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GRIFFITH, JOHN (Y Gohebydd; 1821 - 1877), newspaper correspondent, campaigner for education, and principal mover in re-establishing the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion Welsh readers. He supported most of the liberal movements from the middle of the century on, not only in his letters but in conferences and public meetings. Among his other activities he strove for elementary and higher education in Wales; he was a member of the committee formed to consider the question of founding the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and was afterwards a member of the
GRIFFITHS, JAMES (JEREMIAH) (1890 - 1975), Labour politician and cabinet minister . H. Williams as the Labour MP for Llanelli with a majority of 16,221 votes and he continued to represent the constituency in parliament until his retirement in June 1970. At Westminster Griffiths soon made his voice heard in denouncing the means test, attacking the coalowners, and advocating the extension of the social insurance scheme. He quickly became recognised as a fervent and forceful debater
GRIST, IAN (1938 - 2002), Conservative politician Conservative MP for Pembrokeshire. At the same time Grist resigned from the House of Commons Select Committee for Welsh Affairs and thus removed the Conservative majority from a committee which had exercised considerable influence in Wales. He was then elected chairman of the Welsh Conservative MPs Group in 1990, and was a member of the Select Committee on Members' Interests, 1984-87. Throughout his
GRUFFYDD, WILLIAM JOHN (1881 - 1954), scholar, poet, critic and editor in 1906 Lecturer in Celtic under Thomas Powel at University College, Cardiff. The years 1915-18 he spent as an officer in the navy, and on being demobilised he was appointed Professor to succeed Powel, who had retired in 1918. He remained in the chair until his retirement in 1946. In 1943 he successfully contested the University of Wales seat in Parliament as a Liberal, in spite of having been a
teulu GUEST, iron-masters, coal owners, etc. 1832 (as a Liberal and Free Trader) as the first M.P. for the Merthyr borough, and kept his seat until his death in 1852. In 1838 he was created a baronet. Though brought up as a Wesleyan Methodist, Guest erected Dowlais church in 1827 and contributed £3,000 towards the expense, and gave £250 towards the new church of S. Davids at Merthyr. He was the chief promoter of the Taff Vale railway and became
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1812 - 1895), translator, businesswoman and collector her two younger brothers and half-sisters. She taught herself Arabic, Hebrew and Persian. She began keeping a journal when aged nine. With just one gap (lasting for less than four years) she maintained this journal until she was seventy-nine, writing for up to an hour daily. It is an invaluable piece of social history. After meeting (in London) the Welsh ironmaster and MP for Merthyr Tydfil, Josiah
GWYNN, HARRI (1913 - 1985), writer and broadcaster insisted that they could not marry unless Harri had a good regular income. One constant shared interest was radical politics. As the minutes show, Eirwen was among the two dozen who came together on 11 November 1936, at the first meeting of the left-leaning ginger group, Mudiad Gwerin, chaired by the future Labour MP Goronwy Roberts, with Harri acting as vice-chair and secretary. The movement's aim, as a
HALL, BENJAMIN (Lord Llanover), (1802 - 1867), politician and reformer politician. His marriage to Augusta Waddington, Lady Llanover, on 4 December 1823 made him part of an influential circle of patrons of Welsh culture and language who combined cultural nationalism with advocacy of a robust Protestantism. Elected the Liberal MP for the Monmouth boroughs in 1831 he was unseated on petition, but was rightfully returned in 1832. He remained the member for Monmouth boroughs
HAMER, Sir GEORGE FREDERICK (1885 - 1965), industrialist and public figure served in all its aspects but perhaps his most significant contribution was the firm and able leadership which he gave to the education service in the implementation of the 1944 Butler Education Act. His philosophy of education in the 20th century derived its inspiration from the two Liberal Members of Parliament for the county of Montgomery who played a significant part in the development of
teulu HANMER Hanmer, Bettisfield, Fens, Halton, Pentre-pant, - poet and politician, was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (never graduating), and succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy in 1828. He sat as Liberal M.P., first for English constituencies, then for Flint borough from 1841 to his elevation to the peerage in 1872, supporting the repeal of the Corn Laws and of religious disabilities. He published volumes of verse in 1836, 1839, and 1840
HARRY, MILES (1700 - 1776), Baptist minister probably the outstanding Welsh Baptist minister of his time, and a man of note in public life. His strong personality, vigorous mind and tireless energy made him widely influential. Religion was his primary concern, and for its propagation he spent his strength and substance. A popular preacher and powerful Baptist apologist, he was a liberal, independent thinker in theology, treading a middle path
HENRY, PHILIP (1631 - 1696), Presbyterian minister and diarist scholarship. Thus the whole atmosphere of Henry's early life was unmistakably Anglican; for all that, he became a convert to the Presbyterian way and outlook, seeing no hope of a relaxed and liberal Episcopalian system. After graduating B.A. (1651) and M.A. (1652) he was appointed tutor to the sons of judge John Puleston at Emral in English Maelor, and preacher at Worthenbury chapel in the parish of Bangor

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