Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNNE family Peniarth, WYNNE I (died 1700), of Wern, Caernarfonshire, of which he became possessed by right of his wife (and first cousin), ELIZABETH, daughter and heiress of Maurice Jones of Wern. He was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM WYNNE II (died 1721), of Wern. He, by his wife, Catherine (Goodman), was the father of WILLIAM WYNNE III (1708 - 1766), of Wern, whose wife was Ellinor, daughter of Griffith Williams, cleric
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer . Early in his career he was influenced by contemporary music. He heard Edward Elgar conduct a performance of his Second Symphony in Cardiff in 1923, and was much impressed; so too by the performance he heard of the opera Hugh the Drover by Ralph Vaughan Williams, conducted by John Barbirolli, in 1925. But the turning point in his career came with the publication of the Third Quartet by the Hungarian
WYNNE, ELLIS (1670/1 - 1734), cleric, and author of an outstanding Welsh prose classic Llanaber. William Wynn married (1), 28 January 1734, Jane, daughter of William Wynne, Maesyneuadd, near Harlech (she died 9 December 1734, in childbirth), and (2) Jane, daughter of Hugh Lloyd, Trallwyn, Caernarfonshire; by Jane he had an only child, Ellin. (For further details, see Dauganmlwyddiant Ellis Wynne …). He died in July 1761. EDWARD WYNNE (1715 - 1767), cleric and author Religion Literature and
WYNNE, JOHN (1650 - 1714), industrial pioneer this article entered Jesus College, Oxford, in 1668, 'aged 18,' and joined Gray's Inn in 1669. He married (1673) Jane, daughter of Robert Wynne of Voelas. But the truth is that we know very little about his career, except that he, too, was sheriff of Flintshire in 1695. For all that, he was a most interesting character. In the first place, he was one of the 'spirited proprietors.' He believed that
WYNNE, JOHN (1667 - 1743), bishop of St Asaph and principal of Jesus College, Oxford which was translated into French and Italian. Edward Lhuyd felt in 1704 (Archæologia Cambrensis, 1859, 253) that Wynne was cold, if not actually hostile, to him - Moses Williams, on the other hand, received from him a letter of recommendation when he was applying for the post of secretary of the Royal Society. Two of the bishop's sons were buried at Northop. The elder, JOHN WYNNE (1724 - 1801
YOUNG, THOMAS (1507 - 1568), archbishop of York elected archbishop of York, 27 January 1561. As archbishop and president of the council of the North, he was active in forwarding the Elizabethan settlement, though he incurred censure for his misuse of the temporalities of his see. He died 26 June 1568, and was buried in York Minster. He married (1), a daughter of George Constantine; (2) Jane Kynaston, Estwick, Staffs., by whom he had one son, Sir

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