Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWYN, JOHN (d. 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor Born at Gwydir, Llanrwst, he was the fifth and youngest (or possibly fourth) son of John Wyn ap Meredydd, a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd. His eldest brother Morys was the father of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and another, Robert (third son), who built Plas Mawr, Conway, became second husband of Dorothy Williams, grandmother of archbishop John Williams. John Gwyn entered Queens' College
GWYNNE family Llanelwedd, , 199-200, iv, 246-8 (pedigree 21 for Llanelwedd), and in Bradney, Monmouthshire, I, i, 408-9. RODERICK GWYNNE of Llanelwedd was sheriff of Radnorshire in 1633; he was a Cavalier and a commissioner of array. His daughter, SIBIL GWYNNE, married her kinsman GEORGE GWYNNE of Glanbrân (born 1623?), who in 1645 signed the proposals of peace made by the gentry of Carmarthenshire to Rowland Laugharne, and
GWYNNE family Kilvey for organising Reuter's services in South Africa during the Boer way. Immediately after the war he returned to South Africa with Joseph Chamberlain, who became a close friend. In 1904 he was briefly foreign director of Reuter's before becoming editor of the Standard from 1904 to 1911. He was then editor of the Morning Post until its merger with the Daily Telegraph in 1937. He was vehement in
HAINES, WILLIAM (1853 - 1922), local historian and bibliographer books, manuscripts, documents, etc., relating to Monmouthshire; the bulk of this collection was acquired by Sir Garrod and lady Thomas and presented to the Newport borough library in January 1924. He also compiled a bibliography of printed and other literature relating to Monmouthshire. This work was submitted for competition at the Pontypool national eisteddfod in 1933 but remains unpublished, being
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume with men like Henry Brinley Richards and Dr Joseph Parry. She commissioned harps to be gifted to deserving harpists, but also to gentry families and even the young Prince Albert, who was presented with a Welsh harp and a performance on it at Buckingham Palace in July 1843. Lady Llanover's advocacy of the triple harp was part of her concern for the continuation of Welsh folk traditions as part of
HALL, BENJAMIN (1802 - 1867) January 1896. Her only surviving child, Augusta, married 12 November 1846, Arthur Jones of Llanarth, of an old Roman Catholic family which later assumed the name of Herbert. Their son, Major-General Sir IVOR CARADOC HERBERT (1851 - 1934), became baron Treowen in 1917. He presented the Llanover MSS. to the National Library of Wales in 1916.
HALL, BENJAMIN (Lord Llanover), (1802 - 1867), politician and reformer and Lady Llanover are illustrated nicely by Victorian graffiti daubed on the entrance gate to their estate, which proclaimed: 'A park without deer, a house without beer, Sir Benjamin Hall lives here'. A keen hunter, Benjamin Hall suffered several horse riding accidents, and lost an eye in a shooting accident in 1848. He died in London on 27 April 1867 of a facial tumour caused by a shooting accident
HAMER, Sir GEORGE FREDERICK (1885 - 1965), industrialist and public figure July 1920; one daughter (Shirley, Lady Hooson). He was educated at Llanidloes Grammar School and began his business career in 1902 when he joined the staff of his father's firm, Edward Hamer and Co., at Llanidloes. The firm farmed extensively and were pioneers in the Welsh mutton trade, being purveyors to three monarchs. In 1919 Sir George became sole proprietor of a firm of leather manufacturers
HAMILTON, Sir WILLIAM (1703 - 1803), co-founder of Milford Haven town - see GREVILLE, CHARLES FRANCIS
HANBURY family, industrialists plates. In July 1703 John Hanbury II married Bridget, the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough, of Stallingbough, Lincolnshire, and with her obtained a fortune of £10,000. Her friendship with Sarah Churchill, duchess of Marlborough, brought him into friendship with the Churchill family and into prominence in political circles. He was one of the executors of the will of the duke of Marlborough, and
HANMER family Hanmer, Bettisfield, Fens, Halton, Pentre-pant, This family is of English origin, tracing its descent to Sir Thomas de Macclesfield, an officer of Edward I who settled in Maelor Saesneg (now a detached portion of Flintshire), he and his successors marrying Welsh heiresses descended from Rhys Sais or Tudur Trevor and acquiring estates in the neighbourhood, from one of which the family name was taken. His great-grandson Sir DAVID HANMER (died c
HANSON, CARL AUGUST (1872 - 1961), first head of the bindery at the National Library of Wales children. In 1911, the recently opened National Library of Wales urgently required an experienced craftsman to repair and rebind (where necessary) many of the rare manuscripts and books in the Peniarth and Llanstephan libraries which Sir John Williams had donated as foundation collections. From three strongly recommended applicants Carl Hanson was unanimously appointed. The leaves of many of the

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