Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS LLEWELYN (1915 - 2009), poet and prolific writer later he moved to Coed-y-bryn where he spent the rest of his career as headmaster until his retirement in 1975 when he moved to Pontgarreg. From T. Ll. Stephens he learned that the children's well-being was to be the priority at all times and there was never a place in his school for anyone who could not respect the standards that he expected. By this time he was gaining success as a poet, winning a
KENYON family Gredington, Peel Hall, The settlement in Wales of the family of Kenyon dates from the marriage, c. 1694, of THOMAS KENYON (1668 - 1731), fourth son of ROGER KENYON of Peel, Lancashire, with Catherine (born 1660), daughter and heiress of Luke Lloyd (died 1695), of Bryn, in the parish of Hanmer, Flintshire, whose family had been long settled in the hundred of Maelor Saesneg, and claimed descent from Rhodri Mawr. Luke
LEWIS family Llwyn-du, Llangelynnin Huw ap Dafydd ap Hywel ap Gronw, of Llangelynnin. Their son, HUMPHERY OWEN I 'ap Huw,' of Llwyn-du, 'gent.', married Elizabeth Powell of Llangynog, Montgomeryshire. Of their numerous children, four were: Owen Humphrey II (below), JOHN, who emigrated to Pennsylvania, SAMUEL, who also emigrated but returned to Llangelynnin and died there in 1677, and ANNE, who married Ellis ap Rees of Bryn Mawr
LEWIS, REES (Eos Ebrill; 1828 - 1880), schoolmaster and musician Born in 1828 at Twyn Cynordy, near Bryn-mawr, Brecknock, the son of William Lewis, who was precentor at Nebo chapel, Pen-y-cae. He received his first lessons in music from his father and from a musician from Pembrokeshire, who resided in the district. Entering the teaching profession, he spent two years at the Borough Road Training College, London, taught at Blaina, Monmouth, and afterwards at
LLAWDDOG (fl. 600?), saint is said to have been the son of Dingad ab Nudd Hael, king of Bryn Buga (i.e. Usk), and Tefrian or Tonwy, daughter of Lleuddyn Lwyddog. Few details are known about his life, but tradition maintains that he worked many miracles. He appears to have forsaken his father's kingdom in order to live the life of a religious recluse with his brother BAGLAN in Caernarvonshire. His later years are linked
LLEWELLYN, THOMAS REDVERS (1901 - 1976), singer and teacher of singing part in defining the vocal style for what was still regarded as relatively modern English music. He retired from singing in 1956 and returned to Wales to spend thirteen years teaching singing at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Among the many aspiring performers who beat a path to his door were the young Delme Bryn Jones and the soprano Rita Hunter. On retirement from Aberystwyth he
LLOYD GEORGE family remained faithful also to those values which she was taught to respect in her nonconformist upbringing. Before their marriage David Lloyd George and Margaret had a courtship which cut across denominational and social boundaries, and the story is now well known through books on the career of David Lloyd George Bryn Awelon, Cricieth, was the family home between 1908, when it was built, and 1941 when Dame
LLOYD, GEORGE (1560 - 1615), bishop of Chester The fifth son of Meredydd (Lloyd) ap John ap Meredydd Llwyd of Beaumaris, he was born at Bryn Euryn, Llandrillo yn Rhos, which his mother, Jonet Conwy, inherited through her father, Hugh Conwy Fychan, a descendant of Marchudd, founder of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales. He was a scholar of King's School, Chester, from 1575-9, entering Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1579, and graduating B.A
LLOYD, JOHN MEIRION (1913 - 1998), missionary and author , who had been under his tutelage. Meirion Lloyd learnt the Mizo language fluently and served as leader of a group of scholars who were responsible for translating the Bible into the language, completed in 1955. He took great interest in the history of the Welsh Mission to India, and wrote about the early pioneers in Ar Ben Bryn Uchel, published in 1952, with an English translation, On Every High Hill
LLOYD, ROBERT (1716 - 1792) Plas Ashpool,, farmer and Methodist exhorter South Wales in 1759-1760; and this was the beginning of Methodism in the Vale of Clwyd. It was at Tŷ Modlen that John Owen (1733 - 1776) of Berthen Gron was converted, that Flintshire Methodism started, and that Edward Williams of Glan Clwyd (1750 - 1813) heard Daniel Rowland preach, and was pierced to the quick. Robert Llwyd and Edward Parry of Bryn Bugad (1723 - 1786) were friends and worked
LLOYD, ROBERT (Llwyd o'r Bryn; 1888 - 1961), eisteddfodwr, entertainer and farmer and traditions that are associated with Welsh life at its best. In 1966 a volume of his letters was published, Diddordebau, which was edited by his nephew Trebor Lloyd Evans, and a collection of his articles for Welsh Farm News and other periodicals were published in Adlodd Llwyd o'r Bryn by his daughter, Dwysan Rowlands, in 1983. After retiring he visited many places to give lectures on country
LLOYD, Sir WILLIAM (1782 - 1857), soldier and one of the first Europeans to reach the peak of any Himalayan snow-capped mountain Bryn Estyn estate, to captain the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry and play a prominent part on behalf of the Whigs in the political and social life of the district. He received a knighthood in 1838 and was appointed hon. Lieutenant Colonel in 1854. He died 16 May 1857 and was buried in the old Llandudno churchyard - he had a residence in the town. It is believed that GEORGE LLOYD (1815 - 1843), born 17

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