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RADMILOVIC, PAUL ( 1886 - 1968 ), swimmer

RAFF ap ROBERT ( fl. 1550 of [ Cilgwyn ], Bachymbyd, Denbs. , ‘a free holder of Dyffryn Clwyd’ and a non-professional poet

RANDALL, HENRY JOHN ( 1877 - 1964 ), known generally by his many friends as Harry Randall , lawyer and historian

RANDLES, EDWARD ( 1763 - 1820 ), blind harpist and organist

RANDLES, ELIZABETH ( 1801? - 1829 ), harpist and pianist

RATHBONE, WILLIAM ( 1819 - 1902 ), philanthropist

RAVENSCROFT , a family associated with Hawarden parish, but hailing originally from Ravenscroft , Middlewich, Ches.

RECORDE, ROBERT (d. 1558 ), mathematician and physician

REDMOND, THOMAS ( 1745? - 1785 ), miniaturist

REES of Ton (and other places near Llandovery ), a family of which at least three members were people of some distinction.

REES, ABRAHAM ( 1743 - 1825 ), encyclopaedist

REES, BOWEN ( 1857 - 1929 ), missionary

REES, CALEB ( 1883 - 1970 ), inspector of schools and author

REES, DANIEL ( 1793 - 1857 ), cleric and hymnwriter

REES, DANIEL ( 1855 - 1931 ), journalist

REES, DAVID ( 1683? - 1748 ), Baptist minister and theological writer .

REES, DAVID ( 1751 - 1818 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

REES, DAVID ( 1801 - 1869 ), Congregational minister, and editor

REES, DAVID ( 1818 - 1904 ), ‘ Dr. Rees , Bronnant ’, a preacher with the Calvinistic Methodists in Cardiganshire

REES-DAVIES, IEUAN ( 1894 - 1967 ), musician and author

REES, EBENEZER ( 1848 - 1908 ), printer and publisher

REES, EDWARD WALTER (‘ Gwallter Dyfi ’ 1881 - 1940 ) bank manager and bearer of the Gorsedd sword

REES, EVAN ( Dyfed 1850 - 1923 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales

REES, GABRIEL ( 1757 - 1807 ), Baptist minister

REES, GEORGE (d. 1795 ), Baptist minister .

REES, GEORGE ( GEORGE REES HEYCOCK 1873 - 1950 ), poet and hymnwriter

REES, HENRY ( 1798 - 1869 ), the most famous minister among the Calvinistic Methodists in his day

REES, JAMES ( 1803 - 1880 ), printer and publisher

REES,Sir JAMES FREDERICK ( 1883 - 1967 ), Principal of the University College at Cardiff

REES, JOHN ( 1770 - 1833 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

REES, JOHN CONWAY ( 1870 - 1932 ), Rugby footballer

REES,Sir JOHN MILSOM ( 1866 - 1952 ), surgeon and laryngologist

REES, JOHN SEYMOUR ( 1887 - 1963 ), minister (Congl.) and author

REES, JOHN THOMAS ( 1857 - 1949 ), musician

REES, JONATHAN ( Nathan Wyn 1841 - 1905 ), poet, essayist, and eisteddfodwr

REES, JOSIAH ( 1744 - 1804 ), Unitarian minister

REES, LEWIS ( 1710 - 1800 ), Independent minister

REES, OWEN ( 1717 - 1268 ), Independent minister

REES, REES ARTHUR ( Rhys Dyfed 1837 - 1866 ), poet

REES, RICE ( 1804 - 1839 ), cleric and scholar

REES, RICHARD ( 1707 - 1749 ), Arminian Independent minister

REES, RICHARD JENKIN ( 1868 - 1963 ), minister (Presb.)

REES, ROBERT ( Eos Morlais 1841 - 1892 ), vocalist and musician

REES, ROBERT OLIVER ( 1819 - 1881 ), apothecary, publisher, and author

REES, SARAH JANE ( Cranogwen 1839 - 1916 ), schoolmistress, poet, editor, temperance advocate ,

REES, THOMAS (‘ Twm Carnábwth ’ 1806? - 1876 ), pugilist

REES, THOMAS ( 1815 - 1885 ), Independent minister, and historian

REES, THOMAS ( 1825 - 1908 ), minister (CM)

REES, THOMAS ( 1862 - 1951 ), breeder of Welsh cobs

REES, THOMAS ( 1869 - 1926 ), principal of Bala-Bangor Independent College

REES, THOMAS JAMES ( 1875 - 1957 ), director of education

REES, THOMAS MARDY ( 1871 - 1953 ), Independent minister, historian and author

REES, THOMAS WYNFORD (‘ Dagger ’ 1898 - 1959 ), major-general

REES, TIMOTHY ( 1874 - 1939 ), bishop of Llandaff ,

REES, WALTER ENOCH ( 1863 - 1949 ), contractor and long-standing secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union

REES, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Hiraethog 1802 - 1883 ), Independent minister, writer editor, and political leader

REES, WILLIAM ( 1808 - 1873 ), printer and publisher

REES, WILLIAM HOPKYN ( 1859 - 1924 ), missionary, linguist, author

REES, WILLIAM JENKINS ( 1772 - 1855 ), cleric and antiquary

REES, WILLIAM THOMAS ( Alaw Ddu 1838 - 1904 ), musician

REICHEL,Sir HARRY ( HENRY RUDOLF ) ( 1856 - 1931 ), first principal of University College, Bangor

RELLY .

RENDEL, STUART ( 1834 - 1913 ), , industrialist, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist

REYNOLDS, JOHN ( fl. 1739 ), antiquary

REYNOLDS, JOHN ( 1759 - 1824 ), Baptist minister

REYNOLDS, JONATHAN OWAIN ( Nathan Dyfed , 1814 - 1891 ), author

RHIRID FLAIDD ( fl. 1160 ) .

RHISIART FYNGLWYD , poet , fl. 1510-1570 ,

RHISIART OWEN (ap RHISIART) , of Y Lasynys , Merioneth ( fl. c. 1622 ), poet .

RHISIERDYN , a Gwynedd poet of the latter half of the 14th cent.

RHIWALLON ap CYNFYN (d. 1070 ), king of Powys

RHOBERT AP DAFYDD LLWYD ( fl. c. 1550-1590 ), a poet

RHODRI ab OWAIN (d. 1195 ), a prince of Gwynedd

RHODRI ap GRUFFYDD (d. c. 1315 ), prince of Gwynedd

RHODRI MAWR (‘ the Great ’) (d. 877 ), king of Gwynedd, Powys, and Deheubarth

RHODRI MOLWYNOG (d. 754 ), king of Gwynedd

RHUN ap MAELGWN GWYNEDD ( fl. 550 ) .

RHYDDERCH HAEL (or HEN) ,

RHYGYFARCH ( RICEMARCHUS 1056/7 - 1099 ).

RHYS ab OWAIN ab EDWIN (d. 1078 ), king of Deheubarth

RHYS ap GRUFFYDD or ‘ Syr RHYS ’ (d. 1356 ) ,

RHYS ap GRUFFYDD ( 1132 - 1197 ), lord of Deheubarth , known in history as ‘ ’ (‘ ’),

RHYS ap HARRI o EUAS ( fl. mid-16th cent.? ), poet .

RHYS ap MAREDUDD (d. 1291 ), lord of Dryslwyn in Ystrad Tywi ,

RHYS ap TEWDWR (d. 1093 ), king of Deheubarth

RHYS ap THOMAS,Sir ( 1449 - 1525 ), the chief Welsh supporter of Henry VII ,

RHYS BRYCHAN ( c. 1500 ), poet .

RHYS CAIN (d. 1614 ), a herald bard .

RHYS , DAVID , THOMAS , and MARY , rhymesters and minstrels , of Llanbryn-mair , were brothers and sister.

RHYS DEGANWY ( fl. c. 1480 ), a poet

RHYS, EDWARD PROSSER ( 1901 - 1945 ), journalist, poet and publisher

RHYS, ERNEST (PERCIVAL) ( 1859 - 1946 ), poet, author, and editor

RHYS FARDD ( Y Bardd Bach , or Bardd Cwsg ) ( fl. c. 1460-1480 ), a vaticinatory poet ,

RHYS GOCH ERYRI ( fl . early 15th cent. ), poet , of Beddgelert .

RHYS GOCH GLYNDYFRDWY ( fl. c. 1460 ), poet .

RHYS GOGH ap RHICCERT .

RHYS GRYG (‘ Rhys the Hoarse ,’ d. 1234 ), prince he is also called ‘ Rhys Fychan ’,

RHYS, HYWEL ( 1715? - 1799 ), poet , of the parish of Vaynor , Brecknock .

RHYS, IFAN THOMAS ( fl. mid-18th cent. ), poet

RHYS,Sir JOHN ( 1840 - 1915 ), Celtic scholar

RHYS, JOHN DAVID (or ‘ Siôn Dafydd Rhys ’, and in his own day ‘ John Davies ’ only 1534 - 1609? ), physician and grammarian

RHYS, MORGAN ( 1716 - 1779 ), circulating schoolmaster, and hymn-writer

RHYS, MORGAN JOHN ( Morgan ab Ioan Rhus 1760 - 1804 ), Baptist minister, and author

RHYS NANMOR ( fl. 1480-1513 ), poet ), a native of Merioneth (though Nanmor is now in Caernarvonshire .

RHYS PENNARDD ( fl. c. 1480 ), a poet

RHYS, WALTER FITZURYAN , ( 1873 - 1956 )

RHYS, WILLIAM JOSEPH ( 1880 - 1967 ), minister (B) and author

RHYS-WILLIAMS,Sir RHYS ( 1865 - 1955 ), first Baronet created 1918, and a judge

RHYS WYN ap CADWALADR ( fl. c. 1600 ), of Giler , Ysbyty Ifan, Denbs. , poet

RICE family, of Newton and Dynevor, Carms.

RICE, OWEN ( 1719 - 1788 )

RICHARD ap JOHN of Scorlegan , Llangynhafal, Denbs. ( fl. 1578-1611 ) gentleman, poet, patron of bards, and copyist .

RICHARD, EBENEZER ( 1781 - 1837 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

RICHARD, EDWARD ( 1714 - 1777 ), schoolmaster, scholar, and poet

RICHARD, HENRY ( 1812 - 1888 ), politician

RICHARD, JOHN ( fl. 1743-1784 ), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and hymn-writer ,

RICHARDS family of Coed , and HUMPHREYS family of Caerynwch , near Dolgelley, Mer.

RICHARDS, DAVID ( Dafydd Ionawr 1751 - 1827 ), schoolmaster and poet

RICHARDS, DAVID ( 1822 - 1900 ), musician

RICHARDS, DAVID MORGAN ( 1853 - 1913 ), journalist and eisteddfodwr

RICHARDS, DAVID THOMAS GLYNDWR ( 1879 - 1956 ), Independent minister and principal of Coleg Myrddin, Carmarthen

RICHARDS, FREDERICK CHARLES ( 1878 - 1932 ), artist

RICHARDS, HENRY BRINLEY ( 1819 - 1885 ), musician

RICHARDS, JEDEDIAH ( 1784? - 1838 ), hymnist and itinerant bookseller

RICHARDS, JOHN ( fl. 1778-1808 ), Baptist minister .

RICHARD(S), JOHN ( 1720 - 1764 ), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and poet

RICHARDS, JOHN ( Iocyn Ddu 1795 - 1864 )

RICHARDS, JOHN ( Isalaw 1843 - 1901 ), musician

RICHARDSON, EVAN ( 1759 - 1824 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and schoolmaster

RICHARDS, ROBERT ( 1884 - 1954 ), historian and politician

RICHARDS, THOMAS ( 1687? - 1760 ), cleric and author .

RICHARDS, THOMAS ( 1710 - 1790 ), cleric and lexicographer .

RICHARDS, THOMAS ( 1754 - 1837 ), cleric

RICHARDS, THOMAS ( 1800 - 1877 ), Australian journalist

RICHARDS, THOMAS ( 1859 - 1931 ), Member of Parliament and secretary of the South Wales Miners Federation

RICHARDS, THOMAS ( 1878 - 1962 ), librarian and historian

RICHARDS, WILLIAM ( 1749 - 1818 ), General Baptist minister, theological and political controversialist, and antiquary

RICHARD, THOMAS ( 1783 - 1856 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

RICHARD, TIMOTHY ( 1845 - 1919 ), ‘one of the greatest missionaries whom any branch of the Church has ever sent to China .’

ROBERT ‘ OF GLOUCESTER ’ ( fl. 1099-1147 ) ,

ROBERT (ab) IFAN, or ROBERT IFANS ( fl. c. 1572-1603 ), poet ,

ROBERT ap HARRY ( c. 1580 ), poet .

ROBERT, GRUFFYDD ( c. 1522 - c. 1610 ), priest, grammarian, and poet .

ROBERT (ROBIN) DYFI , a poet who flourished c. 1620 .

ROBERTS family, of Mynydd-y-gof , Bodedern , Anglesey .

ROBERTS, ABSALOM ( 1780? - 1864 ), poet and collector of penillion telyn

ROBERTS, ARTHUR BRYN ( 1897 - 1964 ), trade unionist

ROBERTS, BARTHOLOMEW [originally JOHN ] ( 1682? - 1722 ), pirate

ROBERTS, CADWALADR (d. 1708/9 ), poet ,

ROBERTS, CARADOG ( 1878 - 1935 ), musician

ROBERTS, DAFYDD ( 1892 - 1965 ), chairman of Capel Celyn Defence Committee

ROBERTS, DAVID ( Dewi Ogwen 1818 - 1897 ), Independent minister

ROBERTS, DAVID ( Alawydd 1820 - 1872 ), quarryman and musician

ROBERTS, DAVID ( Dewi Havhesp 1831 - 1884 ), poet

ROBERTS, DAVID (‘ Telynor Mawddwy ’ 1875 - 1956 ), harpist, singer and author of handbooks on penillion singing

ROBERTS, DAVID FRANCIS ( 1882 - 1945 ), minister (CM) and author

ROBERTS, DAVID JOHN (‘ Dewi Mai o Feirion ’ 1883 - 1956 ), journalist, folk poet, tutor and setter of cerdd dant

ROBERTS, DAVID OWEN ( 1888 - 1958 ), educationalist ,

ROBERTS, EDWARD ( fl. end of 18th cent. ), editor ,

ROBERTS, EDWARD ( 1816 - 1887 ), Congregational minister

ROBERTS, EDWARD ( Iorwerth Glan Aled 1819 - 1867 ), poet and writer

ROBERTS, EDWARD STANTON 1878 - 1938 ), schoolteacher and scholar

ROBERTS, ELEAZAR ( 1825 - 1912 ), musician

ROBERTS, ELIS (d. 1789 ), cooper, ballad-writer, and composer of interludes

ROBERTS, ELLIS ( Elis Wyn o Wyrfai 1827 - 1895 ) his father, MORRIS R OBERTS ( Eos Llyfnwy ) and his grandfather, ROBERT MORRIS ( Robin Ddu Eifionydd ).

ROBERTS, EMMANUEL BERWYN ( 1869 - 1951 ), minister (Meth.)

ROBERTS,Sir ERNEST HANDFORTH GOODMAN ( 1890 - 1969 ), judge

ROBERTS, EVAN (d. 1650 ), early Puritan .

ROBERTS, EVAN ( 1718 - 1804 ), trustee of the Trevecka ‘Family,’ a lead-miner from Minera, Denbs. ,

ROBERTS, EVAN JOHN ( 1878 - 1951 ), ‘ Y ( the Revivalist )’

ROBERTS, GEORGE ( 1769 - 1853 ), settler and Independent minister in U.S.A.

ROBERTS,Sir GEORGE FOSSETT ( 1870 - 1954 ), soldier, politician and administrator

ROBERTS, GLYN ( 1904 - 1962 ), historian and administrator

ROBERTS, GRIFFITH ( 1735 - 1808 ), physician at Dolgelley, antiquary, and collector of manuscripts

ROBERTS, GRIFFITH ( Gwrtheyrn 1846 - 1915 ), littérateur

ROBERTS, GRIFFITH JOHN ( 1912 - 1969 ), priest and poet

ROBERTS, HOWELL (‘ Hywel Tudur ’ 1840 - 1922 ), poet, preacher and inventor

ROBERTS, HUGH ( 1644? - 1702 ), Quaker

ROBERTS, HUGH GORDON ( 1885 - 1961 ), surgeon and missionary

ROBERTS, HUW (‘ Syr Huw Roberts ’ or ‘ Huw Roberts Len ’) ( fl. c. 1555-1619 ), poet, author, and cleric .

ROBERTS, ISAAC ( 1829 - 1904 ), astronomer

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1576 - 1610 ), Benedictine monk and martyr

ROBERTS, JOHN ( Siôn Robert Lewis 1731 - 1806 ), author, almanack-maker, and hymn-writer

ROBERTS, JOHN ( Siôn Lleyn 1749 - 1817 ), poet, schoolmaster, and religious pioneer

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1753 - 1834 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1767 - 1834 ), Independent minister and theologian

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1775 - 1829 ), cleric and author

ROBERTS, JOHN (‘ J.R. ’ 1804 - 1884 ), Independent minister and author

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1806 - 1879 ), musician

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1807 - 1876 ) musician

ROBERTS, JOHN ( Minimus 1808 - 1880 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

ROBERTS, JOHN ( Alaw Elwy , also called ‘ Telynor Cymru ’ 1816 - 1894 ), harpist

ROBERTS, JOHN ( Ieuan Gwyllt 1822 - 1877 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and musician

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1823 - 1893 ), billiards player

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1842 - 1908 ), Calvinistic Methodist missionary

ROBERTS, JOHN ( 1879 - 1959 ), minister (Presb.) and historian

ROBERTS, JOHN ASKEW ( 1826 - 1884 ), antiquary, journalist, and author

ROBERTS, JOHN BRYN ( 1848 - 1931 ), lawyer and politician ,

ROBERTS, JOHN HENRY ( Pencerdd Gwynedd 1848 - 1924 ), musician

ROBERTS, JOHN HERBERT, BARON CLWYD of ABERGELE ( 1863 - 1955 ), politician

ROBERTS, JOHN IORWERTH ( 1902 - 1970 ), schoolmaster and secretary of Llangollen International Eisteddfod ,

ROBERTS, JOHN JOHN ( Iolo Caernarfon 1840 - 1914 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and prose-writer

ROBERTS, JOHN PRICE ( 1854 - 1905 ), Wesleyan minister and author

ROBERTS, LEWIS ( 1596 - 1640 ), merchant and writer on economics , a Beaumaris man.

ROBERTS, LEWIS ( Eos Twrog 1756 - 1844 ), musician and weaver

ROBERTS, LEWIS JONES ( 1866 - 1931 ), inspector of schools, and musician

ROBERTS, MICHAEL (d. 1679 ), principal of Jesus College, Oxford

ROBERTS, MICHAEL ( 1780 - 1849 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister ,

ROBERTS, MORRIS ( Morris ap Robert d. c. 1723 ), poet, and carpenter

ROBERTS, MORRIS ( 1799 - 1878 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and later Independent minister

ROBERTSON, EDWARD ( 1880 - 1964 ), professor, linguist, and librarian

ROBERTSON, HENRY ( 1816 - 1888 ), civil engineer and railway pioneer

ROBERTS, OWEN MADOC ( 1867 - 1948 ), minister (Meth.)

ROBERTS, OWEN OWEN ( 1793 - 1866 ), physician and social reformer

ROBERTS, OWEN OWENS ( 1847 - 1926 ), schoolmaster and choral conductor

ROBERTS, PETER ( fl. 1578-1646 ), attorney and chronicler

ROBERTS, PETER ( 1760 - 1819 ), cleric, Biblical scholar and antiquary

ROBERTS, RICHARD ( 1789 - 1864 ), inventor

ROBERTS, RICHARD ( 1796 - 1855 ), harpist

ROBERTS, RICHARD ( Gruffydd Rhisiart 1810 - 1883 ), writer and Independent preacher

ROBERTS, RICHARD ( Bardd Treflys 1818 - 1876 ), poet

ROBERTS, RICHARD ( 1823 - 1909 ), Wesleyan minister

ROBERTS, RICHARD ( GWYLFA ) ( 1871 - 1935 ), Congregational minister, poet and prose-writer

ROBERTS, RICHARD ( 1874 - 1945 ), preacher, theologian and author

ROBERTS, RICHARD ARTHUR ( 1851 - 1943 ), archivist and editor

ROBERTS, ROBERT ( 1680 - 1741 ), cleric

ROBERTS, ROBERT ( 1762 - 1802 ), Calvinistic Methodist preacher

ROBERTS, ROBERT ( 1774 - 1849 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymnist

ROBERTS, ROBERT ( 1777 - 1836 ), almanack-maker and printer

ROBERTS, ROBERT ( 1800 - 1878 ), schoolmaster and Calvinistic Methodist minister

ROBERTS, ROBERT ( 1834 - 1885 ), cleric and scholar

ROBERTS, ROBERT ( 1840 - 1871 ), musician ,

ROBERTS, ROBERT (‘ Bob Tai'r Felin ’ 1870 - 1951 ), folk singer

ROBERTS, ROBERT ALUN ( 1894 - 1969 ), Professor of Agricultural Botany at University College, Bangor, and a naturalist

ROBERTS, ROBERT DAVID ( 1820 - 1893 ), Baptist minister

ROBERTS, ROBERT DAVIES ( 1851 - 1911 ), pioneer in adult education (and scientist)

ROBERTS, ROBERT ELLIS VAUGHAN ( 1888 - 1962 ), headmaster and naturalist

ROBERTS, ROBERT GRIFFITH ( 1866 - 1930 ), Baptist minister, and writer

ROBERTS, ROBERT HENRY ( 1838 - 1900 ), Baptist minister and principal of Regent's Park College, London

ROBERTS, ROBERT MEIRION ( 1906 - 1967 ), minister (Presb. C. of Wales and Presb. C. of Scotland), philosopher and poet

ROBERTS, ROBERT (SILYN) ( Rhosyr 1871 - 1930 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, social reformer, tutor

ROBERTS, SAMUEL (‘ S.R. ’ 1800 - 1885 ), Independent minister, editor, Radical reformer

ROBERTS, THOMAS (d. c. 1775 ), the first Baptist convert in Anglesey .

ROBERTS, THOMAS ( 1765-6 - 1841 ), of Llwyn'rhudol , pamphleteer .

ROBERTS, THOMAS ( 1735 - 1804 ), member of the ‘Trevecka Family’

ROBERTS, THOMAS ( 1760 - 1811 ), the first printer at Caernarvon

ROBERTS, THOMAS ( Scorpion 1816 - 1887 ), Independent minister

ROBERTS, THOMAS ( 1835 - 1899 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

ROBERTS, THOMAS ( 1884 - 1960 ), educationalist and scholar

ROBERTS, THOMAS FRANCIS ( 1860 - 1919 ), principal, University College, Aberystwyth

ROBERTS, THOMAS OSBORNE ( 1879 - 1948 ), musician

ROBERTS, THOMAS ROWLAND ( Asaph 1857? - 1940 ), biographer

ROBERTS, WILLIAM (‘ Wil Brych ’ ( fl. c. 1825 ), an ostler and musician ,

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( fl. 1745 ), poet and writer of interludes

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( 1585 - 1665 ), bishop of Bangor

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( 1773 - 1857 ), minister (Presb.)

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( 1784 - 1864 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( 1809 - 1887 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor, and author

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( Nefydd 1813 - 1872 ), Baptist minister, printer, author, eisteddfodwr, South Wales representative of the British and Foreign Schools Society , etc.

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( 1828 - 1872 ), Congregational college tutor

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Eryri 1844 - 1895? ), poet and editor

ROBERTS, WILLIAM CHARLES ( 1832 - 1903 ), Presbyterian minister, principal of colleges, and author

ROBERTS, WILLIAM JOHN ( Gwilym Cowlyd 1827 - 1904 ), poet, printer, bookseller, bibliophile, and eccentric

ROBERTS, WILLIAM MORGAN ( 1853 - 1923 ), musician

ROBERTS, WILLIAM RHYS ( 1858 - 1929 ), professor of Greek

ROBIN CLIDRO ( fl. 1580 ), itinerant minstrel ,

ROBIN DDU ( fl. c. 1450 ), poet , also referred to as ‘ Robin Ddu ap Siencyn Bledrydd of Anglesey .’

ROBINSON family, of Conway, Caerns. , Monachdy , Anglesey , and Gwersyllt, Denbs.

ROBINSON, GILBERT WOODING ( 1888 - 1950 ), professor of Agricultural Chemistry, world authority on soils

ROBINSON, THEODORE HENRY ( 1881 - 1964 ), professor, scholar and author

ROCH, WALTER FRANCIS ( 1880 - 1965 ), politician and landowner

ROCYN-JONES,Sir DAVID THOMAS ( 1862 - 1953 ), medical officer of health and a public figure

RODERICK, DAVID ( 1746 - 1830 ), cleric and schoolmaster

RODERICK, JOHN ( JOHN orSION RHYDDERCH ) ( 1673 - 1735 ), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr .

ROGERS, DAVID ( 1783 - 1824 ), Wesleyan minister and author

ROGERS, JOHN (d. 1738 ), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury

ROGERS, RICHARD SAMUEL ( 1882 - 1950 ), minister (B), editor and writer

ROGERS, ROLAND ( 1847 - 1927 ), musician

ROGER ‘of CONWAY’ (d. 1360 ), Franciscan friar

ROOSE, LEIGH RICHMOND ( 1877 - 1917 ), Association football player ,

ROOS, WILLIAM ( 1808 - 1878 ), portrait painter and engraver ,

ROSS, JOHN ( 1729? - 1807 ), printer and publisher at Carmarthen .

ROWLAND, DANIEL ( 1713 - 1790 ), Methodist cleric

ROWLAND, DAVID (‘ Dafydd Rolant ’ 1795 - 1862 ), an eccentric Calvinistic Methodist minister

ROWLAND, ELLIS ( c. 1650 - c. 1730 ), ‘ Ellis Rowland o Harlech ’, bard .

ROWLAND, HENRY ( 1551 - 1616 ), bishop of Bangor

ROWLAND, JOHN ( fl. 1760-1764 , printer at Bodedern , Anglesey , and Bala, Mer.

ROWLAND, JOHN ( 1816? - 1888 ), Unitarian writer .

ROWLAND,Sir JOHN ( 1877 - 1941 ), civil servant

ROWLAND, NATHANIEL ( 1749 - 1831 ), Methodist cleric

ROWLAND (or ROULAND), DAVID , ‘of Anglesey ’ ( fl. 16th cent. ), translator , etc.

ROWLAND, ROBERT DAVID (‘ Anthropos ’ ?1853 - 1944 ), minister (CM), poet and writer

ROWLANDS,Sir ARCHIBALD ( 1892 - 1953 ), administrator

ROWLAND(S), BENJAMIN ( fl. 1722-1763 ), Methodist exhorter

ROWLANDS, DANIEL ( 1827 - 1917 ), principal of the Normal College, Bangor

ROWLAND(S), DAVID ( Dewi Brefi 1782 - 1820 ), cleric

ROWLANDS, DAVID ( Dewi Môn 1836 - 1907 ), Congregational minister and college principal

ROWLANDS, EDWARD DAVID ( 1880 - 1969 ), schoolmaster and author

ROWLAND(S), ELLIS ( 1621 - 1691 ), early nonconformist

ROWLANDS, GRIFFITH ( 1761 - 1828 ), surgeon

ROWLANDS, HENRY ( 1655 - 1723 ), antiquary

ROWLANDS, HENRY ( Harri Myllin 1832 - 1903 ), writer and antiquary

ROWLANDS,Sir HUGH ( 1828 - 1909 ), general, and the first Welshman to be awarded the Victoria Cross

ROWLANDS, JANE HELEN (‘ Helen o Fôn ’ 1891 - 1955 ), linguist, teacher and missionary (with the CM)

ROWLAND(S), JOHN ( Giraldus 1824 - 1891 ), antiquary , a native of Llandybïe, Carms.

ROWLANDS, ROBERT JOHN (‘ Meuryn ’ 1880 - 1967 ), journalist, writer, poet, lecturer, preacher

ROWLANDS, ROBERT PUGH ( 1874 - 1933 ), chief surgeon of Guy's Hospital

ROWLANDS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Lleyn 1802 - 1865 ), Wesleyan minister, and bibliographer

ROWLANDS, WILLIAM ( 1807 - 1866 ), author, editor, minister, and principal founder of the Calvinistic Methodist connexion in the U.S.A.

ROWLAND, THOMAS ( 1824 - 1884 ), cleric and grammarian

ROWLEY, HAROLD HENRY ( 1890 - 1969 ), professor, scholar and author

RUMSEY, WALTER ( 1584 - 1660 ), judge

RUSSON,Sir WILLIAM CLAYTON ( 1895 - 1968 ), industrialist