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Wales glossary

Sunday, 14 June 2026, 8:08 AM

Site: Open Learning

Course: Welsh history and its sources (CYMRU_1)

Glossary: Wales glossary

Rhys, Morgan John

(1760–1804). Political radical and nonconformist minister who migrated to north America, where in Pennsylvania he founded a Welsh colony which he named ‘Camria’.

Richard, Henry

(1812–1888) Independent minister who in 1850 became full-time secretary of the Peace Society, and won a famous victory in the 1868 Merthyr election as a Liberal Nonconformist. Then known as ‘the member for Wales’.

Rio Grande

Welsh colony established in Brazil by Thomas Phlips of Tregaron in 1852.

Roberts, Evan

Inspiring preacher who became one of the leaders of the Welsh Revival of 1904–05, attracting huge audiences before his physical collapse in 1906.

Roberts, Fr. John

(c.1575–1610). Roman Catholic priest from Trawsfynydd, Meirionydd, hanged, drawn and quartered for his priesthood at Tyburn on 10 December 1610.

Roberts, John Bryn

Died 1931. Solicitor and county court judge. Liberal, opposed Lloyd George’s coalition government.

Roberts, Kate

(1891–1985). Welsh-language novelist from Rhosgadfan, Caernarvonshire. Wrote mainly about the quarrying districts of north Wales.

Roberts, Samuel (Snr)

Independent minister, author. Unsuccessfully tried to found Welsh colony in Tennessee.

Rollerman

A skilled job in the tinplate industry.

Rood

Measure of land.