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ROBERTS, JOHN HENRY (Pencerdd Gwynedd; 1848 - 1924), musician Afradlon') in an eisteddfod held at Chester. When he was 20 he became a clerk at Bryneglwys quarry, Abergynolwyn, Meironnydd; here he formed a choir to take part in the Harlech musical festival of 1868. As he was now coming into prominence as an accompanist, a group of Abergynolwyn people and the Harlech festival committee arranged for him to get tuition in music. He went to Gloucester where he was
ROBERTS, MORRIS (1799 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and later Independent minister to Remsen in 1833 where he not only preached regularly in a number of churches but also had a farm. Here again he came into collision, this time with some of the elders, on questions of church discipline and doctrine, and he was excommunicated. He now joined the Independents, among whom he played a very prominent part in the county of Oneida until his retirement in 1871. He died 30 June 1878, and
ROBERTS, SAMUEL (S.R.; 1800 - 1885), Independent minister, editor, Radical reformer American journal Y Drych. He experienced considerable physical danger, and a severe illness in October-November 1864. Three years later he returned to Wales, and settled at Conway. In March 1868 he received a public testimonial of £1,245, subscribed by some 14,000 people. He paid a brief visit to America in 1870 to negotiate the sale of his property. By now most of the reforms for which he had pressed
ROBERTS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1879 - 1948), musician Castle estate, and it was at Chirk that he began to study music and to learn to play the piano. He had begun to be in demand as an accompanist before he moved, in 1902, to Llandudno where he became organist of the English (B) chapel. He had by now decided to devote himself entirely to music. He wrote songs ('Y Mab Afradlon ' and ' Good Shepherd') and a piece for male voice choirs ('Brwydr y Baltic
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (Nefydd; 1813 - 1872), Baptist minister, printer, author, eisteddfodwr, South Wales representative of the British and Foreign Schools Society was Baptist minister at Llanefydd when Nefydd was a young boy) and others. Amongst the contents of the two groups are several hundred letters from ministers and laymen. Part of this composite collection came into the hands of J. Spinther James, and was used by him when he was writing his Hanes y Bedyddwyr; by now the Spinther collection (which was bought by principal J. H. Davies) and the main
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (1784 - 1864), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 19 September 1784 at Aberach, Llaneilian, Anglesey. As a child he was unable to go to school and was only 10 years of age when he began work at the Parys copper mine. Later he went to work with one David Roberts of Amlwch who, in due course, sent him, now a strong and responsible young man, to Llannerch-y-medd as bailiff of some land which he owned there. The spiritual awakening he
RODERICK, JOHN (1673 - 1735), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr The belief that he was a native of the southern part of Cardiganshire was challenged some years ago (Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, iii, 275-90) and it is now believed that he was born in the parish of Cemaes, Montgomeryshire; he was possibly the John, son of David Roderick and Elen his wife, who was christened in Cemaes church on 23 April 1673. However, on p. 7b of B.L. Add. MS
ROGERS, ROLAND (1847 - 1927), musician organist of Bangor cathedral (1871). He graduated Mus. Bac. in 1870 and qualified as Mus. Doc. (Oxon), five years later. By now one of the best-known organists, he was called upon to superintend the settling up of organs in numerous churches and chapels and to give recitals on them at meetings of inauguration. He did excellent work, also, as a teacher, among his pupils being D. Ffrancon Davies, William
ROWLAND, DANIEL (1713 - 1790), Methodist cleric . Disagreement arose between him and Harris, against whom he published, in 1750, Ymddiddan rhwng Methodist Uniawngred ac un Cyfeiliornus. In 1752 there was a complete split between them and he now became the leader of 'Rowland's people,' as his followers were known. In 1760 his brother was drowned at Aberystwyth and the revivalist's son was given the living of Llangeitho. For some time he was his son's curate
ROWLAND(S), ELLIS (1621 - 1691), early nonconformist ejected from his cures ('dragged down from the pulpit,' says Palmer) in 1660, and was imprisoned at Caernarvon in 1661 and searched for weapons. He settled down to live at Caernarvon; according to Palmer again, his wife kept a girls' school there, and Rowland drew patterns for the girls to copy - the only certainty is that in his will (N.L.W.) he calls himself 'now a Teacher in a private Grammar School
ROWLANDS, JOHN (Giraldus; 1824 - 1891), antiquary 1908, 57) speaks of his having 'just come' to 'Rhymni' as schoolmaster when Thomas first saw him, in 1879. Here again there is ambiguity, between the mining village 'Rhymney' at the top end of the Rhymney valley, and the village of 'Rumney,' then just outside Cardiff (and now part of it). The book on Rhymney by J. S. Jones (Hanes Rhymni a Phontlottyn, 40) implies the former, while Cochfarf, who
RUMSEY, WALTER (1584 - 1660), judge Born at Llanover, Monmouthshire, in 1584, son of John Rumsey and his wife Anne (David). In 1660 he went up to Gloucester Hall (now Worcester College), Oxford, and in 1603 to Gray's Inn (of which he became Bencher in 1631); he was called to the Bar in 1608, and had a very lucrative practice. In 1631 he became judge of the south-eastern circuit of the Great Sessions of Wales; he was Member of

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