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PHILLIPS, JOHN ROLAND (1844 - 1887), historian soon showed his interest in antiquities by winning the prize at the Cardigan eisteddfod of 1866 for an essay on the History of Cilgerran. This was published in London in 1867. He entered Lincoln's Inn in November 1867, and was called to the Bar on 10 June 1870. In 1873 he married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of A. Hargreaves of Nebraska, U.S.A. He was made a magistrate in the county of Essex, and on 22
PHILLIPS, MORGAN (bu farw 1570), Roman Catholic priest Born in Monmouthshire. He matriculated at Oxford in 1533 and became so famous as a philosopher and disputant that he was called ' Morgan the Sophister.' He was elected Fellow of Oriel College, 1538, and was principal of S. Mary Hall 1546-50. He became precentor of S. Davids cathedral in 1553 but, shortly after Elizabeth's succession to the throne, fled to the Continent. In 1568 he was living at
PHILLIPS, Sir THOMAS (1801 - 1867), barrister and author Born in 1801 at Ynys-garth, Clydach, in the parish of Llanelly, Brecknock, the son of Thomas [who died at Llanellen, 6 January 1845, aged 80] and Anne Phillips. In his youth the family moved to Trosnant, near Pontypool. He was articled to Thomas Protheroe, an attorney of Newport, and became his partner. The two men took an active part in local politics in the period of the Reform Act, and, in
PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1868 - 1936), Baptist minister Congress at Philadelphia in 1911. He became principal of the Baptist College, Cardiff, in 1928, and remained there until his death on 21 April 1936. In 1916 he was made president of the Baptist Union, and in 1928, the McMaster University (Toronto) bestowed on him the degree of doctor of divinity. He married (1) 1892, Martha John of Whitland (died 1932), by whom he had seven children, and (2) 1934, Anne
PHILLIPS, THOMAS BEVAN (1898 - 1991), minister, missionary and college principal Known to his family and friends as Tommy, T. B. Phillips was the first of seven children born to Daniel and Mary Catherine Phillips at 239 Bridgend Road, Maesteg on 11 April 1898. He was baptised in Libanus Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Garth, Maesteg by the Reverend H. W. Thomas. Nurtured in the chapel environment of that community for the first five years of his life, he began his schooling at
teulu PHYLIP, poets Ardudwy John Wynn of Gwydir and his eldest son John Wynn, Simwnt Thelwall of Plas y Ward, the Vaughans of Corsygedol, Sir William Maurice of Clenennau, etc. He wrote one cywydd priodas. The occasion was the marriage of Sir Roger Mostyn to Mary, daughter of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir. Of the love poems, the best known is the cywydd to the sea-gull. Siôn Phylip wrote his share of poems of a religious or didactic
PICTON, CESAR (c. 1755 - 1836), coal merchant .' Records show that Sir John bought 'a velvet turbet for black boy' shortly after Cesar's arrival. Dressing African servants in exotic attire was a fashionable custom of the time. In June 1762 Cesar travelled to Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire with the entire Philipps family, Sir John, Lady Elizabeth and their four children, Richard, Katherine, Joyce and Mary, along with the servants from Norbiton Place. In
PONSONBY, SARAH (1755 - 1831), one of the 'Ladies of Llangollen' join Ponsonby with the intention to ride to Waterford and get a boat to England. However, they missed the boat and had to shelter in a barn for the night. The families caught up with them the following day and they were returned home. They made a second attempt to escape, with Butler hiding for a time in Ponsonby's wardrobe and food being brought to her by Ponsonby's servant, Mary Carryl. They were
POPKIN, JOHN (fl. 1759-1824), Methodist and Sandemanian exhorter He was a wealthy gentleman, one of the Popkins of Ynysdawe and Forest; he lived at Plas Tal-y-garn c. 1801 [having married Mary, daughter of James Prichard of Collennau near Tonyrefail, who had at one time lived at Tal-y-garn-fawr ], but resided at Forest, Llansamlet, in the latter years of his life. The date of his joining the Methodists is not known but he came into prominence in 1759 as an
teulu POWELL Nanteos, Llechwedd-dyrus, Member of Parliament for Cardigan borough, 1725-7 and 1729-30, and for Cardigan county, 1721, 1742-7. His wife was Mary, grand-daughter of Sir John Frederick, lord mayor of London (1662). Thomas Powell gave £50 towards restoring Cardigan church in 1748. He died 16 November 1752, his estate devolving upon his only surviving brother Rev. WILLIAM POWELL, D.C.L. (1705 - 1780) (John Powell, the other
POWELL, EDWARD (1478? - 1540), Roman Catholic theologian England they were fiercely opposed by Powell in a dissertation, Propugnaculum summi Sacerdotii Evangelici, published in 1523. He declared himself unequivocally opposed to Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and to his marriage with Anne Boleyn. For this reason, and also because he was constantly preaching against the Protestant Movement, he lost favour at court, and when, in 1534, he refused to
POWELL, WILLIAM (Gwilym Pennant; 1830 - 1902), poet his many successes were silver medals at the national eisteddfod, Llandudno, 1864, the Swansea eisteddfod, 1863, and at the Llangefni eisteddfod. He was fifth for the chair at the Merthyr eisteddfod, 1888. He married (1), Mary Theodore, Llanfair Caereinion, by whom he had five children, and (2), 1895, a Miss Jones of Westminster. He died 16 July 1902, and was buried in London.

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