Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, WILLIAM (1901 - 1967), tutor and setter of words to cerdd dant and composer of harp airs Born 14 February 1901 in Llansannan, Denbighshire, son of Richard Lloyd and Margaret his wife. The family moved to Glan Conwy when he was very young, and he was brought up there. He came to be known as William Lloyd, Cyffordd Llandudno, since he spent most of his life at Llandudno Junction working as a fireman on the railway and later as a train driver. His musical talent was fostered from an
LLOYD, Sir WILLIAM (1782 - 1857), soldier and one of the first Europeans to reach the peak of any Himalayan snow-capped mountain Born 29 December 1782, eldest son of Richard Lloyd, a banker of Wrexham, Denbighshire, and his wife Mary, and great-grandson of Thomas Lloyd the lexicologist. He was educated in Ruthin School and then, between 1798 and 1825, he served in the army of the East India Company, attaining the rank of major in the Bengal Infantry. He was captain of the Residency Guard at Nagpur between 1806 and 1820. He
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
LLWYD, FFOWC (fl. c. 1580-1620) Fox Hall,, poet and squire son of Siôn Llwyd and his first wife, Sybil, daughter of Richard Glyn. His wife was Alice, daughter of Ffowc ap Thomas ap Gronw. Little is known about him and only a few of his poems remain in MSS. These include those to Sir John Lloyd of Yale (NLW MS 3057D, 962) and Thomas Prys of Plas Iolyn (B.M. Add. MS. 14896, 58); and also one which reveals the poet's acquaintance with contemporary life in
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (1527 - 1568), physician and antiquary , augmented, and continued … by David Powel (1584) David Powel; The Treasury of Health (posthumously published in 1585); a translation of Thesaurus Pauperum Petri Hispani, with a contribution by Llwyd entitled, The causes and signs of every Disease, with Aphorisms of Hippocrates. Llwyd's introduction to Ortelius was brought about by his merchant friend, Sir Richard Clough, also of Denbigh, who lived for a
LLWYD, RICHARD (Bard of Snowdon; 1752 - 1835), poet and authority on Welsh heraldry and genealogy Born at the King's Head, Beaumaris, son of John and Alice Llwyd. The father, a coast trader, died at Warrington, of smallpox, when Richard was quite young. After nine months at the Beaumaris Free School, Llwyd entered the domestic service of a local gentleman; by 1870 he had become steward and secretary to a Mr. Griffith, Caerhun, near Conway. Later he retired to Beaumaris where he was
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (c. 1527 - 1568), antiquary and map-maker for Denbigh. Whatever Llwyd's reasons for returning to Denbigh he was still involved in the Arundel household and accompanied Arundel on his trip to the continent in 1566-7. It was during this trip that Llwyd was introduced to Abraham Ortelius by Richard Clough, another Denbighshire man. It is through his relationship with Ortelius that Llwyd became established as an authority on Welsh history
LLYWELYN ap GUTUN (fl. c. 1480), poet A number of his poems remain in MSS., including an elegy composed to his son Gruffudd, 'begging' poems requesting a dog, some goats, and spectacles, a satire or lampoon addressed to the dean of Bangor (who had instructed Huw Lewis, Y Chwaen, to imprison the poet, rather than allow him to make a 'begging' journey or cymortha in Bodeon and Aberdaron), and another satire to dean Richard Kyffin, Rhys
LOCKLEY, RONALD MATHIAS (1903 - 2000), farmer, naturalist, conservationist and author ecological impact as the rabbit population declined. The work led to The Private Life of the Rabbit (1964), and the identification of the rabbit flea as a vector for the disease. Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down, (1972), used the book to inform his fictional writing. During this time Lockley continued to maintain an active interest in seabirds, the coast and the islands, and in 1954 he
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
LOWE, RICHARD (1810 - 1853), weaver and musician Born in 1810 at Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, the son of Mathew and Mary Lowe. A weaver by trade, he was taught the elements of music by James and Richard Mills. He was precentor at Llanidloes parish church for many years. Two hymn-tunes by him, ' Pererindod ' and ' Diwygiad,' appeared in Caniadau Seion and its Atodiad (Richard Mills). He moved to Newtown, where he died in 1853.
LUCAS, RICHARD (1648 - 1715), cleric and author Born at Presteigne, Radnorshire, the son of Richard Lucas. Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, he graduated B.A. 1668, M.A. 1672, and was a Fellow 1671-84. Entering holy orders he was for several years master of the free school at Abergavenny. In 1678 he became rector of S. Stephens, Coleman Street, London, and in 1683 lecturer at S. Olaves, Southwark. He was awarded the degree of D.D. in 1691

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