mochyn Du ”, now so well known throughout the land; a song that will continue to corrupt the tastes of
OWEN, Sir JOHN (1600 - 1666), royalist commander considerately over the work of sequestration. Owen now lived absorbed in dogs and hawks at Clenennau, forbidden to travel without a pass, and three times put under preventive restraint: at Denbigh (with several absences on pass) in August - September 1651; at Chester in July 1655 (when plots were rife) until appeals to the Protector and his henchmen (including John Jones the regicide (1597? - 1660), procured

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