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MORRIS, PERCY (1893 - 1967), politician and trade unionist , 1937-43 and as its president, 1943-53, and from 1941 until 1945 he was the Deputy Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence (Wales Region). During World War II he acted as president of the Swansea Labour Association. Percy Morris stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate against Sir Lewis Jones in the Swansea West division in the 1935 general election. He was elected M.P. (Lab.) for the same
MORRIS, Sir RHYS HOPKIN (1888 - 1956), politician, stipendiary magistrate, first director of the Welsh Region B.B.C.
MORRIS, RICHARD (1703 - 1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society Welsh School (Gray's Inn Road), 'for the benefit of the air.' But it was 'within the Tower' that he died in December 1779; he was buried with his third wife and their children in S. George's-in-the-East; the will was proved on 1 January 1780. All his books and MSS. were left to the Welsh School, 'in hopes that they will be accompanied with the manuscripts of… my honoured friend Sir Watkin Williams
MORRIS, ROBERT (bu farw 1768), industrialist collieries. Morris lived at Clasemont, between Llangyfelach and the Tawe river. Soon after his death, his second son (Sir) JOHN MORRIS (1745 - 1819), born 15 July 1745, took a step which put the family name literally 'on the map.' It is not perfectly clear whether it was he or his father who built the ' castellated mansion of collegiate appearance ' (Walter Davies, General View of the Agriculture. … of
MORRIS-JONES, Sir JOHN (MORRIS) (1864 - 1929), scholar, poet, and critic
MORRIS-JONES, JOHN HENRY (1884 - 1972), Liberal\/National Liberal politician Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment. He later served as Chairman of his division of the British Medical Association and of the Colwyn Bay Medical Society. In May 1929 he was elected the Liberal MP for the relatively safe seat of Denbighshire in succession to Ellis W. Davies MP who was standing down because of ill-health. Morris-Jones joined the Liberal National group of MPs led by Sir John Simon in
MORTIMER, ROGER de (4th earl of March, 4th earl of Ulster), (1374 - 1398) of Denbighland and therefore a tenant of Roger's, to compose a cywydd to him. The bard extols Roger's wealth and virtues. And he lays great stress on Roger's connections with Wales. Not only is he heir to the English crown, 'grandson of Sir Lionel …second after Richard,' but also, when the time comes 'a kinsman of Gwynedd shall wear the crown'; his is the right to 'the diadem of Aberffraw,' and it
MORTON, RICHARD ALAN (1899 - 1977), biochemist correlation of absorption spectra and structure. During that year, he took a sabbatical as a visiting professor at Ohio State University. On his return to Liverpool, Dr (later Sir) Ian Heilbron (1886-1959), professor of organic chemistry in Liverpool, got him interested in a new research problem, namely the control of rickets. That research showed that vitamin D was a far more effective and economical
MORUS BERWYN (fl. c. 1553-1615), poet A native, apparently, of the Berwyn district of North Wales. A number of his poems remain in manuscripts. Most of these are addressed to various members of North Wales families, including John Salusbury of Lleweni and his wife Katheryn (of Berain), Sir William Morys of Clenennau, Robert Wyn of Foelas, Thomas Vaughan of Hafod, captain William Thomas. There are also a poem in praise of Bishop
MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622 - 1709), poet to assist his father on the farm. That he was well patronised by the gentry of Llansilin and district is amply proved in his poems, for time and again he acknowledges his indebtedness to Sir William Williams (1634 - 1700), Glasgoed (Speaker of the House of Commons), the Myddelton family of Chirk castle, William Owen of Brogyntyn, and others. Huw was ever an ardent churchman, and a staunch royalist
teulu MOSTYN Mostyn Hall, part, held the lordship of Mostyn by lease until Sir Roger Mostyn (below) in the year 1631 secured possession of it in perpetuity.' The Pengwern (Denbighshire) estate, the birthplace of Ieuan Fychan, was the original home of this family; it has since been alienated. Gloddaeth, Caernarfonshire, came to the family shortly before 1460 through the marriage of HYWEL AP IEUAN FYCHAN (of Mostyn and Pengwern
teulu MOSTYN Talacre, The Mostyns of Talacre descend from Peter (Peyrs, Piers), son of Richard ap Hywel by his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Salusbury the elder, of Lleweni (for Peter and Richard ap Hywel see the article on the Mostyn family of Mostyn). The baronetcy in this family was created in 1670, the first baronet being Sir EDWARD MOSTYN. To this family belonged FRANCIS EDWARD MOSTYN (1860 - 1939), fourth

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