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ROBERT (ab) IFAN (fl. c. 1572-1603), poet Of a good family at Brynsiencyn, Anglesey. His genealogy is given in full in Peniarth MS 158 at the end of the interesting copy which he prepared for his own use (in May 1587) of the contents of the bardic grammars, etc.; there he states that his mother's name was Marged, daughter of Huw ap Rhys of Fysoglen (Maesoglan), and explains how his father, Ifan ap Wiliam, came to own land in Anglesey
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet was educated in Oxford; and although it cannot be proven that he was the 'Griffin Roberts Wallicus' who studied at Christ Church College between 1550 and 1555, it was there that Morys Clynnog and Siôn Dafydd Rhys graduated, and an association between Robert and Christ Church cannot be discounted. In November 1558, while still in minor orders, Gruffydd Robert was appointed archdeacon of Anglesey by
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c.1522 - c.1610), priest, grammarian, and poet Oxford or Cambridge. In 1558 he was appointed archdeacon of Anglesey, but as queen Mary died about a month afterwards it can be surmised that his stay there was but short. He refused to acknowledge the authority of queen Elizabeth in spiritual matters, and went to the Continent with Morys Clynnog. The latter stayed in Brussels and Louvain, and perhaps Gruffydd Robert did likewise, although one might
teulu ROBERTS Mynydd-y-gof, DAVID ROBERTS (1788? - 1869), physician Medicine The son of John and Catherine Roberts of Aberalaw, Llanfachraeth; the origins of the family were in Llanddeusant parish. David Roberts was apprenticed with a physician at Holyhead; after assisting a physician in London for a while, he returned to Anglesey to practise (and to farm) at Mynydd-y-gof. In 1815 he married Sarah Foulkes (1788 - 1879
ROBERTS, DAVID (Dewi Ogwen; 1818 - 1897), Independent minister something to do with it. He went on a tour with Ieuan o Lŷn, who was a master at Arthur Jones's school at the time, and in the course of this tour began to preach at Dolwyddelan. He received a call to Seion and Seilo, Anglesey, where he was ordained 7 May 1839. In 1842 he went to Tabernacle, Gartside Street, Manchester, returning to Anglesey in 1845 as minister of Cemaes and Seion. In 1850 he became
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia South, 'he set Glamorgan on fire', according to Lewis Jones, before repeating this feat in other counties on his way westwards and back to the north. Thomas Jones, Glan Camwy, recalled the Welsh words sung 'on the streets', which roughly translate as 'Oh Edwin, Oh Edwin, they talk about you From Pembrokeshire to Anglesey; your voice is exciting, your speech as fire; Oppression and tyranny tremble when
ROBERTS, EMRYS OWEN (1910 - 1990), Liberal politician and public servant sharpness of his intellect and his conspicuous radical leanings. He focused on European affairs, the economy and Welsh affairs. Much of his time was inevitably taken up with internal party discussions on the political direction which the Liberals might take. Roberts generally shared the view of Lady Megan Lloyd George (Anglesey) and Dingle Foot (Dundee) that it should lean more to the left. In this view
ROBERTS, EVAN (1923 - 2007), research chemist and industrialist . He decided the company needed to expand and eventually settled on a green-field site in Llangefni, Anglesey. The new factory opened in 1971, employing almost 100 people, mostly recruited locally. He was instrumental in the development of the manufacture of Vitamin D3 - at one stage Peboc provided 70% of the world's requirements - and was a leading authority on it. He travelled extensively promoting
ROBERTS, GLYN (1904 - 1962), historian and administrator death (2): her sister, Caryl Eryl Hughes on 28 July 1954. He died 13 August 1962 in Menai Bridge and was buried in Llantysilio churchyard, Anglesey.
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (1735 - 1808), physician at Dolgelley, antiquary, and collector of manuscripts - William, who joined the Navy as a surgeon, and Griffith, who succeeded his father in practice at Dolgelley, but only for a few years, for he died in 1815; he, too, collected manuscripts. Griffith Roberts senior was also interested in the Anglesey copper mines and in mining operations in Merioneth. He died 28 December 1808. Fuller details can be obtained from numerous letters in N.L.W. noted in the
ROBERTS, HUGH GORDON (1885 - 1961), surgeon and missionary One of the sons of David Roberts of Dolenog, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, and his wife Jane Sarah, daughter of Thomas Price Jones of Liverpool. He was born 16 July 1885 in Liverpool and was reared there. He was a great-grandson of David Roberts (1788 - 1869), a doctor in Bodedern, Anglesey, and Sir William Roberts, F.R.S. (1830 - 1899), who was a prominent doctor in Manchester and London, was his
ROBERTS, HUW (fl. c. 1555-1619), poet, author, and cleric No details are known concerning his early life, but it appears that he went, as servitor, to Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated B.A. there, 6 February 1577/1578. After entering holy orders it is said that he became rector of Aberffraw in Anglesey; he became M.A. in 1585. A large number of his poems remain in manuscript, most of these being cywyddau to various members of North Wales landed

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