While some of its bearers stamped an indelible mark through their fascination with the romance and allure of Wales’s ancient Celtic past, others have gained fame through a range of other endeavours and pursuits that include the stage, music and literature.
Steeped in the ancient Welsh bardic tradition of writing and reciting poetry, the Rev Thomas Price, born in 1787 in Radnorshire, was a multi-accomplished antiquarian, historian, essayist, orator, musician, naturalist, educationalist and advocate of pan-Celticism.
In contemporary times and on the silver screen, Vincent Price was the American actor and master of the horror genre whose many credits include 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum and the 1964 The Masque of the Red Death, while he also provided a voiceover for Michael Jackson’s 1982 album Thriller.
