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teulu GLYNNE This was a branch of the Glynn or Glynne family of Glynllifon, Caernarfonshire, whose ancestry may be traced back to Cilmin Droed-ddu, the founder of the fourth noble tribe of Gwynedd. In 1654 the castle and manor of Hawarden, together with the estate, were purchased by JOHN GLYNNE (1602 - 1666), the second son of Sir William Glynne of Glynllifon. Educated at Westminster, he matriculated at Hart
GLYNNE, MARY DILYS (1895 - 1991), plant pathologist Mary Dilys Glynne was born at Glyndyl, Menai Avenue, Upper Bangor on 19 February 1895, the youngest daughter of the five surviving children of John Glynne Jones (1849-1947), solicitor, and his wife Dilys Lloyd Glynne Jones (née Davies, 1857-1932). Her father's family home was Tyddyn Isaf (Cymryd) in the parish of Y Gyffin near Conwy. Her mother was one of the London Welsh, daughter of the
GODWIN, JUDITH (bu farw 1746), one of Howel Harris's correspondents Her maiden name was Weaver, and it is often (but incorrectly) said that she was the daughter of John Weaver (died 1712), Puritan minister at New Radnor and afterwards at Hereford; it is however very probable that she belonged to the same family and was born in Radnorshire. She married (1) Samuel Jones (1680? - 1719), of Tewkesbury, and (2) in 1721, Edward Godwin (1680? - 1764), a prominent
GOODWIN, JOHN (1681 - 1763) North Wales, Quaker minister visited the quarterly meetings of Friends in their centres in Wales and in England. There are numerous references to him in the diary of John Kelsall and tribute is paid to him in the testimonies of Friends in England and Pennsylvania. The centre of his ministry was his own home, Esgair-goch, in the parish of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire. In 1710 he sought permission to emigrate to Pennsylvania but the
GORE, HUGH (1613 - 1691), bishop, founder of Swansea grammar school The eldest son of John Gore, archdeacon of Lismore and a relative of the earls of Arran, Hugh Gore was born at Maiden Newton, Dorset. He was sent to school at Lismore in Ireland, and thence proceeded to Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated 20 June 1628. He left Oxford after a few terms and went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he ultimately graduated D.D. His first preferments are
GOUGE, THOMAS (1605? - 1681), Nonconformist divine and philanthropist Hughes in the distribution of Welsh books. To carry out his work, he appealed for subscriptions throughout England and Wales, and in 1674, a 'trust' was organized which was supported by the chief religious leaders of the time. The schools, which ultimately reached a total of about 300, were set up 'to teach the poor Welsh children to read and write English, cast Accompts and repeat the Catechism.' Many
GOUGH, JETHRO (1903 - 1979), Professor of pathology to hospitals in Wales and training hospital doctors and general practitioners in its use, particularly in the treatment of those wounded in battle. At the end of the war, while John Bright Duguid, his head of department, pursued pioneering studies on arterial disease, Jethro Gough continued his own research into pneumoconiosis. During the 1930s it had been generally accepted that silica
GOUGH, MATHEW (c. 1390 - 1450), soldier He was born c. 1390. A native of Maelor, in the lower valley of the Dee. His father was Owen Gough, bailiff of the manor of Hanmer; his mother was a daughter of David Hanmer, the nurse of John, lord Talbot, afterwards earl of Shrewsbury. Of the many Welshmen who fought in France during the latter part of the hundred years' war none won greater distinction than Mathew Gough. His name appears in
GOWER, Sir ERASMUS (1742 - 1814), admiral Born at Glandovan ('Glan Duan, West Wales Records, ii, 39), Kilgerran, went to sea very early with captain John Donkley, R.N., who had married his father's sister. After serving on various ships, he was twice sent on voyages of discovery round the world, and in 1769 (as lieutenant) to the Falkland Islands (being shipwrecked before reaching port). He was at home from 1770 till 1779, but then was
GOWER, HERBERT RAYMOND (1916 - 1989), Conservative politician because of fears that he enjoyed a substantial personal vote in the constituency and that a new candidate might not be able to retain a still fairly marginal seat for the Conservatives. (In the event in the hotly contested by-election which ensued in May 1989 after Gower's death the seat fell to John Smith and the Labour Party.) He remained MP for the Vale of Glamorgan at the time of his death when he
GREEN, BEATRICE (1894 - 1927), political activist Beatrice Green was born on 1 October 1894 at Abertillery, Monmouthshire, the seventh of eight children of William and Mary Dykes. Her father was a tin worker who became a miner when she was 5 years old. One of her brothers, John Arthur Dykes, was killed in a roof fall in Rose Heyworth colliery, Abertillery in 1910, aged 19. Beatrice's introduction to public life came through the Ebenezer Baptist
teulu GRENFELL, Swansea industrialists They originated from St. Just in Cornwall. They were related, through intermarriage with the St. Leger family, to Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge and Richard de Granville, the founder of Neath Abbey. Sir Richard, a direct descendant of Richard de Granville (Visitations of the County of Cornwall, ed. J.L. Vivian), married Mary, daughter of Sir John St. Leger. PASCOE GRENFELL (1761 - 1838

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