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CADELL ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1175 ),

CADFAN ( fl. 620), prince ,

CADFAN ( fl. 550? ), saint

CADOG,S. ( fl. c. 450 ), was one of the chief figures of the Celtic church in Wales .

CADWALADR (d. 664 ), prince ,

CADWALADR (d. 1172 ), prince ,

CADWALADR ap RHYS TREFNANT ( fl. 1600 ), poet .

CADWALADR CESAIL ( fl. 1620 ), poet .

CADWALADR, DAFYDD ( 1752 - 1834 ), Calvinistic Methodist preacher ,

CADWALADR, EDWARD ( 16th cent. ), poet .

CADWALADR, ELLIS ( fl. 1707-40 ), poet

CADWALADR, HUW ( 17th cent. ), poet .

CADWALADR, ‘Sir ’ RHYS ( fl. 1666-1690 ), cleric and poet ,

CADWALADR, ROGER ( 1566 - 1610 ), seminary priest and martyr ,

CADWALLON (d. 633 ), prince ,

CADWGAN (d. 1111 ), prince ,

CADWGAN (d. 1241 ), bishop of Bangor ,

CADWGAN DELYNOR ( fl. at end of 14th cent, and beginning of the 15th cent. ), musician .

CADWGAN FFOL ( 13th cent. ), bard .

KEYNE (CAIN ) , saint , ( fl. late 5th cent. — early 6th cent. ).

CAMPBELL ( MORRIESON ), ELIZA CONSTANTIA ( 1796 - 1864 ), author

CAMPBELL, FREDERICK ARCHIBALD VAUGHAN, viscount Emlyn (1847-1898), earl Cawdor (1898-1911)

CARADOG of LLANCARFAN ( fl. 1135 ), man of letters ,

CARADOG ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH (d. 1081 )

CARADOG ap IESTYN ( fl. 1130 ), founder of the family of ‘Avene’ in Glamorgan ,

CARADOG FYNACH (d. 1124 ), recluse ,

CARANNOG ( fl. 550? ), saint ,

CARNE,Sir EDWARD ( c . 1500 - 1561 ), lawyer and diplomat ,

CARNES, EDWARD ( 1772? - 1828 ), bookseller and printer at Holywell, Flints.

CARR, HENRY LASCELLES ( 1841 - 1902 ), journalist and newspaper proprietor

CARRINGTON, THOMAS ( Tom ) , (‘ Pencerdd Gwynfryn ’ 1881 - 1961 ), musician and printer

CARTER family, of Kinmel, Denbs.

CARTER, HUGH ( 1784 - 1855 ), Welsh Wesleyan Methodist minister

CARTER, ISAAC (d. 1741 ), printer .

CASNODYN ( fl. 1320-40 ), poet ,

CASSON, LEWIS ( 1875 - 1969 ), actor and theatrical producer

CATHERALL, JONATHAN ( 1761 - 1833 ), industrialist and philanthropist

CATRIN ferch GRUFFUDD ap HYWEL ( fl. c. 1555 ), poet ,

CATRIN ferch GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN [ap LLYWELYN?] FYCHAN ( fl. 16th cent. ), poet ,

CECIL of Allt-yr-ynys ( Herefords. ), Burghley ( Northampton ) , and Hatfield (Herts.) .

CECIL-WILLIAMS,Sir JOHN LIAS CECIL ( 1892 - 1964 ), solicitor, secretary Hon. Soc. Cymmrodorion and driving force behind the publishing of the DWB

CEMLYN-JONES,Sir ELIAS WYNNE ( 1888 - 1966 ), public figure

CHALONER, THOMAS (d. 1598 ), of Denbigh and Chester , sometimes described as Ulster King of Arms .

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM ( 1774 - 1855 ), industrialist and public figure .

CHANCE, THOMAS WILLIAMS ( 1872 - 1954 ), minister (B) and principal of the Baptist College, Cardiff

CHAPPELL, EDGAR LEYSHON ( 1879 - 1949 ), sociologist, a pioneer of town and village redevelopment, and writer

CHARLES, DAVID, I ( 1762 - 1834 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymn-writer

CHARLES, DAVID, II ( 1803 - 1880 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and hymnist ,

CHARLES, DAVID, III ( 1812 - 1878 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister ,

CHARLES, EDWARD ( 1757 - 1828 ), writer , whose pseudonym was Siamas Gwynedd ,

CHARLES, HENRY ( 1778 - 1840 ), theologian, littérateur, and mathematician ,

CHARLES, JAMES ( 1846 - 1920 ), Independent minister and theologian

CHARLES, JAMES ( 1851 - 1906 ), painter

CHARLES, PHILIP ( 1721? - 1790 ), Presbyterian minister .

CHARLES, THOMAS ( 1755 - 1814 ), Methodist cleric ,

CHERLETON or CHARLTON family.

CHIDLAW, BENJAMIN WILLIAM , ( 1811 - 1892 )

CHRISTINA ,

CHRISTOPHER, JACOB ( fl. 1655-90 ), Independent preacher .

CHURCHEY, WALTER ( 1747 - 1805 ), attorney and versifier ,

CLARE .

CLARK family, printers and publishers in Monmouthshire , etc.

CLARK, GEORGE THOMAS ( 1809 - 1898 ), engineer and antiquary

CLOUGH of Plas Clough , Glan-y-wern , Bathafarn , and Hafodunos ( 18th and 19th cent. ).

CLOUGH,Sir RICHARD (d. 1570 ), merchant, and (for a period) ‘factor’ for Sir Thomas Gresham in Antwerp

CLYDOG ( fl. 500? ), saint and martyr ,

CLYNNOG, MORGAN ( 1558 - after 1619 ), seminary priest ,

CLYNNOG, MORYS (or MAURICE CLENOCKE ) ( c. 1525 - 1581 ), Roman Catholic theologian

CNEPPYN GWERTHRYNION , poet and grammarian of the 13th cent. ,

COBB, JOSEPH RICHARD ( 1821 - 1897 ), antiquary

COFFIN, WALTER ( 1784 - 1867 ), colliery pioneer

COKE, THOMAS ( 1747 - 1814 ), Wesleyan Methodist minister

COLLEN ( fl. 600? ), saint .

COLLINS, WILLIAM LUCAS ( 1815 - 1887 ), cleric and author ,

CONSTANTINE, GEORGE ( c . 1500 - 1560? ), cleric

CONWAY or CONWY family, of Botryddan (‘ Bodrhyddan ’), Flints.

CONWAY, CHARLES ( 1820 - 1884 ), painter and engraver

CONYBEARE, WILLIAM DANIEL ( 1787 - 1857 ), geologist and divine

COOK, ARTHUR JAMES ( 1884 - 1931 ), miner and trade union leader

COOMBE TENNANT, WINIFRED MARGARET (‘ Mam o Nedd ’ 1874 - 1956 ), delegate to the first assembly of the League of Nations, suffragette, Mistress of the Robes of the Gorsedd of the Bards, and a well-known medium

CORBET,Sir RICHARD ( 1640 - 1683 ), baronet and member of parliament

CORBETT, JOHN STUART ( 1845 - 1921 ), solicitor and antiquary

CORY , (B) ( DWB , 83b, par. 2, 1. 6).

CORY .

COSLET, EDWARD ( 1750 - 1828 ), Calvinistic Methodist preacher

COSLETT, COSLETT ( Carnelian 1834 - 1910 ), collier and poet

COTTON, JAMES HENRY ( 1780 - 1862 ), dean of Bangor cathedral and educationist

COTTON,Sir STAPLETON ( 1773 - 1865 ), , field-marshal ,

COX, ARTHUR HUBERT ( 1884 - 1961 ), geologist

COX, JOHN ([ 1800 ]?- 1870 ), printer, bookseller, and postmaster at Aberystwyth, Cards.

COX, LEONARD ( fl. 1524-72 ), schoolmaster and author ,

CRADOCK,Sir MATHEW or MATHIAS ( 1468? - 1531 ), royal official in South Wales .

CRADOCK, RICHARD ( fl. 1660-90 ), Nonconformist preacher, of the Independent persuasion .

CRADOC, WALTER ( 1610? - 1659 ), Puritan theologian

CRAWLEY, RICHARD ( 1840 - 1893 ), scholar

CRAWSHAY family, of Cyfarthfa, Glam. , industrialists .

CRAWSHAY,Sir GEOFFREY CARTLAND HUGH ( 1892 - 1954 ), soldier and social benefactor

CROPPER, THOMAS ( 1869 - 1923 ), Buckley, Flints. , antiquary .

CROWTHER, JOHN NEWTON ( Glanceri 1847 - 1928 ), schoolmaster

CRYTHOR LLWYD MARCHEDD ( 16th cent. ), musician

CUDLIPP, PERCY ( 1905 - 1962 ), journalist

CUNEDDA WLEDIG ( fl. 450? ), British prince .

CURIG ( fl. 550? ), saint ,

CYBI ( fl. 550 ), saint ,

CYFEILIOG (or CYFEILLIOG? ) (d. 927 ), bishop of Llandaff .

CYFFIN, ROGER ( fl. c. 1587-1609 ), a poet

CYNAN ab OWAIN (d. 1174 ), prince ,

CYNAN ap HYWEL (d. 1242? ), prince ,

CYNAN ap IAGO (d. 1060? ), exiled prince ,

CYNAN DINDAETHWY (d. 816 ), prince ,

CYNDDELW BRYDYDD MAWR ( fl. 1155-1200 ), the leading 12th cent. Welsh court poet .

CYNFRIG ap DAFYDD GOCH ( c. 1420 ), poet .

CYNGAR , saint ( fl. 6th cent. ).

CYNGEN (d. 855 ), prince ,

CYNIDR , saint ( fl. 6th cent. )

CYNLLO ( fl. 550? ), saint ,

CYNOG ( fl. 500? ), saint ,

CYNWAL, RICHARD (d. 1634 ), poet ,

CYNWAL, WILLIAM (d. 1587 or 1588 ), poet ,

CYNWRIG ap RHYS (d. 1237 ), prince

CYNWRIG BENCERDD ( 15th cent. ), harpist ,

CYNWRIG HIR (‘ the Tall ’) , of Edeirnion ( fl. 1093 ).