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WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM (1634 - 1700), lawyer and politician prosecuting the seven bishops in 1688; he received a baronetcy for his services. Changing sides again at the Revolution of 1688, he was elected Member of Parliament for Beaumaris to the Convention Parliament (1689-90), and helped to draft the Bill of Rights. Although he lost the office of solicitor-general, he was made King's Counsel in October 1689 and the queen's solicitor-general in 1692. With Robert
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1738 - 1817) Llandygái, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry Born 1 March 1738 at Trefdraeth in Anglesey, of poor parents. For some time he worked as a weaver, then followed his long apprenticeship as a saddler at Llannerch-y-medd. He became one of the bardic disciples of Hugh Hughes ('y Bardd Coch') and quite friendly with Robert Hughes (the bard Robin Ddu yr Ail); through his friendship with Robin Ddu he became a corresponding member of the London
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Caledfryn; 1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, poet, and critic Caledfryn (a further volume of verse), 1856. He edited Gardd Eifion, the works of Robert ap Gwilym Ddu in 1841, and Eos Gwynedd, the works of John Thomas, Pentrefoelas (1742-1818), in 1845, and a collection of hymns in 1860. He contributed essays on Robert ap Gwilym Ddu and Dewi Wyn o Eifion to Y Drysorfa in 1852 and 1853. He edited many periodicals, including Y Sylwedydd, (1831), Tywysog Cymru (1832-3
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (c. 1625 - 1684), antiquary Born c. 1625, second son of Edward Williams of Carwed Fynydd, Llanefydd, Denbighshire. He was educated at Westminster, and in 1642 was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1647/8, and M.A. 1657. In 1660 Robert, lord Bulkeley, gave him the living of Llandegfan cum Beaumaris, which he appears to have held for not more than a year. In 1668 he left Llandegfan to become
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Myfyr Wyn; 1849 - 1900), blacksmith, poet and local historian in 1819, her parents having moved there from the Neath Valley. She was a sister to William Hopkin, coalminer, who wrote several of the articles in Mathetes's theological dictionary. The family were Baptists, and Myfyr Wyn was brought up in Carmel church, Sirhowy. Robert Ellis (Cynddelw), was a minister there during his boyhood, and had a life-long influence over him. Myfyr Wyn learnt his trade as a
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EWART (1894 - 1966), physicist and inventor awarded a D.Sc. (London) in 1934. For his contribution to the techniques of high resolution measurements in spectroscopy he was presented with the Duddell Medal by the Physical Society of London in 1935. He became a Leverhulme Fellow in 1936. In March 1938 he resigned and emigrated to South California and by 1946 he was an American citizen. His particular field was interferometry and he became a
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM OGWEN (1924 - 1969), archivist, university professor lost contact with original archives his grasp as a historian slackened it is to be regretted that he did not seriously take up again the task of studying the Gwynedd gentry. He had a very important contribution to make in that field as his article, ' The Anglesey gentry as business men in Tudor and Stuart times ' (Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society, 1948) suggests. His family background
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SIDNEY GWYNN (1896 - 1978), musician and administrator cherished a vision of a national school of Welsh composers who would draw their inspiration from the country's folk music, but also appreciated the international dimension in musical life. In 1937 he married Elizabeth E. (Beti) Davies. Gwynn Williams died on 13 November 1978, and a memorial award was established in his memory in the field of Welsh folk music.
WILLIAMS-ELLIS, JOHN CLOUGH (1833 - 1913), scholar, clergyman, poet and possibly the first Welshman to climb one of the highest mountains in the Alps of the college in 1856. Being a brilliant mathematician and a successful tutor he did as much as anyone to promote the good name of the college. When the Cambridge chair in mechanics became vacant all the eminent workers in the field supported him but another person was elected as a result of the influence of the larger colleges. He turned to the church, becoming vicar of Madingley, Cambs., in 1865
WILLIAMS-WYNN, Sir ROBERT WILLIAM HERBERT WATKIN (1862 - 1951) - gweler WYNN
WILLIAMSON, ROBERT (MONA) (Bardd Du Môn; 1807 - 1852), teacher and poet
WILSON, HERBERT REES (1929 - 2008), scientist Professor Edwin Owen. His studies were initially in the field of metals, but he was also increasingly drawn to the new field of biophysics. He married Beti Turner, a fellow student at Bangor, in 1952, and they had two daughters and one son. Having received a University of Wales fellowship he accepted an offer in 1952 from Professor Maurice Wilkins to join a team at King's College in London to study the

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