Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLEWELLYN, THOMAS (1720? - 1783), Baptist minister and tutor Tracts, Historical and Critical) which inspired the S.P.C.K. to publish 20,000 copies (8,000 more than originally intended) of the Welsh Bible of 1769, and with the same object in view he joined the ' Book Society for promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor ' on 2 March 1768, and prepared for them a list of congregations of all denominations in South Wales and Monmouthshire, to whom free copies of
LLEWELYN, DESMOND WILKINSON (1914 - 1999), actor service was held in March 2000 in St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge, where tributes were paid by Sir Roger Moore and Sir Christopher Lee. Although Llewelyn gained worldwide fame through his role in the seventeen Bond films he completed, his time on screen in them actually adds up to less than an hour in total. He was, though, a great fan favourite, and often was considered to 'steal' the scenes he is in
LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL (1811 - 1874), translator and writer Born 12 March 1811 at Cowbridge, Glamorganshire; she became the wife of the Rev. R. Pendrill Llewelyn, vicar of Llangynwyd, near Maes-teg, Glamorganshire. Both she and her husband were greatly interested in Welsh literature, and many stanzas of her own composition appeared in The Cambrian and Merthyr Guardian; she published in 1850 a translated collection of Welsh hymns, mainly those of William
LLEWELYN, WILLIAM (1735 - 1803), Independent minister Born at Coity, Glamorganshire, in 1735 (christened 21 March in the parish church), eldest of the four children of a shoemaker Thomas Llewelyn and his wife Alice (Cox, of Gloucestershire), members of the congregation of Lewis Jones (1702? - 1772) at Bridgend. Apprenticed to a brewer in the town, he attended a night-school and began to preach; in January 1759 he went to Abergavenny Academy. He was
LLOYD family Bodidris, 1585. He was claimed as a papist in 1574, but strenuous efforts by Richard Gwyn failed to 'reconcile' him openly to Rome, and in 1578 he was included with bishops and judges in a special commission to root out recuscany in north-eastern Wales. He fought in the Low Countries under Leicester, was knighted by him in 1586, and died in London (11 March 1586) soon after landing in Kent on his return, his
LLOYD family Maesyfelin, Sir MARMADUKE LLOYD (1585 - 1651?) The first of his line to settle at Maesyfelin or Millfield, near Lampeter, Cardiganshire, was born 1585, the son and heir of Thomas Lloyd, precentor and treasurer of S. Davids cathedral, and nephew of Marmaduke Middleton, bishop of S. Davids. He went to Oriel College, Oxford, 1599 (B.A. 1603), and entered the Middle Temple 26 March 1604, becoming a barrister-at
LLOYD GEORGE family ), 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor The earldom was created in 1945 a few weeks before the death of the 1st earl, David Lloyd George on 26 March 1945. Richard was educated at Porthmadog secondary school and the University of Cambridge. He was an Associate Member of the Inst. of Civil Engineers; he was a major, Royal Engineers, in the two World Wars. He married (1), 1917, Roberta Ida Freeman, daughter of
LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID (the first Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor), (1863 - 1945), statesman Edinburgh, 1918, Sheffield, 1919, Birmingham, 1921. In 1944 he had come to his home, Ty Newydd, in Llanystumdwy, where he died 26 March 1945. He was buried according to his own wishes in the wooded slope above the river Dwyfor near his home. He married (1), 24 January 1888, Margaret (died 20 January 1941) daughter of Richard and Mary Owen of Mynydd Ednyfed, Cricieth. They had five children: Richard, (1889
LLOYD, CHARLES (d. 1698), squire of Maesllwch in Radnorshire (in his later days) and Independent elder about Wales to Dr. John Evans when he was compiling his Nonconformist lists for the benefit of the Whig electoral managers. His last will was dated 27 March 1714/5; in it he laid a special injunction upon any one of his own family or anybody else, who dared to dispose of the land on which Maesyronnen chapel was built, to pay a fine heavy enough to build a new chapel elsewhere. He died in 1717, his
LLOYD, DAVID (d. 1747?), cleric and translator , matriculated 2 December, 1707, aged 19, B.A. 24 March 1711/12, M.A. 1714 ' (Foster, Alumni Oxonienses). He was instituted to Llandefalle, Brecknock, 3 December 1713, and to Cefnllys, Radnorshire, 3 October 1717, both in the diocese of St Davids. He held these livings until his death (in 1747?). Lloyd was a friend and patron of Howel Harris in Harris's early days; Harris's diaries evince affection for him
LLOYD, DAVID (1752 - 1838), cleric, poet, and musician holy orders and became curate at Putley, Herefordshire, from 1785 to 1789, when he was made vicar of Llanbister, where he remained until his death 3 March 1838. He published in 1792 The Voyage of Life, a poem somewhat after the manner of Edward Young. A new and enlarged edition, dedicated to bishop Burgess, was published in 1812 under the title Characteristics of Men, Manners and Sentiments or the
LLOYD, DAVID GEORGE (1912 - 1969), singer meeting in Flintshire College of Technology, 25 February 1961, and at Flint national eisteddfod, 1969, a memorial fund was established bearing his name 'to offer practical assistance to some of our promising young people in the world of music. He died unmarried in a hospital in Rhyl, 27 March 1969, and was buried in Picton cemetery, near Gwesbyr.

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