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PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales miners, so that they might become aware of differences between England and Wales, and the uniqueness of Wales and its language. In 1937 he married Violet Elizabeth Thomas, a Welsh-speaker from Pontarddulais, daughter of Llewelyn and Rowenna Thomas. By 1937 he was earning £3 a week as a checkweigher in the colliery of Cwm-rhyd-y-gau in the Vale of Neath. The colliery was closed during the Second World
PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866 - 1934), musician . Pedr'), male voice pieces ('Invictus,' ' Nun of Nidaros,' ' Bryn Calfaria,' ' Jesu, Lover of My Soul'), hymn-tunes (including children's hymn-tunes), and anthems. He died 25 February 1934, at Chicago.
PRYCE, JOHN (1828 - 1903), dean of Bangor , Anglesey, from 1872 till his death on 3 March 1895. The youngest, SHADRACH PRYCE (1833 - 1914), also graduated (1858) from Queens '; he was vicar of Ysbyty Ifan (1864-7), where he published Arweiniad i Eglwys y Plwyf (1867), a translation of a work by bishop Harvey Goodwin; from 1867 till 1894 he was H.M. inspector of Schools in the diocese of S. Davids; from 1893 till 1899, vicar of Llanfihangel
PRYCE, THOMAS MALDWYN (1949 - 1977), racing driver drivers, the prize for which was a Formula Ford car, with support for a year's racing. He moved to lodgings near Brands Hatch and spent the next four years learning the ropes in the junior formulae, winning the F100 title in 1972 and impressing in Formula 3, Formula Atlantic and Formula 2. His break into Formula 1 came in 1974 via the tiny and underfunded Token team: the car's debut was at the
PRYDDERCH, RHYS (1620? - 1699), Independent minister and schoolmaster to Llanwrtyd and from Llandovery to the borders of Radnorshire. He moved shortly after the death of Henry Maurice (1634 - 1682), in 1682, to Aber-llyfni, Brecknock. He and seven others were licensed at the same quarter sessions to preach and teach in Brecknock. He had already been ordained - on 25 January 1688. Thereafter he was the chief minister in charge of the Brecknockshire churches. His
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet extent of his property; in this connection see the article by A. O. Evans in The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1922-3, in which it is shown that his estate included what are now the Ffestiniog slate quarries. It is known that some of this land came into the possession of the Tan-y-bwlch family - see Evans, Griffith, and Oakley (families) of Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog - possibly
PRYS, ELIS (Y Doctor Coch, The Red Doctor; 1512? - 1594) Plas Iolyn, tool of oppression in his land. Thomas Pennant refers to him as 'a creature of the earl of Leicester and devoted to all his bad designs.' He was a patron of the bards, and his name is the first in the list of esquires in the commission granted by queen Elizabeth to hold the eisteddfod at Caerwys, 1567. His will was made on 3 August 1590, a codicil added 6 May 1594, and probate granted 24 May 1596. He
PRYS, OWEN (1857 - 1934), Calvinistic Methodist minister and college principal Born 25 September 1857, son of Absalom and Ann Prys of the Factory, Pen-llwyn, near Aberystwyth. His educational career started at the National School, Pen-llwyn, which was kept by his uncle, after which he was for a time a pupil-teacher at the British School. In 1876 he went to the Normal College, Bangor, finishing up in the first class. Then, until 1883, he was headmaster of the Board School
teulu PRYSE Gogerddan, the pedigree in Peniarth MS 156 as printed in West Wales Hist. Records, i, 3-4. As details for subsequent generations are given in Burke, T. Nicholas, Annals of … County Families of Wales, i, 207-9, and in other works there is no need to enlarge on all the members of the family or of its branches in this article. JOHN PRYSE, grandson of Rhys ap David Lloyd and barrister at law, was a member of the
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters with his daughter Catherine (below) at Holy-head. In 1887 his wife died, and he went to live with his eldest daughter, Elin, at Bethesda, where he died 3 October 1889. Both were buried at Holyhead. When he was 16 years of age he was admitted to membership by the Methodists. Later, he was given the opportunity of going to S. Bees College and being ordained as a clergyman, but after a careful study of
PRYTHERCH, WILLIAM (1804 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 25 April 1804 at Tŷn-yr-heol, Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas William Rytherch. He was educated at Carmarthen and used to help David Charles (I) in the public services. In 1825 he began to preach in Caeo chapel, and in 1831 he married Joyce, daughter of Thomas Evans of Pumpsaint. After leaving Caeo he lived in various places in Carmarthenshire - Llanegwad, Llanfynydd, Betws
PUGH, ELLIS (1656 - 1718), Quaker two years later, and continued to minister to Friends. He died 3 October (3 December according to Blackwell) 1718. He left in manuscript a work Annerch ir Cymru, the publication of which was arranged by two groups of Friends, in Haver-ford and Gwynedd respectively. It was printed at Philadelphia in 1721 - the first book in Welsh published in America (a copy in the N.L.W.). The work was reprinted in

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