Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BULKELEY-OWEN, FANNY MARY KATHERINE (1845 - 1927), author The only daughter of J. R. Ormsby-Gore (1816 - 1876), 1st baron Harlech. She was first married in 1863 to the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon (died 1865); their son, Lloyd, succeeded his grandfather in 1869 as 4th baron Kenyon. Her second marriage in 1880 was to the Reverend Thomas Mainwaring Bulkeley-Owen, of Tedsmore, West Felton (died 1910). Mrs. Bulkeley-Owen took an active interest in Welsh cultural
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM DAVID (1918 - 1985), politician, diplomat, media impresario David Ormsby-Gore was born in London on 20 May 1918, the second son of William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (1885-1964), fourth Baron Harlech, landowner and politician, and his wife Lady Beatrice Edith Mildred (née Gascoigne-Cecil, 1891-1980), a daughter of the fourth Marquess of Salisbury. His older brother and the barony of Harlech's heir presumptive, Owen Gerard Cecil Ormsby-Gore (1916-1935) died
ORMSBY-GORE, WILLIAM GEORGE ARTHUR (1885 - 1964), politician and banker Born in London, 11 April 1885, son of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore (who became 3rd Baron Harlech in 1904) and Lady Margaret Ethel (née Gordon). The family home was Brogyntyn, near Oswestry, Salop. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and in 1913 he married Lady Beatrice Cecil, a member of a prominent Conservative family. In 1910 he was elected M.P. for the Borough of Denbigh by only eight votes
WYNN family Glyn (Glyn Cywarch), Brogyntyn, MARY JANE ORMSBY (died 1869), heiress of Glyn, Clenennau, and Brogyntyn. By her marriage (1815) to William Gore (died 1860), Mary Jane Ormsby became the mother of JOHN RALPH ORMSBY -GORE (1816 – 1876), who was created baron Harlech 11 January 1876.
WATKINS, TUDOR ELWYN (Baron Watkins of Glantawe), (1903 - 1983), Labour politician WEA and the National Council of Labour Colleges, and later (as the recipient of a bursary) at Coleg Harlech. He earned his living as a coalminer from the age of 13½, 1917-25, and then as the Labour Party agent in the Brecon and Radnor constituency, 1928-33. He was general secretary of the Breconshire Association of Friendly Societies, 1937-48. He was an alderman of the Breconshire County Council
STANLEY family Penrhos, and favour the fortunes of the Bulkeley family of Baron Hill, especially in the county elections of 1708 and 1710. He was followed by an ineffective son and still more ineffective grandsons: one indeed was a great gardener, another somewhat of an artist, a third of weak mind, and the fourth, Hugh Owen father of Margaret, of poor health throughout his life. Had it not been for the connection between
DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION (fl. 1440-1468), soldier and commander of Harlech Castle during the Wars of the Roses His fame rests on his defence of Harlech castle for the Lancastrians (1460-8) during the Wars of the Roses. His father, Ieuan ab Einion of Cryniarth and Hendwr in Edeirnion, Meironnydd, was a descendant of Llywelyn ap Cynwrig of Cors-y-Gedol; his mother, Angharad, was daughter and heiress of Dafydd ap Giwn Llwyd of Hendwr; his wife was Margaret, daughter of John Puleston of Emral, Flintshire
LLOYD, LEWIS WILLIAM (1939 - 1997), historian and author Born 13 June 1939 in London, the second son and third child of Lewis Pugh Lloyd and his wife Ruby Margaret Doris (née Haste). His father hailed from Llanfair, near Harlech, Meironnydd; his mother was a Londoner with Welsh connections. The family moved from London to Llanfair in 1953. He was educated at Willesden county grammar school, Barmouth county school, Ysgol Ardudwy, Harlech; the University
RICHARDS family Coed, Caerynwch, ) JOHN HUMPHREYS. Grace's great-grandchild, CATHERINE, only child of ROBERT VAUGHAN HUMPHREYS (sheriff of Merioneth, 1760), became the wife of Sir RICHARD RICHARDS (1752 - 1823), judge, baron of the exchequer and thereafter often called ' baron Richards '; born 5 November 1752, he was the son of Thomas Richards of Coed, near Dolgelley, by his wife Catherine, sister of William Parry, warden of Ruthin
DAFYDD ap IEUAN (IFAN) ab OWEN (fl. 1560), poet Fl. 1560, according to NLW MS 606E). His poetry associates him with Harlech, and, more especially, with Trawsfynydd. Cywyddau and an englyn by him are preserved in Cwrtmawr MS 238B, Cwrtmawr MS 244B, NLW MS 643B, NLW MS 666C, NLW MS 3487E, and B.M. Add. MSS. 14966, 14985; among them is an englyn to the town of Harlech, and a 'cywydd of remonstrance against the world written by a man who had sold
OWEN, Baron LEWIS (d. 1555), judge Son of Owen ap Hywel ap Llywelyn, of Llwyn, Dolgelley. Under Henry VIII he was appointed deputy-chamberlain of North Wales and baron (i.e. judge) of the exchequer at Caernarvon; he was sheriff of Merioneth in 1545-6 and 1554-5, and Member of Parliament for the shire in 1547, 1553, and 1554; he lived at Cwrt Plas-yn-dre, Dolgelley. As sheriff, he undertook to extirpate the ' Red Bandits of Mawddwy
SCOTT-ELLIS, THOMAS EVELYN (8th BARON HOWARD DE WALDEN, 4th BARON SEAFORD), (1880 - 1946), landowner and sportsman, writer, and patron of the arts Born 9 May 1880, only son of Frederick George Ellis, 7th baron, and Blanche, eldest daughter and co-heir of William Holden, of Palace House, co. Lancaster. Educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he served in the Boer War, and afterwards in World War I. He succeeded, as 8th baron, in 1899. His descent from John Ellis, who was descended from a family of that name seated at

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