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POWYS, JOHN COWPER (1872 - 1963), novelist, poet, literary critic and popular philosopher ). From his mother, Mary Cowper-Johnson, he derived the more literary blood of the poets John Donne and William Cowper. Born 8 October 1872 in Shirley, Derbyshire, his father's first parish, but in 1879 the family moved to Dorchester, Dorset, then, in 1885, to Montacute vicarage, Somerset. He was educated at Sherborne School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and in 1894 drifted into the post of
teulu PRICE Rhiwlas, The older pedigrees trace the ancestry of this family to Marchweithian. RHYS AP MEREDYDD ('Rhys Fawr') (fl. 1485) A fairly early ancestor who achieved some prominence. He lived somewhere at the foot of the south-western slopes of Mynydd Hiraethog, Denbighshire; it is thought that the old mansion of Foelas was his home. He was influential, rich, and a strong military leader. He raised a band of
PRICE, BENJAMIN (1804 - 1896), first bishop of the 'Free Church of England' Born in 1804 at Builth, son of Isaac Price, shopkeeper and prominent Calvinistic Methodist elder. The father was a nephew of David Price, vicar of Llanbadarn-fawr, Cardiganshire in 1770, and was thus cousin to the Orientalist David Price (1762 - 1835); the mother is said to have been of John Penry's family - there were certainly Penrys who lived in Merthyr Cynog (Brecknock), which to all
PRICE, BENJAMIN (Cymro Bach; 1792 - 1854), Baptist minister and littérateur Born at Govilon, Llanwenarth, 1792, son of Joseph Price (died 1834), minister of Blaenau Gwent, and Hannah his wife. His family moved to Blaenavon and it was there that he was baptized in 1817 and started to preach, September 1820. He was admitted to the Baptist Academy at Abergavenny in 1822 and subsequently held the pastorates of Kensington, Brecon, 24 November 1825-1828; Newtown and Caer-sws
PRICE, CHARLES (bu farw 1646) Pilleth,, soldier and politician was probably a younger son of James Price, who had fought in the Elizabethan wars and was Member of Parliament for Radnorshire, 1624-6, and grandson of the Stephen Price, who had represented the county in 1555, his family being a branch of the Prices of Monachdy, one of the two oldest families in the county, who had shared between them the county offices and parliamentary representation. He
PRICE, CHRISTOPHER (bu farw 1697), apothecary, preacher, free-communion Baptist He lived at Abergavenny in the High Street, one of the chief officials of the corporation, and, according to Sir Joseph Bradney, of the family of the Prices of Llanffoist. He supported John Tombes in the great Baptism debate at Abergavenny, 1653; after the Restoration he is reported as preaching in 'conventicles,' 1668-9, and in 1672 he secured a licence to preach in his own house under the
PRICE, DILYS MARGARET (1932 - 2020), educationalist and skydiver after Dilys's birth they returned to Aberdare. In 1934, influenced by intercessor Rees Howells, the family moved to the Bible College in Swansea where her father took on the role of gardener at the Italianate gardens on the Derwen Fawr estate, following in the footsteps of his own father, a gardener at Powis Castle. Dilys Price was educated at the boarding school at Derwen Fawr established by Rees
PRICE, Sir JOHN (1502? - 1555), notary public, the king's principal registrar in causes ecclesiastical, and secretary of the Council in Wales and the Marches Little is known of his early years. He was the son of Rhys ap Gwilym ap Llywelyn ap Rhys Llwyd ab Adam, of Brecknock, and his wife Gwenllian, daughter of Howel Madoc. He was, therefore, of the same family as the Welsh poet Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys Llwyd, and in the midst of the bustle of his comparatively short life he maintained a close contact with the Welsh bardic tradition. It is
PRICE, JOHN (1857 - 1930), musician Born 5 March 1857 at Llangamarch, Brecknock, the son of Dafydd and Ann Price. The family moved to Beulah, near Garth, in the same county, and it was here that John Price spent the rest of his life. As a child he was taught the Hullah system of music. He joined a Tonic Sol-fa class, held by D. Buallt Jones; he also received lessons from D. W. Lewis, Brynaman, and took the diplomas of G. and
PRICE, JOSEPH TREGELLES (1784 - 1854), Quaker and ironmaster Born 17 January 1784, in Cornwall, the son of Peter Price (1739 - 1821), and his wife, Anna (née Tregelles) Price (1759 - 1846). The family moved to Neath in 1799 when the father became the manager of the Neath Abbey Iron Works in which they were interested with other Quaker families. The father was a faithful member of the Society of Friends, noted for acts of charity, relieving the poor and
PRICE, PETER (1864 - 1940), Independent minister named Tabor. The whole family was associated with Tabor and they claimed that they were from the same lineage as Edmwnd Prys. Peter Price, Dewisbren-isaf was heavily influenced by the Quakers. His parents moved to Plas-y-Brithdir when Thomas Price opened a business selling flour in Dolgellau. For a short time before leaving to help his father, Peter Price was educated at Dolgellau Grammar School, the
PRICE, RHYS (1807 - 1869), Congregational minister Born 27 February 1807 in Penrhiw-llwyn-fynwent, Llangamarch, Brecknock, of a family that was prominent in religious circles, and which moved to Llanwrtyd when Price was quite young. He received only three days of schooling. A weaver by trade, he devoted his leisure to reading and became a model of a self-taught man. He possessed much natural ability but he was considered remarkable by reason of

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