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teulu SCUDAMORE lordship of Abergavenny by the marriage of Sir ALAN SCUDAMORE with the daughter and sole heiress of the lord of Troy, not far from Monmouth. Four generations later Sir Alan's great-grandson married ALICE, one of the daughters of Owain Glyn Dwr. Sir JOHN SCUDAMORE I, Owain's son-in-law, was at the outset of the rebellion in royal service, and in 1403 was actually the custodian on the king's behalf of
SEAGER, GEORGE LEIGHTON (BARON LEIGHTON of St. Mellons), (1896 - 1963), merchant and shipowner Born 11 January 1896 the youngest son of Sir William Henry Seager (founder of the shipping company W. H. Seager and Co.), and Margaret Annie (née Elliot), his wife, of Lynwood, Cardiff, brother of John Elliot Seager. After leaving Queen's College, Taunton, at the age of 16 he travelled on the Continent and South America. At the beginning of World War I he was commissioned with the Artists' Rifles
SEAGER, JOHN ELLIOT (1891 - 1955), shipowner Born 30 July 1891, eldest son of Sir William Henry Seager and Margaret Annie (née Elliot), and brother of George Leighton Seager. On 26 May 1922 he married Dorothy Irene Jones of Pontypridd, and they had four children. Educated at Cardiff High School and Queen's College, Taunton, he joined his father's shipping companies where he gained experience of all levels of management and control of
SEYLER, CLARENCE ARTHUR (1866 - 1959), chemist and public analyst Born in Clapton, London, 5 December 1866, eldest son of Clarence Henry and Clara (née Thies) Seyler. He was educated at Priory School, Clapton, University College London, and the City and Guilds technical college, Finsbury. He had brilliant teachers in Alexander W. Williamson, Sir William Ramsay, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester and Daniel Oliver. He was assistant to W.M. Tidy, water consultant to London
SHADRACH, AZARIAH (1774 - 1844), schoolmaster, Independent minister, and author Jubili, 1819; (12) Cerbyd Aur, 1820; (13) Tabernacl Newydd, 1821; (14) Myfyrdodau Ysbrydol, 1821; (15) Glyn Angeu, 1821?; (16) Dyfroedd Siloam, 1827; (17) Gwallt Sampson, 1831; (18) Cangen o rawn camphir, 1833; (19) Myrr Dyferol, 1833; (20) Meditations on Jewels, 1833; (21) Tlysau Aur, 1837; (22) Blodau y Ffigysbren, 1837; (23) Cerbyd o Coed Libanus, 1840. No. 4 was translated into English by Edward S
SHAND, FRANCES BATTY (c.1815 - 1885), charity worker brother John had also been interred. A Scottish estate in her name was valued at £11,777 2s 5d. From this sum, she bequeathed a life interest in property owned at Moss Terrace, Elgin, to a woman named Ann Allardice, together with monies to the daughters of two cousins, Col. John Shand and William Shand. Her remaining bequests were made to charitable causes: £1,000 bequeathed to the 'Shand Memorial Fund
SHEEN, ALFRED WILLIAM (1869 - 1945), surgeon and first Provost of the Welsh National School of Medicine William Sheen was born 30 April 1869 at 61 Crockherbtown (later to be known as Queen Street), Cardiff, the eldest of eleven children of Alfred Sheen, Cardiff surgeon and the man who, in 1885, introduced dancing into the social programme of the annual conference of the British Medical Association. Initially educated at the Cardiff Proprietary School, William Sheen spent his premedical year at the
SHEEN, THOMAS (1718 - 1790), Methodist exhorter, afterwards an Antinomian He was christened in Glascwm church, Radnorshire, 8 November 1718, the son of William and Margaret Sheen of the parish. No information is available as to when he started exhorting in the Methodist societies. In 1748 he succumbed to the 'heretical' doctrines propounded by James Beaumont. In 1750 he adhered to Howel Harris's party, but soon afterwards left it and formed his own sect in the district
SHEPPARD, ARNOLD ALONZO (1908 - 1979), boxer Arnold Sheppard was born on 14 May 1908 at 35 Sophia St, Butetown, Cardiff (the area known as Tiger Bay), the third child of Alonzo Sheppard (b. 1885), a merchant seaman from Barbados, and his wife Beatrice Louisa (née Eley, 1887-1948) of St. Fagans, Cardiff. Arnold's siblings were: Beatrice Eley (b. 1906, uncertain father), William Charles Sheppard (1907-1978), Lucy Sheppard (died shortly after
SHIPLEY, WILLIAM DAVIES (1745 - 1826), cleric . He was buried at Rhuddlan, and a life-size statue of him, with a laudatory inscription, stands in the chapter-house of St Asaph cathedral. He published a tract written by his brother-in-law, Sir William Jones, on the principles of government, and after a protracted trial on a charge of seditious libel was ultimately discharged. His father, JONATHAN (1714 - 1788), son of Jonathan Shipley of Leeds
SHORT, THOMAS VOWLER (1790 - 1872), bishop of St Asaph Born at Dawlish, 16 September 1790, son of archdeacon William Short. From Exeter and Westminster schools he went to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated (with a double first) in 1813, became Student of the College, and was occupied in teaching and administration till 1823. He then took successive livings, until in 1841 he became bishop of Sodor and Man. In 1846 he was translated to S. Asaph
SIDDONS, SARAH (1755 - 1831), actress Born 5 July 1755 at 'The Shoulder of Mutton' (now 'The Siddons'), Brecon, the eldest of eleven children of Roger Kemble and Sarah Ward. Both parents were members of John Ward's band of strolling players that had recently performed at Brecon. The company continued to play on both sides of the Welsh border, and Sarah's early years were spent with them. William Siddons, a Walsall man who had played

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