Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KATHERYN of BERAIN (Mam Cymru, The mother of Wales; 1534/5 - 1591) Born in 1534/5, Katheryn was the daughter of Tudur ap Robert Vychan of Berain, Denbighshire, by his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Roland Velville (died 1527), a natural son of Henry VII, whom Henry made constable of Beaumaris castle. Katheryn, who is said to have been a ward of queen Elizabeth, ultimately acquired by mortgage Penmynydd in Anglesey. She was married four times: (1) to JOHN SALUSBURY
KEYNE (fl. late 5th century - early 6th century), saint 'Life' states that she was buried by S. Cadoc. S. Keyne is the patroness of Llangeinor, and her name is remembered in Llan-gain and Capel Cain Wyry (parish of Talley) in Carmarthenshire, in Llangeinwen in Anglesey, and perhaps in Machen, Monmouthshire. Other churches named after her occur in Herefordshire, Somerset, and Cornwall. Her festival is celebrated usually on 8 October. [Avoid confusing Keyne
KILMISTER, IAN FRASER (1945 - 2015), musician family moved to a farm in Benllech, Anglesey. He went to school at Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones in Amlwch, and as he later recalled his experiences there he said 'funnily enough, being the only English kid among 700 Welsh ones didn't make for the happiest time - but it was interesting from an anthropological point of view'. It was at this time that he received the nickname 'Lemmy'; although the widely
LANGFORD family Allington, , Catherine, who married Walter Cradoc of Wrexham, and WILLIAM LANGFORD (1602 - 1668), rector Religion Born 12 April 1602, educated at Gresford, Ruthin, and Brasenose College, Oxford, B.A. 1620, M.A. 1623; a member of the household of Godfrey Goodman afterwards bishop of Gloucester, usher at Ruthin grammar school 1624, headmaster there 1626-50, rector of Heneglwys, Anglesey 1630, vicar of Welshpool 1632
LEWIS MON (fl. c. 1480-1527) Llifon, Anglesey, a poet In his elegy to Tudur Aled he calls the latter his teacher, and the two poets are also grouped together in Ieuan ap Madog ap Dafydd's elegy on Syr Dafydd Trefor, the Anglesey poet and cleric. Many of his compositions are addressed to the Penrhyn family. It would appear that he died at Valle Crucis abbey, where he was buried. An elegy on his death was written by Dafydd Alaw. His will was proved 28
LEWIS, Sir ALFRED (EDWARD) (1868 - 1940), banker ., formed to deal with the situation after the Japanese earthquake of 1923. A governor of the London School of Economics, he was sheriff of Anglesey in 1934-5. He took great interest in flying, and at 50 obtained his pilot's certificate. His wife (1891), Grace Mary Edmunds, was the daughter of William Edmunds (see Edmunds, Mary Anne), by his second marriage. He died at Birkenhead 8 March 1937.
LEWIS, BENJAMIN WALDO (1877 - 1953), Baptist minister Born 7 September 1877 at Holyhead, Anglesey, the son of John (according to family tradition, but David according to the biographies) Lewis, (born 29 August 1829) from Bridell, and Anne Lewis (née Williams, in February 1848 or 1849) from Fishguard. They married at Newport, Monmouth on 31 January 1871. His father was, according to tradition, of the lineage of a brother of Titus Lewis while his wife
LEWIS, DAVID (Ap Ceredigion; 1870 - 1948), cleric, poet, and hymn-writer rector of Llansadwrn in Anglesey. He was appointed rural dean of Tindaethwy in 1937. He remained at Llansadwrn till his death on 19 October 1948, and was buried there. There is a sanctuary lamp in the church there in memory of him. Lewis was a frequent contributor to Welsh periodicals from the beginning of the century onwards, and for many years was the editor of the poetry column of Y Llan. His work
LEWIS, EVAN (1818 - 1901), dean of Bangor Aberystwyth, and afterwards to his uncle David's school at Twickenham. In April 1838 he went to Jesus College, Oxford, graduating in 1841; he was a notable oarsman, and under his captaincy the college boat went head of the river. He was ordained by Bethell of Bangor in 1842, and served curacies at Llanddeusant, Anglesey (1842-3), Llanfaes and Penmon (1843-5), Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog (1845-6), and Llanllechid
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, JOHN DAVID (1859 - 1914), bookseller, local historian, and founder of a printing press periodical s which were of interest to Llandysul, either because of the subject-matter or because they were by local writers. This early love for books and literature caused him to start selling Welsh books, periodicals, and papers in his father's general shop, and was responsible for his decision in 1892 to start a printing press. As his assistant he engaged a young lad from Llannerch-y-medd, Anglesey, of
LEWIS, LEWIS WILLIAM (Llew Llwyfo; 1831 - 1901), poet, novelist, and journalist Born 31 March 1831 in the village of Pen-sarn, Llanwenllwyfo, Anglesey. As a boy he worked in the Parys copper mines near Amlwch, and was later apprenticed to a Bangor draper. He then opened his own shop at Tal-sarn and after that a school in the same place. In 1852 he was sub-editor of Y Cymro (Holywell). In 1855 he went to Liverpool to edit the Amserau, in 1858 to Aberdare as editor of the

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