ROWLANDS
,
HENRY
(
Harri Myllin
;
1832
-
1903
),
writer and antiquary
;
b. in the
Llanfyllin, Mont.
, district in
1832
. The
Rev.
Richard
Richards
(see under
Richards
,
Thomas
,
1754
-
1837
) had intended making a clergyman of him but died before taking any action. In
1859
Henry
Rowlands
joined the
Denbighshire constabulary
. He was a
policeman
at
Cefnmawr
,
Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant
,
Llansilin
, and
Llandegla
. He retired in
1891
and went to live at
Llangollen
. In
1893
he was appointed
official interpreter to the courts
at
Wrexham
, an appointment which he held until
May 1902
. He d.
28 Jan. 1903
, at the age of 70, at his home in
Abbey Road
,
Llangollen
. He was a frequent
contributor to various periodicals
, e.g.
Yr Haul
,
Y Cyfaill Eglwysig
,
Y Cronicl
,
Yr Eurgrawn
, and
Y Winllan
, and wrote regularly to
Bye-Gones
from its inception to
1901
. It was through his endeavours in the press that a memorial stone was raised to
Huw
Morys
(q.v.)
at
Llansilin
. Several of his hymns are to be found in
Emyniadur yr Eglwys
. His poems are, in many cases, imitations of
English
poetry.
Bibliography:
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
Bye–Gones, relating to Wales and the Border
Counties
,
1903
, 28.
Author:
Dr Enid Pierce Roberts, M.A., D.Litt., Bangor
