Berry, (Henry) Seymour, Baron Buckland (1877–1928), financier and coal industrialist, was born at 73 Lower Thomas Street, Merthyr Tudful, on 17 September 1877, the eldest of three sons of John Mathias Berry (d. 1917), JP, estate agent and valuer, of Gwaelod-y-garth, Merthyr Tudful...
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Davies, David Christopher (1827–1885), geologist and mining engineer
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Davies, David Christopher (1827–1885), geologist and mining engineer, was born on 13 September 1827 at Oswestry, the son of Edward Thomas, labourer of Pentre Clawdd, and Elizabeth Davies, servant, of Leg Street, Oswestry. He was probably illegitimate and was orphaned at an early age; he had little or no formal education. When he was eleven he was apprenticed to ...
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Woodall, Sir Corbet (1841–1916), gas engineer
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Woodall, Sir Corbet (1841–1916), gas engineer, was born on 27 August 1841 at Liverpool, the youngest of the three sons of William Woodall (bap. 1804, d. 1871), manager of Liverpool gasworks, and his wife, Martha Ann Basson (bap. 1799, d...
