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ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia facing you.' The fund raising failed, however, and the campaign was abandoned. Forced to look for work, Edwyn maintained himself by working in the Ince Hall colliery, in Wigan, owned by Robert James, a relative of his who became a trustee of the Society. During this period, Edwyn joined the Lancashire Rifle Volunteers 'to learn about military matters for such a time when they may be needed by the
ROBERTS, ELIS (bu farw 1789), cooper, ballad-writer, and composer of interludes relating to christenings, between 1742 and 1748, of the children of ' Ellis Robert and Ellen his wife' refer to the same persons. The name of his wife from 1765 on is given as Grace. Under the date 1 December 1789 we get the entry ' Ellis Roberts was buried.' In a poem begging for the gift of a small spinning-wheel, 1767 (Cwrtmawr MS 46A) Elis refers to his family, his poverty, and, half penitently, to
ROBERTS, ELLIS (Eos Llyfnwy, Robin Ddu Eifionydd; 1827 - 1895) ROBERT MORRIS Robin Ddu Eifionydd (fl. 1767-1816), miller and poet Poetry Business and Industry The son of Morris Roberts and his wife Elin Williams, Pen-carth (Tŷ Popty?), Llanystumdwy; he was christened in the parish church, 16 April 1769. He became a flax-worker; afterwards he appears to have been a miller. He wrote poems in the strict and free metres and published a book, Ffurf yr Athrawiaeth
ROBERTS, GLYN (1904 - 1962), historian and administrator of the mission to the U.S.A. to secure raw materials to meet the needs of Britain. A glittering career as a Government administrator lay ahead, but he decided to return to his old college in Bangor as Registrar. He played an indispensable part in the post-war reorganisation of the college and the number of students increased substantially. In 1949, on the retirement of Robert Thomas Jenkins, the
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (1735 - 1808), physician at Dolgelley, antiquary, and collector of manuscripts Christened 6 September 1735 in the church of Llanfihangel y Pennant, Caernarfonshire, son of Dr. Robert Roberts (1707 - 1769), Isallt, Dolbenmaen; for the family pedigree, see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 359 - it was a branch of the Cesail Gyfarch family, and produced an exceptionally large number (? thirty) of medical men. He practised at Dolgelley, living for some years in what was later known
ROBERTS, HUGH (1644? - 1702), Quaker Born at Ciltalgarth near Bala, Meironnydd, c. 1644, son of Robert ap Hugh, of Llwyndedwydd, Llangwm, who had taken Ciltalgarth on lease. He joined the Society of Friends in 1666 and suffered much in consequence; he and his wife were fined ten pounds each for worshipping with Friends in Llwyn-y-brain, Cwmtirmynach, 1675. He was a member of the deputation which went to London in 1681 to see William
ROBERTS, JOHN (Siôn Lleyn; 1749 - 1817), poet, schoolmaster, and religious pioneer Born at Chwilog Bach, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire. He showed literary talent when he was quite young and published a poem - 'Barn Duw' - before he left his native parish. It would appear that he was a bardic pupil of David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri); there is an awdl by him in Cyhoeddiadau Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion, 1801. About the year 1802 he published Marwnad … Robert Roberts, Clynnog, and
ROBERTS, JOHN (Siôn Robert Lewis; 1731 - 1806), author, almanack-maker, and hymn-writer Born 1731 at Llanaelhaearn, Caernarfonshire, son of Robert Lewis, farmer, for whom he acted as shepherd in his younger days. Being converted by Howel Harris on the occasion of a visit by the latter to the neighbourhood, he began to exhort with the Calvinistic Methodists. He settled at Holyhead about 1760, when he obtained a licence from the bishop of Bangor to open a school. He was summoned
ROBERTS, JOHN (Jack Russia; 1899 - 1979), miner, councillor and a prominent member of the Welsh Communist Party constituency by the Communist candidate, Robert (Bob) Stewart. Though he received only 2,592 votes compared with 13,699 for the Labour candidate, Morgan Jones, and the Liberal-Conservative candidate W. R. Edmunds with his 8,958 votes, the young miner decided on the night of the election, 24 August, to join the Communist Party. He spoke so forcefully during the 1926 General Strike about Russia's support of
ROBERTS, JOHN (1576 - 1610), Benedictine monk and martyr Born at Trawsfynydd in 1576. It is now believed, on the authority of Peniarth MS 287, that his father was Robert, one of the sons of Ellis ap William ap Gruffydd of Rhiwgoch, and that he was, therefore, a cousin of Robert Lloyd of Rhiwgoch, Member of Parliament for Merionethshire, 1586-7. He was brought up and educated as a Protestant and was admitted to S. John's College, Oxford, 26 February
ROBERTS, JOHN (1753 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Blaen-y-garth, Nantlle Vale, brother of the remarkable preacher, Robert Roberts (1762 - 1802) of Clynnog. He worked for some time in Cilgwyn quarry but, after having had a little education, kept a school in various places, being known for many years as 'John Roberts, Lanllyfni.' He began to preach when he was 27 years of age. After marrying Mrs. Lloyd of Cefn Nannau, Llangwm, Denbighshire
ROBERTS, LEWIS (1596 - 1640), merchant and writer on economics Penrhyn (see Penrhyn family), and in the Elizabethan age, Sir Edward Herbert, afterwards lord Herbert of Chirbury, had inherited them. The surname 'Roberts' does not emerge in Gruffydd Llwyd's family until we come to the sons of one of his descendants, ROBERT AB IFAN. But it is clear that the family was by that time domiciled within Beaumaris borough. This Robert's first wife (J. E. Griffith, op. cit

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