The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMES, RICE PRYCE BUCKLEY ( 1802 - 1871 ), an official in the Board of Control, London, and principal founder of The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine

WILLIAM, LODWICK ( fl. 1689? ), writer of interludes ,

WILLIAMS family, of Cochwillan .

WILLIAMS family, of Aberpergwm , Vale of Neath .

WILLIAMS family, of Bron Eryri , later called Castell Deudraeth, Mer.

WILLIAMS families, of Gwernyfed , in the parish of Glasbury , Brecknock

WILLIAMS family, of Marl , near Conway ,

WILLIAMS, ABRAHAM ( 1720 - 1783 ), Independent minister

WILLIAMS, ABRAHAM ( Bardd Du Eryri 1755 - 1828 )

WILLIAMS, ALICE MATILDA LANGLAND ( 1867 - 1950 ), otherwise Alys Mallt , but more generally known as Y Fonesig Mallt Williams , author and celtophile

WILLIAMS, ALUN OGWEN ( 1904 - 1970 ), eisteddfod administrator and supporter

WILLIAMS, ANNA ( 1706 - 1783 ), author ,

WILLIAMS, ARTHUR WYNN ( 1819 - 1886 ), physician and antiquary

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN ( Gwynionydd 1821 - 1891 ), cleric and author

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN HAYDN ( 1902 - 1965 ), education officer

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN MORRIS ( 1832 - 1903 ), musician

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN THOMAS ( 1832 - 1890 ), barrister and educationist

WILLIAMS, CHARLES ( 180[7]? - 1877 ), principal of Jesus College, Oxford

WILLIAMS, CHARLES ( 1633 - 1720 ), benefactor of his native town , Caerleon-on-Usk .

WILLIAMS,Sir CHARLES HANBURY ( 1708 - 1759 ), satirical writer and diplomatist

WILLIAMS,Sir CHARLES JAMES WATKIN ( 1828 - 1884 ), Member of Parliament, judge

WILLIAMS, CHRISTMAS PRICE ( 1881 - 1965 ), politician and engineer

WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER DAVID ( 1873 - 1934 ), R.B.A. , artist

WILLIAMS, DAFYDD RHYS ( Index 1851 - 1931 ), author and journalist

WILLIAMS, DANIEL ( 1643? - 1716 ), Presbyterian divine, and benefactor to Nonconformity

WILLIAMS, DANIEL ( 1878 - 1968 ), minister (Meth.) and author

WILLIAMS, DANIEL HOWELL ( 1894 - 1963 ), aerodynamicist

WILLIAMS, DANIEL JENKINS ( 1874 - 1952 ), minister (MC/Presb.) and official historian of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America

WILLIAMS, DANIEL POWELL (‘ Pastor Dan ’ 1882 - 1947 ), founder and first president of the Apostolic Church ,

WILLIAMS, DANIEL THOMAS ( Tydfylyn 1820 - 1876 ), Congregational minister, poet, and musician

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( 1793? - 1845 ), author

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( 1702 - 1779 ), early Welsh Moravian

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( 1709 - 1784 ), Independent minister

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( 1717 - 1792 ), Methodist exhorter, afterwards Independent minister

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( 1738 - 1816 ), littérateur and political pamphleteer

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( 1779 - 1874 ), Congregational minister

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( Iwan 1796 - 1823 ), Baptist minister

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( Alaw Goch 1809 - 1863 ), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr

WILLIAMS, DAVID ( 1877 - 1927 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and college tutor

WILLIAMS, DAVID CHRISTMAS ( 1871 - 1926 ), musician

WILLIAMS, DAVID DAVID ( 1862 - 1938 ), minister (Presb.) and author

WILLIAMS, DAVID JAMES ( 1870 - 1951 ), schoolmaster

WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN ( 1885 - 1970 ), writer

WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN ( 1886 - 1950 ), schoolmaster and author

WILLIAMS, DAVID LLEWELYN ( 1870 - 1949 ), surgeon

WILLIAMS, DAVID MATTHEW (‘ Ieuan Griffiths ’ 1900 - 1970 ), scientist, dramatist and inspector of schools

WILLIAMS, DAVID PRYSE (‘ Brythonydd ’ 1878 - 1952 ), minister (B), writer, and historian

WILLIAMS, EDMUND ( 1717 - 1742 ), an early hymnist of the Methodist revival .

WILLIAMS, EDWARD ( Iolo Morganwg ) 1747 - 1826 a poet and antiquary ,

WILLIAMS, EDWARD ( 1750 - 1813 ), Independent divine and tutor

WILLIAMS, EDWARD ( 1818 - 1880 ), Independent minister

WILLIAMS, EDWARD ( 1826 - 1886 ), iron-master

WILLIAMS, Sir EDWARD JOHN ( TED 1890 - 1963 ), politician

WILLIAMS, ELIEZER ( 1754 - 1820 ), cleric, author, and schoolmaster

WILLIAMS, ELISEUS ( Eifion Wyn 1867 - 1926 ), poet .

WILLIAMS-ELLIS, JOHN CLOUGH ( 1833 - 1913 ), scholar, clergyman, poet and possibly the first Welshman to climb one of the highest mountains in the Alps

WILLIAMS, ERNEST LLWYD ( 1906 - 1960 ), minister (B), poet and writer

WILLIAMS, EVAN ( 1816? - 1878 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and artist

WILLIAMS, EVAN ( 1706 - ? ), harpist

WILLIAMS, EVAN ( 1719 - 1748 ), Congregational minister and revivalist

WILLIAMS, EVAN ( 1724 - 1758 ), Welsh Moravian

WILLIAMS, EVAN ( 1749 - 1835 ), bookseller and publisher .

WILLIAMS,Sir EVAN ( 1871 - 1959 ), BARONET and colliery owner

WILLIAMS, EVAN JAMES ( 1903 - 1945 ), scientist

WILLIAMS, GEORGE ( 1879 - 1951 ), company director and Lord Mayor of Cardiff

WILLIAMS,Sir GEORGE CLARK ( 1878 - 1958 ), BARONET and county court judge

WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH ( 1587? - 1673 ), bishop and author

WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH ( Gutyn Peris 1769 - 1838 ), poet

WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH ( 1824 - 1881 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN ( 1854 - 1933 ), schoolmaster, geologist, and antiquary

WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN ( 1892 - 1963 ), University professor and Welsh scholar

WILLIAMS, GWILYM ( 1839 - 1906 ), judge

WILLIAMS, GWILYM IEUAN ( 1879 - 1968 ), minister (Presb.)

WILLIAMS, HENRY ( 1624 - 1684 ), Puritan preacher, prominent as a free-communion Baptist in Montgomeryshire .

WILLIAMS, HUGH ( 1722? - 1779 ), cleric and author

WILLIAMS, HUGH ( Cadfan 1807? - 1870 ), printer and journalist

WILLIAMS,Sir HUGH ( 1718 - 1794 ), soldier and Member of Parliament

WILLIAMS, HUGH ( 1796 - 1874 ), solicitor and political agitator

WILLIAMS, HUGH ( 1843 - 1911 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and church historian

WILLIAMS, HUGH ( Hywel Cernyw 1843 - 1937 ), Baptist minister, writer, and poet

WILLIAMS, HUGH ( 1862 - 1953 ), minister (Presb.), and Biblical commentator

WILLIAMS, HUGH DOUGLAS (‘ Brithdir ’ 1917 - 1969 ), teacher and artist

WILLIAMS, HUW OWEN (‘ Huw Menai ’ 1886 - 1961 ), poet

WILLIAMS, IESTYN RHYS ( 1892 - 1955 ), Director General Labour Relations Department, National Coal Board

WILLIAMS,Sir IFOR ( 1881 - 1965 ), Welsh scholar

WILLIAMS, IOLO ANEURIN ( 1890 - 1962 ), journalist, author and art historian

WILLIAMS, ISAAC ( 1802 - 1865 ), cleric, poet, and theologian

WILLIAMS, ISAAC JOHN ( 1874 - 1939 ), museum official

WILLIAMS, JAMES ( 1790 - 1872 ), cleric

WILLIAMS, JAMES ( 1812 - 1893 ), Calvinistic Methodist missionary in Brittany

WILLIAMS, JANE ( Ysgafell 1806 - 1885 ), Welsh historian and miscellaneous writer

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( fl. 1584-1627? ), goldsmith

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( fl. 1739-1779 ), Methodist exhorter and hymn-writer .

WILLIAMS, JOHN (d. 1613 ), principal of Jesus College, Oxford .

WILLIAMS, JOHN (‘ Siôn Singer ’ c. 1750 - 1807 ), musician and Baptist minister

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1745/6 - 1818 ), cleric and schoolmaster

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1582 - 1650 ), dean of Westminster, lord keeper of the great seal, archbishop of York

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1627 - 1673 ), early Nonconformist preacher, and physician

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1727 - 1798 ), Dissenting minister, scholar and author

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1728 - 1806 ), hymn-writer .

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( Ioan Rhagfyr 1740 - 1821 ), musician

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1747 - 1831 ), Methodist cleric

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1754 - 1828 ), Methodist cleric

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1757 - 1810 ), barrister

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1760 - 1826 ), cleric and schoolmaster

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1762 - 1802 ), Evangelical cleric

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1762 - 1823 ), Methodist preacher and hymn-writer

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1768 - 1825 ), Baptist minister in Wales and the U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1792 - 1858 ), cleric, scholar, and schoolmaster

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( Ioan ap Ioan 1800 - 1871 ), Baptist minister and author

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1801 - 1859 ), physician and naturalist

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1806 - 1856 ), Baptist minister and author

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( Ab Ithel 1811 - 1862 ), cleric and antiquary

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( Glanmor 1811 - 1891 ), cleric, poet, and antiquary

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( Ioan Madog 1812 - 1878 ), blacksmith and poet

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( Gorfyniawc o Arfon 1814 - 1878 ), musician

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( Ioan Mai 1823 - 1887 ), poet

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1825 - 1904 ), cleric and author

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1833 - 1872 ), antiquary and lawyer

WILLIAMS,Sir JOHN ( 1840 - 1926 ), baronet, Court physician, principal founder of the National Library of Wales

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1854 - 1921 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

WILLIAMS, JOHN ( 1856 - 1917 ), teacher of singing and choral conductor

WILLIAMS, JOHN (‘ J.W. Llundain ’ 1872 - 1944 ) slate merchant

WILLIAMS, JOHN CEULANYDD ( Ceulanydd 1847? - 1899 ), Baptist minister, poet, and writer ,

WILLIAMS, JOHN HUW ( 1871 - 1944 ), newspaper editor

WILLIAMS, JOHN JAMES ( 1869 - 1954 ), minister (Congl.) and poet

WILLIAMS, JOHN JOHN ( 1884 - 1950 ), school-teacher, education administrator, producer and drama adjudicator

WILLIAMS, JOHN LEWIS ( 1882 - 1916 ), Wales and Cardiff Rugby wing three-quarter, and coal exporter (Greenslade and Williams)

WILLIAMS, JOHN LLOYD ( 1854 - 1945 ), botanist and musician

WILLIAMS, JOHN OWEN ( Pedrog 1853 - 1932 ), Congregational minister, and poet

WILLIAMS, JOHN RICHARD ( J.R. Tryfanwy 1867 - 1924 ), poet

WILLIAMS, JOHN (RUFUS) ( Rufus 1833 - 1877 ) Baptist minister and author ,

WILLIAMS, JONATHAN ( 1752? — 1829 ), cleric, schoolmaster, and antiquary

WILLIAM(S), LEWIS ( 1774 - 1862 ), the most remarkable of the peripatetic teachers appointed by Thomas Charles of Bala

WILLIAMS (alias PENROSE ), LLEWELLIN ( 1725 - ? ), sailor and painter .

WILLIAMS, LLYWELYN ( 1911 - 1965 ), minister (Congl.) and politician

WILLIAMS, LUCY GWENDOLEN ( 1870 - 1955 ), sculptress

WILLIAMS, MARGARET LINDSAY ( 1888 - 1960 ), artist

WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE ( Llinos 1795? - 1873 ), musician

WILLIAMS, MATHEW [ 1732 - 1819 ], landsurveyor, author, and almanack-maker[?] .

WILLIAMS, MATTHEW (d. 1801 ), actor

WILLIAMS, MORGAN ( c. 1750 - 1830 ), cleric, editor

WILLIAMS, MORGAN ( 1808 - 1883 ), chartist

WILLIAMS, MORRIS ( Nicander 1809 - 1874 ), cleric and man of letters

WILLIAMS, MOSES (d. 1819 ), General (but Trinitarian) Baptist minister, and blacksmith

WILLIAMS, MOSES ( 1685 - 1742 ), cleric and scholar ,

WILLIAMS, NATHANIEL ( 1656/7 - c. 1679 ), author

WILLIAMS, NATHANIEL ( 1742 - 1826 ), Baptist (Particular, afterwards General) minister, theological controversialist, hymn-writer, and amateur doctor

WILLIAMSON, EDWARD WILLIAM ( 1892 - 1953 ), Bishop of Swansea and Brecon

WILLIAMSON, ROBERT (MONA) ( Bardd Du Môn 1807 - 1852 )

WILLIAMS, OWEN ( 1774 - after 1827 ), musician

WILLIAMS, OWEN ( Owain Gwyrfai 1790 - 1874 ), antiquary

WILLIAMS, OWEN (GAIANYDD) ( 1865 - 1928 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

WILLIAMS, OWEN HERBERT ( 1884 - 1962 ), surgeon and Professor of Surgery

WILLIAMS, PENRY ( 1800 - 1885 ), painter

WILLIAMS, PETER ( 1723 - 1796 ), Methodist cleric, author, and Biblical commentator

WILLIAMS, PETER ( 1756 - 1837 ), cleric and author

WILLIAMS, PETER ( Pedr Hir 1847 - 1922 ), Baptist minister, author, and eisteddfodwr

WILLIAMS, PETER BAILEY ( 1763 - 1836 ), cleric and writer

WILLIAMS, PHILIP (d. 1717 ), ‘the genealogist ’,

WILLIAMS, RICHARD ( fl. 1790?-1862? ), a writer and singer of ballads (‘the king of all the ballad-singers,’ said one who had heard him), mostly known as ‘ Dic Dywyll ’ (‘ Blind Dick ’), but sometimes also as ‘ Bardd Gwagedd ’ (‘ The Bard of Folly ’).

WILLIAMS, RICHARD (d. 1724 ), Baptist minister .

WILLIAMS, RICHARD ( 1747 - 1811 ), cleric and man of letters

WILLIAMS, RICHARD ( Dryw Bach 1790 - 1839 ), poet and singer

WILLIAMS, RICHARD ( 1802 - 1842 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

WILLIAMS, RICHARD ( 1835 - 1906 ), antiquary and lawyer

WILLIAMS, RICHARD ( Gwydderig 1842 - 1917 ), collier and poet

WILLIAMS, RICHARD HUGHES ( Dic Tryfan 1878? - 1919 ), journalist and short story writer

WILLIAMS, ROBERT ( c. 1781 - 1821 ), composer of the hymn-tune ‘Llanfair’ ,

WILLIAM(S), ROBERT ( 1744 - 1815 ), poet, and farmer

WILLIAMS, ROBERT ( Robert ap Gwilym Ddu 1766 - 1850 ), poet

WILLIAMS, ROBERT ( 1810 - 1881 ), cleric, Celtic scholar and antiquary

WILLIAMS, ROBERT ( Trebor Mai 1830 - 1877 ), poet

WILLIAMS, ROBERT ARTHUR ( Berw 1855 - 1926 ), cleric and poet

WILLIAMS, ROBERT DEWI ( 1870 - 1955 ), minister (Presb.), headmaster of Clynnog School and writer

WILLIAMS, ROBERT HERBERT ( Corfanydd ( 1805 - 1876 ), musician

WILLIAMS, ROBERT JOHN ( PRYSOR 1891 - 1967 ), collier and actor

WILLIAMS, ROBERT ROLFE ( 1870 - 1948 ), a pioneer of Welsh-medium education

WILLIAMS,Sir ROGER ( 1540? - 1595 ), soldier and author .

WILLIAMS, ROGER ( 1667 - 1730 ), Independent minister .

WILLIAMS, ROWLAND ( 1779 - 1854 ), cleric

WILLIAMS, ROWLAND ( 1817 - 1870 ), cleric and scholar

WILLIAMS, ROWLAND ( Hwfa Môn 1823 - 1905 ), Independent minister, and archdruid of Wales

WILLIAMS, SAMUEL ( c. 1660 - c. 1722 ), cleric and author

WILLIAMS, STEPHEN WILLIAM ( 1837 - 1889 ), engineer, architect, and antiquary

WILLIAMS, TALIESIN ( Taliesin ab Iolo 1787 - 1847 ), poet and author

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( Eos Gwynfa , or Eos y Mynydd c. 1769 - 1848 ), poet

WILLIAMS, THOMAS (‘ Capelulo ’ c. 1782 - 1855 ), reformed drunkard, itinerant bookseller, ‘character’

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( 1658 - 1726 ), cleric and translator ,

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( 1737 - 1802 ), attorney, outstanding figure in the copper industry at the end of the 18th cent.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( Twm Pedrog 1774 - 1814 ), poet

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( Gwilym Morgannwg 1778 - 1835 ), poet

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( Hafrenydd 1807 - 1894 ), musician

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( 1818 - 1865 ), physician and scientist

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( Clwydfro 1821 - 1855 )

WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( Brynfab 1848 - 1927 ), littérateur and farmer

WILLIAMS, THOMAS (‘ Tom Nefyn ’ 1895 - 1958 ), minister (Presb.) and evangelist

WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHARLES ( 1868 - 1927 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

WILLIAMS, THOMAS LLOYD ( 1830 - 1910 ), Welsh-American writer

WILLIAMS,Sir THOMAS MARCHANT ( 1845 - 1914 ), barrister and writer

WILLIAMS, THOMAS OSWALD (‘ ap Gwarnant ’ 1888 - 1965 ) Unitarian minister, author, poet and public figure

WILLIAMS, THOMAS RHONDDA ( 1860 - 1945 ), Congregational minister

WILLIAMS,Sir TREVOR ( c. 1623 - 1692 ), of Llangibby, Mon. , politician ,

WILLIAMS, WATKIN HEZEKIAH ( Watcyn Wyn 1844 - 1905 ), schoolmaster, poet, and preacher

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Y Lefiad fl. 1853 ),

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( fl. 1648-1677 ), author of Poetical Piety .

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( c. 1625 - 1684 ), antiquary

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym ab Iorwerth 1800? - 1859 ), poet

WILLIAMS,Sir WILLIAM ( 1634 - 1700 ), lawyer and politician

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1717 - 1791 ), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1732 - 1799 ), Baptist minister, and justice of the peace

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM , ‘of Llandygìi ’ ( 1738 - 1817 ), antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1747 - 1812 ), Evangelical cleric ,

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1748 - 1820 ), cleric, a pioneer of the Sunday school movement in Wales

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Twrog 1768 - 1836 ), poet

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Peris 1769 - 1847 ), poet

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1781 - 1840 ), ‘of Wern ’, Independent minister

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1788 - 1865 ), Member of Parliament

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym ab Ioan 1800 - 1868 ), Welsh-American poet

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Caledfryn 1801 - 1869 ), Congregational minister, poet, and critic

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Gwilym Cyfeiliog 1801 - 1876 ), poet and hymn-writer

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Carw Coch 1808 - 1872 ), eisteddfodwr and man of letters

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Creuddynfab 1814 - 1869 ), poet and literary critic

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1817 - 1900 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( 1832 - 1900 ), veterinary surgeon

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Ap Caledfryn 1837 - 1915 ), portrait painter .

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ( Myfyr Wyn 1849 - 1900 ), blacksmith, poet, local historian, and a regular contributor of articles to the Welsh press ,

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (‘ Crwys ’ 1875 - 1968 ), poet, preacher, archdruid

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ALBERT ( 1909 - 1946 ), organist, music critic and composer

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM AUBREY ( Gwilym Gwent 1834 - 1891 ), musician

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EMYR ( 1889 - 1958 ), solicitor and eisteddfod patron

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EWART ( 1894 - 1966 ), physicist and inventor

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM GILBERT ( 1874 - 1966 ), schoolmaster and local historian

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM HUGH ( Arafon 1848 - 1917 ), trade union leader

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JOHN ( 1878 - 1952 ), H.M. Inspector of Schools and Director of the Council of Social Service for Wales and Monmouthshire

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JONES ( 1863 - 1949 ), civil servant, secretary of Kodak Limited, treasurer of Coleg Harlech and Urdd Gobaith Cymru

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JONES ( 1891 - 1945 ),

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM LLEWELYN ( 1867 - 1922 ), Member of Parliament, lawyer, and author

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MORRIS ( 1883 - 1954 ), quarryman, choir conductor, soloist and cerdd dant adjudicator

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS ( 1874 - 1959 ), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM OGWEN ( 1924 - 1969 ), archivist, university professor

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PRICHARD ( 1848 - 1916 ),

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM RETLAW JEFFERSON ( c. 1863 - 1944 ), solicitor, genealogist, and historian

WILLIAMS,Sir WILLIAM RICHARD ( 1879 - 1961 ), railway traffic inspector

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM RICHARD ( 1896 - 1962 ), minister (Presb.) and Principal of the United Theological College, Aberystwyth

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM WYN ( 1876 - 1936 ), minister and poet

WILLIAMS, ZACHARIAH ( 1673 - 1755 ), medical practitioner, and inventor ,

WILLIAMS, ZEPHANIAH ( 1795 - 1874 ), Chartist

WILLIAM, THOMAS ( 1697 - 1778 ), of Mynydd-bach , Independent minister, and author

WILLIAM, THOMAS ( 1717 - 1765 ), Methodist exhorter and later Independent minister

WILLIAM, THOMAS ( 1761 - 1844 ), Independent minister, and hymn-writer

WILLIS, ALBERT CHARLES ( 1876 - 1954 ), president of the Australian Labour Party

WILLIS-BUND (formerly WILLIS ), JOHN WILLIAM ( 1843 - 1928 ), writer on the history of the Welsh Church

WILSON, JOHN ( 1626 - c. 1695/6 ), playwright

WILSON, RICHARD ( 1713 - 1782 ), landscape painter ,

WINFIELD, HERBERT BENJAMIN ( 1879 - 1919 ), Wales and Cardiff Rugby full-back

WINSTONE, JAMES ( 1863 - 1921 ), miners' leader in South Wales

WINTER, CHARLES ( 1700 - 1773 ), Arminian Baptist minister ,

WOGAN families, Pembrokeshire .

WOOD , the surname of a tribe of Welsh gipsies

WOODING, DAVID LEWIS ( 1828 - 1891 ), genealogist, historian, bibliophile and shopkeeper

WOOD, MARY MYFANWY ( 1882 - 1967 ), missionary in China, 1908-51

WORTHINGTON, WILLIAM ( 1704 - 1778 ), cleric and author

WOTTON, WILLIAM ( 1666 - 1727 ), cleric and scholar .

WROTH, WILLIAM ( 1576 - 1641 ), Puritan cleric, and founder of the first Independent church in Wales .

WYNDHAM-QUIN, WINDHAM HENRY, 5th EARL DUNRAVEN and MOUNT-EARL ( 1857 - 1952 ), soldier and politician

WYNDHAM-QUIN, WINDHAM THOMAS ( 1841 - 1926 ), and , K.P. 1872 , C.M.G. 1902 , Glamorgan landowner and politician, sportsman and author

WYNN family, of Cesail Gyfarch , Penmorfa, Caerns.

WYNN , PRYSE , and CORBET families, Ynysmaengwyn, Mer. , and GWYN and NANNEY families, Dolau Gwyn, Mer.

WYNN (afterwards NANNEY , etc.) family of Maesyneuadd , Llandecwyn, Mer.

WYNN family, of Berth-ddu and Bodysgallen, Caerns.

WYNN and OWEN families, of Glyn (Glyn Cywarch), Mer. , and Brogyntyn , Salop .

WYNN family, of Gwydir, Caerns.

WYNN family, of Bodewryd , Anglesey .

WYNN (FAMILY), Wynnstay ( DWB , 1100).

WYNN family, of Rûg , Merioneth , and Boduan (or Bodfean ), Caerns.

WYNNE family, of Peniarth, Mer.

WYNNE ( WYNNE-FINCH ) family, Voelas , near Pentrefoelas, Denbs.

WYNN, EDWARD ( 1618 - 1669 ), chancellor of Bangor cathedral ,

WYNNE, ELLIS ( 1670/1 - 1734 ), cleric, and author of an outstanding Welsh prose classic

WYNNE-FINCH,Sir WILLIAM HENEAGE ( 1893 - 1961 ), soldier and landowner

WYNNE, JOHN ( 1650 - 1714 ), industrial pioneer ,

WYNNE, JOHN ( 1667 - 1743 ), bishop of S. Asaph and principal of Jesus College, Oxford

WYNNE, OWEN ( 1652 -?), civil servant ,

WYNNE, ROBERT (d. 1720 ), cleric and poet

WYNNE, SARAH EDITH (‘ Eos Cymru ’ 1842 - 1897 ), vocalist

WYNNE, WILLIAM ( 1671? - 1704 ), historian ,

WYNN, GRIFFITH ( 1669? - 1736 ), cleric and translator

WYNN, WILLIAM ( 1709 - 1760 ), cleric, antiquary, and poet