John Arthur Price (20 November 1861 – 3 June 1942) was educated at

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and

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. Price became a barrister. He was committed to Liberal values and firm

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beliefs. This unusual combination in the Wales of the 1890s led him to espouse the cause of

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issuing the so-called "

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". He wrote well researched articles on T.E. Ellis and Sir

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in ''

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'', and 'Hen Atgofion' (early memories). His originality is stressed by historians such as Kenneth Morgan. Arthur Price became Chancellor of the Bangor diocese and lived at Egryn Abbey in Merionethshire, his wife's family home.

References

* Kenneth Morgan (Lord Morgan), ''Freedom or Sacrilege'', Church in Wales Publications, 1966

Notes

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