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PROSSER, DAVID LEWIS (1868 - 1950), archbishop
PROTHEROE, DANIEL (1866 - 1934), musician Born 5 November 1866 at Ystradgynlais, Brecknock, the son of Daniel and Eleanor Protheroe. His first instructors in music were Philip Thomas, J. T. Rees, and D. M. Lewis. A good vocalist, he won prizes when he was quite young at national eisteddfodau held in Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil, 1880-1. When he was only 16 he conducted the Ystradgynlais choir which won the prize at the Llandeilo eisteddfod
teulu PRYCE Newtown Hall, ), whose son DAVID was the subject of an ode and an elegy by Lewis Glyn Cothi, and whose grandson RHYS was killed, 'pro rege Edwardo,' at Banbury in 1469. The first to hold the shrievalty of the county was Rhys's grandson, MATTHEW GOCH AP THOMAS, who was sheriff in 1548. JOHN, son of Matthew Pryce by Joyce verch Evan Gwynn of Mynachdy, Radnorshire, was sheriff of Montgomery, 1566 and 1586, of Cardigan
PRYCE, JOHN (1828 - 1903), dean of Bangor one of the three sons of Hugh Price (the sons altered the spelling of the surname) of Dolgelley; all three were at Dolgelley grammar school, and all three were curates of Dolgelley and masters (for a period extending between them from 1851 to 1864) of their old school. The eldest, HUGH LEWIS PRYCE (1826 - 1895) a graduate (1853) of Queens' College, Cambridge, was rector of Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet Protestant religion - but his best poetry is found in those cywyddau which are based on his observation of life, and more particularly in his cywydd 'against the unruliness of the great.' Prys was not a romantic poet but he is entitled to be called a contemplative poet. He died in 1623. Edmund Prys was twice married: (1) to Elin, daughter of John ap Lewis of Pengwern, Ffestiniog, and (2) to Gwen, daughter
PRYS, THOMAS (1564? - 1634) Plas Iolyn,, poet and adventurer bards, namely, his cousin Rhys Wyn of Giler and Rhys Cain. These have little literary value; but they throw some light on his life and the characteristics of his age. His best poetry is in his elegies. Amongst the best are his elegies on his two sons, Elis and Hanibol Prys; and also that on his old friend Pirs Griffith of Penrhyn. On his faulty diction and his use of English words and phrases, Lewis
teulu PRYSE Gogerddan, This family traces its descent from Gwaeth-foed, lord of Ceredigion, etc. The first member to be associated with the northern part of the county of Cardigan, i.e., with Gogerddan, was probably RHYS AP DAVID LLOYD (Burke, Peerage, Baronetage …, 1936 ed.), to whom poems were written by various bards, e.g., Siôn Ceri, Huw Arwystli, Mathew Brwmffild, and Lewis Môn (Cwrtmawr MS. 12B). The bard Lewis
PUGH, HUGH (1779 - 1809), Independent minister Lewis to membership at Brithdir and, two years later, began to preach. At the age of 20 he went to Wrexham Academy where he stayed for a year. On returning home, he took charge of the churches at Brithdir and Rhyd-y-main and was ordained at Brithdir in October 1802. The field of his labours was still further extended and he began to preach at Dolgelley where he bought the old Methodist chapel for the
PUGH, Sir IDWAL VAUGHAN (1918 - 2010), civil servant, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman) (1976-79) of Coleg Harlech and the Cardiff Business Club, and vice-presidentof the University College of Swansea. The honours he received include: being appointed CB in 1967, knighted in 1972 and being elected Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, in 1979. In 1946 he married Mair Lewis (she died in 1985); they had a son and daughter. He died 21 April 2010.
PUGH, LEWIS HENRY OWAIN (1907 - 1981), soldier Major-General Lewis Pugh, son of Major H.O. Pugh (1874-1954) and his wife Edith Mary née Smith, was born at the family home, Cymerau, Glandyfi, Ceredigion, 18 May 1907. He was educated at Wellington College and Woolwich Royal Military Academy and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1927. After a period with the Army of Occupation on the Rhine he was posted to India where he fulfilled a
PUGH, WILLIAM (1783 - 1842) Bryn-llywarch, Radical landlord and entrepreneur Born at Pennant, Berriw, Montgomeryshire, on 26 December 1783. His father, William Pugh (1748 - 1823) of Pennant (later of Caerhowel, which he bought in 1800), belonged to an old county family which he had enriched by his legal practice, was a pioneer of banking in Newtown, and served as sheriff in 1813; his mother was the daughter of William Lewis of Welshpool. Educated at Rugby (to 1802
teulu PULESTON Emral, Plas-ym-mers, Hafod-y-wern, Llwynycnotiau, ,' as he is sometimes described), son of John Puleston ('Hen') by his second wife, Alice, daughter of Hugh Lewis of Presaddfed, was sheriff of Denbighshire, 1543-4. During the latter years of Elizabeth I, two of these Puleston's were presented for recusancy at the Denbighshire Great Sessions : EDWARD PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern, in 1585, 1588, and 1592, and Anne, wife of JOHN PULESTON, of Berse, in 1587

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