Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEWIS, LEWIS (Lewsyn yr Heliwr, Lewsyn Shanco Lewis; 1793 - ?), haulier and revolutionary at Swansea), but mainly because of his reprieve. This has variously been attributed to the influence of persons of consequence, generally on account of services in the hunting field, or to his having been the illegitimate son of one of the gentry. The fact that, although found guilty of felony, the charge against him was much less serious than that against Richard Lewis ('Dic Penderyn
LEWIS, OWEN (1533 - 1594), bishop of Cassano, college for training priests for the English mission field. About 1574 Owen Lewis was sent to Rome on some legal business in which the chapter of Cambrai was interested. There, his ability and his industry attracted the favourable attention of the high Vatican officials and he was pressed to remain in Rome. He agreed and, before long, was appointed by Pope Gregory XIII ' referendarius utriusque
LEWIS, ROBERT EDWARD (fl. early 18th century), poet
LEWIS, TIMOTHY (1877 - 1958), Welsh and Celtic scholar appointed so as to secure a 'platform' for about five years from which to publish his theories since the University of Wales was not prepared to acknowledge them, but he was past the age of retirement by then. After retiring he continued to work on early Welsh literature - his favourite field - reading and collecting widely from out-of-the-way books and texts, especially from the works of scholars on the
LEWIS, TIMOTHY RICHARDS (1841 - 1886), surgeon, pathologist, and pioneer in tropical medicine concerning cholera, and the results of their labours were published in the Annual Reports of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. In 1874 they were both appointed special assistants to the Sanitary Commissioner, Dr. James McNabb Cuningham, and the field of their inquiry was enlarged to include leprosy and other oriental diseases. In 1870 Lewis discovered a nematoid worm which he named
LEWIS, WILLIAM (1814 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist missionary and linguist Born at Manchester, of Welsh parents, he set his mind on serving the China Mission under the London Missionary Society. In 1839 he entered the Bala C.M. College. In 1842 was ordained for the newly opened mission field of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists in India. M. to Mary Roberts, of Towyn, Meironnydd, he arrived on the Khasia Hills in January 1843; he baptised his first converts in 1846. He
LEWIS, Sir WILLIAM THOMAS (first BARON MERTHYR of SENGHENYDD), (1837 - 1914), coal magnate (she died 1902). Her grandfather, ROBERT THOMAS (a west Wales man) took a lease on Waun Wyllt (Abercanaid) in 1824, and opened in 1828 what seems to have been the first level for marketing household (as opposed to smelting) coal. By 1830 he had formed business connections with London. He died 19 February 1833, and his widow, LUCY THOMAS ('mother of the Welsh coal trade '; 1781-27 September 1847
LHUYD, EDWARD (1660 - 1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist they were distributed three to each parish. The number of subscribers was encouraging, and in 1696 he was able to visit eight or nine counties between the end of April and the beginning of October In 1697 he set out on his great tour, accompanied by his trained helpers William Jones, Robert Wynne, and David Parry. Leaving Oxford in May and travelling through Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean, in
LINDEN, DIEDERICH WESSEL (d. 1769), medical doctor and mineralogist and dilletante and labelled all British mining activities as in their infancy, comparing badly to the superiority of German knowledge and activities in this field. Unfortunately for the German newcomer, Hooson was an established name among British miners. The combination of Linden's own, modest mining successes in Flintshire and his attack on Hooson drew Lewis Morris's attention who, in return
LIVSEY, GEORGE FREDERICK (1834 - 1923), bandmaster Circus and Menagerie, which was famous for its band as well as its exhibition of exotic creatures. The 1841 census shows the entire family to be living in lodgings in Birmingham with other touring musicians. Merthyr Tydfil was a regular venue in Wombwell's itinerary. In 1848 Ralph Livsey was enticed to leave Wombwell's to lead the private brass band formed by the ironmaster Robert Thompson Crawshay at
LLEWELYN, DESMOND WILKINSON (1914 - 1999), actor liberated from Colditz in 1945, he returned to London, and set up home with Pamela in Chelsea. He found work almost immediately and continued to be very busy in character roles for the rest of his career. Early in 1946, he was cast in the role of Theseus in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for television with Sir Robert Atkins, a role that was also reprised the following year. He played many roles on
LLOYD family Bodidris, body being conveyed (at his request) to Llanarmon for burial next day. He and his father were both the subjects of panegyrics by Simwnt Vychan. Sir JOHN LLOYD (died 1606), squire Royalty and Society Son of Sir Evan. He appears to have accompanied him to Flanders in 1586. He was one of a group of east Denbighshire squires (many of them recusant in sympathy) who favoured the cause of Robert Devereux

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