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ROBERTS, JOHN (1823 - 1893), billiards player landlord of the Griffin hotel. In 1849 he challenged Edwin Kentfield for the championship of England, but when the latter declined the challenge Roberts assumed the title, which he held till 1870, when he was defeated by his own pupil, W. Cook, who was in turn defeated by Roberts's son, John Roberts, junr., in 1885. He was the author of Billiards (ed. by Henry Buck), 1869. He died 27 March 1893 at his
ROBERTS, JOHN (Ieuan Gwyllt; 1822 - 1877), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and musician , Aberystwyth, issued the first number of Telyn y Plant, the name of which was changed in 1861 to Trysorfa y Plant; Ieuan Gwyllt was responsible for the hymn-tunes. In 1859 he was asked to become minister of Pant-tywyll Calvinistic Methodist church, Merthyr Tydfil; he was ordained on 7 August 1861 at the Newcastle Emlyn Association. In March 1861 he issued the first number of Y Cerddor Cymreig, a periodical
ROBERTS, JOHN (1767 - 1834), Independent minister and theologian preach ' and the following March went, at his own expense, to the North Wales Academy at Oswestry which was at that time conducted by Edward Williams (1750 - 1813), where he remained until Whit Sunday, 'trying to learn Latin.' He then worked for some time on the same subject with Abraham Tibbott at Llanuwchllyn, and after that with Benjamin Jones at Pwllheli. In January 1791 the Congregational Board
ROBERTS, JOHN (J.R.; 1804 - 1884), Independent minister and author Born in the Old Chapel chapel-house, Llanbryn-mair, 5 November 1804, second son of John Roberts (1767 - 1834). In 1806 the family went to live at Diosg farm close by, and he spent some time working on the land. He was nearly 25 years of age before he started to preach. In March 1831 he was admitted to the Academy at Newtown, which at that time was in charge of Edward Davies (1796 - 1857), a Tory
ROBERTS, JOHN (1807 - 1876), musician Born 30 March 1807 at Henllan, near Denbigh; the son of Aaron and Jane Roberts. He attended the village school until he was 13 and, two years later, began to receive instruction from Thomas Jones, Congregational minister, Denbigh. He was taught music by Thomas Daniel, Henllan; he also studied books on music. He collected a large number of hymn-tunes that were used at times of religious revival or
ROBERTS, JOHN (Jack Russia; 1899 - 1979), miner, councillor and a prominent member of the Welsh Communist Party ) and fined ten shillings for each case. From then onwards he was constantly in trouble with the police. He took part in March 1933 in the disturbance at Bedwas between the miners who supported the South Wales Miners Industrial Union, known as the Spencer Union, and the South Wales Miners Federation. Twenty-four of the leaders were sent to Monmouthshire Assizes. Each one was imprisoned, including John
ROBERTS, JOHN ASKEW (1826 - 1884), antiquary, journalist, and author Born 27 March 1826 at Oswestry, son of Samuel Roberts, bookseller. In 1848 he was one of the contributors to Oswald's Well, an Oswestry magazine, which was succeeded in 1849 by the Oswestry Advertiser, a monthly journal which afterwards became a weekly newspaper, and with which the founder was connected for the next twenty years. Selling the copyright and retiring from active participation in the
ROBERTS, JOHN HENRY (Pencerdd Gwynedd; 1848 - 1924), musician Born 31 March 1848 at Pen-rallt, Y Gefnan, Mynydd Llandygài, Caernarfonshire, the son of Harri and Elizabeth Roberts. When quite young he went to work in a quarry, but soon showed a disinclination for work of that kind. At 14 he became organist at Seilo (Tre-garth) Wesleyan Methodist chapel. He started to compose hymn-tunes and anthems, and when he was 19 he took the prize for a cantata ('Y Mab
ROBERTS, JOHN IORWERTH (1902 - 1970), schoolmaster and secretary of Llangollen International Eisteddfod Born 8 March 1902 in Warrington, son of William John Roberts, Presb. minister, and his wife Harriet, daughter of Edward Roberts, minister of Engedi (Presb.), Brymbo, onetime chairman of Denbighshire education committee. The family moved to Pontrhythallt, Llanrug, Caernarfonshire in 1911 and he attended Penisa'r'waun school, and then Brynrefail intermediate school (1914-19) and the Normal College
ROBERTS, LEWIS (1596 - 1640), merchant and writer on economics reprinted. From another quarter we get a hint that Lewis himself wrote verse - in English. He died in 1640 (buried 12 March). Another of his books, The Treasure of Traffike, was published in 1640; here, he turns to the theory of political economy (as that was understood in his day); he held that the Government should control commerce by channelling it, so to speak, through mercantile companies or
ROBERTS, LEWIS (Eos Twrog; 1756 - 1844), musician and weaver Born 9 March 1756 in the parish of Llandecwyn, Meironnydd. After his marriage with the daughter of Plas Llandecwyn he went to live in a house called Pen-y-glannau in the adjoining parish of Maentwrog. He was a well-known harpist and player on the crwth, and came to be considered the best singer in the land to the accompaniment of the harp; although he could make verse in all sorts of 'measures
ROBERTS, RICHARD (1789 - 1864), inventor in France), but in 1828 he was in partnership with Thomas Sharpe. Sharpe died in 1842, and Roberts was on his own till 1845; from 1845 till 1851 he was joined by a Fothergill, but the partnership was not successful, and Roberts then set up as a consulting engineer, subsequently (1861) removing to London (Adam Street, Adelphi), where he died 11 March 1864; he was buried in Kensal Green. He was twice

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