Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KELSEY, ALFRED JOHN (1929 - 1992), association football player
KEMBLE, CHARLES (1775 - 1854), actor Born 25 November 1775 at Brecon, eleventh child of Roger Kemble and Sarah Ward. The company of itinerant actors managed by his parents played on a circuit that is indicated by the birthplaces of their celebrated children: Sarah Siddons, born Brecon, 1755; JOHN PHILIP, born Prescott, 1757; STEPHEN, born Kington, 1758; FRANCES Twiss, born Hereford, 1759; ELIZABETH WHITLOCK, born Warrington, 1761
KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807 - 1857), philologist - see KEMBLE, CHARLES
KEMEYS family Cefn Mabli, The Cefn Mabli branch of the Kemeys family is said to be descended from one Stephen de Kemeys, who held land in what is now Monmouthshire c. 1234. The first connection with Cefn Mabli came when DAVID KEMEYS, son of Ievan Kemeys of Began, married Cecil, daughter of Llewelyn ab Evan ap Llewelyn ap Cynfig of Cefn Mabli c. 1450. They were succeeded by their son LEWIS. The next heirs were JOHN KEMEYS
KENRICK family Wynn Hall, Bron Clydwr, ), inheriting the estate in 1700, and with it the pastoral oversight which Owen had exercised over the Merioneth Dissenters (chiefly Independent). He was ordained at Wrexham in 1702 along with John Evans (c. 1680 - 1730), by Matthew Henry, son of Philip Henry, James Owen, and other Presbyterian ministers. About 1715 he settled as minister of Bala, then of Llanuwchllyn (1739), where his son John Kenrick of
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.
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
KEYNE (fl. late 5th century - early 6th century), saint According to the 'The Situ Brecheniauc' Wade-Evans, vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae, 313-5) and 'Cognacio Brychan' (op. cit., 315-8), Keyne was one of the saintly daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog. Her legend is told in the summary 'Life' of S. Keyne, compiled in the mid 14th century by John of Teignmouth from an unknown original. S. Keyne, despising marriage and thus winning the
KNIGHT, HENRY HEY (1795 - 1857), cleric and antiquary (1806? - 1873), who also occupied Nottage Court which is still in the hands of his descendants in the female line. The three brothers' (eldest) sister, ANNE BASSETT KNIGHT (1794 - 1825), married the Rev. John Blackmore, and was the mother of the novelist Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825 - 1900), who when young spent much of his time at Nottage Court with his uncle Henry Hey Knight, is said to have
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
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 it is more than likely that he was the son of Tomos Kyffin and his wife, Catrin Lloyd, both of whom belonged to county families living near Oswestry. All that we know about his education is that he studied poetry under William Llŷn and that, later on, in London, 1578-80, he was one of the pupils and friends of the celebrated John Dee. About 1580-2 he was tutor to lord Buckhurst's sons. He wrote a

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