Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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, JOHN (1667 - 1743), bishop of St Asaph and principal of Jesus College, Oxford Born in 1667, the son of Humphrey Wynne of Maes-y-coed, Caerwys, and his wife Elizabeth (Wynne, daughter of John Wynne of Copa'rleni, Trelawnyd, and his wife Catherine Thelwall, of Bathafarn, see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 369 - the bishop was, accordingly, the second cousin of the John Wynne of Copa'rleni described in the preceding article). He went to school at Northop and Ruthin, and in 1682
WYNNE, JOHN (1724 - 1801), Bencher of the Middle Temple - see WYNNE, JOHN
WYNNE, OWEN (1652 - ?), civil servant Mint (to 1690) and secretary to the commissioners for prizes (January 1693). He kept his North Wales acquaintances, especially Sir Robert Owen, of Porkington and Clenennau (see Owen, Sir John), posted with the latest court news in James II's day. WILLIAM WYNNE (1693 - 1765), lawyer and author Law Literature and Writing Eldest son of Owen Wynne. He followed his father to Jesus College (matriculated 23
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
WYNNE, SARAH EDITH (Eos Cymru; 1842 - 1897), vocalist to the concerts being the singing of Welsh airs. She went to Liverpool at 14 to receive lessons in music from a Mr. Scarisbrook, staying there five years. Her first appearance in London as a soprano was in June 1862, in one of the annual concerts organised by Ellis Roberts (Eos Meirion). In July of the same year she took part in two concerts arranged by John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), the first in
WYNNE, WILLIAM (1671? - 1704), historian He came of the family of Wynne of Garthewin, Llanfair Talhaiarn (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 167), a cadet branch of the Wynne of Melai family (ibid. 376); a Robert Wynne (died 1682), younger son of John Wynne of Melai, married Margaret Price, heiress of Garthewin; their son, Robert Wynne (1636 - 1680), rector of Llan-ddeiniolen and of Llaniestyn, and canon of Bangor, married Catherine Madryn
WYNNE-FINCH, Sir WILLIAM HENEAGE (1893 - 1961), soldier and landowner life of the county. He was knighted in 1960 and died on 16 December 1961. He married in 1929 Gladys, daughter of John J. Waterbury and his wife, of New Jersey, U.S.A. They had no children.
YALE family Plâs yn Iâl, Plas Grono, on the reform of the ecclesiastical courts, and on Grindal's sequestration, Yale administered the whole province till his fatal illness in November 1577, when he was succeeded by Awbrey. DAVID YALE, alias LLOYD (died 1626), chancellor of Chester Religion Almost certainly an illegitimate son of John Wyn (Yale), heir of Plâs yn Iâl and elder brother of the above Thomas. He followed his uncle to
YONG, JOHN - see MORGAN, JOHN
YORKE, PHILIP (1743 - 1804) Erddig, Erthig,, antiquary The eldest son of Simon Yorke (died 1767), grandson of Simon Yorke of Dover, wholesale grocer, and first cousin of lord-chancellor Hardwicke. He was born 29 July 1743, at Erthig, inherited by Simon (1732) from his uncle, John Meller, who had bought the property in 1718 after the bankruptcy of Josua Edisbury. He was Hardwicke's godson, and after attending preparatory schools near London from 1758
YORKE, PHILIP SCOTT (1905 - 1976), Squire of Erddig, near Wrexham -east England. He also played in Cork and Waterford. In his will he named Gwen Nelson and James Hayter, friends of those days. Philip joined the Education Corps during World War II, serving for the most part in Northern Ireland as a sergeant instructor. He was released with high commendation. Philip served as a lay reader in local churches though the diocese has no record of a licence to this effect

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