Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNN family Wynnstay, for Denbighshire, 1708-10. The eldest son of this marriage was Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS (WYNN) (died 1749) who, in 1740, inherited not only his father's title and estates but also, through his mother, the estate of Wynnstay, which had passed into the possession of Sir John Wynn (died 1718/9), the last baronet of the direct Gwydir line, through his marriage with the heiress of Eyton Evans of Watstay (the
WYNNE family Peniarth, Peniarth). Their eldest son, WILLIAM WYNNE V (1774 - 1834), of Peniarth, who was sheriff of Merioneth in 1812, and who sold Wern (see under G.LL. Wardle), married (1800) ELIZABETH, youngest daughter and coheiress of Philip Puleston, D.D., of Pickhill Hall, Denbighshire, rector of Worthenbury and vicar of Ruabon, and his wife, Annabella, eldest daughter and (eventually) heiress of Richard Williams of
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer David Wynne was born at Nantmoch Uchaf farm, Penderyn, Breconshire, on 2 June 1900, the son of Philip Thomas (born 1872) and his wife Elizabeth (née Thomas, born 1877). He was christened David William Thomas, and later adopted the name David Wynne for his musical career. In 1901 the family moved to Llanfabon, Glamorgan, where his father found work in the Albion colliery in Cilfynydd. David
WYNNE, JOHN (1650 - 1714), industrial pioneer in 1701 he presented Trelawnyd with a Nonconformist chapel - a chapel of which Thomas Perrott became minister; in this we can, doubtless, see the hand of James Owen. The services were conducted in English, and the chapel was intended to serve not the native-born Welsh of the neighbourhood but the labour imported from across the border. When John Evans (c. 1680 - 1730) collected his statistics, the
WYNNE, OWEN (1652 - ?), civil servant an early example of the permanent civil servant; a contemporary account of his duties (which included custody of all papers and translations of those in Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch) is printed in F. M. G. Evans, The Principal Secretary of State (1923), 192, where his salary is given as £140 with board and lodging or £200 without. Among his other offices were those of warden of the
WYNNE, ROBERT (d. 1720), cleric and poet Llangywer on 2 May 1720, when Edward Samuel preached the funeral sermon. Two poems by him were printed in Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry, 1759, and others survive in manuscript (Peniarth MS 121 in particular), including an elegy and epitaphs for Huw Morys and John Davies (Siôn Dafydd Lâs). His son, EDWARD WYNNE (1685 - 1745), was also vicar of Gwyddelwern from 1724 till his death. He was ordained deacon by John Evans
YORKE, PHILIP (1743 - 1804) Erddig, Erthig,, antiquary
YORKE, PHILIP SCOTT (1905 - 1976), Squire of Erddig, near Wrexham Born at Erddig, Denbighshire, 23 March 1905, the second son of Philip Yorke II and his second wife, Louisa Matilda (née Scott), the daughter of a Church of England chaplain in Malaga, Spain, he was the last descendant of Philip Yorke, 1743-1803?. He enjoyed a happy childhood with his brother Simon amidst the fine furniture and other treasures collected by the family since the 18th century. He
YORKE, SIMON (1903 - 1966), nobleman and soldier The fifth descendant of that name from Simon Yorke (1606 - 1682), wholesale grocer of Dover, grandfather of Earl Hardwicke; born 24 June 1903, eldest son of Philip Yorke (1849 - 1922), Erddig, Denbighshire, and his second wife Louisa Matilda (née Scott). He was educated at Moorland House, Heswall; Cheltenham College; and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in forestry in 1927. In

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