Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS, Sir JOHN (1770 - 1850), baronet and M.P.
ELLIOT, Sir GEORGE (1815 - 1893), BARONET, owner and developer of coalmines the owners holding shares but sharing the profits with the workers and an insurance fund. Elliot was also a prominent public figure. He was M.P. (C) for Durham North, 1868-80 and 1881-85; and for Monmouth, 1886-92. He was a Tory much to Disraeli's liking and was made a baronet in 1874 for services to his party and for his 'useful life'. Both of them shared an interest in Egypt. Elliot was there in
ELLIS-GRIFFITH, Sir ELLIS (JONES) (1860 - 1926), barrister and M.P. resigned in 1915. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1914 and was created a baronet in 1918. After having lost his seat in Anglesey he was again chosen as Liberal candidate but withdrew in 1921. In 1922 he was one of three candidates for the University of Wales seat but was again unsuccessful. In December 1923 he was elected as Liberal member for the Carmarthen district, but he resigned in
GLYN family Glynllifon, Restoration he won the favour of Charles II who made him a baronet in 1662 [see Glynne of Hawarden family ]. Sir John Glynne died in 1666. His brother, EDMUND GLYNNE Born 1615, was active in the support of the commonwealth, and as J.P. served his county well before and after the Restoration. Thomas Glyn was succeeded at Glynllifon by his son JOHN GLYNNE (fl. 1644-69), who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
GLYNNE family succeeded by his son Sir WILLIAM GLYNNE (died 1689), who, on 21 May 1666, at the general distribution of honours after the Restoration, was made a baronet. Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, he took his degree on 25 March 1656. In January 1658 he was elected to represent Caernarvon in Richard Cromwell's Parliament. He was sheriff of Flintshire in 1673, and inherited the Hawarden estate on his father's
GUEST family, iron-masters, coal owners, etc. 1832 (as a Liberal and Free Trader) as the first M.P. for the Merthyr borough, and kept his seat until his death in 1852. In 1838 he was created a baronet. Though brought up as a Wesleyan Methodist, Guest erected Dowlais church in 1827 and contributed £3,000 towards the expense, and gave £250 towards the new church of S. Davids at Merthyr. He was the chief promoter of the Taff Vale railway and became
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1812 - 1895), translator, businesswoman and collector to ten children: five boys and five girls. She sought to improve their social credentials (although of high birth, marrying into trade was seen as a problem even though John Guest was made a baronet in 1838). In spite of her dislike of London Society, Lady Charlotte used it to further her family's status while the acquisition of a Dorset estate complete with a house (Canford Manor) remodelled by
HALL, BENJAMIN (1802 - 1867) Son of Benjamin Hall (1778 - 1817). Born 8 November 1802. He married, 4 December 1823, Augusta Waddington. Elected M.P. for the Monmouth boroughs in 1831 he was unseated on petition, but was again returned in 1832, and remained member until 1837 when he was transferred to Marylebone. He was created baronet in 1838, and in July 1855 became commissioner for works, the great clock of Westminster
HALL, BENJAMIN (Lord Llanover), (1802 - 1867), politician and reformer until 1837, when he was invited to stand for Marylebone, which he very successfully represented until 1859, making numerous speeches, of which his published A Letter to his Grace of Canterbury of 1850 greatly influenced the debate on Church reform. He was created baronet in 1838 and appointed President of the Board of Health in 1854. His active involvement in the treatment of the cholera epidemic
HANMER family Hanmer, Bettisfield, Fens, Halton, Pentre-pant, house by acting as guardian during the minority of THOMAS HANMER (died 1619), father of the first baronet (v. infra). Details of his career are given in D.N.B. Meanwhile the elder branch had provided two soldiers (Sir THOMAS HANMER, died 1545, and his son Sir THOMAS HANMER, 1526 - 1583), for the French and Scottish wars of the Tudors, and both it and the Fens branch had begun the long succession of
HERBERT family (earls of POWIS), stronger in that faith, in which his children were diligently nurtured. He was succeeded by his only surviving son Sir PERCY HERBERT (c.1600 - 1667) He had been knighted and created a baronet in 1622, and, like his father, was a member of the Council in Wales and the Marches. In 1639 he was collector in Montgomeryshire of contributions by Romanists towards the war against the Scots, and was for the king
HOARE, Sir RICHARD COLT (1758 - 1838), 2nd baronet, historian and antiquary

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