PRYCE, THOMAS (1833 - 1904), antiquary
Date of birth: 1833
Date of death: 1904
Parent: David Pryce
Gender: Male
Occupation: antiquary
Area of activity: History and Culture
Author: Walter Thomas Morgan
Born 5 September 1833, son of David Pryce of Tre-derwen Hall, Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire. He was educated at Liverpool College. After leaving school he went out to Java, where in 1863 he married the daughter of Jacobus G. T. and Aldouse van Motman of Dramaga. He remained in Java for twenty-eight years and afterwards proceeded to the Hague. There he stayed another four or five years before he came home to reside at Pentre Heylin, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire. He took a prominent part in the public life of the county; he was a justice of the peace, a member of the county council, and chairman of the parish council. He was greatly interested in antiquarian studies, and was a member of the council of the Powysland Club. He was the author of the History of the Parish of Llandysilio, published in Mont. Coll., xxxi and xxxii. He died 23 June 1904, and was buried in the churchyard of Llandysilio.
Author
- Walter Thomas Morgan, (1912 - 1990)
- Bye-Gones, relating to Wales and the Border Counties, 1904, 370-1
- D.R.T., Obituary: Thomas Pryce, J.P., Pentre Heylin, Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders, xxxiii, 282-4
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20734521
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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