Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KENRICK family Wynn Hall, Bron Clydwr, through her. Her own grandfather, and probably her first husband's also, had been Roundhead officers, members of Morgan Llwyd's congregation, and commissioners under the Propagation Act of 1649. John Kenrick was also a trustee under the will of Dr. Daniel Williams (1643? - 1716), but unlike Williams developed Arian views in later life. His brother DANIEL KENRICK, who had a chandlery business in Wrexham
KENWARD, JAMES (fl. 1868), writer and poet who lived at Smethwick, near Birmingham, in 1868. His published works include A Poem of English Sympathy with Wales which was written for the national eisteddfod of 1858 at Llangollen; a collection, entitled, For Cambria: themes in Verse and Prose; and The Life and Writings of John Williams (Ab Ithel), which was originally published in the Cambrian Journal.
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist Elined Prys was born on 16 February 1895 in Trefeca, Talgarth, Breconshire, the eldest of the two daughters of Owen Prys, the Principal of the Calvinist Methodist College, and his wife Elizabeth (née Parry). The family moved to a new home in Lluest, North Road, Aberystwyth, when the college was relocated in 1906, and Elined went on to study at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. In
LAKE, MORGAN ISLWYN (1925 - 2018), minister and pacifist - where his father was headteacher - Islwyn attended Fishguard County School (1935-43) where he came under the influence of D. J. Williams, who was his sixth form Welsh teacher, and D. J. Bowen (1925-2017) was amongst his friends. The Rev. Irfon Samuel, the family's minister, together with D. J. Williams were early influences on him as a pacifist and a life-long member of Plaid Cymru. He registered as a
LEE, ROWLAND (d. 1543), bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (which included at that time what later became the diocese of Chester) (1534-1543), and president of the Council in Wales and the Marches for the same period , 1904; R. Flenley, A Calendar of the Register of the Queen's Majesty's Council in the Dominion and Principality of Wales and the Marches, 1918, and David Williams, A History of Modern Wales, 1950. Lee had had much experience of public affairs in England for some years before he was appointed to the two offices named above in 1534. Under Wolsey, he had been concerned in the closing of some of the
LEEKE, SAMUEL JAMES (1888 - 1966), Baptist minister Born 28 March 1888 at Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, son of Samuel Leeke (died 14 February 1943, aged 81) and Anne Leeke (née Williams, died 31 December 1937 aged 74). His parents married in Bristol on 20 November 1884. His father was a carpenter by profession, a trade which he practised at sea, having sailed many times 'round the Horn '. The son's career started in the service of the Post Office
LEVI, THOMAS (1825 - 1916), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor of Trysorfa y Plant, and author y Beibl, 1870; Casgliad o Hen Farwnadau, 1872; Hanes y Beibl Cymraeg, 1876; Traethodau Bywgraffyddol, 1882 and after, published in a single volume entitled Cedyrn Cymru; Canmlwyddiant yr Ysgol Sabbothol, 1885. He also translated sixty books from English into Welsh, including Yr Anianydd Cristionogol, 1859; Crist a Gwroniaid y Byd Paganaidd, 1887. He co-operated with Dr. Joseph Parry in the
LEWES, ERASMUS (1663? - 1745), cleric , deserves to be remembered since it was 'at the request of the Reverend Captain Lewes of Gernos ' that Moses Williams undertook the task of translating Vickers's Companion to the Altar into Welsh. It was published in London in 1715 under the title Cydymmaith i'r Allor, Yn dangos, Anian ac Angenrheidrwydd Ymbaratoad Sacrafennaidd, Modd y derbynniom y Cymmun Bendigedig yn Deilwng.
LEWES, Sir WATKIN (1740 - 1821), lord mayor of London second son of Watkin Lewes, Penybenglog, Melinau, and Ann Williams of Ambleston, Pembrokeshire. His father was rector of Melinau (1735-59) and of Newport, Pembrokeshire (1759-70). The son was educated at Shrewsbury school and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1763. He entered the Middle Temple [ 1760 ], and was called to the (Chancery) Bar in 1766. He married Rebecca Eleanora
LEWIS LLOYD, EMMELINE (1827 - 1913), one of the first women to climb in the Alps (1835 - 1916), it is doubtful whether any of them went in for climbing before her. Lucy Walker always climbed with her father and her brother but Emmeline's usual companion was another woman, Isabella Straton. She also climbed with her younger sister, Bessie, who married William Williams, the vicar of Llandyfaelog. Her usual guide, Jean Charlet of Argentière, spent a year as a groom at Nantgwyllt
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, EDWARD ARTHUR (1880 - 1942), historian son of Maurice and Elizabeth Lewis, born at Nanty Mines, Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, 6 January 1880. Educated at Oswestry, Llanidloes, U.C.W., Aberystwyth, and the London School of Economics, he was appointed assistant-lecturer in Welsh history at U.C.W., Aberystwyth, 1910; professor of economics in 1912; first Sir John Williams professor of Welsh history in 1930. In 1925 he married Elizabeth

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