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NELSON, ROBERT (1656 - 1715), non-juror, supporter of the S.P.C.K., and philanthropist Born in London 22 June 1656, son of John Nelson, a wealthy Turkey merchant, and his wife Delicia, daughter of Lewis Roberts the writer on commerce. Robert Nelson was, therefore half Welsh, and it was appropriate that one of his works, A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England (1704 - reprinted at least thirty-six times), should have been translated into Welsh in 1712 by
NICHOLAS, JOHN MORGAN (1895 - 1963), musician promising oboist. His best-known composition is his classic hymn-tune 'Bryn Myrddin', written for the words 'Mawr oedd Crist yn nhragwyddoldeb' by Titus Lewis. He married Marion May Lloyd of Ton Pentre, Rhondda, on 27 April 1921, and they had two daughters, Joan, who died of polio aged 16, and Meriel. Morgan Nicholas died on 12 August 1963 and his funeral took place at Thornhill crematorium in Cardiff on
NICHOLAS, THOMAS EVAN (Niclas y Glais; 1879 - 1971), poet, minister of religion and advocate for the Communist Party the winter of 1911 he was an advocate for the miners with owners like Evan Lewis, Glais. He also began to write articles to the Cenhinen magazine on political, social and literary subjects. At the request of Keir Hardie he became the Welsh editor of The Merthyr Pioneer, the ILP newspaper. He supported the socialism of R.J. Derfel with its emphasis on brotherhood, peace and justice, equality, land
NOAKES, GEORGE (1924 - 2008), Archbishop of Wales George Noakes was born on September 13 1924 in Penygaer, Bwlchyllan, Cardiganshire, one of the three children of a Welsh-speaking mother, Elizabeth Mary née Lewis and father, David John Noakes, colliery worker and later farmer, from English-speaking south Pembrokeshire. This factor gave him an unforced and natural bilingualism which made him a fluent and attractive preacher in both languages. As
teulu OWEN Plas-du, from 1587 an uncompromising champion of the Jesuit and Hispanophile wing of the Roman Catholics, as against Welsh fellow-exiles like Thomas Morgan (1543 - 1605) or Owen Lewis, bishop of Cassano, who favoured a Scottish succession to the English throne. Demands from 1574 by the English government for his extradition were consistently repulsed till 1610-11, when he retired to the English College at
teulu OWEN Peniarth, As is shown in the article on the Wynne family of Peniarth, the Peniarth property came into Wynne hands by the marriage, in 1771, of a Peniarth heiress, Jane viscountess-dowager Bulkeley, eldest daughter of Lewis Owen, Peniarth, with William Wynne of Wern, Caernarfonshire Particulars about the family living in Peniarth before the time of this marriage are given (a) by W. W. E. Wynne in his notes
teulu OWEN Bodeon, Bodowen, boroughs there is only the name of Owen ap Hugh in 1545 and Lewis ap Owen twice in the reign of Elizabeth (he was a member of the Fron-deg branch in the parish of Llangaffo). Surprisingly it was very seldom that Bodeon had a church dignitary on its lists; it was once believed that Dr. Owen Lewis (died 1594), Roman Catholic bishop of Cassano near Naples, was brother to the first Sir Hugh Owen, but
OWEN, DANIEL (1836 - 1895), novelist , he worked for his old master for ten years. He began to preach in 1864, at the same time as Ellis Edwards. His early education was, doubtless, similar to the description of education given by 'Robyn y Sowldiwr' in Rhys Lewis. His work in the tailor's shop gave him an opportunity of getting to know people and to debate and argue about various topics; this experience is evidenced in his novels. There
OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet adverse affect on his health. Gerallt Lloyd Owen will be remembered partly for his voice and for his personality, but above all for his poetry. His volumes are national treasures, including Y Gân Olaf (The Last Song) published in 2015 after his death. The late Professor Bedwyr Lewis Jones remarked once after listening to him reciting some of his poems that he was on a par with Dafydd ap Gwilym and other
OWEN, GORONWY (1723 - 1769), cleric and poet 1737, to Friars school, Bangor. There, under the tuition of the headmaster, Edward Bennet, and his assistant, Humphrey Jones, he became a classical scholar. On 20 September 1741 he appealed to Owen Meyrick of Bodorgan, one of the trustees of the Lewis Charity, for a scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford, and on 3 June 1742 was accepted by that college as a servitor, being enrolled as a member of the
OWEN, HENRY (1844 - 1919), antiquary Pembrokeshire by R. Fenton, 1894; and A List of Printed Books treating of the County of Pembroke, 1897. With the assistance of scholars like Egerton Phillimore and Dr. E. A. Lewis, he edited Owen's Pembrokeshire, 1892 [-1936], and A Calendar of Public Records relating to Pembrokeshire, 1911-4. He collaborated with Edward Laws in the production of An Archaeological Survey of Pembrokeshire, 1896-1907 (Tenby
OWEN, HENRY (1716 - 1795), cleric, physician, and scholar Born in 1716 at Dyffrydan, about 3 miles from Dolgellau, son of William Owen (died 1767), a lawyer, and christened 29 January at Dolgelley. His mother's name was Jonet(te). According to Powys Fadog (vi, 463-72), he was of the family of baron Lewis Owen (died 1555). Henry was his father's second son; the eldest was Lewis Owen (died 1757), whose son was Henry Owen (1750 - 1827), a Dolgelley

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