Dictionary of Welsh Biography



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TALBOT family, of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle , Glam .

TALBOT, CHARLES ( 1685 - 1737 ), ( Glamorgan ) and lord chancellor

TALIESIN , a bard who sang in the second half of the 6th century ,

TANNER, PHILIP ( 1862 - 1950 ), folk singer

TATHAN ( Tathai , Lat. Tatheus ) , saint ( fl. 5th cent. ).

TAYLOR, HENRY ( 1845 - 1927 ), historian and antiquary

TEILO (sometimes called ELIUD ) , a Celtic saint of the 6th century

TELFORD, THOMAS ( 1757 - 1834 ), civil engineer ,

THELWALL family, Plas y Ward , Bathafarn , Plas Coch , and Llanbedr, Denbs.

THELWALL, JOHN ( 1764 - 1834 ), reformer, lecturer and poet

THICKENS, JOHN ( 1865 - 1952 ), minister (Presb.), historian and author

THIRLWALL, CONNOP ( 1797 - 1875 ), bishop of S. Davids

THODAY, DAVID ( 1883 - 1964 ), botanist, university professor

THOMAS family, of Coed Helen (or Alun) and Aber, Caerns.

THOMAS family, of Wenvoe, Glam.

THOMAS,Sir OWEN ( 1858 - 1923 ), agriculturist, soldier, and Member of Parliament

THOMAS, ALBAN (d. 1740? ), cleric, poet, and translator

THOMAS, ALFRED , baron Pontypridd ( 1840 - 1927 ), of Bronwydd , Cardiff

THOMAS ap RHODRI or THOMAS ROTHERY ( c. 1295 - 1363 ),

THOMAS, ARTHUR SIMON ( Anellydd 1865 - 1935 ), cleric and writer

THOMAS, BENJAMIN ( 1723 - 1790 ), Independent preacher and Methodist exhorter .

THOMAS, BENJAMIN ( Myfyr Emlyn 1836 - 1893 ), Baptist minister, poet, lecturer, and author

THOMAS BRWYNLLYS ( fl. c. 1580-1590 ), poet .

THOMAS,Sir DANIEL (LLEUFER) ( 1863 - 1940 ), stipendiary magistrate

THOMAS, DAVID (?- 1780? ), minister (Congl.) at Llanedi, Carms.

THOMAS, DAVID (d. 1735 ), poet .

THOMAS, DAVID ( 1739? - 1788 ), bone-setter

THOMAS, DAVID ( Dafydd Ddu Eryri 1759 - 1822 ), man of letters and poet

THOMAS, DAVID ( 1794 - 1882 ), pioneer of the iron industry in U.S.A.

THOMAS, DAVID ( 1813 - 1894 ), Congregational minister and Biblical commentator

THOMAS, DAVID ( Dewi Hefin 1828 - 1909 ), poet

THOMAS, DAVID ( 1880 - 1967 ), educationalist, author and pioneer of the Labour Party in north Wales

THOMAS, DAVID ALFRED ( 1856 - 1918 ), ,

THOMAS, DAVID EMLYN ( 1892 - 1954 ), politician and trade unionist

THOMAS, DAVID FFRANGCON ( 1910 - 1963 ), cellist

THOMAS, DAVID JOHN ( Afan 1881 - 1928 ), musician

THOMAS, DAVID RICHARD ( 1833 - 1916 ), cleric and historian

THOMAS, DAVID VAUGHAN ( 1873 - 1934 ), musician

THOMAS, DAVID WALTER ( 1829 - 1905 ), cleric

THOMAS DERLLYS ( fl. 15th cent. ), poet .

THOMAS, DYLAN MARLAIS ( 1914 - 1953 ), poet and prose writer

THOMAS, EBENEZER ( Eben Fardd 1802 - 1863 ), schoolmaster and poet

THOMAS, EDWARD ( Idriswyr 1847 - 1906 ), journalist .

THOMAS, EDWARD ( Cochfarf 1853 - 1912 )

THOMAS, EDWARD WILLIAM ( 1814 - 1892 ), musician

THOMAS, EVAN, or IFAN TOMOS RHYS ( c. 1710 - c. 1770 ), poet and boot-maker

THOMAS, EVAN (d. 1781 ), of Cwmhwylfod , Sarnau , near Bala , transcriber and owner of manuscripts .

THOMAS, EVAN ( Ieuan Fardd Ddu 1733 - 1814 ), printer and translator

THOMAS, EVAN ( Bardd Horeb 1795 - 1867 ), poet and tailor

THOMAS, EVAN LORIMER ( 1872 - 1953 ), priest and scholar

THOMAS, EVAN ROBERT ( 1891 - 1964 ), joiner and leader of the Welsh in Australia

THOMAS, EZEKIEL ( 1818 - 1893 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

THOMAS, FRANCIS ( Crythwr Dall o Geredigion 1726 - 1796 )

THOMAS, FREDERICK HALL ( Freddie Welsh 1886 - 1927 ), ex-light-weight boxing champion of the World

THOMAS, GEORGE ( c. 1791 - c. 1872 ), writer of mock-heroic and satiric verse dealing with events in Montgomeryshire

THOMAS, GEORGE ISAAC (‘ Arfryn ’ 1895 - 1941 ), musician and composer

THOMAS GRYTHOR ( 17th cent. ), poet .

THOMAS GWYNEDD ( fl. 16th cent. ), poet .

THOMAS, HENRY ( 1712 - 1802 ), Methodist exhorter and Independent minister

THOMAS, HENRY MORGAN STAFFORD ( 1896 - 1968 ), minister (Presb.) and poet

THOMAS, HUGH ( 1673 - 1720 ), herald and antiquary ,

THOMAS, HUGH EVAN ( Huwco Meirion 1830 - 1889 ), Independent minister

THOMAS, HUGH HAMSHAW ( 1885 - 1962 ), palaeobotanist

THOMAS, HUGH OWEN ( 1834 - 1891 ), orthopaedic surgeon

THOMAS, IDRIS ( 1889 - 1962 ), minister (B)

THOMAS, IFOR ( 1877 - 1918 ), geologist and inspector, of schools

THOMAS, IFOR OWEN ( 1892 - 1956 ), operatic tenor, photographer and artist

THOMAS, IORWERTH RHYS ( 1895 - 1966 ), politician

THOMAS, JAMES HENRY ( 1874 - 1949 ), politician and Labour leader

THOMAS, JAMES PURDON LEWES ( 1903 - 1960 ), , M.P.

THOMAS, JENKIN (‘ Siencyn Pen-hydd ’ 1746 - 1807 ), Methodist exhorter

THOMAS, JOHN ( fl. 1719 ), of Bodedern , poet .

THOMAS, JOHN ( fl. 1689-1710 ), early minister of the Tivy-side Independents

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1646? - 1695 ), cleric ,

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1691 - 1766 ), bishop of Salisbury .

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1730 - 1804? ), Congregational minister, and hymnist

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1736 - 1769 ), cleric and antiquary

THOMAS, JOHN ( Eos Gwynedd 1742 - 1818 ), poet

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1757 - 1835 ), Penfforddwen , poet , etc.

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1760 - 1849 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1763 - 1834 ), hymn-writer

THOMAS, JOHN ( Siôn Wyn o Eifion 1786 - 1859 ), poet

THOMAS, JOHN ( Ieuan Ddu 1795 - 1871 ), musician

THOMAS, JOHN ( Ifor Cwmgwys 1813 - 1866 ), poet

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1821 - 1892 ), Independent minister, politician, and historian

THOMAS, JOHN ( Pencerdd Gwalia 1826 - 1913 ), musician

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1839 - 1921 ), musician , generally known as ‘ John Thomas of Llanwrtyd ’

THOMAS, JOHN ( Eifionydd 1848 - 1922 ), founder and editor of Y Geninen

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1857 - 1944 ), minister (B) and author

THOMAS, JOHN ( 1886 - 1933 ), chemist

THOMAS, JOHN EVAN ( 1810 - 1873 ), sculptor

THOMAS, JOHN EVAN ( 1884 - 1941 ), teacher and writer

THOMAS, JOHN LUTHER ( 1881 - 1970 ), minister (Congl.)

THOMAS, JOHN ROWLAND ( 1881 - 1965 ), religious leader and prominent merchant

THOMAS, JOHN WILLIAM ( Arfonwyson 1805 - 1840 ), mathematician

THOMAS, JOSEPH ( 1814 - 1889 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

THOMAS, JOSEPH MORGAN ( LLOYD ) ( 1868 - 1955 ), minister (U) and Free Catholic, councillor and public figure

THOMAS, JOSEPH WILLIAM ( 1846 - 1914 ), chemist

THOMAS, JOSHUA (d. 1759? ), cleric and translator

THOMAS, JOSHUA ( 1718/19 - 1797 ), Baptist minister and historian

THOMAS, LAWRENCE ( 1889 - 1960 ), archdeacon

THOMAS, LEWIS (d. March 1704 ), one of the chief leaders of the Particular Baptists

THOMAS, LEWIS ( 1568 - 1619 ), cleric and author .

THOMAS, LEWIS ( 1832 - 1913 ), pioneer of coal-mining in Queensland , Australia

THOMAS, LEWIS ( 1877 - 1955 ), pioneer of the art of Cerdd Dant (the art of singing to harp accompaniment) in south Wales in the first half of the 20th century

THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN ( 1883 - 1970 ), missionary in India with the London Missionary Society

THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY (‘ Jane Ann Jones ’ 1908 - 1968 ), novelist

THOMAS, MARGARET ( 1779 - ? ), hymnwriter

THOMAS, MARGARET HAIG, VISCOUNTESS RHONDDA ( 1883 - 1958 ), author, editor and chairperson of companies

THOMAS, MESAC ( 1816 - 1892 ) colonial bishop

THOMAS, MICAH ( 1778 - 1853 ), Baptist minister and academy tutor

THOMAS, MORRIS ( 1874 - 1959 ), minister (Calvinistic Methodist), writer and historian

THOMAS, NATHANIEL (b. 1730 ), editor

THOMAS, NATHANIEL ( 1818 - 1888 ), Baptist minister at Tabernacle , Cardiff , etc.

THOMAS, NICHOLAS (d. 1741 ), printer and publisher , Carmarthen (and Hereford ).

THOMAS,Sir NOAH ( 1720 - 1792 ), medical man

THOMAS, OLIVER ( 1598 - 1653? ), Puritan cleric, and author .

THOMAS, OWEN ( 1812 - 1891 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

THOMAS PENLLYN (d. 1623 ), poet .

THOMAS,Sir PERCY EDWARD ( 1883 - 1969 ), architect and planning consultant

THOMAS, PERCY GORONWY ( 1875 - 1954 ), professor of English

THOMAS, (PHILIP) EDWARD ( 1878 - 1917 ), poet

THOMAS, RHYS ( 1720? - 1790 ), printer

THOMAS, RICHARD ( 1718 - 1807 ), the first Methodist exhorter from Anglesey

THOMAS, RICHARD ( 1753 - 1780 ), cleric, transcriber and collector of manuscripts, and genealogist

THOMAS, RICHARD ( 1838 - 1916 ), industrialist

THOMAS, RICHARD ( 1871 - 1950 ), minister (CM) and writer

THOMAS, ROBERT (d. 2 April 1692 ), Puritan preacher .

THOMAS, ROBERT (d. 1774 ), poet, and sexton

THOMAS, ROBERT ( 1796 - 1866 ), Calvinistic Methodist preacher; a ‘character’;

THOMAS, ROBERT ( Ap Vychan 1809 - 1880 ), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters

THOMAS, ROBERT DAVID ( Iorthryn Gwynedd 1817 - 1888 ), Independent minister

THOMAS, ROBERT JERMAIN ( 1840 - 1866 ), missionary pioneer of the London Missionary Society

THOMAS,Sir ROBERT JOHN ( 1873 - 1951 ), politician and shipowner

THOMAS,Sir ROGER ( 1886 - 1960 ), pioneer of modern agriculture in India

THOMAS, ROWLAND ( c. 1887 - 1959 ), newspaper proprietor

THOMAS, SAMPSON ( 1739 - 1807 ), one of the early Calvinistic Methodist exhorters in Pembrokeshire .

THOMAS, SAMUEL ( 1692 - 1766 ), Independent minister, and tutor of Carmarthen Academy

THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST ( 1850 - 1885 ), metallurgist and inventor

THOMAS, SIENCYN or JENKIN ( 1690 - 1762 ), boot-maker, Dissenting preacher, and poet

THOMAS, SIMON (d. 1743? ), Presbyterian minister and author

THOMAS TEIFI ( Thomas ab Einion fl. 16th cent. )

THOMAS, THOMAS ( 1776 - 1847 ), cleric and historian

THOMAS, THOMAS ( 1804 - 1877 ), cleric

THOMAS, THOMAS ( 1805 - 1881 ), Baptist minister and college principal

THOMAS, THOMAS ( 1839 - 1888 ), Wesleyan minister, and miscellaneous writer

THOMAS, THOMAS ( 1880 - 1911 ), first British middle-weight boxing champion

THOMAS, THOMAS EMLYN ( Taliesin Craig-y-felin 1822 - 1846 ), Unitarian minister, poet, and schoolmaster

THOMAS, THOMAS HENRY ( Arlunydd Penygarn 1839 - 1915 ), artist , etc.

THOMAS, THOMAS JACOB (‘ Sarnicol ’ 1873 - 1945 ), schoolmaster, writer and poet

THOMAS, THOMAS LLEWELYN ( 1840 - 1897 ), scholar, teacher and linguist

THOMAS, THOMAS MORGAN ( 1828 - 1884 ), missionary

THOMAS, TIMOTHY ( 1694 - 1751 ), cleric and scholar

THOMAS, TIMOTHY (‘ I ’) ( 1720 - 1768 ), of Maes-isaf , Pencarreg Baptist minister and author .

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( fl . c . 1685? — c . 1740? ), secretary to Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford

THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554 ), Italian scholar and clerk of the Privy Council to king Edward VI .

THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1671 ), of Llantrisant, Mon. , leader of the free-communion Baptists in the South of that county in Restoration times .

THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1813 ), Unitarian Baptist minister ,

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1613 - 1689 ), bishop

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1723 - 1811 ), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1727 - 1795 ), schoolmaster and diarist

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1734 - 1799 ), cleric and antiquary

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1749 - 1809 ), Independent minister, and publisher

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1790 - 1861 ), poet

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Mai 1807 - 1872 ), poet and printer

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( Islwyn 1832 - 1878 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1832 - 1911 ), Congregational minister

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Marles 1834 - 1879 ), Unitarian minister, social reformer, writer, and schoolmaster

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( Glanffrwd 1843 - 1890 ), cleric and author

THOMAS, WILLIAM ( 1891 - 1958 ), under-secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government

THOMAS, WILLIAM DAVIES ( 1889 - 1954 ), Professor of English

THOMAS,Sir WILLIAM JAMES ( 1867 - 1945 ), BARONET, coalowner, philanthropist

THOMAS, WILLIAM JENKYN ( 1870 - 1959 ), schoolmaster and author

THOMAS, WILLIAM (KEINION) ( 1856 - 1932 ), Congregational minister, and publicist

THOMAS, WILLIAM PHILLIP (‘ Gwilym Rhondda ’ 1861 - 1954 ), colliery official

THOMAS, WILLIAM THELWALL ( 1865 - 1927 ), surgeon

THOMAS, WILLIAM THEOPHILUS ( Gwilym Gwenffrwd 1824 - 1899 ), Congregational minister and poet

THOMAS, ZECHARIAS ( 1727 - 1816 ), Baptist minister

THOMPSON, DAVID ( 1770 - 1857 ), explorer in British North America

TIBBOTT family, Llanbryn-mair, Mont.

TILLEY, ALBERT ( 1896 - 1957 ), mace-bearer at Brecon cathedral and local historian

TOMAS ap IEUAN ap RHYS ( c. 1510 — c. 1560 ), writer of cwndidau (short religious songs or carols)

TOMKINS family, musicians .

TOMLEY, JOHN EDWARD ( 1874 - 1951 ), solicitor

TOUT, THOMAS FREDERICK ( 1855 - 1929 ), historian ,

TOY, HUMFREY (d. 1575 ), Carmarthen merchant .

TRAHAEARN ap CARADOG (d. 1081 ), king of Gwynedd .

TRAHAEARN BRYDYDD MAWR , a poet of the first half of the 14th cent.

TRAHERNE, JOHN MONTGOMERY ( 1788 - 1860 ), the most distinguished Glamorgan antiquary of his time

TRAINER, JAMES ( 1863 - 1915? ), Association footballer (the ‘prince of goalkeepers’) .

TREE, RONALD JAMES ( 1914 - 1970 ), priest and schoolmaster

TREFGARNE, GEORGE MORGAN, 1st BARON TREFGARNE of Cleddau (formerly GARRO-JONES, GEORGE MORGAN 1894 - 1960 ), barrister-at-law and politician

TREGELLES, SAMUEL PRIDEAUX ( 1813 - 1875 ), Biblical scholar and linguist

TREGONING, WILLIAM EDWARD CECIL ( 1871 - 1957 ), industrialist

TREHARNE, BRYCESON ( 1879 - 1948 ), musician ,

TREHARNE, REGINALD FRANCIS ( 1901 - 1967 ), Professor of history

TREHERNE (formerly THOMAS ), GEORGE GILBERT TREHERNE ( 1837 - 1923 ), antiquary ,

TREVITHICK, RICHARD ( 1771 - 1833 ), engineer

TREVOR family, of Trevalun, Denbs. , Plas Têg, Flints. , and Glynde , Sussex .

TREVOR family, of Brynkynallt, Denbs.

TREVOR,Sir CHARLES GERALD ( 1882 - 1959 ), inspector of forests

TREVOR, JOHN ( I ) (d. 1357 ), bishop of S. Asaph .

TREVOR, JOHN ( II ) , bishop of S. Asaph (d. 1410 ).

TREW, WILLIAM JOHN ( 1878 - 1926 ), Wales and Swansea rugby centre three-quarter

TRUBSHAW,Dame GWENDOLINE JOYCE ( 1887 - 1954 ), public administrator and social worker;

TRUEMAN, Sir ARTHUR ELIJAH ( 1894 - 1956 ), Professor of geology

TUCKER, JOSIAH ( 1712 - 1799 ), cleric and economist

TUDOR family of Penmynydd , Anglesey — later members.

TUDOR, EDMUND ( c. 1430 - 1456 ),

TUDOR, JASPER ( c. 1431 - 1495 ), earl of Pembroke ,

TUDOR, OWEN DAVIES ( 1818 - 1887 ), legal writer

TUDOR, STEPHEN OWEN ( 1893 - 1967 ), minister (Presb.) and author

TUDUR ALED ( fl. 1480-1526 ), poet

TUDUR PENLLYN ( c. 1420 — c. 1485-90 ), bard .

TURBERVILLE family of Crickhowell , Brecknock .

TURBERVILLE family of Coity, Glam.

TURBERVILLE, EDWARD ( c. 1648 - 1681 ), informer .

TURNER, EDWARD (‘ NED ’) ( 1792 - 1826 ), prize-fighter

TURNER, SHARON ( 1768 - 1847 ), solicitor and historian

TURNER, WILLIAM ( 1766 - 1853 ), a pioneer of the North Wales slate industry , etc.,

TURNOR, DAVID ( 1751? - 1799 ), cleric and agriculturist

TWISLETON, GEORGE ( 1618 - 1667 ), officer in the parliamentary army

TYDECHO , a 6th cent. Celtic saint ,

TYSILIO , a 7th cent. Celtic saint ,