Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KEMEYS family Cefn Mabli, and his son DAVID (died 1564?). David's eldest son, EDWARD, was sheriff of Glamorgan, 1574-5, but died without issue. The estate came to Edward's nephew DAVID, son of Rhys Kemeys of Llanvair Castle. David was sheriff of Glamorgan, 1616-17, and was succeeded by his son EDWARD, whose children either died in infancy or without issue. The estate then developed upon Sir NICHOLAS KEMEYS of Llanvair, son
KENRICK family Wynn Hall, Bron Clydwr, practice at Ruabon. He was clerk to the Ruabon magistrates, 1896-1933, and was coroner for east Denbighshire from 1906 until his death. In his younger days he took an active part in association football and founded the Football Association of Wales in the season 1875-6. He was acclaimed as the founder by Sir Evan Morris when the first Welsh cup was presented to the winners in 1879. The cup had been won
KENYON family Gredington, Peel Hall, Robert Eddowes of Eagle Hall, Cheshire, by Anne, daughter and heiress of the Rev. Richard Hilton (died 1706) of Gredington, which he purchased from Sir John Hanmer on 9 May 1678. Hilton was vicar of Hanmer, 1662-1706. It would seem that the Kenyon's moved to Gredington soon after the vicar's death in 1706. LLOYD KENYON II (1732 - 1802) Second son of the above, was born at Gredington, 5 October 1732
KINSEY, WILLIAM MORGAN (1788 - 1851), cleric and traveller Born at Abergavenny, son of Robert Morgan Kinsey, solicitor and banker at that town, and his wife Caroline Hannah, daughter of Sir James Harington, Bt. He was educated at Oxford (matriculated 28 November 1805, scholar of Trinity College, B.A. 1809, M.A. 1813, B.D. 1822, Fellow of his college 1815, dean 1822, vice-president 1823, bursar 1824). In 1827 he made a tour in Portugal, publishing next
KNIGHT, WILLIAM BRUCE (1785 - 1845), Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator Born 24 December 1785 at Braunton, Devon, the second son of John Knight and Margaret Bruce, daughter of William Bruce, Duffryn, Aberdare and a brother to John Bruce Pryce. His maternal grandparents were Wm. Bruce of Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, and Jane, grand-daughter of Sir Thomas Lewis, Llanishen. When the son was quite young the parents moved from Braunton to Llanblethian. He was educated at
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist League could the danger of another war, its capacity for killing and destruction more frightening than ever, be averted, she argued, sharing the stage with Sir Harry Reichel, a member of the Executive Committee of the Welsh League of Nations, at a meeting in Llandudno in November. A significant year for Elined came to a close with her marriage to Walter Maria Kotschnig (1901-1985), an Austrian born in
KYFFIN, EDWARD (c. 1558 - 1603), cleric and composer of metrical psalms following Kyffin's epistle dedicatory giving the reasons which prompted him to undertake the work. In view of what Morris Kyffin says in the preface to Deffynniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr, 1595, regarding the need for a metrical version of the psalms in Welsh, it is not improbable that it was at his instigation that his brother Edward undertook the task. Thomas Salisbury, in a letter to Sir John Wynn of Gwydir
KYFFIN, MORRIS (c. 1555 - 1598), writer and soldier Kyffin who was then comptroller of the musters to the army in Ireland and whose duty it was to keep an eye on unprincipled officers who cheated the Government and oppressed the local inhabitants. As far as can be gathered, Kyffin was honest and conscientious and so earned the hatred of those less incorruptible than himself, more particularly that of his colleague Sir Ralph Lane. He died 2 January 1598
LAUGHARNE, ROWLAND (d. 1676?), Parliamentary major-general The son of John Laugharne of S. Brides, Pembrokeshire, and his wife, Janet, daughter of Sir Hugh Owen of Orielton in that county. In his youth he was page to Robert Devereux, third earl of Essex, and he may have accompanied him on military service in the Low Countries. When the Civil War broke out in August 1642, some of the leading gentry in south Pembrokeshire, supported by merchants who had
LEACH, ARTHUR LEONARD (1869 - 1957), historian, geologist and archaeologist repositories in London. The fruit of this was his most substantial work, The History of the Civil War (1642-1649) in Pembrokeshire and on its Borders (London, 1937), the publication of which, however, he had to subsidise himself. Though in large measure a documentary compilation, it showed a sure handling of the sources and has remained definitive (reviewed in Archæologia Cambrensis 93 (1938), 267-71 by Sir
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
LEVY, MERVYN MONTAGUE (1914 - 1996), writer and broadcaster on the visual arts excelled as a draughtsman, winning the Sir Herbert Read Prize for Drawing in 1935. His drawings of Dylan Thomas would contribute to the formation of the public image of the poet. On leaving the Royal College and entering 'the hideous jungle of the real world', Levy took various jobs to sustain himself before the Second World War intervened, and he went to Sandhurst. He emerged in 1941, commissioned in

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