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PHILLIPS, THOMAS BEVAN (1898 - 1991), minister, missionary and college principal . Phillips volunteered for service with the 14th Welsh Regiment and was on the front line in France for the next two years. He was selected as a Number One Lewis Gunner in the trenches, an acknowledgment of his mastery and skill as a soldier. But he returned to the coalface a staunch pacifist like so many of his Welsh contemporaries, who entered the Nonconformist ministry, such as J. W. Jones, Tom Nefyn
teulu PHYLIP, poets Ardudwy Caer-gai; in another poem John Vaughan of Caer-gai is asked to give a hound to Lewis Gwynn of Dolau Gwyn. Rhisiart wrote five short poems, the best-known being 'Awdl o foliant i ferch o Dywyn.' Besides his controversy with his brother Siôn about Nannau, Rhisiart Phylip had an ymryson with Rhisiart Cynwal. He was also one of the bards who wrote replies to the 'cywydd yr Eryr' sent by Thomas Prys, Plas
PICTON, Sir THOMAS (1758 - 1815), soldier, colonial governor and enslaver composed by John Howell, William Edwards, Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), and David Saunders. In 1828, a monument to Picton was erected at Carmarthen by public subscription; in 1836, one of the first Welsh biographical dictionaries claimed that his 'meritorious life was distinguished for his zeal in the service of his country'; in 1846 the by then unsafe original Carmarthen monument was replaced by a
PIOZZI, HESTER LYNCH (1741 - 1821), author . cit.) - members of the aristocracy, writers, dramatists, antiquaries, historians actors, etc. Among her Welsh friends were Thomas Pennant, the ' Ladies of Llangollen,' Lewis Bagot, bishop of St Asaph, Margaret Owen of Penrhos, and Mrs. Siddons. She spent much of her later years at Bath. She died at Clifton 2 May 1821, and was buried at Tremeirchion, Flintshire, on 16 May.
POWEL, ANTHONY (c. 1560 - 1618/19), gentleman and genealogist the family, he was interested in literature; Lewis Dwnn names him among the gentlemen who showed him ' hen Regords a llyfrau y tai o grefydd ' ('old records and books from the religious houses') and as a man who had written 'am holl ynys Brydain' ('about the whole isle of Britain'); the reference, clearly, is to genealogical work. The only manuscript of his which is extant today (as far as is known
teulu POWELL Nanteos, Llechwedd-dyrus, , 358; Foster, Alumni Oxonienses). Dr. Powell figures prominently in the 'Morris Letters' - for page references see 'Index of Persons' by Hugh Owen (1942) - owing to the dispute with Lewis Morris over Cardiganshire mines and mining; for details see D. Lleufer Thomas, ' Lewis Morris in Cardiganshire,' in Cymm., xv. His son, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Athelstan Owen, Rhiwsaeson
POWELL, HOWELL (bu farw 1716), Congregational minister
POWELL, HOWELL (1819 - 1875), Calvinistic Methodist minister in the U.S.A., and author
POWELL, JOHN Monmouthshire by Howell Harris. He joined the Baptists (at Olchon), but continued to itinerate as a Methodist. He is heard of near Meidrym at the turn of 1739/40, and in March 1740 was causing much perturbation to Harris and to several of the religious leaders of west Wales by preaching against infant baptism - see Trevecka Letters 230 and 231. He died in 1743 (Joshua Thomas, Hanes y Bed., 159, 569; Y
POWELL, LEWIS (1788 - 1869), Independent minister the stories told about his experiences on these journeys. Although he was not a great preacher, people flocked to hear him because of his pulpit mannerisms and his unconventional sayings. He published a book of verse, Llwyddiant i'r Ceinciau, and many elegies; his diction and style were commonplace. He also published his autobiography in two volumes, Hanes Bywyd... Lewis Powell, Caerdydd, ganddo ef
POWELL, PHILIP (1594 - 1646), O.S.B. Born at Trallwng (Trallwng Cynfyn), Brecknockshire, 2 February 1594, the son of Roger ap Rosser Powell and Catherine Morgan. He was sent to Abergavenny grammar school where the headmaster, Morgan Lewis, father of Fr. David Lewis, S.J., recommended him to Dom David Augustine Baker, O.S.B. saying: ' O, Saint o vaighgen y'e, ' The latter supervised his law studies from 1610 to 1614, and then sent
POWELL, RICE (fl. 1641-1665), colonel in the Parliamentary army A native of south Pembrokeshire. He served as an officer in the army sent to Ireland to suppress the insurrection of 1641. On the outbreak of the Civil War in August 1642, he returned to Pembrokeshire. From a reference to the arrears of pay due to him for the Irish service it appears that he was the son of Lewis Powell and that his sister Lucy was the wife of Richard Cuney of Welston, near

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