John Cadvan Davies

Portrait of Cadvan by John Thomas

John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923) was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister and a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid. He is better known in Wales by his bardic name Cadfan (sometimes Cadvan).[1]

Early life

Cadvan was born on a small farm Yr Allt in the village of Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire on 1 October 1846, the son of David and Jane Davies.

Family

Cadvan married twice, first to Maggie Jones, daughter of Hugh Jones, Ty'n y pwll, and Dinas Mawddwy, on 23 August 1876 in the Independent Chapel. His second wife was Mary Ada Evans, daughter of Meschach Evans, Manchester House, Leeswood, whom he wed on 15 August 1882 in the Wesleyan Chapel, Mold.

He died on 12 October 1923.

Notes

  1. ↑ Stephens, Meic, ed. (1998). The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 164. ISBN 0-7083-1383-3.
Preceded by
Evan Rees		 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
1923		 Succeeded by
Howell Elvet Lewis


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