Morris, Arthur Grenville (1877-1959)
Footballer originally from Builth. 21 international caps for Wales 1896-1912. He played inside left (1892-1913) for Aberystwyth Town, Swindon, and Nottingham Forest. Gren Morris took up soccer at St Oswald College, Elsemere where he was a pupil and appeared for Builth as a 15 year old. He became an apprentice engineer at Green's Foundry, Aberystwyth going on to work in the drawing office of the GWR works in Swindon. He was dubbed "The Immortal Gren" at Nottingham Forest.
[Davies & Garland]
[Davies & Garland]
Morris, David (fl.1685)
Appointed Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1685, he was the son of David Maurice of Penybont and Lloran Uchaf who was Sheriff in 1676.
[MC 61]
[MC 61]
Morris, Elizabeth (fl.1846)
Tried at Radnorshire Quarter Sessions January 1846 for stealing clothes. As she he had been convicted before for stealing apples she was sentenced to seven years transportation. She was sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and took her young baby with her. By 1850 she had a ticket of leave and unusually applied for her family to join her.
[Beddoe; R/QS]
[Beddoe; R/QS]
Morris, Richard (fl.1579)
Of Rhiwsaeson in the parish of Llanbrynmair. He is sometimes recorded under Richard ap Maurice ap Owen. He had a grant of land in Llanidloes parish and another in Llandinam parish which was part of the exchanged possessions of the Earl of Pembroke. He served on the Grand Jury for the county and was the Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1579.
[W.V. Lloyd - the Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
[W.V. Lloyd - the Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
Moseley, Gilbert Watson (1879-1953)
Solicitor, Clerk to the Lieutenancy, Secretary to the Advisory Committeee, Deputy Clerk of the Peace and of the County Council of Radnorshire (1902-1931), Clerk of the Peace and of the County Council of Radnorshire (1931-1945).
[Stephens]
[Stephens]
Mostyn, Roger (fl.1661)
Of the eminent Flintshire family. He was the eighth son of Sir Roger Mostyn and he married an heiress of the Pughs of Dol y Corsllwyn in the parish of Cemmais in Montgomeryshire. He was a justice for the county and Sheriff for the year 1661. He was regarded as a fair judge by at least one prominent Quaker brought before him in the years before Nonconformist groups were accepted.
[MC 27]
[MC 27]
Murray, Pauline (1922-1994)
Born in Dublin, she moved to England as a child and trained as a nurse in Manchester. She married Dr Richard Jobson who was the local GP in New Radnor. He was a prize-winning amateur film maker and through his contacts Pauline Murray was given a leading part in the film It Happened Here (1964). This was a low budget film about life in Britain under a fictitious German occupation. She and other local people acted alongside professional actors like Sebastion Shaw and Fiona Leland. Much of the film was shot around the New Radnor area. Although convinced of her own lack of talent, she received much praise for her role as a nurse, Director Kevin Brownlow attributing much of the film's success to her performance. She never acted again except in village plays.
[The Independent 4/1/95]
[The Independent 4/1/95]