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WILLIAMS, GWILYM (1839 - 1906), judge county courts, mid-Wales circuit, to be soon afterwards (1885) promoted to the responsible position of judge of the county courts of Glamorgan in 1885, a post which he held until his death (25 March 1906). He was also chairman of the Glamorgan quarter sessions from 3 July 1894 until death. Like his father he was an ardent and patriotic Welshman. A great eisteddfodwr, he often presided over enthusiastic
WILLIAMS, JAMES (1790 - 1872), cleric ; and took his B.D. in 1820. He was curate of Llanfair P. G. and Penmynydd, 1814-21; then succeeded his father in the three parishes which the latter resigned in 1821. He was promoted chancellor of Bangor cathedral in 1851. He died 24 March 1872, and was buried at Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy. James Williams was a ' squarson ' of the old school, a justice of the peace, very well off, and highly respected. He
WILLIAMS, JANE (Ysgafell; 1806 - 1885), Welsh historian and miscellaneous writer , where she acquired a knowledge of Welsh and developed an interest in Welsh literature. Here, too, she made the acquaintance of lady Llanover who introduced her to many literary friends. From 1856 on she lived in London. She died at Chelsea on 15 March 1885, and was buried in Brompton cemetery. She was the author of Miscellaneous Poems, privately printed at Brecon, 1824; Twenty Essays on the Practical
WILLIAMS, JOHN, goldsmith , xix). On 6 August 1612, John Williams, ' goldsmith to the King,' was admitted into Gray's Inn - such honorary admissions were not uncommon. The first reference in Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series to him as one of the king's goldsmiths is under 30 March 1604; in October of the same year he is mentioned for the first time in Cal. Wynn Papers; both Calendars (indexed) have frequent references
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582 - 1650), dean of Westminster, lord keeper of the great seal, archbishop of York Born 22 March 1582 at Conway, the second son of Edmund and Mary Williams. He was descended on his father's side from the declining houses of Cochwillan and Penrhyn, and on his mother's side from the house of Wynn of Gwydir. From Ruthin grammar school he went, in 1598, to S. John's College, Cambridge. After ordination he continued his university career; and in 1611 a sermon preached before king
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1627 - 1673), Nonconformist preacher, and physician Born at Tyn-y-coed (=' Castellmarch Uchaf') in Llŷn, of a county family, his parents being William and Mary Jones. He entered Jesus College, Oxford, 7 March 1647, 'aged 20,' in order to study medicine. Several of the gentry round about his home had espoused the Puritan cause as he himself had done, and it is said that after he had started preaching he was for a time chaplain to colonel John Jones
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1727 - 1798), Dissenting minister, scholar and author Born at Lampeter, Cardiganshire, 25 March 1727. After training for the ministry at Carmarthen Academy under Evan Davies and Samuel Thomas, he held pastorates at Stamford, Lincolnshire, 1752-5; Wokingham, Berks., 1755-67; and Sydenham, Kent, 1767-95. He was appointed librarian of Dr. Williams's Library in 1777. From the date of his retirement from that position, in 1782, until his death he was one
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ab Ithel; 1811 - 1862), cleric and antiquary his best to organize a protest against the decision of the Privy Council in the notorious Gorham case. He worked so hard that he had two nervous break-downs - in 1849, when he was temporarily transferred to the lighter parish of Llangorwen, Cardiganshire; and in 1855 when he was forced to take sick leave for nearly two years. In March 1862, he was transferred from Llan-ym-Mawddwy (where his
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Gorfyniawc o Arfon; 1814 - 1878), musician Telyn Seion (R. Beynon), for Seren Gomer, and for some collections issued by Richard Mills. He adjudicated in various musical festivals and in the Caernarvon national eisteddfod of 1862. He died 27 March 1878, and was buried in the Liverpool Necropolis.
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1768 - 1825), Baptist minister Born 8 March 1768 at Plas Llecheiddior, near Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire. He moved when quite young to a house called Rhwng-y-ddwyryd, Dolbenmaen. Although brought up as an Anglican he refused his family's offer of a course of education in the classics but chose instead to enter a business at Caernarvon. He was converted when he heard a sermon given by David Morris, Twr-gwyn, Calvinistic
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1745/6 - 1818), cleric and schoolmaster 19 August, and he began work in September. He remained there till his death on 20 March 1818, and was buried at Ystrad Meurig. During his long headmastership he succeeded in placing high standards of scholarship before his pupils, and many of them were accepted for holy orders after no further preparation than that which they received at Ystrad Meurig. Many of them became prominent in the life of
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ioan Rhagfyr; 1740 - 1821), musician ). In Foulk Robert Williams (Eos Llyfnwy), ' Cerddoriaeth o Gerddi Seion ' (in manuscript form in N.L.W.) are preserved fifty-nine hymn-tunes and twenty-one anthems by him. He died 11 March 1821, and was buried in Dolgelley parish churchyard.

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