Carmarthen Grammar School

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Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Carmarthen was a selective secondary school [1] in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. [2] It 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]

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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. ↑ 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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