Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, MORGAN (1820 - 1893), barrister and politician consider the establishment of a Welsh university, and for some years he was honorary secretary to the Aberystwyth University College. He was twice married, first to a daughter of admiral Elphinstone Fleming, and secondly to Priscilla, daughter of James Lewes, Cwmhyar, Cardiganshire. He died at Brook Green, near London, 5 September 1893, and was buried in Willesden cemetery.
LLOYD, Sir RICHARD (1606 - 1676) Esclus, royalist and judge both Cardiff and Radnorshire, sitting for the latter till his death on 5 May 1676, when he was buried at Wrexham. Another member of the family (not to mention, for the time being, David Owen, 'Dafydd y Garreg Wen') deserves some attention. A comparison of the charts in J. E. Griffith (Pedigrees, 330, 353, 269) shows that Sir Richard Lloyd had a sister Margaret who married Richard Anwyl of Parc. Their
LLOYD, SIMON (1756 - 1836), Methodist cleric Rhiwaedog (died 1711), who bought Plas-yn-dre and Moelygarnedd, married Anne Wynne of Llangynhafal, Denbighshire; their second son was ROWLAND LLOYD (died 1744), who married Winifred Pugh of Penrhyn Creuddyn, Caernarfonshire; of this marriage came SIMON LLOYD, christened 2 May 1730, and buried 5 December 1764. This Simon Lloyd came under the influence of Methodism, and went on a visit to Trevecka, where
LLOYD, THOMAS (1765 - 1789), Unitarian minister and Academy tutor Born at Coedlannaufawr, Llanwenog, in 1765. His father was John, brother of David Lloyd (1845 - 1863) of Brynllefrith. He was educated at Davis of Castell-hywel's school, at Carmarthen Academy (1782-6), and Hoxton academy (1784-5). In March 1786 he was appointed tutor in classics and mathematics at 'Carmarthen' Academy (which at that time was located at Swansea), where he remained until his death
LLOYD-JONES, DAVID MARTYN (1899 - 1981), minister and theologian Testament books, twice on Sunday and also at a meeting held on Friday evenings. He would preach verse by verse, sometimes just taking part of a verse per sermon. He spent two years preaching on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) and the series was published in two volumes: Studies in the Sermon on the Mount (1959 and 1966); he preached 384 sermons on Paul's Letter to the Romans and they appeared in 14
LLOYD-OWEN, DAVID CHARLES (1843 - 1925), eye specialist Born 5 September 1843, son of the Rev. D. Owen, originally of Darowen, Montgomeryshire, and his wife Sophia (Jeffries), of Bridgnorth. Although he was not born in Wales (but in the Midlands) Lloyd-Owen was Welsh by blood and interests, claiming descent from the old Welsh family associated with Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire; see the pedigree registered by him in the College of Arms. His medical
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (1527 - 1568), physician and antiquary na golyd,' i.e., fame is more lasting than wealth. Amongst his published works are An Almanack and Kalender containing the Day, Hour, and Minute of the Change of the Moon for ever; De Mona Druidium Insulâ, a letter dated 5 April 1568, addressed to Abraham Ortelius (the publisher) of Antwerp and printed in editions of the latter's atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin, 1603, English, 1606
LLWYD, MORGAN (1619 - 1659), littérateur, poet, mystic Born at Cynfal, in the parish of Maentwrog, Merioneth. During 1634-5 he was in school at Wrexham, and was for some time later at Brampton Bryan, Llanfair Waterdine, Shropshire, noted home of learning. He had an experience of 'conversion' under the ministry of Walter Cradoc, who was at the time a curate at Wrexham. He followed him to South Wales and became identified with the group that founded
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (c. 1527 - 1568), antiquary and map-maker Abraham Ortelius. The first of these is a letter sent by Llwyd to Ortelius on 5 April 1568. The letter known by its opening 'De Mona Druidum insula' is chiefly concerned with the derivation of the Welsh name for Anglesey and also its antiquities. This letter seems to have been a response to the queries posed by Ortelius during their meeting in Antwerp in 1567. After Llwyd's death Ortelius published the
LLYWARCH ap LLYWELYN (fl. 1173-1220) Gwynedd, court-poet Archaiology of Wales, 201a, 58). Dafydd Benfras, his successor at the court of Llywelyn, may have been his son, and if so, he was his only son (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 255 b 5).
LOCKLEY, RONALD MATHIAS (1903 - 2000), farmer, naturalist, conservationist and author Shellard (1893-1989) responded with such envious enthusiasm that Ronald proposed marriage to her. By November he had moved to the island with the help of local fishermen. In February 1928 the schooner Alice Williams ran aground on Skokholm and Ronald paid £5 for the right to salvage the wreck. Timbers from the boat were used to repair the dwelling house, and the salvaged coal lasted several years. On 12
LORT family Stackpole, going to Westminster and thence to Cambridge; he died at Colchester 5 November 1790. Lort became Regius Professor of Greek; he was also an antiquary, and a friend of Gray and of Boswell. He knew no Welsh, but was led by curiosity concerning Celtic poetry to consult Richard Morris and to correspond with Lewis Morris - see Morris Letters, ii, 537, 544, 550, 555, 557, 565, 581, and Add. M.L., pp. 466-8

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