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PARRY, WILLIAM (bu farw 1585), Roman Catholic conspirator
PARRY, WILLIAM (1743 - 1791), portrait-painter son of John Parry, ' the blind harpist ' (1710? - 1782). He was born on the 2 May 1743 in London, after his father's removal from Ruabon, and studied at Shipley's drawing school, the duke of Richmond's gallery, and the S. Martin's Lane academy, and eventually became a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He was awarded several premiums by the Society of Arts and became a member of the Incorporated
PARRY, WILLIAM (1754 - 1819), Independent minister and tutor, and author ) to have the legal disabilities of Dissenters removed. In 1799, he was appointed tutor in what had been Coward's Academy, on the occasion of its removal to Wymondley, Hertfordshire. In 1808, he engaged in controversy against the ideas of Edward Williams (1750 - 1813) of Rotherham. He died 9 January 1819. The D.N.B. has an article on him (with a list of his works), on which the present notice has
PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD (1790 - 1855), rear-admiral - gweler PARRY, JOSHUA
PARRY, WILLIAM JOHN (1842 - 1927), Labour leader, and author North Wales. Parry took a prominent part in the creation of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union in 1874; he was its first secretary, and afterwards ts president for some years. In 1879 he visited slate quarries in the United States at the Union's request. He published several books dealing with the quarrymen's affairs : Caebraichycafn; yr Ymdrafodaeth, 1875; Chwareli a Chwarelwyr, 1896; The Penrhyn Lock
PARRY, WINNIE - gweler PARRY, SARAH WINIFRED
PARRY-WILLIAMS, AMY (1910 - 1988), singer and author became a teacher at Carmarthen Girls' Grammar School and then a lecturer at Barry Training College. In August 1942 she married her Professor at Aberystwyth, T. H. Parry-Williams. There were no children of the marriage. Amy showed musical promise at an early age, and along with her brother Madoc and sister Mary would compete regularly at eisteddfodau in Carmarthenshire and at regional and national level
PARRY-WILLIAMS, DAVID EWART (1900 - 1996), musician Born Glynneath, Glamorgan, 25 June 1900, the son of the village schoolmaster, Tom Williams, and his wife Mary Ann who ran the local Post Office. He received instruction in music from his uncle, who was the organist at Bethania chapel in Glynneath, and played the cello in a small orchestra at Bethania. When his uncle moved to London to be organist of Charing Cross Welsh chapel, the nephew visited
PARRY-WILLIAMS, HENRY (1858 - 1925), schoolmaster and poet Born 11 June 1858, the son of Thomas and Mary Parry, Gwyndy, Carmel, Caernarfonshire. He was a half-brother of Robert Parry, father of the poet R. Williams Parry and of Richard Parry, father of Thomas Parry (1904 - 1985). As a young man he adopted the surname of his paternal grandfather, Henry Williams, in addition to his own. He received his elementary education at Bron-y-foel school, and stayed
PARRY-WILLIAMS, T. H. - gweler PARRY-WILLIAMS, THOMAS HERBERT
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar T. H. Parry-Williams was born on 21 September 1887 to Henry Parry-Williams (1858-1925) and Ann, née Morris (1859-1926), at Rhyd-ddu, Arfon. Christened 'Tom' (not 'Thomas'), he was the second of six children, the siblings being Blodwen, Willie, Oscar, Wynne and Eurwen. Literary tendencies can be seen on both maternal and paternal sides of the family. The brother of Ann, R. R. Morris, was a
PAULINUS (fl. late 5th century), saint , combine to suggest that this Paulinus is the Welsh saint of that name. But there is no positive evidence to make the identification certain. The 'Paulinus' mentioned on a pillar-stone found in the parish of Llantrisant, Anglesey, may also be this saint (Nash-Williams, 63). The church of Llan-gors, Brecknock, is dedicated to Paulinus. In the old parish of Llandingat, Carmarthenshire, Capel Peulin and

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