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teulu PHILIPPS Picton, (formerly Gwyther) (died 1875). He was succeeded by his son-in-law Sir CHARLES EDWARD GREGG PHILIPPS (formerly Fisher) who was created a baronet in 1887. This baronetcy and the Picton estate descended to his son Sir HENRY ERASMUS EDWARD PHILIPPS (1871 - 1938) and then to his son Sir JOHN ERASMUS GWYNNE ALEXANDER PHILIPPS (1915 - 1948). On the death of lord Milford in 1823, the first baronetcy devolved
PHILIPPS, Sir JOHN (1666? - 1737) Picton Castle,, religious, educational, and social reformer and Charles Wesley, and George Whitefield, who was maintained by him for a while at Oxford. He was elected a member of the S.P.C.K. a month after it was founded, and remained its most influential member till his death. He made Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire the chief centres of the Society's work in Wales, founded twenty-two schools in the former county and several in the latter, and was chiefly
PHILIPPS, WOGAN (2nd Baron Milford), (1902 - 1993), politician and artist tall, handsome man with perfect manners, who inspired much affection among his friends and acquaintances; he was not known as a clever man. He died on 30 November 1993 at Flat 2, 8 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, and left an estate of £162,149. His widow arranged a memorial exhibition of his paintings. His son, Hugo Charles Laurence Philipps (27 August 1929 - 4 December 1999) became the 3rd Lord Milford
PHILLIPS, PEREGRINE (1623 - 1691), Puritan preacher; Independent 'apostle of Pembrokeshire' held between him and prominent Anglican dignitaries; for all that, bishop Lucy, in a letter to archbishop Sheldon, accused him of celebrating clandestine marriages without the sanction of the parish clergyman. In 1672 he received a licence under the temporary Indulgence of Charles II to preach at his own house in Haverfordwest, and at the house of Richard Meyler in the same town; and there is some
PHILLIPS, SAMUEL LEVI (c. 1730 - 1812), banker and jeweller Dorothy Hood, and amongst their children were Philip, whose grandson was Hugh Price Hughes, and Sarah (1757 - 1817), who married David Charles I. Their daughter, Eliza (1798 - 1876), married Robert Davies (1790 - 1841).
teulu PHYLIP, poets Ardudwy is said that he suffered persecution in the Cromwellian period because of his elegy on Charles I and his hatred of the new politico-religious sects. To what extent he suffered persecution it is difficult to say. The 'Englynion ffarwel i Hendre Fechan' will be better understood if taken to refer to his approaching death. William Phylip wrote twenty cywyddau, one awdl, and about thirty-five poems in
PICTON, Sir THOMAS (1758 - 1815), soldier, colonial governor and enslaver quelling of a potential military riot in Bristol in 1783 by means of his imposing stature, rough demeanour, foul language and sword. Decommissioned on half-pay, he returned to the paternal home for a period of almost twelve years, and about 1793 he suffered a gun-shot wound to his throat in a duel with Charles Hassall, which left him with a rasping voice. Towards the end of 1794, he sailed on a merchant
PIERCY, BENJAMIN (1827 - 1888), civil engineer Born near Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, 16 March 1827, the third son of Robert Piercy, later of Chirk, a commissioner, valuer, and surveyor for the inclosure of commons and for tithe commutation awards, with an extensive practice in the counties of Montgomery, Denbigh, and Flint. Benjamin was trained in his father's office, and became, in 1847, chief assistant to Charles Mickleburgh, surveyor and
POWEL, CHARLES (1712 - 1796), antiquarian
POWELL, JOHN Charles (D. E. Jenkins, Thomas Charles, I, 71; see also a note by him in Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, Trevecka Supplement 8, 273). (2) JOHN POWELL (1720 - 1766), Independent minister Religion; Born at Lanelli (Brecknock). A shoemaker in Glyn Ebwy Fawr, he was converted by Edmund Jones (Hist. of Aberystruth, 106), and began to preach. After a while (1748) he went to Carmarthen
POWELL, RICE (fl. 1641-1665), colonel in the Parliamentary army Pembroke. Powell joined John Poyer and Rowland Laugharne and took part with them in the defence of Pembroke and the offensive actions in the county and beyond. Laugharne appointed him governor of Cardigan castle when it was captured on 29 December 1644 and he successfully defended it in the following month against a Royalist assault directed by Sir Charles Gerard. In April 1646 he became governor of
POWELL, THOMAS (1779? - 1863), coal-owner Born 6 January 1779 (says Bradney) at Monmouth, son of John Powell. He began as a timber merchant at Newport, but afterwards extended his activities to the coal trade. His first venture in coal-mining was the purchase of a small colliery between Llanhilleth and Aberbeeg. In 1829 he sank two shafts at Gelligaer, proving a vein of coal nearly six feet thick. In 1833 Powell applied to Sir Charles

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