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MAB Y CLOCHYDDYN ( fl. c. 1380 ), a poet

MACDONALD, GORDON, first Baron MACDONALD of GWAENYSGOR ( 1888 - 1966 ), politician

MACHEN, ARTHUR ( 1863 - 1947 ), formerly JONES, ARTHUR LLEWELLIN , writer

MACKWORTH,Sir HUMPHREY ( 1657 - 1727 ), industrialist and parliamentarian

MADDOCKS (née THOMAS ), ANN ( 1704 - 1727 ), ‘ the Maid of Cefn Ydfa

MADOCKS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER ( 1773 - 1828 ), industrialist and philanthropist

MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1236 ) lord of Powys

MADOG ap GWALLTER , friar, a religious poet .

MADOG ap LLYWELYN , rebel of 1294 .

MADOG ap MAREDUDD (d. 1160 ), king of Powys ,

MADOG BENFRAS ( fl. c. 1320-1360 ), poet

MADOG DWYGRAIG ( fl. c. 1370 ), poet ,

MADOG FYCHAN ap MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1269 )

MADRYN family of Madryn ( Llŷn ).

MAELGWN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. after 1173 ),

MAELGWN ap RHYS ( c. 1170 - 1230 ), lord of Ceredigion ,

MAELGWN ap RHYS (d. 1295 ), rebel of 1294 ,

MAELGWN GWYNEDD (d. c. 547

MALKIN, BENJAMIN HEATH ( 1769 - 1842 ), antiquary and author

MALO (also known as Machu , Machutes , Maclovius and, in Welsh, MECHELL , saint ( fl. 6th cent. ).

MANSEL family, of Oxwich , Penrice , and Margam abbey, Glam.

MANSEL, BUSSY ( 1623 - 1699 ), of Briton Ferry, Glam. , parliamentary commander and Member of Parliament

MANSELL, FRANCIS ( 1579 - 1665 ), three times principal of Jesus College, Oxford

MANSEL,Sir ROBERT ( 1573 - 1656 ), admiral

MANSEL, WILLIAM LORT ( 1753 - 1820 ), Master of Trinity, and bishop

MANUEL, DAVID ( 1624? - 1726 ), poet ,

MAP ( MAHAP , MAPES ), WALTER ( 1140? - 1209? ), archdeacon

MARC, SIARL ( 1720 - 1795 ), of Tŷ-mawr , Bryncroes , Llŷn , Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and hymn-writer .

MARDY-JONES, THOMAS ISAAC ( 1879 - 1970 ), economist and politician

MAREDUDD ab OWAIN ab EDWIN (d. 1072 ), king of Deheubarth .

MAREDUDD ab OWAIN ap HYWEL DDA (d. 999 ), king of Deheubarth .

MAREDUDD ap CYNAN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1212 ) .

MAREDUDD ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYS ( 1130 or 1131 - 1155 ), prince of Deheubarth

MAREDUDD ap RHOSER ( fl. c. 1530 ), a poet

MAREDUDD ap RHYS GRYG (d. 1271 ) prince of Deheubarth

MARGED vch IFAN ’ ( Margaret Evans 1696 - 1801? ), a ‘character’ .

MARKS, DAVID ( 1788 - 1871 ), musician

MARSDEN, THOMAS ( 1802 - 1849 ), cleric and author

MARSHALfamily, earls of Pembroke , etc.

MARSH, RICHARD ( 1710? - 1792 ), bookseller and printer at Wrexham .

MARTIN,Sir RICHARD ( 1843 - 1922 ), industrialist and public man

MASON, RICHARD ( 1816? - 1881 ), printer and author Tenby

MATHEW family, of Llandaff , Radyr , and Castell y Mynach — all in Glamorgan .

MATHEW ap LLYWELYN GOCH ( fl. c. 1360-1400? ), poet .

MATHEWS, JOHN HOBSON ( Mab Cernyw 1858 - 1914 ), Roman Catholic historian, archivist and solicitor

MATHIAS family, of Llwyngwaren ( Llwyn Gwaring , Llangwaren , and other forms) and later also of Lamphey, Pembs.

MATHIAS, JOHN GORONWY ( Goronwy Ddu 1842 - 1895 ), Baptist minister and littérateur

MATHIAS, RONALD CAVILL ( 1912 - 1968 ), trade union leader

MATHEWS, ABRAHAM ( 1832 - 1899 ), Independent minister, colonist, and writer

MATTHEWS, EDWARD ( 1813 - 1892 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

MATTHEWS, JOHN ( 1773 - 1848 ), surveyor and public man

MATTHEWS, MARMADUKE ( 1606 - 1683? ), ejected minister

MATTHEWS, NORMAN GREGORY ( 1904 - 1964 ), chancellor

MAURICE and OWEN families, Clenennau , Penmorfa , Caernarvonshire , Glyn (Cywarch) , Merioneth , etc.

MAURICE, DAVID ( 1626 - 1702 ), cleric and translator

MAURICE, HENRY ( 1634 - 1682 ), Independent minister

MAURICE, HENRY ( 1647 - 1691 ), cleric and author

MAURICE, HUGH ( 1775 - 1825 ), skinner, and transcriber of Welsh MSS. ,

MAURICE, MATHIAS ( 1684 - 1738 ), Independent minister and writer

MAURICE, WILLIAM (d. 1680 ), antiquary and collector of manuscripts .

MAURICE,Sir WILLIAM ( 1542 - 1622 ), politician ,

McGRATH, MICHAEL JOSEPH ( 1882 - 1961 ), Archbishop of Cardiff

MEADOWS, JOSEPH KENNY ( 1790 - 1874 ) draughtsman

MEILYR BRYDYDD ( fl . c . 1100-1137 ), chief court-poet

MENDS, CHRISTOPHER ( 1724? - 1799 ). Methodist exhorter, afterwards Independent minister

MEREDITH, BENJAMIN ( 1700 - 1749 ), Baptist minister

MEREDITH,Sir JOHN ( 1714 - 1780 ), lawyer , of Brecon ,

MEREDITH, LEWIS ( Lewys Glyn Dyfi 1826 - 1891 ), preacher and writer

MEREDITH, RICHARD (d. 1597 ), bishop of Leighlin, Ireland

MEREDITH, ROBERT ( 1823 - 1893 ), printer of Welsh books and music in the U.S.A.

MEREDITH, THOMAS ( fl. 1747-1770 ), Methodist exhorter, and Antinomian .

MEREDITH, WILLIAM ( ‘BILLY’ 1874 - 1958 ), footballer

MEREDUDD ap RHYS ( fl. 1450-1485 ), gentleman, cleric, and poet .

MERFYN FRYCH (d. 844 ), king of Gwynedd

MERRETT,Sir HERBERT HENRY ( 1886 - 1959 ), industrialist

MERRICK, RICE ( RHYS MEURUG ) (d. 1586-7 ), a landed gentleman, genealogist, and historian

MEURIG ( fl. 1210 ), poet, and treasurer of Llandaff .

MEURIG ab IDWAL FOEL (d. 986 ),

MEURUG ab IORWERTH ( fl. c. 1320-1370 ), one of the last of the ‘Gogynfeirdd’ bards .

MEYLER, JAMES ( 1761 - 1825 ), minister (Congl.)

MEYRICK or MERRICK family, of Hascard , Fleet , and Bush, Pembs. , and Wigmore, Worcs.

MEYRICK family, Bodorgan , Anglesey .

MEYRICK, EDMUND ( 1636 - 1712 ), cleric and benefactor of education

MEYRICK,Sir SAMUEL RUSH ( 1783 - 1848 ), antiquary

MICHAEL, DAVID ( Dewi Afan 1842 - 1913 ) poet ,

MICHAELIONES, THOMAS ( THOMAS MICHAEL JONES 1880 - 1960 ), priest and owner of a gold mine

MICHAEL, JOHN HUGH ( 1878 - 1959 ), minister (Meth.), Professor in Methodist colleges in England and Canada, Biblical exegetist

MIDLETON ( MYDDELTON ), WILLIAM ( c. 1550 - c. 1600 ), poet, soldier, and sailor

MILES, JOHN ( 1621 - 1683 ), Particular Baptist leader

MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES ( 1801 - 1880 ), crystallographer

MILLINGCHAMP, BENJAMIN ( 1756 - 1829 ), naval chaplain and collector of Oriental manuscripts

MILLS, EDWARD ( 1802 - 1865 ), popularizer of astronomy

MILLS, HENRY ( 1757 - 1820 ), a pioneer in Welsh congregational singing

MILLS, JOHN ( Ieuan Glan Alarch 1812 - 1873 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, writer and musician

MILLS, RICHARD ( Rhydderch Hael 1809 - 1844 ), musician

MILLS-ROBERTS, ROBERT HERBERT ( 1862 - 1935 ), surgeon, and association football player

MILLS, SEBASTIAN BACH ( 1838 - 1898 , pianist

MORGAN , rebel of 1294 .

MORGAN family, of Tredegar Park, etc., Mon.

MORGAN family, of Llantarnam , Monmouthshire .

MORGAN, ABEL ( 1673 - 1722 ), Baptist minister ,

MORGAN, ALFRED PHILLIPS ( 1857 - 1942 ), musician

MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN (d. c. 1208 ), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Avan) in the honour of Glamorgan ,

MORGAN ap HUW LEWYS ( fl. c. 1550-1600 ), poet ,

MORGAN ap HYWEL ( fl. 1210-1248 ), Welsh lord of Gwynllwg or Caerleon

MORGAN,Sir CHARLES ( 1575? - 1643? ), soldier ,

MORGAN, CHARLES LANGBRIDGE (‘ Menander ’ 1894 - 1958 ), drama critic, novelist, playwright

MORGAN, CHARLES OCTAVIUS SWINNERTON ( 1803 - 1888 ), antiquary and local historian

MORGAN, DAFYDD SIENCYN ( 1752 - 1844 ), musician

MORGAN, DAVID ( 1779 - 1858 ), Independent minister and historian

MORGAN, DAVID ( 1814 - 1883 ), religious revivalist

MORGAN, DAVID JENKINS ( 1884 - 1949 ), teacher and agricultural officer

MORGAN, DAVID LLOYD ( 1823 - 1892 ), naval surgeon ,

MORGAN, DAVID THOMAS ( c. 1695 - 1746 ), Jacobite ,

MORGAN, EDWARD ( 1783 - 1869 ), Evangelical cleric and author

MORGAN, EDWARD ( 1817 - 1871 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

MORGAN, EDWARD (‘ E.T. ’ 1880 - 1949 ), rugby player

MORGAN ELFAEL ( fl. c. 1528-1541 ), poet .

MORGAN, ELUNED ( 1870 - 1938 ), writer

MORGAN, EVAN ( 1809 - 1853 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

MORGAN, EVAN ( Llew Madog 1846 - 1920 ), musician

MORGAN, EVAN EDWARD ( 1855 - 1927 ), antiquary

MORGAN, EVAN FREDERIC ( 1893 - 1949 ), , poet, artist, soldier, and statesman

MORGAN FYCHAN (d. 1288 ), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Afan) in the honour of Glamorgan ,

MORGAN GAM (d. 1241 ), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Afan) in the honour of Glamorgan ,

MORGAN, GEORGE CADOGAN ( 1754 - 1798 ), Arian minister and tutor, and scientist

MORGAN, GEORGE OSBORNE ( 1826 - 1897 ), politician

MORGAN, GRIFFITH (‘ Guto Nyth-brân ’ 1700 - 1737 ), a fabulous cross-country runner ,

MORGAN, GWENLLIAN ELIZABETH FANNY ( 1852 - 1939 ), antiquary

MORGAN, HECTOR DAVIES ( 1785 - 1850 ), cleric and theological writer ,

MORGAN HEN ab OWAIN (d. 975 ), king of Morgannwg ,

MORGAN, HENRY (d. 1559 ), bishop

MORGAN, HENRY ( 1635? - 1688 ), buccaneer .

MORGAN, HERBERT ( 1875 - 1946 ), minister (B), university lecturer, and director of extra-mural studies

MORGAN, IWAN JAMES ( 1904 - 1966 ), extra-mural tutor and politician

MORGAN, JENKIN (d. 1762 ), Independent minister .

MORGAN, JOHN (‘ John Morgan of Matchin ’, 1688? - 1734? ), cleric, scholar, and author

MORGAN alias YOUNG , JOHN (d. 1504 ), clerk of parliament, and bishop .

MORGAN, JOHN ( 1662 - 1701 ), cleric and author

MORGAN, JOHN ( 1743 - 1801 ), cleric ,

MORGAN, JOHN ( 1827 - 1903 ), cleric and author

MORGAN, JOHN ( 1886 - 1957 ), Archbishop of Wales

MORGAN, JOHN BICKERTON ( 1859 - 1894 ), geologist and conchologist

MORGAN, JOHN JAMES ( 1870 - 1954 ), minister (Presb.) and author

MORGAN, JOHN JENKYN (‘ Glanberach ’ 1875 - 1961 ) local historian and essayist

MORGAN, JOHN LLOYD ( 1861 - 1944 ), county court judge

MORGAN, JOHN RHYS ( Lleurwg 1822 - 1900 ), Baptist minister, lecturer, poet, and littérateur

MORGAN, MORGAN PARRY ( 1876 - 1964 ), minister of religion (CM) and powerful preacher

MORGAN MWYNFAWR ( fl. 730 ), ‘ the Benefactor ’, or MORGAN ab ATHRWYS , king of Morgannwg ,

MORGAN(N), MAURICE ( c. 1725 - 1802 ), Shakespearian commentator and political writer ,

MORGAN, OWEN ( Morien 1836? - 1921 ), journalist and miscellaneous writer ,

MORGAN-OWEN, LLEWELLYN ISAAC GETHIN ( 1879 - 1960 ), army administrator in India

MORGAN, PHILIP (d. 1435 ), bishop of Worcester (1419) and of Ely (1426) .

MORGAN, REES ( 1764 - 1847 ), Calvinistic Methodist preacher

MORGAN, RHYS ( c. 1700 - c. 1775 ), a poet

MORGAN, RICHARD ( 1743 - 1805 ) Independent minister

MORGAN, RICHARD ( 1854 - 1939 ), schoolmaster and naturalist

MORGAN, RICHARD HUMPHREYS ( 1850 - 1899 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and writer

MORGAN, RICHARD WILLIAMS ( Môr Meirion , c. 1815 - c. 1889 ), cleric and author

MORGAN, ROBERT ( 1608 - 1673 ), bishop of Bangor ,

MORGAN, ROBERT ( 1621 - 1710 ), Baptist minister ,

MORGAN,Sir THOMAS ( c. 1542 - 1595 ), soldier

MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1833 ), Wesleyan missionary and minister

MORGAN, THOMAS ( 1543 - c. 1605 ), Roman Catholic conspirator ,

MORGAN,Sir THOMAS ( 1604 - 1679 ), soldier

MORGAN, THOMAS ( 1720 - 1799 ), Independent minister

MORGAN, THOMAS ( 1737 - 1813 ), Unitarian minister

MORGAN, THOMAS ( 1769 - 1851 ), navy chaplain

MORGAN, THOMAS ( Afanwyson 1850 - 1939 ), Baptist minister, historian and littêrateur

MORGAN, THOMAS OWEN ( 1799 - 1878 ), barrister-at-law and author

MORGAN, THOMAS REES ( 1834 - 1897 ), mechanical engineer and manufacturer, and inventor

MORGAN, TREFOR RICHARD ( 1914 - 1970 ), company director

MORGAN, WALTER ( fl. 1695 ), author

MORGAN,Sir WALTER VAUGHAN ( 1831 - 1916 ), lord mayor of London

MORGAN,Sir WILLIAM (d. 1584 ), soldier of fortune

MORGAN, WILLIAM ([ c. 1545 ]- 1604 ), bishop, and translator of the Bible into Welsh

MORGAN, WILLIAM ( 1623 - 1689 ), Jesuit

MORGAN, WILLIAM ( 1750 - 1833 ), actuary

MORGAN, WILLIAM ( 1801 - 1872 ), Baptist minister

MORGAN, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Gelli-deg 1808 - 1878 ), poet

MORGAN, WILLIAM ( 1818 - 1884 ), Congregational minister and college tutor

MORGAN, WILLIAM (‘ Y Bardd ,’ 1819 - 1878 ), poet , etc.

MORGAN, WILLIAM (JOHN) ( Penfro 1846 - 1918 ), cleric, eisteddfodwr, and hymn-writer

MORRICE, JAMES CORNELIUS ( 1874 - 1953 ), priest and Welsh scholar

MORRIS, CALEB ( 1800 - 1865 ), Congregational minister

MORRIS, CAREY ( 1882 - 1968 ), artist

MORRIS,Sir DANIEL ( 1844 - 1933 ), botanist

MORRIS, DAVID ( Bardd Einion 1797? - 1868 ), poet

MORRIS, DAVID ( Eiddil Gwent c. 1798 - 1878 ), author

MORRIS, DAVID ( 1630 - 1703 ), Roman Catholic priest and informer

MORRIS, DAVID ( 1744 - 1791 ), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and hymn-writer

MORRIS, DAVID ( 1787 - 1858 ), Calvinistic Methodist preacher ,

MORRIS, DAVID WILLIAM ( Marmora 1823 - 1914 ), Baptist minister

MORRIS, EBENEZER ( 1769 - 1825 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

MORRIS, EBENEZER ( 1790 - 1867 ), cleric

MORRIS, EDWARD ([ 1607 ]- 1689 ) of Perthi Llwydion , Cerrig-y-drudion, Denbs. , poet and drover

MORRIS, EDWARD ROWLEY ( 1828 - 1893 ), antiquary

MORRIS, HAYDN ( 1891 - 1965 ), musician

MORRIS, JAMES ( 1853 - 1914 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

MORRIS, JOHN ( 1706 - 1740 ), sailor ,

MORRIS, JOHN ( 1813 - 1896 ), Independent college principal

MORRIS, JOHN EDWARD ( 1859 - 1933 ), schoolmaster and historian

MORRIS, JOHN RICHARD ( 1879 - 1970 ), bookseller, writer

MORRIS-JONES (formerly JONES ),Sir JOHN (MORRIS) ( 1864 - 1929 ), scholar, poet, and critic ,

MORRIS, LEWIS ( Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn 1701 - 1765 ), poet and scholar ,

MORRIS, LEWIS ( 1760 - 1855 ), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter

MORRIS,Sir LEWIS ( 1833 - 1907 ), poet and educationist

MORRIS, MORRIS ap RHISIART, or MORRIS PRICHARD ( 1674 - 1763 ),

MORRIS, PERCY ( 1893 - 1967 ), politician and trade unionist

MORRIS,Sir RHYS HOPKIN ( 1888 - 1956 ), politician, stipendiary magistrate, first director of the Welsh Region B.B.C.

MORRIS, RICHARD ( 1703 - 1779 ), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society

MORRIS, RICHARD ROBERTS ( 1852 - 1935 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet

MORRIS, ROBERT (d. 1768 ), industrialist

MORRIS, ROBERT DAVID ( 1871 - 1948 ), itinerant bookseller and author

MORRIS, ROBERT PRYS ( 1831? - 1890 ), local historian and antiquary; a writer in Welsh and English journals

MORRIS, ROGER , of Coed-y-talwrn , Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd ( fl. 1590 ), transcriber of manuscripts .

MORRIS, RUPERT HUGH ( 1843 - 1918 ), cleric and antiquary

MORRIS, SILAS ( 1862 - 1923 ), principal of the Baptist College, Bangor

MORRIS, THOMAS ( 1786 - 1846 ), Baptist minister

MORRIS, WILLIAM ( fl. 1829-1873? ), assistant to the Education Commissioners of 1846-7 .

MORRIS, WILLIAM ( c. 1812? - 1886 ), printer and publisher of books and periodicals of Anglican interest .

MORRIS, WILLIAM ( 1705 - 1763 ), botanist, antiquary, letter-writer

MORRIS, WILLIAM ( 1783 - 1861 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

MORRIS, WILLIAM ( Rhosynnog , 1843 - 1922 ), Baptist minister of Noddfa , Treorchy, Glam.

MORTIMER family, of Wigmore, Herefs.

MORTIMER, ROGER de ( 1256? - 1326 ), lord of Chirk

MORTIMER, ROGER de ( 1374 - 1398 ), sixth of that name, and

MORUS BERWYN ( fl. c. 1553-1615 ), poet

MORUS DWYFECH, or MORUS ap DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION ( fl. c. 1523-1590 ), a poet ,

MORUS GETHIN ( fl. c. 1525 ), poet .

MORUS MAWDDWY, or MORUS ap LLYWELYN ( fl. c. 1540-1570 ), a Merionethshire poet .

MORYS ap HYWEL (ap TUDUR) ( fl. c. 1530 ), a poet

MORYS, HUW ( Eos Ceiriog 1622 - 1709 ), poet ,

MOSES, ( 1822 - 1893 ), poet and schoolmaster

MOSES, EVAN ( 1726 - 1805 ), ‘of Trevecka ,’ a tailor

MOSES, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Tew o Lan Tâf , or Gwilym Tew , 1742 - 1824 ), poet

MOSTYN family of Mostyn Hall, Flints. , etc.

MOSTYN family of Talacre, Flints.

MOSTYN, AMBROSE ( 1610 - 1663 ), a Puritan preacher of aristocratic descent whom the pedigree-makers seem bent on keeping in obscurity

MUTTON,Sir PETER ( 1565 - 1637 ), judge and politician

MYDDELTON ( MYDDLETON , MIDDLETON ) , of Gwaenynog , Denbigh , Chirk , and Ruthin (Denbs.) , London , and Essex .

MYRDDIN-EVANS,Sir GUILDHAUME ( 1894 - 1964 ), civil servant

MYTTON, JOHN ( 1796 - 1834 ), sportsman and eccentric

MYTTON (or MITTON ), THOMAS ( 1608 - 1656 ), of Halston ( Oswestry ), parliamentary commander ,