Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, JOHN (1480 - 1523), musician Born at Caerleon, Monmouthshire. The first reference to him occurs in 1505 - as a priest in the Chapel Royal. He was appointed parish priest of Munslow, Herefordshire, 18 September 1506. On 12 November 1511 he is given authority under the name of John Lloyd, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, to receive a ' Black Chamelot Gown.' In a list cf the officials of the Chapel Royal, 27 February 1518, he is
LLOYD, JOHN (1558? - 1603), cleric and scholar
LLOYD, JOHN (1885 - 1964), schoolmaster, author and local historian
LLOYD, JOHN (fl. 1833-1859), printer and publisher - see LLOYD, EVAN
LLOYD, JOHN (1748 - 1818) Abercynrig - see LLOYD, JOHN
LLOYD, JOHN (1797 - 1875) Dinas - see LLOYD, JOHN
LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE (1815 - 1874), musician Born 14 June 1815, at Mold, Flintshire, the son of Enoch and Catherine Lloyd. The father, who was a cabinet maker, also preached with the Baptists and was, in 1830, ordained minister of Hill Cliffe Chapel, Warrington. When the family moved to Hill Cliffe, John Ambrose Lloyd moved to Liverpool where his brother Isaac was a schoolmaster. It was at Liverpool, in 1831, that he composed his first hymn
LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE (1840 - 1914), musician - see LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE
LLOYD, Sir JOHN CONWAY (1878 - 1954), public figure Llywelyn ap Gruffudd at Cefn-y-bedd than the one raised fifty years previously by S.P.M. Bligh, but he did not live to see the unveiling of the monument in 1956. He died 30 May 1954; his remains were cremated and the ashes were buried in the grave, at Mailleraye-sur-Seine, of his youngest son, John Richard, who lost his life when his aeroplane was shot down near Rouen on 22 June 1940. He lost his eldest
LLOYD, Sir JOHN EDWARD (1861 - 1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig other researchers, but the body of the work remains authoritative to this day. It brought him the degree of D. Litt., Oxford, 1918. In 1930 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (F.B.A.), and it was to that body that he delivered his Sir John Rhŷs Lecture on The Welsh Chronicles, which was published in 1930 - a notable example of the nature of its author's mind. Almost to the end, Lloyd
LLOYD, JOHN MEIRION (1913 - 1998), missionary and author , Eirlys Ruth, Alun Meirion and Hywel John, and when they were old enough they were sent back to England for their education. He immediately saw the educational needs of the town of Aizawl and the leaders of the Mizo Church agreed with his vision. He established the first high school in Aizawl in 1946, which was taken over by the Government by 1951. He then became the first principal of a theological
LLOYD, JOHN MORGAN (1880 - 1960), musician Born 19 August 1880, at Pentre, Rhondda, Glamorganshire, of a musical and religious family. His father, John Lloyd (an outfitter, who lived at Glan-y-don, Barry, and died 1910) was of Montgomeryshire stock and was one of the chief founders of Penuel Welsh church (Presb.), Barry. His mother was a native of Treforest, grandchild of Benjamin Williams, minister of Saron, Pontypridd, and she was the

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