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PARRY, JOHN (1775 - 1846), Calvinistic Methodist minister, man of letters, and editor Born 7 May 1775, son of Owen and Jane Parry of Groeslon-grugan, Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire. He received a better education than most boys of his time. He was for a time at Madam Bevan's school at Bryn'rodyn, at John Roberts's (1753 - 1834) school at Llanllyfni, and at Evan Richardson's school at Caernarvon. In 1793 he went to Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, where he kept a day school for the children and
PARRY, JOHN HUMFFREYS (1786 - 1825), antiquary , and edited the first volume 1822) of its Transactions. When, in 1822, the government decided to print the older British historians, Parry was appointed editor of the Welsh section - Aneurin Owen was appointed to succeed him after his death. He was killed in a tavern brawl at the ' Prince of Wales,' Pentonville, 12 February 1825. Leathart describes him as ' a generally intelligent man, though
PARRY, OWEN HENRY (1912 - 1956), jazz musician
PARRY, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1884 - 1956), poet, university lecturer received instruction from two Tal-y-sarn poets, Owen Edwards ('Anant'), a quarry man, and H.E. Jones ('Hywel Cefni'), a shopkeeper, both of whom competed regularly at local eisteddfodau and published their successful englynion in periodicals, especially Y Geninen. As early as 1906 Williams Parry wrote an awdl on ' Dechrau Haf ' for an eisteddfod at Ffestiniog. In 1907 he was a competitor for the chair at
PARRY, SARAH WINIFRED (1870 - 1953), writer, and editor of Cymru'r Plant from 1908 to 1912 borrowed books from him, and he helped her to learn French and German. When John Roberts died in 1903, Winnie went for a short time to her uncle Owen Parry, CM minister at Cemaes, Anglesey. By the beginning of 1908 her father had returned for a time to Thornton Heath, Croydon, and it seems that Winnie went to live with him. She edited Cymru'r Plant from Croydon between 1908 and the middle of 1912 when
PARRY, WILLIAM (1719 - 1775?), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society 1755,' as the date of his death, as misprinting ' 1755 ' for 1775. He married late in life (Additional Morris Letters, 773), but was childless. He was secretary of the Cymmrodorion from 1755 (when Daniel Venables, their first secretary, died) until his own death. Parry is praised on all hands for his geniality and generosity. He was especially kind to Goronwy Owen, one of whose best-known cywyddau
teulu PERROT Haroldston, Spanish attack. In April 1588 Perrot and his fellow deputy lieutenant George Owen of Henllys, reported to the Privy Council on measures to be taken to defend Milford Haven against a Spanish landing. The defeat of the Spanish Armada did not lessen the pressure on local officials to secure the coasts of south Wales and it is evident from letters written by Perrot to the Privy Council and to the judges at
PERROTT, THOMAS (bu farw 1733), Presbyterian minister, and academy tutor preliminary school rather than to the Academy proper. But it is perfectly certain that Perrot was at Abergavenny under Roger Griffith, and afterwards at Shrewsbury under James Owen. He was ordained minister at Knutsford, 6 August 1706, by Matthew Henry. He was afterwards at Trelawnyd ('Newmarket,' Flintshire), as minister and as master of the school set up by John Wynne (1650 - 1714); the dates are
teulu PHILIPPS Picton, Sometime before 17 October 1491 Sir THOMAS PHILIPPS of Kilsant, Carmarthenshire, married Joan Dwnn, daughter and heiress of Harry Dwnn (son of Owen Dwnn of Muddlescomb in Kidwelly and Katherine Wogan, second daughter of John Wogan and widow of Sir Henry Wogan) and Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Wogan of Wiston. The Kilsant (Cilsant) family claimed descent from Cadifor Fawr of
teulu PHILIPPS Tregybi, Porth-Einion, Cardigan priory, ed., 172; W. Wales Hist. Records, i, 14-5. Sir Thomas Philipps had as third (or fourth) son, OWEN PHILIPPS, whose son was EINION PHILIPPS, sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1588. Einion's son (by his second wife Elizabeth Birt) was GEORGE PHILIPPS, sheriff in 1606, who in 1616 acquired Cardigan priory, thenceforth the chief seat of the family. He married Anne Lewis. Their son, HECTOR PHILIPPS, sheriff in
PHILIPPS, Sir IVOR (1861 - 1940), soldier, politician and businessman Ivor Philipps was born at Warminster Vicarage, Wiltshire, on 9 September 1861, the second son of Sir James Erasmus Philipps and his wife, Mary Margaret Best. A more detailed account of the family will be found in the entry on his eldest brother, John Philipps, 1st Viscount St. Davids; two other brothers are noticed separately: Owen Cosby Philipps, Baron Kylsant and Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st
PHILIPPS, JOHN WYNFORD (1st Viscount St. Davids, 13th Baronet, of Picton Castle), (1860 - 1938) sons and four daughters. All of Sir James's sons, except Albert Perrot who died young, made successful careers and three are noted separately: Sir Ivor Philipps; Owen Cosby Philipps, Lord Kylsant, and Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford. His large family was a financial burden for Sir James; his two eldest sons, John and Ivor, were sent in 1873 to Felstead School, which offered concessionary

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