Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEWELLIN, LLEWELYN (1798 - 1878), cleric Born 3 August 1798, third son of Richard Lewellin of Tremains, Coity, near Bridgend, Glamorganshire, and his wife Maria, daughter of David Jones of Llan-gan (1736 - 1810). He was educated at Cowbridge grammar school and Jesus College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1822, M.A. 1824, B.C.L. 1827, and D.C.L. 1829. He was ordained deacon in 1822 and priest in 1823 by the bishop of Oxford, and in 1826 was
LEWIS family, printers and publishers DAVID LEWIS (1890 - 1943) was the eldest son of John David Lewis and Hannah, his wife; born 18 April 1890, at Market Stores, Llandysul. He was educated at the local council and county schools, and was trained as a printer, at the Gomerian Press founded by his father, under the instruction of William John Jones, foreman printer at the press. After the death of his father in 1914, the heavy
LEWIS GLYN COTHI (fl. 1447-1486), one of the greatest of the 15th century Welsh bards He took his bardic name from that of the forest of Glyn Cothi, within the confines of which, probably, he was born, perhaps at Pwllcynbyd in the parish of Llanybydder. Early in life he became an outlaw in North Wales in company with Owen ap Gruffudd ap Nicholas. This may have been as early as 1443. The earliest certainly datable of his poems is his elegy upon the death of Sir Griffith Vychan of
LEWIS, BENJAMIN WALDO (1877 - 1953), Baptist minister Crickhowell, the daughter of Pierce Jones Wheldon and Louisa Arnaud Wheldon (née MacKenzie). Her father was the manager of the National Provincial bank and a brother of Thomas Jones Wheldon (1841 - 1916), who had settled in Carmarthen in 1900. She died 2 May 1963 at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen. There was one son of the marriage. For very many years B.W. Lewis was an active supporter of a variety of
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (Lewis Tymbl; 1879 - 1947), Congl. minister, popular preacher and lecturer than his day school. When he was 14 he was apprenticed as a tailor to Dafydd Jones, Brynawel, Hermon. He was one of nine apprentices noted for their talent. The discipline of this craft was to be reflected in the smart appearance of the preacher for the rest of his life. Religion and culture flourished in the area and under the firm influence of his mother, the inspiration of its literary figures
LEWIS, DAVID VIVIAN PENROSE (1st Baron Brecon), (1905 - 1976), politician was made against the background of the controversy over the Secretary of State, which led to a number of resignations from the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire and the ensuing emasculation of that body, and of the very bitter controversy over Tryweryn. In view of this, it is surprising that he did not anticipate the controversy that would arise over the appointment of Mrs Rachel Jones as the
LEWIS, EVAN (1788? - 1864), Dissenting minister to provide a suitable student. The ordination was conducted by David Lewis Jones, supported by ministers who were openly Arian or inclined in that direction. The Cilgwyn church accepted Wesleyan doctrine, but rejected the circuit organization. Consequently, Lewis was recognized neither by Wesleyan Methodists nor by Unitarians, and the chapel (removed to a new site in 1840) and congregation were not
LEWIS, EVAN (1818 - 1901), dean of Bangor company of men like Morris Williams (Nicander), Griffith Arthur Jones, and Philip Constable Ellis (all three separately noticed), he strove vigorously and successfully to propagate the principles and practices of the Oxford Movement in his diocese. At Llanllechid, he swept away the old custom of substituting contemporary hymns for the ' Te Deum ' and the ' Magnificat '; he insisted on chants and upon
LEWIS, GEORGE (1763 - 1822), theologian and Independent minister LEWIS (1836 - 1891), classical scholar Scholarship and Languages was his grandson, son of his youngest son, WILLIAM JONES LEWIS, a medical practitioner (see D.N.B.)
LEWIS, Sir HENRY (1847 - 1923) North Wales, Calvinistic Methodist elder The son of THOMAS LEWIS (1821 - 1897), of Llanwenllwyfo, Anglesey (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 257), founder (1840) of a flourishing corn and flour business at Bangor, who was M.P. for Anglesey 1886-94, following Richard Davies (1818 - 1896), and lectured so frequently on his travels in Palestine and elsewhere that he was universally known as 'Thomas Palestina Lewis' - he died 2 December 1897
LEWIS, HENRY (1889 - 1968), Welsh and Celtic scholar, university professor translations. He also edited and commentated upon the works of medieval Welsh poets, most importantly on Iolo Goch in Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill (1925, 1937) and Hen gerddi crefyddol (1931), a pioneering study of an important aspect of the poetry of the Gogynfeirdd. He edited some renaissance prose, e.g. Hen gyflwyniadau (1948) as well as some later texts, e.g. Glanffrwd, Llanwynno (1949), Hugh Jones
LEWIS, HOWELL ELVET (ELFED; 1860 - 1953), Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet known as the 'boy-preacher'. Whilst there he met E. Keri Evans who introduced him to the Welsh strict metres, cynghanedd, and E. Griffith Jones who introduced him to English literature. He took interest also in the local publication Y Byd Cymreig which was in the care of the Rev. John Williams. He started to compete under the pen-name of 'Coromandel'. Two years later he passed the entrance examination

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