Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLEW LLWYFO - see LEWIS, LEWIS WILLIAM
LLEW MADOG - see MORGAN, EVAN
LLEW TEGID - see JONES, LEWIS DAVIES
MORGAN, EVAN (Llew Madog; 1846 - 1920), musician
OWAIN, OWAIN LLEWELYN (1877 - 1956), litterateur, musician and journalist 'Gweithiau ac athrylith Llew Llwyfo' awarded at Colwyn Bay in 1910. R. Williams Parry won the chair for his ode 'Yr Haf' in the same eisteddfod. A procession was organised, lead by the Nantlle band, to welcome both home from that eisteddfod. He married (1) Claudia Roberts, 12 June 1916; one daughter was born to them. His wife died 29 November 1918. He married (2) in 1921 Enid May Jones from Port Dinorwic
PRICE, THOMAS WALTER (Cuhelyn; 1829 - 1869), journalist and poet . Lewis (Llew Llwyfo) entertained large numbers of Welsh-Americans, Cuhelyn lecturing on some Welsh poets and Llew Llwyfo singing Welsh airs. It was as a journalist, however, that Cuhelyn came to be known in America. He was editor of Y Gwron Democrataidd (1856), a journal started in New York for the benefit of Welsh-American democrats. (There was a dispute between this paper and Y Drych because the
THOMAS, WILLIAM (Islwyn; 1832 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet Llew Llwyfo (Lewis William Lewis who was appointed its editor. Islwyn died 20 November 1878, and was buried in Babell chapel burial-ground. Islwyn was taught poetry by Gwilym Ilid and Aneurin Fardd, and there were at that time several literary circles in Monmouthshire, particularly at Abergavenny. He constantly competed in the eisteddfodau - for the most part unsuccessfully. In 1853 he won the prize
TROY, BLANCHE HERBERT (LADY TROY), (d. c. 1557), Lady Mistress of Elizabeth I, Edward VI and Queen Mary weddusWybodau iarllesau'r llys,Gorcheidwad cyn ymadawTy Harri Wyth a'i blant draw.I Edwart Frenin ydoedd,Uwch ei faeth, goruchaf oedd,Waetio yr oedd at ei Ras,Gywirddoeth wraig o urddas. Arglwyddys plas a gladden',Troe, a'i llew lletyai'r ieirll hen.Bu i frenin, bu fawr unwaith,Roeso, a'i ieirll, Harri Saith.Gweddu y bu tra fu fywHon sydd frenhines heddiw. (She was a) Lady (in charge) of Queens,A governess
WILLIAMS, JOHN LLOYD (1854 - 1945), botanist and musician leading expert on the arctic alpine flora of Snowdonia. From childhood his passion had been natural history and music. While at Garn Dolbenmaen he wrote operettas : his best known mature composition were Aelwyd Angharad and Cadifor with Llew Tegid (Lewis David Jones) as librettist. He was eminent as a musical adjudicator, choir conductor and conductor of musical festivals throughout his life. He was
WILLIAMS, PETER (Pedr Hir; 1847 - 1922), Baptist minister, author, and eisteddfodwr Born 1 May 1847 at Byrdir, Llanynys parish, Vale of Clwyd. His father, Thomas Williams, was a cousin of Sir Charles James Watkin Williams. He frequented the school of J. D. Jones, the musician; in 1868 he was at a Ruthin eisteddfod, enjoying the company of such varied characters as Nefydd, Talhaiarn, and Llew Llwyfo. He tried his hand at several occupations before joining the Denbighshire police
WILLIAMS, WATKIN HEZEKIAH (Watcyn Wyn; 1844 - 1905), schoolmaster, poet, and preacher formal education was supplemented by the instruction which he received from his fellow-workers in the mines. He began to compete at eisteddfodau at an early age. He learned the rules of cynghanedd from Gwydderig (Richard Williams, 1842 - 1917) and other local poets, and he claimed the acquaintance of Dafydd Morganwg, Llew Llwyfo, and others whose interests were alien to his own, when he went to work in
WYNNE, SARAH EDITH (Eos Cymru; 1842 - 1897), vocalist a successful American tour in 1871. She took courses in Italy (Florence, etc), under Romani and Vancini. She took part in the Crystal Palace and the Three Choirs festivals, and in many of the most important concerts given in the United Kingdom. In 1874 the London Welsh Choral Union presented to her a bronze bust of herself made by Joseph Edwards. Llew Wynne, secretary of the Liverpool Welsh Choral

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