William Ambrose Bebb (4 July 1894 – 27 April 1955) was a

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language critic, author and politician. Ambrose Bebb was the son of diarist Edward Hughes Bebb, and the father of noted Welsh rugby international

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. The family came from

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. A co-founder of

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, Bebb took a keen interest in politics and was influenced by

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of the

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movement. With the outbreak of the Second World War, Bebb became a vocal proponent of the

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against

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, and considered Germany's total defeat "essential". In the 1945 General Election Mr Bebb stood for the Plaid Cymru in the seat of

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, and came in third place. Ambrose Bebb was the grandfather of

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(MP) for Aberconwy,

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Works

*''Llydaw'' (1929) *Ein Hen Hen Hanes *Llywodraeth y Cestyll (1934) *''Crwydro'r Cyfandir'' (1936) *''Y Ddeddf Uno 1536'' (1937) *Cyfnod y Tuduriaid (1939) *Dydd-lyfr Pythefnos neu Y Ddawns Angau *1940 Lloffion o Ddyddiadur *Y Baradwys Bell (1941) *''Pererindoddau'' (1941) *Dyddlyfr 1941 *Gadael Tir *Dial y Tir (1945) *Calendr Coch (1946) *''Machlud yr Oesoedd Canol'' (1951) *''Machlud y Mynachlogydd'' *Yr Argyfwng

Notes

References

* Meils, Gareth (May 1977) "Ambrose Bebb" ''Planet'' Gwasg Gomer, Llangeitho, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, 37/38: pp. 70–79. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bebb, Ambrose 1894 births 1955 deaths 20th-century Welsh historians Welsh-speaking politicians

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