Statue of Henry Richard in Tregaron Square, Tregaron.  Unveiled on 18 August 1893.  Located in Tregaron Square, Tregaron.  OS Reference SN680596. Sculptor was <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albert_Toft" title="Albert Toft">Albert Toft</a>.  Front of pedestal, carved into stone and painted white: HENRY RICHARD / A S / GANWYD EBRILL 3 1812 / BU FARW AWST 20 1888 Raised lettering on two bronze plaques fixed to front of pedestal. In Welsh and English. Upper plaque in Welsh: GANWYD YMA YN NHREGARON ADDYSGWYD EF I'R WEINIDOGAETH / GRISTNOGOL AC YN 1835 ORDEINIWYD EF YN LLUNDAIN YN 1848 / APWYNTIWYD EF YN YSGRIFENNYDD I'R GYMDEITHAS HEDDWCH AC / ENILLODD FRI RHYNGWLADOL FEL "APOSTOL HEDDWCH." YN 1868 DAETH / YN A.S DROS ETHOLAETH MERTHYR. AC OHERWYDD EI SEL DROS / FATERION CYMREIG FE'I ADWAENWYD FEL "YR AELOD DROS GYMRU." / ROEDD HEFYD YN ARLOESWR BLAENLLAW YM MYD ADDYSG. / GWASANAETHODD AR AMRYW GOMISIWN YMHOLI AC YN 1883 DAETH / YN IS-LYWYDD CYNTAF COLEG PRIFYSGOL CAERDYFF. / "CEDWAIS DRI PHETH MEWN COF YN BARHAUS: PEIDIO ANGHOFIO / IAITH FY NGWLAD: A PHOBL AC ACHOS FY NGWLAD A PHEIDI0 / ESGEULUSO UNRHYW GYFLE I AMDDIFFYN CYMERIAD A HYRWYDDO / BUDDIANNAU FY NGWLAD." / "GORWEDD FY NGOBEITHION AM DDIFODIANT Y GYFUNDREFN / RYFEL YN ARGYHOEDDIAD BARHAUS Y BOBL YN HYTRACH NAG / YM MHOLISIAU CABINET A THRAFODAETHAU SENEDD." Lower plaque in English: BORN HERE IN TREGARON, HE WAS EDUCATED FOR THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, AND IN / 1835 HE WAS ORDAINED IN LONDON. IN 1848 HE WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY TO THE / PEACE SOCIETY GAINING AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AS "THE APOSTLE OF PEACE." / IN 1868 HE BECAME M.P. FOR THE MERTHYR CONSTITUENCY: AND SUCH WAS HIS CONCERN / FOR WELSH AFFAIRS THAT HE BECAME KNOWN AS "THE MEMBER FOR WALES." HE WAS / ALSO A PROMINENT PIONEER IN EDUCATION: HE SERVED ON SEVERAL COMMISSIONS OF / ENQUIRY, AND IN 1883 HE BECAME THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT OF CARDIFF UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE." / "I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MINDFUL OF THREE THINGS: NOT TO FORGET THE LANGUAGE OF / MY COUNTRY: AND THE PEOPLE AND CAUSE OF MY COUNTRY: AND TO NEGLECT NO / OPPORTUNITY OF DEFENDING THE CHARACTER AND PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF / MY COUNTRY." / "MY HOPE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF THE WAR SYSTEM LIES IN PERMANENT CONVICTION / OF THE PEOPLE, RATHER THAN THE POLICIES OF CABINETS OR THE DISCUSSIONS OF / PARLIAMENTS."
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