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WILLIAMS, DANIEL (1643? - 1716), Presbyterian divine, and benefactor to Nonconformity his moral character. He became the acknowledged (indeed, the official) leader of the 'Three Denominations' in their dealings with government, and led their deputations to Anne and George I respectively, on their succession to the throne. In 1709, both Edinburgh and Glasgow conferred on him the degree of D.D. He died 26 January 1715/6 'at the age of 72,' and was buried in Bunhill Fields. His two
WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN (1885 - 1970), writer protest takes a central place in the mythos of the nationalist movement. He endeavoured all his life to campaign for a Free Christian Wales. He wrote hundreds of letters to the press and brought two of his heroes, the Irishman, ' A.E. ' (George William Russell) and the Italian, Mazzini, to the notice of his fellow- Welshmen through his books: A.E. a Chymru (1929); Y Bod Cenhedlig, a translation with
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (1750 - 1813), Independent divine and tutor system' represented by George Lewis. Moreover, as is clear from the biographies of Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) and of John Jones (1796 - 1857) of Tal-y-sarn, the study of the Equity was not confined to his own denomination. During the 19th century three men were responsible for a new theological approach within three denominations in Wales : they were Edward Williams of Rotherham the Independent
WILLIAMS, ELIEZER (1754 - 1820), cleric, author, and schoolmaster was buried at Lampeter. He wrote a number of works in English (see the list in D.N.B.); a collection of these was published in 1840 by his son, St. George Armstrong Williams. While he was at Lampeter, he opened a school there and prepared young men for holy orders; he was eminently successful in this work. He married (1), 1792, Anne Adelaide Grebert of Nancy, Lorraine, France; they had one child
WILLIAMS, FREDERICK GEORGE ROBERTSON (bu farw 1945), landowner - gweler WILLIAMS, ALICE MATILDA LANGLAND
WILLIAMS, GARETH WYN (Baron Williams of Mostyn), (1941 - 2003), lawyer and politician working as a schoolteacher in north Wales, he was admitted to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1965 but did the first part of his pupillage in the Temple before completing it in Swansea, where he remained for thirteen years. He moved to London upon taking silk in 1978, and became a Recorder of the Crown Court. In 1979 he acted for George Deakin, a co-defendant in the Jeremy Thorpe case. Deakin's acquittal
WILLIAMS, GEORGE (1879 - 1951), company director and Lord Mayor of Cardiff
WILLIAMS, Sir GEORGE CLARK (1878 - 1958), BARONET and county court judge scholarships for students of the University of Wales. The family were zealous Independents and pillars of Park Church. George Clark Williams received his early education at Llanelli and Bishop's Stortford public school. He went to Aberystwyth College and in 1898 gained a B.A. degree of London University. After serving his articles he qualified as a solicitor, and in 1902 joined the partnership of Roderick
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH (Gutyn Peris; 1769 - 1838), poet ' Goronwy Owen ' and George III's Jubilee in 1803 and 1810. He died 18 September 1838, and was buried at Llandygài.
WILLIAMS, HUGH DOUGLAS (Brithdir; 1917 - 1969), teacher and artist the college Students Union, 1939-41. From college he went to Whitefield Grammar School as temporary teacher, and then to Birkenhead Secondary School in 1944 and King George V School, Southport, in 1945. He was appointed lecturer in art at Bangor Normal College in April 1948, eventually becoming principal lecturer and head of the Art department. He married Mair Eiluned Williams in Treharris 21 August
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1806 - 1856), Baptist minister and author Bywiol is not, as the author maintained, a translation from the original Greek but a literal translation of Alexander Campbell's Testament and the works of George Campbell, J. Macknight, and P. Doddridge. His most outstanding work is Ffugyrau y Beibl. This is an attempt to instruct the reader in the principles of exegesis. His contribution as a linguist is none the less valuable and it is evident that
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1768 - 1825), Baptist minister Methodist exhorter. In 1787 he joined the Congregational church of which the minister was Dr. George Lewis, who persuaded him to start preaching. In 1791, however, he accepted baptism by immersion and joined Horeb Baptist church, Dolbenmaen, shortly afterwards he became its pastor. He travelled widely throughout Wales and became a personal friend of Christmas Evans. Under the influence of the unrest

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