Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEWIS, WILLIAM JAMES (1847 - 1926), mineralogist Born 10 January 1847 at Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire, second son of John Lewis, cleric. From Llanrwst grammar school he went up in 1865 to Jesus College, Oxford, and took firsts in mathematical moderations 1867, and final schools 1868, and in natural science 1869. In 1872 he was elected Fellow of Oriel - having been elected under the old statutes, and having remained unmarried, he was able to
LHUYD, EDWARD (1660 - 1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist experimental sciences : making inflammable paper from mineral asbestos (December 1684), description of plants from North Wales which John Ray had omitted from his catalogue (January 1685-6), etc. In January 1685-6, too, he presented the Society with a new catalogue of shells in the Museum, entitled Cochlearum omnium tam terrestrium quam marinarum quae in hoc Musæo continentur, Distributio classica juxta
LINDEN, DIEDERICH WESSEL (d. 1769), medical doctor and mineralogist into debt that he was committed to Fleet Prison on 20 January 1747 for a little over a month. By the spring of that year, he had quitted London for Wales. By the second half of 1747, Linden had drawn up leases with the goldsmith Richard Richardson, Chester, and John Williams, Holywell, to develop mines at Caerwys and Prestatyn. As a result, he relocated to Holywell. It is around this time that Linden
LLEISION ap THOMAS (fl. 1513-1541), last abbot of Neath that, Lleision was forced to give up his post on 9 February 1539 and to hand over all the abbey's possessions to the king. Sir John Price, the Crown deputy, made an earnest appeal to Thomas Cromwell to treat the abbot generously, and this appeal was not made in vain, for he was given a pension of £48 and the rectory of Llangattock on condition that he left when he was given ecclesiastical promotion
LLEWELLYN, THOMAS REDVERS (1901 - 1976), singer and teacher of singing Redvers Llewellyn was born at 8 Hunter St, Britton Ferry on 4 December 1901, the son of John Llewellyn (1875-1960), a tin worker, and his wife Catherine (1878-1943). He had an elder brother William (1899-1919) and a younger sister, Annie (1908-1990). He used the name Redvers Llewellyn professionally, but was known to family and friends as Tom. Both his parents were musical and they encouraged him
LLEWELYN, WILLIAM (1735 - 1803), Independent minister April 1769 at latest, and Brown (Free Churches of Leominster) says that he went to Walsall from Hereford. Llewelyn figures in the Leominster Moravian congregation-diary (excerpts in Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Bedyddwyr Cymru, 1935, 14-16); after the death of his wife (a daughter of John Jenkins, pastor at Bromyard) his mind became unsettled, and though nominally pastor at Walsall he wandered around
LLOYD family Maesyfelin, -law on 3 November 1608. He married Mary, daughter of John Gwyn Stedman of Strata Florida, Cardiganshire, and had three sons and six daughters. He was king's attorney in Wales and the Marches, 1614-1622, was appointed to the Council of the Marches 3 December 1614, and was knighted 7 April 1622. He was recorder of Brecon, 1617-1636, puisne justice of Chester, 1622-1636, and chief justice of the
LLOYD family Leighton, Moel-y-garth, difficulty in securing his pay. The date of his death is unknown. Sir CHARLES LLOYD (died 1678?), merchant and politician Business and IndustryPolitics, Government and Political Movements, was the son of David Lloyd of Moely-garth, a member of the Shrewsbury Drapers' Company and fourth son of Humphrey Lloyd of Leighton, above. After the death of his elder brother John he inherited the property of Moel-y
LLOYD family Peterwell, and South Wales, 1735. He was M.P. for Cardiganshire, 1734-42, voted for the Convention, 1739, but was unseated, on petition, in February 1742. He died 1747. Walter Lloyd was succeeded in his estates and the office of attorney-general for the three counties by his eldest surviving son JOHN LLOYD (died 1755) politician Politics, Government and Political Movements He was M.P. for Cardiganshire from
LLOYD family Bodidris, held at Lloyd's Wrexham house, and it was with funds supplied by him that captain John Salusbury left for London on the earl's summons to participate in the conspiracy of February 1601. Lloyd was denounced to the government but escaped punishment, and in the county election of the following September he was among the old adherents of Essex who backed with force the candidature of Sir Richard Trevor
LLOYD family Dolobran, Guilsfield who was murdered in the Red Castle in 1447. IEUAN or IEUAN LLOYD AB OWEN married Gwenhwyvar, daughter of Meredith Lloyd of Meifod. John Wyn of Dyffryn was his brother. The surname Lloyd was established in the next generation with DAVID LLOYD AB IEUAN AP OWEN (a juror in Montgomeryshire, 1542). 1523 is given as the year of his birth, but it is difficult to reconcile this with the eulogy which
LLOYD family Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, ancestor MEREDYDD AB IEUAN AP MEREDYDD with MARGARET, eldest daughter and coheiress of EINION AB ITHEL of Rhiwaedog, Esquire of the Body of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in A.D. 1395, and high sheriff of Meirionydd for life. He was [according to Lloyd ] the son of ITHEL AB GWRGENEU FYCHAN AB GWRGENEU AP MADOG AP RHIRYD FLAIDD.' The deputy-herald Lewis Dwnn, when he visited Rhiwaedog on 1 August 1592

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