Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEWIS, EVAN (1818 - 1901), dean of Bangor Aberystwyth, and afterwards to his uncle David's school at Twickenham. In April 1838 he went to Jesus College, Oxford, graduating in 1841; he was a notable oarsman, and under his captaincy the college boat went head of the river. He was ordained by Bethell of Bangor in 1842, and served curacies at Llanddeusant, Anglesey (1842-3), Llanfaes and Penmon (1843-5), Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog (1845-6), and Llanllechid
LEWIS, GEORGE (1763 - 1822), theologian and Independent minister there, and George Lewis was invited by the Congregational Board in London to manage the Academy at Wrexham. In 1815 he received two calls, one from Liverpool and one from Llanfyllin. The Board was unwilling to allow the Academy to be moved from Wales but raised no objection to its being moved from Wrexham to Llanfyllin (1815-21). In 1821 he moved it again to Newtown, but died within six months, 5 June
LEWIS, Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL (1806 - 1863), statesman step of which he approved), his office lapsed. He immediately entered Parliament as M.P. for Herefordshire in 1847 (and held three minor offices), but he lost his seat in 1852. He then became editor of The Edinburgh Review (1852-5). On his father's death he succeeded him as M.P. for Radnor boroughs, and at once became chancellor of the exchequer in Palmerston's first administration (1855-8). In
LEWIS, GRUFFYDD THOMAS (1873 - 1964), schoolmaster and a leading layman in the Presbyterian Church of Wales Connexion, and his services were acknowledged when he was elected to the chair of the South Wales Association in 1936-37, the centenary year of the death of Ebenezer Richard (1781 - 1837) who made Tregaron a household name in Wales. He married Annie, only child of John Thomas (1839 - 1921) and his wife Ann (née Williams) of Llanwrtyd in the Water Street chapel at Carmarthen on 27 December 1901. They had 5
LEWIS, HENRY GETHIN (1872 - 1945), merchant and financier Born 5 April 1872 at Pontlotyn, Glamorganshire, son of James and Margaret Lewis. He went to Lewis School, Pengam, and later entered the office of an uncle who was at the head of the Bute Works Supply Co., Cardiff. He served here for 21 years, becoming a partner and, when the business was formed into a limited liability company, a director and its secretary. He compiled a series of tables which
LEWIS, JOHN (fl. 1728-1755), printer and publisher Amusement in 1740-1, a weekly consisting mainly of letters from George Whitefield and his correspondents. This paper continued to run for some years under various names, such as The Weekly History, 1741-2, An Account of the Progress of the Gospel, 1743-4, and The Christian History, 1744-5. He published many of the books written by the Methodist authors of the period. He died 13 May 1755, and was buried in
LEWIS, JOHN (d. 1616?) Llynwene, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, barrister, and author of The History of Britain Bishop of St. David's (Exch. Proc., 151/34/8, Jas. 1). John Lewis died at some time between 14 February 1614-5, when he dated his will, and 12 February 1615-6, when it was proved. In addition to Peniarth MS 252, John Lewis owned Peniarth MS 54 i, Peniarth MS 55 Peniarth MS 60, Peniarth MS 67 and Peniarth MS 79. (See also B.M. Add. MS. 6921.)
LEWIS, JOSEPH RHYS (Alaw Rhondda; 1860 - 1920), musician 'Nazareth,' which became very popular in the Welsh religious revival of 1904-5. He also composed operas called 'Caradog' and 'Resurrected Life.' He died 17 June 1920 at Ferndale, and was buried in the Ferndale cemetery.
LEWIS, THOMAS (1859 - 1929) Cameroons, Congo, Baptist missionary ' labour and was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Thomas Lewis was thrice married; he died in London 5 December 1929, and was buried at New Southgate.
LEWIS, TIMOTHY RICHARDS (1841 - 1886), surgeon, pathologist, and pioneer in tropical medicine international conferences on medical and sanitary problems. In 1884-5 he was again called to resume his researches into the causes of cholera, and to examine the theory of Robert Koch, who had discovered the ' commabacillus.' He was secretary to the committee of scientists appointed to investigate the theory. The weight of evidence at the time was found to be against the reception of Koch's theory, but Lewis
LEWIS, Sir WILLIAM THOMAS (first BARON MERTHYR of SENGHENYDD), (1837 - 1914), coal magnate Born 5 August 1837, son of Thomas William Lewis, engineer to the Plymouth iron-works (Merthyr Tydfil), was at school under Taliesin Williams, but at 13 was articled to his father. In 1855 he became assistant-engineer in the service of the Bute estate, and in 1864 mineral agent to that estate. In the same year he married Anne, daughter of WILLIAM REES, owner of Llety-Shenkin colliery, Aberdare
LHUYD, EDWARD (1660 - 1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist and Vocabulary ' - a translation by Moses Williams from the French of Julian Manoir; (5) ' Some Welsh Words Omitted in Dr. Davies's Dictionary '; (6) ' A Cornish Grammar '; (7) ' MSS. Britannicorum Catalogus '; (8) ' A British Etymologicon ' - by David Parry; (9) ' A Brief Introduction to the Irish or Ancient Scottish Language ' - an extract from a grammar published by F. O. Molloy in Rome in 1677

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