Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ABERDARE, 1st Baron - see BRUCE, HENRY AUSTIN
ABERDARE, 4th Baron - see BRUCE, MORYS GEORGE LYNDHURST
ADARE, Baron - see WYNDHAM-QUIN, WINDHAM HENRY
ALLEN, JOHN ROMILLY (1847 - 1907), archaeologist the Inner Temple), he chose, after education at Rugby and King's College, London, to become a civil engineer, in which capacity he was engaged as apprentice on Merseyside, as engineer for Baron de Reuter's Persian railway scheme, and as supervisor of dock construction at Leith, and Boston, Lincolnshire. But at an early age he was attracted to the study of archaeology; a contribution to Archæologia
ATKIN, Baron - see ATKIN, JAMES RICHARD
ATKIN, JAMES RICHARD (1867 - 1944), judge not sufficient means was passed; it is to him that we owe the general sympathy which this movement received. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1919, and created baron in 1928; he was elected F.B.A. in 1938. He married Lucy Elizabeth (died 1939), the eldest daughter of William Hemmant, Bulimba, Sevenoaks, formerly colonial treasurer, Queensland. Atkin lived for many years at Craig-y-don
ATKIN, JAMES RICHARD (1867 - 1944), lawyer and judge awarded a knighthood. In 1919, he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal and a member of the Privy Council, and finally in 1928 he became Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created Baron Atkin of Aberdovey. In the High Court, Atkin gained a reputation as a criminal judge, spending a lot of time on assizes. In the Court of Appeal, however, he started to focus again on commercial law. As a law lord, he was
AYLESTONE, Baron - see BOWDEN, HERBERT WILLIAM
BAILEY family Glanusk Park, county of Hereford, serving as M.P. until his death in 1850. Joseph Bailey I was succeeded in the baronetcy and the Glanusk estates by his grandson, Sir JOSEPH RUSSELL BAILEY (1840 - 1906), 2nd baronet, who was created baron Glanusk, January 1899 [he made important additions to the History of Brecknock (by Theophilus Jones), and these were incorporated in the 3rd (1909-30) edition of that work]; he was
BARSTOW, Sir GEORGE LEWIS (1874 - 1966), civil servant, president of University College Swansea Born 20 May 1874 in India, the son of Henry Clements Barstow, a civil servant, and Cecilia Clementina Baillie. The Barstows were long-established and prominent merchants in York. Following his marriage to the only daughter of Sir Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin, George Barstow established a home near Builth and a connection with Wales. Barstow graduated from Emmanuel College
BAYLY, LEWIS (d. 1631), bishop and devotional writer Newydd estate; and his grandson HENRY BAYLY took the name and arms of Paget (as 9th baron), and was the father of the 1st marquis of Anglesey. THOMAS BAYLY (1608 - c. 1657) The bishop's son had a career both as Protestant and Roman Catholic. He was a staunch Royalist, and happened to be at Raglan castle when Charles I was entertained there after Naseby, and is credited with drawing up the articles of
BEAUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. RALPH EDWARD BLACKETT (1901 - 1977), Member of Parliament and public figure Born at 33 Belgrave Square, London, on 12 February 1901, the fifth child and second son of Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, from 1907 2nd Baron Allendale and from 1911 1st Viscount Allendale, and Lady Alexandrina Louisa Maud Vane-Tempest, daughter of the 5th Marquess of Londonderry. His maternal grandmother, the 5th Marchioness of Londonderry, was the daughter of Sir John Edwards of

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