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OWEN, ROBERT (1858 - 1885), schoolmaster and poet Born 30 March 1858 at Tai Croesion, a small farm not far from Llanaber church, Merionethshire; son of Gruffydd Owen, boatman and farmer, and his wife Margaret. The particulars given here are taken from the biography written by (Sir) Owen M. Edwards for the selection made by him of the poems by Robert Owen, published in 1904 at Llanuwchllyn. When he was four years old, Robert Owen moved with his
OWEN, ROBERT (1885 - 1962), historian, bookworm and genealogist Born at Pen-y-parc (Twllwenci, colloquially), Llanfrothen, Merionethshire, 8 May 1885 [the son of Jane Owen, according to NLW MS 19295B] and brought up by his grandmother, Ann Owen, daughter of a weaver of Aberffraw, Anglesey. He left Llanfrothen elementary school at the age of 13 to work on the home-farm of Brondanw mansion. He worked for three years on farms in the district before being
OWEN, ROBERT (bu farw 1685), Quaker grandson of Robert Owen of Dolserau, Dolgelley, who was an attorney in the Court of the Marches at Ludlow and a son of ' baron ' Lewis Owen. In the Civil War he sided with Parliament. He sat on the North Wales Composition Committee in August 1649, was a militia commissioner for Merioneth from May 1651, was appointed for his county (October 1653) by Barebone's Parliament on the only county
OWEN, Sir ROBERT (1658 - 1698), politician - gweler OWEN, Sir JOHN
OWEN, ROBERT LLUGWY (1836 - 1906), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and schoolmaster Born at Betws-y-coed in October 1836, son of Joseph Owen. He left Llanrwst British school at 14 to work in a Ffestiniog quarry. Having begun preaching in 1857, he went to the school at Clynnog, kept by Eben Fardd, and thence to a school at Dublin, where he became assistant. From 1860 till 1863 he was at Bala C.M. College, where he matriculated in London University. From 1863 till 1877 he was
OWEN, THOMAS (1748 - 1812), cleric and translator christened 3 September 1748, the son of Thomas and Margaret Owen of Rhiwlas, in the village of Pentraeth, Anglesey. On 20 March 1767 he matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1770. Early in 1771 he describes himself as 'deputy' to the librarian of the Bodleian Library. Owen was ordained deacon at the Trinity ordination, 1771, by the bishop of Oxford by letters dimissory from
OWEN, THOMAS ELLIS (1764 - 1814), cleric Born at Conway 5 December 1764, but not christened till 25 March 1765; son of William Owen, draper and tax-collector, and his wife Elizabeth Ellis of Glan-y-wern, Mochdre, daughter of John Ellis, a lawyer. He went up from Westminster School in 1785 to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1789. In 1790 he was given the college living of South Stoke, Oxfordshire, but on 10 December 1794 became
OWEN, WILLIAM (fl. c. 1486-1574), lawyer son of Rhys ab Owen of Henllys, Pembrokeshire, and Jane, daughter of Owen Ellyott, of Earwere, in the same county, and father of George Owen of Henllys. He was a near cousin of Sir Thomas Elyot. After a suit lasting nineteen years he successfully established his claim to the barony of Kemes (Cemais) in Pembrokeshire. He was a member of the Middle Temple and shared chambers with Sir Anthony
OWEN, WILLIAM (Gwilym Alaw;; 1762 - 1853), farmer
OWEN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1830), Evangelical cleric the successor of Thomas Charles 'of Bala ' at Sparkford and Milborne Port, Somerset; born in 1750, eldest son of Joseph Owen, freeholder of Fron-goch, Nevern, Pembrokeshire. He was ordained deacon on 15 August 1773 and priested on 6 August 1775. He was curate of his native parish of Nevern, 1775-9, of Sparkford, 1783-5, and of Milborne Port, 1785-91; later he became perpetual curate of Milborne
OWEN, WILLIAM (1785 - 1864), antiquary
OWEN, WILLIAM (Philotheoros; 1789 - 1841), Baptist preacher, schoolmaster, and almanacmaker

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