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PHILIPPS, WOGAN (2nd Baron Milford), (1902 - 1993), politician and artist son had joined the Communist Party and that he was both divorced and re-married, Sir Laurence, now Lord Milford, cancelled his son's allowance, for the last time and announced that he was to be disinherited. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Philipps's health prevented him from joining the armed forces; he was turned down by the Home Guard but for reasons of politics rather than health. He
PHILLIMORE, EGERTON GRENVILLE BAGOT (1856 - 1937), scholar settling down in Corris, Merioneth, about 1903, and there, for the rest of his life, he lived alone with his books and his cats. He had a good library and a collection of Welsh manuscripts which are now in the National Library of Wales. He devoted his life to Celtic studies and published learned articles and notes on Welsh history, topography, place-names, personal names, and mythology. The fruits of his
PHILLIPPS, Sir THOMAS (1792 - 1872), antiquary, bibliophile, and collector of manuscripts, records, books, etc. ; for details see J. Gwenogfryn Evans, Repts. on MSS. in the Welsh Language, Cardiff, and the annual reports of that period of the Cardiff Public Libraries Committee. One of the most famous early Welsh manuscripts, viz., the ' Book of Aneirin ' (now in Cardiff), had found its way to the Phillipps collection, via Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) and others (Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, xi, 109-12
PICTON, CESAR (c. 1755 - 1836), coal merchant , including his properties, a horse and chaise, a tortoiseshell tea-chest with a silver caddy spoon, two watches, gold chains, rings and brooches. He left several paintings, including a portrait of himself, to his friend Thomas Bushell, who was a 'dealer in wines and spirits'. This portrait is now, unfortunately lost, but the fact that he had a portrait of himself painted is emblematic of the wealth and
PICTON, Sir THOMAS (1758 - 1815), soldier, colonial governor and enslaver anniversary of the conquest of Trinidad. However, in Fullarton's absence, and with the support of most of the French and Spanish planters on the island (who would offer substantial financial support during his later trials), Picton resumed power, now as a de facto dictator, until relieved of all posts and sailing for Britain in June 1803. In London, Picton faced several trials for misuse of power. The
PONSONBY, SARAH (1755 - 1831), one of the 'Ladies of Llangollen' their intertwined initials and their letters were jointly signed. They spoke of 'we' and 'our'. Since the twentieth century the exact nature of the relationship between the women has been debated but now it is generally accepted that they were in a same-sex life partnership. As the years passed Butler became almost blind and was led around the house by Ponsonby as depicted in a painting by Lady
POPKIN, JOHN (fl. 1759-1824), Methodist and Sandemanian exhorter was excommunicated. He now began to translate into Welsh, and to publish, the works of Glass and Sandeman - Anghyfreithlondeb Bwyta Gwaed, 1764; Llythyrau rhwng Samuel Pike a Robert Sandeman, 1765; and similar books until 1768. Before the end of the 18th century he had begun to publish a series of testy, controversial books of his own authorship and continued to do so for some years - Dychymmygion
POWEL, DAVID (c.1540 - 1598), cleric and historian translation by Humphrey Llwyd of 'Brut y Tywysogion,' which Llwyd had translated from a manuscript ending in 1270, to which he had added an appendix coming down to 1295. But Powel's Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, which he published in 1584, was much fuller than this; in the words of its title-page, it was 'corrected, augmented, and continued, out of records and best approved authors,' and its
POWEL, JOHN (bu farw 1767), weaver-poet Of Rhyd-yr-Eirin, in the parish of Llansannan, Denbighshire. According to Owen Williams, Awduron Sir Ddinbych, he was born in 1731. It is said that he was a sexton also. One of the closest friends of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) when the latter was curate of Llanfair Talhaiarn, he also regarded him as his bardic teacher. A number of his poems are found in Swansea MS. 1 ('Y Piser Hir'), now in N.L.W
POWEL, THOMAS (1845 - 1922), Celtic scholar was a member of its governing body, and his collection of manuscripts, with many of his rare books, is now in that library. He was a member of the Society for Utilizing the Welsh language and was on the committee appointed by that society to prepare the monograph on Welsh Orthography which was published in 1893 (and again in 1905). Tall, good-looking, and distinguished in appearance, he was an
teulu POWELL Nanteos, Llechwedd-dyrus, , Montgomeryshire, and Anna Corbet (of Ynysmaengwyn, Merioneth), was THOMAS POWELL (1745? - 1797) who married Eleanor, eldest daughter of Edward Maurice Corbet, also of Ynysmaengwyn. Thomas Powell, who was sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1785, figures in the annals of the Welsh School, London (now continued as the Welsh Girls' School, Ashford, Middlesex); e.g., he laid the foundation stone of the Gray's Inn Road
POWELL, RICHARD (1769 - 1795), poet and schoolmaster Born in Llanegryn, Merioneth. He is probably the Richard (son of Hugh Powell, a weaver, and Jemimah Parry) whose christening [on a date which is now illegible] is recorded in the parish register. In 1793, at the Bala eisteddfod of the Gwyneddigion Society he won the medal out of eleven competitors for his 'Awdyl ar Dymhorau y Vlwyzyn.' His 'Carol Plygain Ddydd Natolic' is to be found in a volume

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