Description | These additional gifts are of great interest and importance. YALE/40-44 relate to the life and work of the Rev. Roger Edwards of Mold (grandfather of Mrs Yale), one of the most distinguished Welshmen of his generation - preacher, novelist, educationalist, speaker on politics, an in the very forefront of Calvinistic Methodist polity and practice. YALE/43 contains the "Wardle Papers" while YALE/44 is a record of the corn transactions of Mr Thomas Lewis of Bangor, grandfather of Mrs Yale on the father's side and M.P. for Anglesey from 1886 until his death |
AdminHistory | Rev. Roger Edwards (1811-1886) was one of the most distinguished Welshmen of his generation - preacher, novelist, educationalist, speaker on politics, an in the very forefront of Calvinistic Methodist polity and practice. He was the grandfather of Mrs Yale. A study of Rev. Roger Edward's life and work was written by Mr Gwilym T. Jones of Pwllheli as an M.A. dissertation in 1933, a degree which was awarded him with distinction. |