Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD family Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, extended at Rhiwaedog to itinerating bards (clerwyr), particularly during the 16th and 17th century. Griffith Roberts (Gwrtheyrn, 1845 - 1915), Bala, gives (in two of his manuscripts, now NLW MS 7411C, NLW MS 7421B) the names of many bards who wrote poems to various members of the Rhiwaedog family and who visited the house. Amongst them are Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Ceri, Bedo Hafhesp, Siôn Mawddwy, Siôn
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, CHARLES (1766 - 1829), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster was quite successful. But in 1799 he took to farming at Coedlannau, and lost much money at it. Now a declared Unitarian, he sought to become co-pastor with David Davis of Castellhywel, at Llwynrhydowen, but Davis (an Arian) would have none of him - at that time. Arianism and the 'new' Unitarianism were in conflict (see the appendix to R. J. Jones's Unitarian Students at Carmarthen, and A History of
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist the publishing company. Tecwyn Lloyd contributed many articles and snippets to Y Cymro, mostly of the character of a magazine rather than of a newspaper. By now he had married Frances Killen who came from the Wolverhampton area, a lady of staunch English stock. It was she who became Welsh, rather than Tecwyn becoming English. After five years of journalism it was time, he felt, to return to adult
LLOYD, EVAN (1764 - 1847), Unitarian Baptist minister became an Arminian, and left; his own statement (recorded by his son in Yr Ymofynydd, loc. cit.) says that he refused to sign the Particular Baptist confession as a condition of financial help from the Baptist Fund. He now joined the General Baptist cause of ' Ty Coch ' in Cardigan town and (again on his own testimony, loc. cit.) became pastor there and at Zoan (Pembrokeshire) - some have doubted this
LLOYD, JOHN (1749 - 1815), lawyer and dilettante with prices noted. The Wigfair MSS. (numbered NLW MS 12401-12513) now in N.L.W. (described in the Library's Annual Reports for 1925-6 and 1926-7, and in N.L.W. Jnl. i, 38, 76-82, 100-2, 115), include, besides a mass of family papers and letters, the only known holograph letter by the poet Siôn Tudur - and see Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, vii, 112-7, and the original of the 'Register
LLOYD, Sir JOHN EDWARD (1861 - 1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig write the essays, and he himself wrote over 60 essays under the first letters of the alphabet. But war broke out; the arrangements were postponed; and when it became safe to take up the task again in 1943, he felt that he could not now be involved with the correspondence and proof-reading and he chose to be called the Consultative Editor. But the consultation was by no means in name only, for he met
LLOYD, THOMAS (1673? - 1734), cleric and lexicologist Power to him - he did not live to inherit it, but was living there at the time of his death in 1734; he was buried 22 October at Wrexham. Some of his books and manuscripts are now in the N.L.W. (see N.L.W. Handlist, items 716-21). The library also has his interleaved and annotated copy of John Davies's Dictionarium Duplex, crammed with additional words and citations; this has proved invaluable in the
LLOYD, WILLIAM (1786 - 1852), musician Born at Rhos-goch, Llaniestyn, Llŷn, in 1786; there is a tradition that he was a cattle-drover. The family was musical, and Lloyd himself went around Llŷn holding music classes and conducting hymnody-festivals; he also gave instruction to people who visited him at his home. He composed many hymn-tunes, but the tune with which his name is most widely associated is the dignified tune now known as
LLOYD, WILLIAM (1717 - 1777), cleric and translator is so much better than the Welsh of Lloyd's letters as to suggest that the credit was due to William Morris. At the end of 1761 Lloyd was made rector of Cowden (Kent); he was now within reach of the Cymmrodorion Society, and in 1762 became a corresponding member; thus, from 1762 on we frequently hear of him in Richard Morris's letters. He kept up his friendship with Evan Evans (see Gwaith Ieuan
LLOYD-JONES, DAVID MARTYN (1899 - 1981), minister and theologian his friends: 'Speak Welsh to me - I'm a Welshman now!' Martyn was educated at Llangeitho Primary School and Tregaron County School. He and his brothers lodged at Tregaron from Monday evening until Friday morning because the school was almost five miles from their home. He recalls in his reminiscences that he was very homesick at this time, adding that 'Tregaron, for me still today, is the coldest
LLOYD-OWEN, DAVID CHARLES (1843 - 1925), eye specialist historical and genealogical matters relating to Wales (and particularly, Montgomeryshire) with many of his Welsh contemporaries, particularly with Richard Bennett; he was also a member of several Welsh societies - there are contributions by him in Montgomeryshire Collections, published by the Powys-land Club. His manuscript collections (now NLW MS 5986-6023) give some indication of the nature and scope of

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