Carmarthen Grammar School

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]

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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