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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 He came of the family of Wynne of Garthewin, Llanfair Talhaiarn (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 167), a cadet branch of the Wynne of Melai family (ibid. 376); a Robert Wynne (died 1682), younger son of John Wynne of Melai, married Margaret Price, heiress of Garthewin; their son, Robert Wynne (1636 - 1680), rector of Llan-ddeiniolen and of Llaniestyn, and canon of Bangor, married Catherine Madryn
  • 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 Although not a Welshman, Yardley deserves a note because of his study of the records of the cathedral of S. Davids, and as the author of the manuscript called ' Menevia Sacra ' (now in N.L.W. in three vols.), which resulted from that study. Details concerning his career as given by himself in the manuscript are reprinted on pp. 230-32 of Menevia Sacra … ed. by Francis Green in 1927. Born in
  • YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian Nigel Yates was born on 1 July 1944 in Swansea, the son of Thomas Yates (1909-1997), a chartered accountant, and his wife Alice (née Bentham, 1912-1993). Alongside his younger sister Katharine Wilma (b. 1949) he was brought up a Roman Catholic and was educated at Craig-y-Nos Preparatory School in Swansea, followed in 1955 by Belmont Abbey School, Herefordshire. In 1962 he took up a place at the
  • YORKE, PHILIP (1743 - 1804) Erddig, Erthig,, antiquary The eldest son of Simon Yorke (died 1767), grandson of Simon Yorke of Dover, wholesale grocer, and first cousin of lord-chancellor Hardwicke. He was born 29 July 1743, at Erthig, inherited by Simon (1732) from his uncle, John Meller, who had bought the property in 1718 after the bankruptcy of Josua Edisbury. He was Hardwicke's godson, and after attending preparatory schools near London from 1758
  • 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 -general of S. Davids (Regg. St. Davids, 18-22) and archdeacon of Merioneth (Willis, Bangor, 140). About 1403, he allied himself with Owain Glyndŵr, became his chancellor, and was in Paris in 1404 with John Trevor negotiating a treaty of alliance with Charles VI. He was probably responsible for the ' Pennal policy,' whereby Glyndŵr agreed to transfer the allegiance of the Welsh church from Rome 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