Carmarthen Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Carmarthen was a selective boys' secondary school[1] in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire.[2] It was founded in 1576 and closed in 1978.

Former students

Among the school's former pupils were the educationalist Griffith Jones;[3] the early Methodist leader and Bible publisher Peter Williams;[4] the senior Admiralty civil servant Sir Walter St David Jenkins;[5] the clergyman James Rice Buckley;[6] the Welsh poet William Saunders;[7] the Welsh international rugby players, Roy Bergiers, Gerald Davies and Ray Gravell;[8] the tennis commentator and journalist Gerald Williams[9] and the journalist and author Byron Rogers.[10]

Old boys who have excelled in the political sphere include Denzil Davies[11] and Mark Drakeford, who was appointed First Minister of Wales in 2018.[12]

References

  1. ^ National Archives.
  2. ^ "Nineteenth-century Anglican Theological Training: The Redbrick Challenge" Dowland,D.A: Oxford, OUP, 1997 ISBN 0198269293
  3. ^ David Jones, Life and Times of Griffith Jones (1902) online
  4. ^ Roberts, Gomer M. (1959). "Williams, Peter (1723-1796), Methodist cleric, author, and Biblical commentator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
  5. ^ Williams, Thomas Oswald (1959). "Evans, Walter Jenkin". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
  6. ^ Victorian Web.
  7. ^ Hughes, William Roger. "Saunders, William". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Obituary: Ray Gravell". The Guardian. 2 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022.
  9. ^ Jim White (21 January 2016). "Des Lynam pays tribute to Gerry Williams, the BBC's voice of tennis". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  10. ^ Byron Rogers, Me: The Authorised Biography, Aurum, London, 2009.
  11. ^ [1] Archived 5 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ Deans, David (6 December 2018). "Who is Mark Drakeford?". BBC News. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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