REES
,
EDWARD WALTER
(‘
Gwallter Dyfi
’;
1881
-
1940
);
bank manager and bearer of the
Gorsedd
sword
;
b.
8 Oct. 1881
son of
Richard
Rees
(‘
Maldwyn
’, d.
1927
) and
Jane
(née
Jones
)
his wife, of
Medical Hall
,
Machynlleth, Mont.
He was educated at
Machynlleth county school
before becoming a
bank clerk
, and eventually
manager
of
Barclay's Bank
in
Cardigan
and later in
Carmarthen
(
1926-40
). On
8 Dec. 1914
he m.
Frances Anne
Rees
,
Goleufryn
,
Whitchurch, Glam.
, and d.
24 Apr. 1940
, leaving two sons and a daughter. He was
secretary
of the
Cardigan Cymrodorion Society
which he founded and was a member of several other cultural societies. He was also
secretary
of
Carmarthen national
eisteddfod
,
1911
, and
bearer of the sword
of the
Gorsedd
of Bards
from
1913 until 1940
. He
edited
the
Cardiganshire
and
Pembrokeshire
column in the
Cardigan and Tivyside Advertiser
for a period. In
1938
he was elected
treasurer
of the
Welsh Bibliographical Society
; he himself owned a good collection of old Welsh books and manuscripts.
Bibliography:
-
The Biographical Index of W.W. Price,
Aberdâr
(at the National Library of Wales and Aberdare
Public Library)
;
-
Cardigan and Tivyside Advertiser
,
28 May 1926
.
Author:
Dr Mary Auronwy James, Aberystwyth
