Dictionary of Welsh Biography



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GABE, RHYS THOMAS ( REES THOMAS GAPE 1880 - 1967 ), rugby player

GAMAGE family, of Coety (‘ Coity ’), Glam.

GAMBOLD family.

GEE, THOMAS ( 1815 - 1898 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, journalist, and politician

GEORGE, THOMAS ( fl. 1829-1840 ), miniature painter ,

GEORGE, WILLIAM ( 1865 - 1967 ), solicitor and public figure

GIBBINS, FREDERICK WILLIAM ( 1861 ,- 1937 ), Quaker industrialist

GIBBON, BENJAMIN PHELPS ( 1802 - 1851 ), line-engraver ,

GIBBON, JAMES MORGAN ( 1855 - 1932 ), Independent minister

GIBBON, LEVI ( 1807? - 1870 ), ballad-writer and singer

GIBBS, REGINALD ARTHUR ( 1872 - 1938 ), shipowner (one of four brothers, all prominent in Cardiff shipping circles), and Rugby footballer

GIBBS, SION ( fl. 1643 ), ‘ the Ludlow lawyer ,’ poet .

GIBSON, JOHN ( 1790 - 1866 ), sculptor

GIBSON,Sir JOHN ( 1841 - 1915 ), journalist

GILBERTSON, LEWIS ( 1815 - 1896 ), cleric, vice-principal of Jesus College, Oxford

GILDAS , a monk of the 6th cent ,

GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS ( 1146? - 1223 ), archdeacon of Brecon and mediaeval Latin writer ,

GITTINS, CHARLES EDWARD ( 1908 - 1970 ), educationalist

GITTINS, EDWARD ( Iorwerth Pentyrch 1843 - 1884 ) local historian

GLASCOTT, CRADOCK ( 1743 - 1831 ), an Evangelical cleric

GLENN, THOMAS ALLEN ( 1864 - 1948 ), soldier, historian, genealogist, and archaeologist

GLYN (also GLYNNE ) , family of Glynllifon , Caerns.

GLYNNE family, of Hawarden, Flints.

GLYN, WILLIAM ( 1504 - 1558 ), bishop .

GODWIN, FRANCIS ( 1562 - 1633 ), bishop and antiquary

GODWIN, JUDITH (d. 1746 ), one of Howel Harris's correspondents .

GOODEN, JAMES ( 1670 - 1730 ), Jesuit

GOODMAN, GABRIEL ( 1528 - 1601 ), dean of Westminster and founder of Christ's Hospital, Ruthin

GOODMAN, GODFREY ( 1583 - 1656 ), bishop of Gloucester

GOODWIN, GERAINT ( 1903 - 1941 ), author

GOODWIN, JOHN ( 1681 - 1763 ), Quaker minister in North Wales

GORE, HUGH ( 1613 - 1691 ), bishop, founder of Swansea grammar school .

GORONWY GYRIOG ( fl. c. 1310-1360 ), an Anglesey poet

GOUGE, THOMAS ( 1605? - 1681 ), Nonconformist divine and philanthropist

GOUGH ( GOCH ), MATHEW ( MATHAU ) (d. 1450 ), soldier

GOULD, ARTHUR JOSEPH ( 1864 - 1919 ), Rugby footballer

GOWER, Sir ERASMUS ( 1742 - 1814 ) admiral

GOWER, HENRY ( 1278? - 1347 ), bishop .

GRAVELL, DAVID ( 1787 - 1872 ), farmer, herbalist, and publisher

GRAY, RHYS ( fl. 1661-1672 ), poet , of Anglesey .

GRAY, THOMAS ( 1847 - 1924 ), mining engineer and local historian

GREEN, CHARLES ALFRED HOWELL ( 1864 - 1944 ), second Archbishop of Wales ,

GREEN, FRANCIS ( 1854 - 1942 ), antiquary

GREENLY, EDWARD ( 1861 - 1951 ), geologist

GREGORY, HENRY ( 1637? - 1700? ), preacher with the Arminian Baptists .

GREVILLE, CHARLES FRANCIS ( 1749 - 1809 ), founder of Milford Haven town, Pembs.

POWIS, lords of GREY or GRAY .

GREY, THOMAS ( 1733 - 1810 ), Independent minister

GRIFFITH family, Carreg-lwyd , Anglesey .

GRIFFITH OF PENRHYN (Caerns.) .

GRIFFITH family, of Garn and Plasnewydd, Denbs.

GRIFFITH family, of Cefn Amwlch , Penllech , Llŷn .

GRIFFITH, ALEXANDER (d. 1676 ), cleric and controversialist

GRIFFITH, DAVID ( 1792 or 1794 - 1873 ), Independent minister

GRIFFITH, DAVID ( Clwydfardd 1800 - 1894 ), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid

GRIFFITH, DAVID ( 1841 - 1910 ), schoolmaster, cleric, and diarist

GRIFFITH, EDMUND ( 1570 - 1637 ), bishop

GRIFFITH, EDWARD ( 1832 - 1918 ), antiquary

GRIFFITH, ELIZABETH ( 1720? - 1793 ), author

GRIFFITH, GEORGE ( 1601 - 1666 ), bishop

GRIFFITH, GEORGE WILLIAM ( 1584 - 1655? ), landowner, attorney, magistrate, and antiquary ,

GRIFFITH, GRACE WYNNE ( 1888 - 1963 ), novelist

GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH WYNNE ( 1883 - 1967 ), minister (Presb.) and author

GRIFFITH, JAMES MILO ( 1843 - 1897 ), sculptor

GRIFFITH, JOHN ( fl. 1548-1587 ), civil lawyer ,

GRIFFITH, JOHN ( fl. 1649-1669 ) of Llanddyfnan , Anglesey , squire poet .

GRIFFITH, JOHN ( 1818? - 1885 ), cleric and controversialist

GRIFFITH, JOHN ( 1713 - 1776 ), Quaker

GRIFFITH, JOHN ( 1752 - 1818 ), Independent minister ,

GRIFFITH, JOHN ( Y Gohebydd , 1821 - 1877 )

GRIFFITH, JOHN ( 1863 - 1933 ), schoolmaster and musician

GRIFFITH, JOHN EDWARDS ( 1843 - 1933 ), naturalist and antiquary

GRIFFITH, JOHN OWEN ( Ioan Arfon , 1828 - 1881 ), poet and critic

GRIFFITH,Sir JOHN PURSER ( 1848 - 1938 ), civil engineer

GRIFFITH, JOHN THOMAS ( 1845 - 1917 ), Baptist minister in the U.S.A. and Wales

GRIFFITH-JONES, EBENEZER ( 1860 - 1942 ), Congregational minister and college principal

GRIFFITH-JONES, WILLIAM ( 1895 - 1961 ), Independent minister and administrator

GRIFFITH, MORGAN WILLIAM ( Pencerdd Mynwy , 1855 - 1925 ), musician

GRIFFITH, MOSES ( 1747 - 1819 ), draughtsman and water-colour painter

GRIFFITH, OWEN ( Ywain Meirion , Owen Gospiol , 1803 - 1868 ), ballad-writer and strolling ballad-singer

GRIFFITH, OWEN ( Giraldus , 1832 - 1896 ), Baptist minister, editor and author

GRIFFITH, OWEN ( Eryr Eryri , 1839 - 1903 ), musician

GRIFFITH, PIRS or PIERS ( 1568 - 1628 ), squire and adventurer ,

GRIFFITH, RICHARD (‘ Carneddog ’ 1861 - 1947 ), poet, writer, and journalist

GRIFFITH, RICHARD DAVIES ( 1813 - 1856 ), Wesleyan missionary and linguist

GRIFFITH, ROBERT ( 1847 - 1909 ), musician

GRIFFITH, ROBERT ARTHUR ( Elphin , 1860 - 1936 ), author and lawyer

GRIFFITH, ROBERT DAVID ( 1877 - 1958 ), musician and historian of Welsh congregational singing

GRIFFITH, ROGER (d. 1708 ), Presbyterian minister and tutor, afterwards archdeacon ,

GRIFFITH, ROWLAND ( fl. 18th cent. ), harpist and harp maker ,

GRIFFITH,Sir SAMUEL WALKER ( 1845 - 1920 ), judge , etc., in Australia

GRIFFITHS, ANN ( 1776 - 1805 ), hymn-writer

GRIFFITH(S), DAVID ( 1726 - 1816 ), cleric and schoolmaster .

GRIFFITHS, DAVID ( 1756 - 1834 ), Methodist cleric

GRIFFITHS, DAVID ( 1792 - 1863 ), missionary

GRIFFITHS, DAVID REES (‘ Amanwy ’ 1882 - 1953 ), poet and writer

GRIFFITHS, ERNEST HOWARD ( 1851 - 1932 ) physicist and educationalist

GRIFFITHS, EVAN ( 1778 - 1839 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister ,

GRIFFITHS, EVAN ( Ieuan Ebblig , 1795 - 1873 ), Independent minister

GRIFFITHS, EVAN THOMAS ( 1886 - 1967 ), teacher, scholar and writer

GRIFFITHS, EZER ( 1888 - 1962 ), physicist

GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH ( 1762 - 1818 ), Presbyterian minister ,

GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH ( 1799 - 1845 ), Anglican missionary

GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITH PENNAR ( 1860 - 1918 ), Congregational minister

GRIFFITHS, HENRY ( 1812 - 1891 ), Independent minister and college tutor

GRIFFITH ( née WYNNE , SIDNEY , currently known as ‘ Madam Griffith ’ (d. 1752 ) ,

GRIFFITHS, JAMES ( 1782 - 1858 ), Independent minister

GRIFFITHS, JOHN ( 1731 - 1811 ), Independent minister, and schoolmaster

GRIFFITHS, JOHN ( 1820 - 1897 ), cleric and educationalist

GRIFFITHS, JOHN ( 1837 - 1918 ), artist

GRIFFITHS, JOHN THOMAS ( 1824 - 1895 ), mining engineer in U.S.A.

GRIFFITHS, MORRIS ( fl. 1766-1805 ) Methodist exhorter, afterwards Baptist minister, and hymn-writer .

GRIFFITHS, MORRIS ( 1721 - 1769 ), Independent minister

GRIFFITHS, PETER HUGHES ( 1871 - 1937 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

GRIFFITHS, RICHARD ( 1756 - 1826 ), colliery pioneer

GRIFFITHS, ROBERT ( 1805 - 1883 ), engineer and inventor

GRIFFITHS, ROBERT ( 1824 - 1903 ), musician

GRIFFITHS, SAMUEL ( 1783 - 1860 ), Independent minister

GRIFFITHS, THOMAS ( 1645 - 1725 ), first minister of the Welsh Tract Baptist church in the present state of Delaware , U.S.A.

GRIFFITHS, THOMAS (JEREMY) ( Tau Gimel , 1797? - 1871 ), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster

GRIFFITHS, VAVASOR (d. 1741 ), Independent minister and tutor .

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM ( 1777 - 1825 ), Independent minister and teacher

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM ( 1788 - 1861 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM ( Ifander , 1830 - 1910 ), choral conductor and adjudicator

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM ( 1859 - 1940 ), Unitarian minister and Hebrew scholar

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM ( 1898 - 1962 ), bookseller

GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM ALONZO ( 1842 - 1893 ), Independent minister, hymn-writer and hymnologist

GRIFFITH, THOMAS TAYLOR ( 1795 - 1876 ), surgeon and antiquary

GRIFFITH, WALTER ( 1727 - 1779 ), captain R.N. ,

GRIFFITH, WALTER ( 1819 - 1846 ), advocate of free trade

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM ( 1704 - 1747 ), early Welsh Moravian (one of the original members of the London Moravian congregation)

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM ( 1719 - 1782 ), farmer

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM ( 1801 - 1881 ), Independent minister and hymn-writer ,

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Caledffrwd , 1832 - 1913 ), quarryman and musician

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM ( 1853 - 1918 ), mining engineer and author

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM JOHN ( 1875 - 1931 ), writer of short stories

GRONOW, DANIEL (d. 1796 ), Presbyterian minister

GRONOW, REES HOWELL ( 1794 - 1865 ), writer of memoirs

GROVE,Sir WILLIAM ROBERT ( 1811 - 1896 ), scientist and lawyer

GRUFFUDD ab ADDA ap DAFYDD ( fl. 1340-1370 ), poet and prose writer .

GRUFFUDD ab YR YNAD COCH ( fl. 1280 ), poet .

GRUFFUDD ap CYNAN ( c. 1055 - 1137 ), king of Gwynedd ,

GRUFFUDD ap DAFYDD ap HYWEL ( fl. 1480-1520 ), poet .

GRUFFUDD ap DAFYDD ap TUDUR ( fl. c. 1300 ), a poet ,

GRUFFUDD ap DAFYDD FYCHAN ( 15th cent. ), poet ,

GRUFFUDD ap GRONW GETHIN or GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap GRONW GETHIN ( fl. c. 1380-1420 ), poet ,

GRUFFUDD ap GWRGENAU , poet .

GRUFFUDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1063 ), king of Gwynedd and Powys, and after 1055 king of all Wales

GRUFFUDD ap MAREDUDD ap DAFYDD ( fl. 1352-1382 ), an Anglesey poet

GRUFFUDD ap NICOLAS ( fl. 1425-1456 ), an esquire and a leading figure in the local administration of the principality of South Wales in the middle of the 15th cent.

GRUFFUDD ap TUDUR ap HYWEL ( fl. 1500-1540 ), a poet from Anglesey .

GRUFFUDD BENRHAW, or PENRHAW ( 15th cent. ), poet ,

GRUFFUDD DAFYDD DDU ( fl. c. 1500? ), a poet

GRUFFUDD GRYG , an Anglesey bard of the second half of the 14th cent.

GRUFFUDD HAFREN ( fl. c. 1600 ), a poet

GRUFFUDD HIRAETHOG (d. 1564 ), bard and herald .

GRUFFUDD, IFAN or IEUAN ( c. 1655 - c. 1734 ), poet

GRUFFUDD LEIAF ( 15th cent. ), poet ,

GRUFFUDD LLWYD ab IFAN ( fl. c. 1564 ), poet

GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION LLYGLIW ( fl. c. 1380-1410 ), a poet ,

GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD GAPLAN (or Gruffudd Llwyd ap Llywelyn y Caplan , and Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Llwyd in some manuscripts) ( fl. c. 1400? ), poet .

GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap RHOBERT (n.d.,) poet ,

GRUFFUDD NANNAU ( fl. c. 1654 ) poet ,

GRUFFUDD, RHISIART ( Rhisiart Gruffudd ap Huw ?) ( fl. c. 1569 ), poet and native of Anglesey .

GRUFFYDD ap GWENWYNWYN (d. 1286 or 1287 ), lord of Upper Powys

GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN ( c. 1485 - 1553 ), bard and member of a Welsh landed family ,

GRUFFYDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1244 ), prince ,

GRUFFYDD ap MADOG or GRUFFYDD MAELOR I (d. 1191 )

GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH ap IESTYN (d. 1055 ), king .

GRUFFYDD ap RHYS ( c. 1090 - 1137 ), prince of Deheubarth

GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (d. 1201 ), prince of Deheubarth

GRUFFYDD, ELIS ( fl. c. 1490-1552 ), ‘the soldier of Calais,’ copyist, translator, and chronicler .

GRUFFYDD, JEREMY (or IEUAN ) , ‘ Teiliwr Llawen ’, a poet who fl. about the middle of the 17th cent.

GRUFFYDD LLWYD,Sir, more fully GRUFFYDD ap RHYS ap GRUFFYDD ab EDNYFED (d. 1335 ), traditional hero of a supposed Welsh revolt in 1322 ,

GRUFFYDD, OWEN ( c. 1643 - 1730 ), poet and antiquary .

GRUFFYDD, ROBERT ( 1753 - 1820 ), musician

GRUFFYDD, ROBERT ( Patrobas , 1832 - 1863 ), poet

GRUFFYDD, ‘ Syr ’ SION (d. 1586? ), poet and chaplain

GRUFFYDD, THOMAS ( 1815 - 1887 ), one of the best known harpists of his period

GRUFFYDD, WILLIAM JOHN ( 1881 - 1954 ), scholar, poet, critic and editor

GRYFFYTH, JASPER (d. 1614 ), cleric, warden of Ruthin hospital, chaplain to archbishop Bancroft, collector of manuscripts .

GUEST family, iron-masters, coal owners, etc.

GUEST (née BERTIE ; later SCHREIBER ), lady CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH ( 1812 - 1895 ), author

GUTO'R GLYN , a bard who sang during the second half of the 15th cent. ( 1440-1493 )

GUTUN GOCH BRYDYDD ( fl. c. 1550? ), poet ,

GUTUN OWAIN, or GRUFFUDD ap HUW ab OWAIN ( fl. c. 1460- c. 1498 ), poet, transcriber of manuscripts, and genealogist

GWALCHMAI ap DAFYDD ( fl. 16th cent. ), a harpist ,

GWALCHMAI ap MEILYR ( fl. 1130-1180 ),an Anglesey court poet ,

GWALCHMAI, HUMPHREY ( 1788 - 1847 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister —

GWENFREWI, or WINIFRED ( fl. early 7th cent. ), saint .

GWENLLIAN (d. 1136 ),

GWENT, RICHARD (d. 1543 ), archdeacon of London ,

GWENWYNWYN (d. 1216 ), lord of Powys .

GWERFUL MECHAIN ( 1462? - 1500 ), poetess .

GWGON ap MEURIG (d. 871 ), king of Ceredigion, and the last of the line of Ceredig .

GWGON BRYDYDD ( fl. c. 1240 ), poet

GWILYM ap IEUAN HEN ( fl. c. 1440-1480 ), a poet

GWILYM ap SEFNYN ( fl. c. 1440 ), poet

GWILYM DDU O ARFON ( fl. c. 1280-1320 ), poet ,

GWILYM GWYN ( fl. c. 1560-1600? ), a poet

GWILYM RYFEL ( 12th cent. ) poet .

GWILYM TEW ( fl. c. 1460-1480 ), one of the bards of Glamorgan .

GWRTHEYRN ( VORTIGERN ) .

GWYNFARDD BRYCHEINIOG ( fl. c. 1180 ), poet .

GWYN, FRANCIS ( 1648? - 1734 ), politician

GWYN ( GWYNN , GWYNNE or WYNN ), JOHN (d. 1574 ), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor

GWYNLLYW ( Gundleius , Gunlyu ) , saint , fl. late 5th-early 6th cent. ,

GWYNNE family, of Llanelwedd, Rads.

GWYNNE family, of Garth , Llanlleonfel , Brecknock , earlier of Maes-llech nearby

GWYNNE ( GWINNE , GWYN or WYNNE ), ROBERT (JOHNS) ( fl. 1568-1591 ), Roman Catholic missioner and writer

GWYNNE, SACKVILLE ( c. 1751 - 1794 ),

GWYNNETH, JOHN ( 1490? - 1562? ), Roman Catholic priest and musician .

GWYNNE-VAUGHAN, DAVID THOMAS ( 1871 - 1915 ), botanist

GWYNN, HARRI ( fl. c. 1627 ), a poet

GWYN, RICHARD ( c. 1557 - 1584 ), or WHITE, RICHARD , Roman Catholic martyr