Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEWIS, BENJAMIN WALDO (1877 - 1953), Baptist minister Born 7 September 1877 at Holyhead, Anglesey, the son of John (according to family tradition, but David according to the biographies) Lewis, (born 29 August 1829) from Bridell, and Anne Lewis (née Williams, in February 1848 or 1849) from Fishguard. They married at Newport, Monmouth on 31 January 1871. His father was, according to tradition, of the lineage of a brother of Titus Lewis while his wife
LEWIS, DAVID (Baker, Charles; 1617 - 1679), Jesuit martyr the district, living for many years with the Morgan family of Llantarnam to whom he was related, and becoming superior of the S. Francis Xavier mission (with headquarters at Cwm, Hereford), from 1667-72 and 1674-9. He preached in both English and Welsh, and was affectionately known in the district as ' tad y tlodion ' ('the father of the poor'). Although frequently denounced, he was not molested
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (Lewis Tymbl; 1879 - 1947), Congl. minister, popular preacher and lecturer Born at Mynydd-bach, a smallholding in the village of Hermon, in the parish of Llanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire, 28 December 1879, the second son of the family of five children of Dan and Mari Lewis. His father worked at the Llanfyrnach lead mine until it closed and he had to go to Aberdare to find work, but following a serious injury he was unable to continue working. He died aged 43 of lead poisoning
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (1893 - 1982), architect and Lord Mayor of Liverpool David John Lewis was born on 29 April 1893 in Penparcau, at that time a small village near Aberystwyth. His mother Elizabeth (Lisi or Lizzie) Lewis (née Phillips) was a member of a family steeped in Welsh culture in the village, and his father, John Lewis, came originally from Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire. After working in the south Wales valleys, he had set up a grocery and insurance business in
LEWIS, DAVID VIVIAN PENROSE (1st Baron Brecon), (1905 - 1976), politician April 1933; they had two daughters. He died at his home, Greenhill, Cross Oak, Brecon on 10 October 1976 and his barony became extinct. The funeral service for family and parishioners was held at Llanfeugan Church on 13 October, followed by cremation. A memorial service attended by John Morris, the Secretary of State for Wales, and by leading figures in the public life of Wales and in the Conservative
LEWIS, EVAN (1818 - 1901), dean of Bangor a member of a family which is very interesting on account of its connection with the Oxford Movement. His father was EVAN LEWIS of Llanilar, Cardiganshire, a cadet of the Lewises of Dinas Cerdin, Llandysul. The father had a brother, DAVID LEWIS (1778 - 1859), who was born at Llanddeiniol, Cardiganshire, and went up from Ystrad Meurig school to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1807, graduated in 1812
LEWIS, EVAN (1788? - 1864), Dissenting minister transferred to the Wesleyan Methodists until his death. He settled at first at Olmarchisaf, but by 1826 he had moved to Llanllyr. When his wife died, 12 August 1846, the family lived at Pant-y-gwas in Llanfihangel Ystrad, where he also died. The Cilgwyn register records the death, on 28 July 1864, of 'Revd Evan Lewis gwynhydog [sic].' He was buried at Llanfihangel Ystrad on 2 August, and his coffin plate
LEWIS, GEORGE (Eiddil Llwyn Celyn; 1826? - 1858), poet and shoemaker Born in a small cottage in the mountainous part of Carmarthenshire, the son of an agricultural labourer with a large family. He received very little education, but like many other young men of the period took a great interest in Welsh poetry. He came to Heolyfelin (Trecynon, Aberdare) with his family, pursued his trade of shoemaking, and in his spare time competed at local eisteddfodau. He won a
LEWIS, GRUFFYDD THOMAS (1873 - 1964), schoolmaster and a leading layman in the Presbyterian Church of Wales , founder of the drapery firm of Harries of Oxford Street, London. She managed the small farm of Pil-rhoth, thus allowing her husband to continue his itinerant preaching. He died in 1896, aged 66, and she, who was of the same family as William Williams, M.P., died at an advanced age in 1933. The son was named Gruffydd Thomas after an elder of that name, his father's bosom friend of Aberystwyth days. G
LEWIS, HYWEL DAVID (1910 - 1992), university professor and philosopher his ashes were laid in the family grave on the Great Orme in Llandudno. Two memorial services were held; one at Twrgwyn Chapel in Bangor when tributes were paid by the Rev. Principal Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, Mr. Moses J. Jones and Dr. Meredydd Evans. The second service was held at the chapel of King's College in London with Professor Stewart R. Sutherland giving the tribute. A Festschrift Religion
LEWIS, IVOR (1895 - 1982), consultant surgeon should be brought up in a totally Welsh environment. Therefore, at the height of his surgical career, in 1951, the family moved to north Wales on his appointment as consultant surgeon at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl, and at two nearby chest hospitals at Abergele and Llangwyfan. Though he retired from his post at Rhyl in 1960 he continued to work at Abergele and Llangwyfan for a further ten
LEWIS, JAMES (1674 - 1747), Independent minister Born at Dinas Cerdin, in the parish of Llandysul, Cardiganshire, a descendant of the old Lewis family of that place. His tombstone in Llanllawddog churchyard says that he was born of godly and charitable parents. In 1706 he was ordained minister of Pencadair church of which he was probably already a member, and Pantycreuddin (afterwards Horeb) chapel was also entrusted to his care. He succeeded

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