Dic penderyn biography definition

Dic Penderyn was arrested and charged with riotously assembling at Merthyr Tydfil and feloniously attacking and wounding Donald Black, of the 93rd Regiment.

Richard Lewis, known as Dic Penderyn, was executed on a charge of wounding a highlander.

Richard Lewis (1807/8 – 13 August 1831), known as Dic Penderyn, was a.

Dic Penderyn as a martyr of the working class, having been publicly hanged for his support of the famous 1831 Merthyr Rising.

On June 3, 1831, he was involved in the Merthyr Rising, which was one of many protests throughout industrial Wales at the time against the.

Richard Lewis (1807/8 – 13 August 1831), known as Dic Penderyn, was a....

First full biography published of Dic Penderyn, the iconic figure hung after the Merthyr Rising

On 13th August 1831 Richard Lewis, a 23-year old miner also known as Dic Penderyn, was hung outside Cardiff Gaol as an example after the 1831 Merthyr Rising workers’ revolt.

Innocent of the crime he’d been charged with, he was hailed a martyr of the budding labour movement.

This week sees the publication of the first full biography of this iconic figure – Dic Penderyn: The Man and the Martyr by Sally Roberts Jones.

A book launch and concert have been organised in Port Talbot to coincide with the publication.

On the morning of Saturday 30th July, there will be a Q&A with author Sally Roberts Jones at Aberafan Library, followed by a book signing.

There will be also a short presentation by Angela Vaughan John on Llafur, the Welsh People’s History Society, of which she is President.

Then in the evening, a free concert has been organised at the Grand Hotel, Port Talbot with excerp