Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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
WYNNE, WILLIAM (1671? - 1704), historian 1704. At Oxford, he was one of the circle of Edward Lhuyd. In 1697, he published a History of Wales - really a working-over of the Historie of Cambria (1584) of David Powel; it was reprinted (unaltered) in 1702, again (with some changes) in 1774 and 1812, and finally in 1832 (with topographical notes by Richard Llwyd of Llannerch Brochwel). Its merits are slight, but it remained for well-nigh two
YALE family Plâs yn Iâl, Plas Grono, This ancient Denbighshire family was descended from Osbwrn Wyddel of Cors-y-gedol, Meironnydd, ancestor of the Vaughans of that place through the marriage of Osbwrn's great-great-grandson Elise with the heiress of Allt Llwyn Dragon, later Plâs yn Iâl. His grandson THOMAS YALE (c. 1526 - 1577), ecclesiastical lawyer Law Religion Third son of David Lloyd (Yale) by Gwenhwyfar Lloyd of Llwyn-y-maen
YALE, DAVID (d. 1626), chancellor of Chester - see YALE
YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian the ten volumes commissioned by the project. An exhibition 'Crown and Mitre: Religion and Society in Northern Europe since the Reformation' was an early recipient of European Funding in 1992 and toured internationally. He took early retirement from Kent County Council in 1994. In 1967 he had married Paula Gülen Du Val (b. 1947), with whom he had four children, Helena, Patrick, David and Benedict
YOUNG, DAVID (1844 - 1913), Wesleyan minister and historian

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