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PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar , the first to achieve such a result. He graduated in Latin (second class) a year later. At Aberystwyth he also won the main literary prizes at the college eisteddfod. These early works - written in both Welsh and English - show the influence of the neo-romantic lyricism of W. J. Gruffydd and R. Silyn Roberts' Telynegion (1900). Spurred on by his mentor and Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth, Edward
PEATE, IORWERTH CYFEILIOG (1901 - 1982), Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum, 1948-1971, scholar and poet radical tradition of 'Yr Hen Gapel' (the old Congregational chapel of Llanbryn-Mair) with its emphasis on Reason and Freedom. He claimed a family link with Samuel Roberts (1800-1885), the main upholder of that tradition. He recognised in W. J. Gruffydd (whom he came to know when he moved to Cardiff and became his neighbour in Rhiwbina) a kindred spirit sharing the same ideas on religion, literature
teulu PENNANT Penrhyn, Llandygâi watchful eye on the agents of his Jamaica estates. In 1783 he was made an Irish peer with the right to sit in the House of Commons if elected; he was Member of Parliament for Liverpool for a time, and made the greatest mistake of his life when, in 1796, he made a bold effort to wrest the Caernarvonshire seat from Sir Robert Williams, half-brother to lord Bulkeley of Beaumaris, oblivious of the immense
PENRY, JOHN (1563 - 1593), Puritan author , which was presented to Parliament in the session lasting from 15 February to 23 March 1587 by Edward Dunn Lee and Job Throckmorton. Penry was arrested in consequence of Whitgift's opposition to the book and he appeared before the Court of High Commission, but was later released. On 5 September 1588 he married Eleanor Godley of Northampton. In the beginning of 1588 Penry became interested in Robert
PERRI, HENRY (1560/1 - 1617) Maes Glas (Greenfield) that there are only two branches of rhetoric - 'elocutio' and 'pronuntiatio.' Salesbury's views were somewhat different. Moreover, he rejected some of Salesbury's terms and borrowed others from the grammars of Siôn Dafydd Rhys and Gruffydd Robert. His eulogy of the art of rhetoric in the introduction to this book is highly typical of the Renaissance. He was descended from the Tudor family of
teulu PERROT Haroldston, Walter (died 1576), earl of Essex, and sister of Robert (died 1601), the second earl and future favourite of Queen Elizabeth. The queen never forgave Dorothy and she was banished from the Court. It is likely that Perrot's Court career was damaged beyond repair and from 1584 he and his bride are to be found in regular attendance on the family's Pembrokeshire estates. His return to Pembrokeshire
teulu PERROT Haroldston, wreckers along the Welsh coasts. He also advocated the fortifying of Milford Haven. He was a member of the Virginia Company, to which he subscribed the sum of £37 10s. He died 4 February 1636, and was buried in S. Mary's church, Haverfordwest. He married Mary, daughter of Robert Ashfield of Chesham, Bucks, but had no issue. ROBERT PERROT (died 1550), organist of Magdalen College, Oxford Music Religion
PHILIP ap RHYS (fl. 1530), Tudor organist and composer composers mentioned by Thomas Morley (A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music, ed. Harman [ 1952 ] p. 321); Robert Jones, John Guinneth, Robert Davies, and Morgan Grig. On f. 28 of the above-mentioned manuscript Rhys is described as being ' off Saint Poulles, in London.' His name is variously spelt, as ' Phelyppe Apprys ' (f. 28v), ' Phelype Aprys ' (f. 34), Phyllype Apryce (f. 41v), while on f
teulu PHILIPPS Picton, Carmarthenshire (The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1942, 13). He was sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1595 and 1611 and of Carmarthenshire in 1623. He sponsored the literary work of Robert Holland who dedicated his first book to his wife, Anne Philipps. He was captain of the trained bands of Dungleddy. He died at Clog-y-fran, his Carmarthenshire home, on 27 March 1629 and was buried at
PHILIPPS, Sir JOHN (1666? - 1737) Picton Castle,, religious, educational, and social reformer . His sister Elizabeth's daughter married Sir Robert Walpole in 1700. From 1695 to 1737 Sir John was a leading figure in all the religious and philanthropic movements of the day - the Society for the Reformation of Manners, the S.P.C.K., the S.P.G., the East India Mission, and the Holy Club. He kept in constant touch with such religious reformers as A. H. Francke, A. W. Boehme, J. F. Osterwald, John
PHILIPPS, OWEN COSBY (Baron Kylsant), (1863 - 1937), ship-owner and Northern Irish governments. During the war, Philipps continued to purchase shipping companies: the R.M.S.P. (Meat Transports) Ltd. in 1914; Moss S.S. Co. and Robert MacAndrew & Co. Ltd. in 1916; Coast Lines Ltd., McGregor, Gow & Holland Ltd., Argentine Navigation Company Ltd., and John Hall Jr & Co. in 1917. Four more companies were acquired in 1919: J. and P. Hutchinson; Bullard King & Co
PHILLIPPS, Sir THOMAS (1792 - 1872), antiquary, bibliophile, and collector of manuscripts, records, books, etc. what can only be described as a voracious appetite for manuscripts and documents, emulating, as he himself says, the examples of Sir Robert Cotton and Sir Robert Harley. Details of Sir Thomas Phillipps's career and of his numerous and varied acquisitions, made on the Continent and in Britain (including Ireland) (he also collected printed books), are given in the D.N.B.; the present note must confine

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