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  • WYNNE, SARAH EDITH (Eos Cymru; 1842 - 1897), vocalist Born 11 March 1842 in Panton Place, Holywell, Flintshire, the daughter of Robert and Harriet Wynne - (her name in the baptismal register is given as Sarah Wynne). She showed a special talent as a singer when a child - she was only 9 when she joined the Holywell choral society. When she was 12 she went on a concert tour to various parts of Wales with a Mr. Hulse, Bangor, her special contribution
  • 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
  • WYNNE-FINCH, Sir WILLIAM HENEAGE (1893 - 1961), soldier and landowner Born 18 January 1893, the second son of Lieut. Col. Charles Arthur Wynne-Finch of Foelas and Cefnamwlch, Caernarfonshire, and his wife Maud Emily (née Charteris). He was educated at Eton College and joined the Scots Guards (2nd Lieut., 1912; Captain, 1916; Major, 1923; Lieut. Col., 1931; Colonel, 1935). He served in World War I and was twice wounded and won the M.C. in 1916. He served in the
  • 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
  • YARDLEY, EDWARD (1698 - 1769), archdeacon for St. Michael's chapel, the old chapel of Highgate School which was a chapel of ease in the parish of St. Mary, Hornsey, a position which he held for the remainder of his life. He afterwards became archdeacon of Cardigan (26 May 1739). In his own words ' It was at this time [i.e. from 1739] during his stay for nine months in Wales, that he first began to examine the Records and search into ye
  • YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian published 'The parochial impact of the Oxford movement in south-west Wales' in Carmarthenshire Studies. Essays presented to Major Francis Jones to mark his retirement as County Archivist of Carmarthenshire, of which he was joint editor. In the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. As an archivist his main interests lay with ecclesiastical and local history rather than the
  • YORKE, PHILIP (1743 - 1804) Erddig, Erthig,, antiquary and on correspondence with Gwallter Mechain (Walter Davies, 1761 - 1849), and other scholars, and including an account of the descendants of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, a refutation of Polydore Virgil's strictures on the ancient Britons, some notes on crown lordships in Powys, and some letters of Goronwy Owen and Lewis Morris. This was expanded four years later into his classic Royal Tribes of Wales, printed
  • YORKE, PHILIP SCOTT (1905 - 1976), Squire of Erddig, near Wrexham Born at Erddig, Denbighshire, 23 March 1905, the second son of Philip Yorke II and his second wife, Louisa Matilda (née Scott), the daughter of a Church of England chaplain in Malaga, Spain, he was the last descendant of Philip Yorke, 1743-1803?. He enjoyed a happy childhood with his brother Simon amidst the fine furniture and other treasures collected by the family since the 18th century. He
  • YORKE, SIMON (1903 - 1966), nobleman and soldier The fifth descendant of that name from Simon Yorke (1606 - 1682), wholesale grocer of Dover, grandfather of Earl Hardwicke; born 24 June 1903, eldest son of Philip Yorke (1849 - 1922), Erddig, Denbighshire, and his second wife Louisa Matilda (née Scott). He was educated at Moorland House, Heswall; Cheltenham College; and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in forestry in 1927. In
  • YOUNG, DAVID (1844 - 1913), Wesleyan minister and historian -7). He was elected chairman of the South Wales province in 1880. He pleaded for the union of the Welsh and English Wesleyan churches in South Wales - 'the amalgamation' as it was called - and when he discovered how determined the opposition of his fellow-countrymen in the province was to this move, he went over to the English side of the work. After some time in the Loudon Square, Cardiff (1888-90
  • YOUNG, GRUFFYDD (c. 1370 - c. 1435), cleric, and supporter of Owain Glyndŵr Benedict XIII of Avignon (Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 121-2), and in February 1407 was provided to the bishopric of Bangor, possibly as the result of intrigues on his part against bishop Lewis Byford. In April 1407 he was translated to S. Davids, designed by the ' Pennal policy ' as the metropolitan see of Wales. By 1408 the power of Glyndŵr was on the wane, and although Young remained in touch with him to
  • YOUNG, JAMES JUBILEE (1887 - 1962), Baptist minister Born 15 May 1887, the year of Queen Victoria's jubilee, son of Thomas and Eunice Young (Revs. Jabes, Glasnant and Owen Young were his brothers). He was born in Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, but he was brought up in Aberavon, Glamorganshire, and as a young man he moved to Tonypandy, Rhondda Valley, to work in a draper's shop. A member of Moreia Baptist church he began to preach there in 1906 and the