Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KELSALL, JOHN (fl. 1683-1743), Quaker diarist
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
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist Union from the women of Wales to their counterparts in the United States, although her name does not appear in the minutes of the meetings held as preparations intensified during 1923. On 2 February 1924, aged twenty-nine, Elined ('one of the non-official deputation') joined leader Mrs Peter Hughes Griffiths or Annie Jane Hughes Griffiths (1873-1942) on board the RMS Cedric sailing from Liverpool to

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