Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWYNN, JOHN - see GWYN, JOHN
GWYNNE family Kilvey College of Divinity; curate of Barrow, Cheshire, 1882-85, Winsley, Wiltshire, 1885-86 and St. John, Tunbridge Wells, 1891-1909, rector of Little Easton in the diocese of Chelmsford, 1915-37. CHARLES BROOKE GWYNNE (1861 - 1944) Religion; born Kilvey, July 1861; educated at Swansea Grammar School and Christ College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. 1884 and M.A. 1888. He was curate of Timperley, 1885-88 and
GWYNNE family Garth, Maes-llech, Llanlleonfel favoured Harris's marriage with Anne Williams of Skreen, and interceded with her father on Harris's behalf (see T.L. 1172, 1180, 1184 at N.L.W.). He was at John Wesley's second Conference (Bristol, 1745), and his daughter SARAH GWYNNE (1726 - 1822) in 1749 married Charles Wesley. After the marriage, Gwynne went to live at Ludlow; he died in 1769 (D.N.B., under Wesley, Charles); Mrs. Gwynne was in 1771
GWYNNE, JOHN - see GWYN, JOHN
GWYNNE, ROBERT (JOHNS) (fl. 1568-1591), Roman Catholic missioner and writer He probably came of the Bodvel family and may have been a son of John Wyn ap Hugh (since he subscribes one of his writings ' Robert Johns gwyn '). He entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1568. About three years later he was persuaded by his neighbour Robert Owen of Plas Du, Caernarfonshire, to absent himself from Anglican worship and to flee overseas. He entered Douai
GWYNNE, SACKVILLE (c. 1751 - 1794) harpists - see, e.g. under Wood; it was at Glanbrân that John Richards (1711 - 1789), a famous harp-maker of Llanrwst, died (he was buried at Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Llandovery). As will be seen from the article Wood, the patronage of the harp at Glanbrân continued well into the 19th century.
GWYNNETH, JOHN (1490? - 1562?), Roman Catholic priest and musician that he did much by precept and practice to improve the standards of church music, and he holds a high place among Tudor musicians. But Gwynneth was also active as a controversial writer on behalf of Roman Catholicism. He wrote several books in reply to those of John Frith, the friend and ally of Tyndale, who had been martyred in 1533, These works show wide learning and a good degree of dialectical
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume temperance hotels. Llys Llanover, the new Tudor-style family mansion, became a centre of Welsh culture in Gwent and beyond, attracting foreigners interested in the Celtic languages like the Bretons Alex François Rio, and Theodore de la Villemarqué, and the German Friedrich Carl Meyer, as well as Welsh collectors and scholars like Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), Maria Jane Williams, Lady Charlotte Guest, John
HALL, WILLIAM ANDERSON (born c. 1820), carpenter, fugitive from slavery, author Dr Hall who was the son of his master. There were several families named Hall in Bedford County at this time, and Anderson was also a common surname in the area. However, William Anderson Hall may have been a name adopted after he gained his freedom (a common practice of fugitives), perhaps referencing John Anderson, another well-known fugitive from slavery, and William Hall from Nova Scotia, the
HAM, PETER WILLIAM (1947 - 1975), musician and songwriter Pete Ham was born in Swansea on 27 April 1947. He was the youngest child of William Ham (1908-1985), a ship's painter in Swansea docks, and his wife Catherine (née Tanner, 1912-1976), who had worked as a plate opener in the tinplate works. Their first son, William (b. 1935) did not survive infancy. Pete grew up in Gwent Gardens, at the foot of the Townhill estate, with an older brother, John
HAMER, Sir GEORGE FREDERICK (1885 - 1965), industrialist and public figure Kt., cr. 1955; C.B.E. 1948; Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire and Custos Rotulorum 1950-60; born 19 March 1885, son of Edward and Martha Hamer (née Matthews), Summerfield Park, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire; married Sybil Dorothy Vaughan Owen (High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire 1958), 3rd daughter of Dr. John Vaughan Owen and Emma Wigley Owen (née Davies), at St. Idloes parish church, Llanidloes on 1
HANBURY family, industrialists HANBURY, JOHN, II (1664 - 1734), industrialist Business and Industry Military Royalty and Society Of the Worcestershire family of Hanbury; he was christened at S. Nicholas, Gloucester, in 1664. He was the son of Capel Hanbury (1625 - 1704), the third son of John Hanbury I of Pursall Green. John Hanbury II is acknowledged as the pioneer of the tin-plating industry; he inherited the Pontypool

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