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teulu GWYNNE Garth, Maes-llech, Llanlleonfel accused of corruption, and was certainly guilty of exceedingly sharp practice by which he acquired the manor of Builth and the greater part of the hundred of Builth (W. R. Williams, Welsh Judges, 112). His son, MARMADUKE GWYNNE (1670 - 1702) predeceased him, and his possessions passed to his daughter MARY GWYNNE, who married HOWELL GWYNNE (died 1708), of a cadet branch of Glanbrân owning (besides land
GWYNNE, SACKVILLE (c. 1751 - 1794) A member of the great clan of Gwynne of Glanbrân, near Llandovery, whose mansion, destroyed by fire, now lies in ruin - for the family, see under Gwynne family of Llanelwedd. According to W. R. Williams (Old Wales, iii, 286-8), he was born c. 1751 - if so, the references to him (in Welsh books) as 'an old gentleman' are rather misleading. He married, in 1772 at Dublin and without his father's
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume temperance hotels. Llys Llanover, the new Tudor-style family mansion, became a centre of Welsh culture in Gwent and beyond, attracting foreigners interested in the Celtic languages like the Bretons Alex François Rio, and Theodore de la Villemarqué, and the German Friedrich Carl Meyer, as well as Welsh collectors and scholars like Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), Maria Jane Williams, Lady Charlotte Guest, John
HALL, BENJAMIN (1802 - 1867) with Maria Jane Williams, Aber-pergwm and Brinley Richards in a collection of Welsh airs. She gave financial assistance to D. Silvan Evans in connection with his dictionary. Her other main interests were temperance work and a militant protestantism. She endowed two Calvinistic Methodist churches, Capel Rhyd-y-meirch and Aber-carn, where services were to be conducted in Welsh, but with a liturgy based
teulu HANBURY, industrialists for his services the widow presented him with a service of plate, and his wife with pearls. In 1720 he benefited to the extent of £70,000 by the legacy of his friend Charles Williams of Caerleon. With a part of this money he bought Colbrook House, near Abergavenny (the ancient mansion of the Herberts) for his fourth son Charles Hanbury, afterwards called Charles Hanbury Williams. John Hanbury was
HANSON, CARL AUGUST (1872 - 1961), first head of the bindery at the National Library of Wales children. In 1911, the recently opened National Library of Wales urgently required an experienced craftsman to repair and rebind (where necessary) many of the rare manuscripts and books in the Peniarth and Llanstephan libraries which Sir John Williams had donated as foundation collections. From three strongly recommended applicants Carl Hanson was unanimously appointed. The leaves of many of the
HARKER, EDWARD (Isnant; 1866 - 1969), quarryman, poet and preacher (Congl.) three weeks of formal schooling at the British School, Llanrwst, before going to work in the leadmines when he was nine. His father took an interest in writing poetry and he was a neighbour and friend of the poet-tailor Trebor Mai (Robert Williams, 1830 - 1877 and it was said that he made Isnant's first suit. However he died when Isnant was 11 so it is unlikely that he had any great influence on the
teulu HARLEY (earls of Oxford and Mortimer), Brampton Bryan, Wigmore were able to secure the representation of the shire from 1698 till 1713, and the borough seat in 1604, 1614, 1647-8, 1660-79, and 1690-1715. Their chief rivals in Radnorshire politics were the indigenous Lewis family of Harpton (pedigree in Jonathan Williams, Hist. Radnorshire, 404-6) strong in 'Old Radnor' (Pencraig, in Welsh), and after 1650 owners of the manor of Radnor Forest. In the 19th century
HARRIS, HOWELL (1714 - 1773), religious reformer refusal was repeated more than once subsequently - and for the same reason). He consulted Griffith Jones who besought him without success to be more moderate. In 1737 he came into contact with Daniel Rowland and the two began to work together. Among their earliest converts were Howel Davies and William Williams of Pantycelyn. In 1742 these formed themselves and their adherent societies into an
HARRIS, JOHN RYLAND (Ieuan Ddu; 1802 - 1823), printer and author Owen Williams (1774 - post 1827) of Anglesey; a second impression was issued in 1825. He wrote verse on occasion and, although he was not a church member, led the singing in his chapel with his flute. He had intended publishing an English - Welsh dictionary and a poetic glossary, but his health failed and he died 4 December 1823.
HARTMANN, EDWARD GEORGE (1912 - 1995), historian and promoter of Welsh-American relations Edward George Hartmann was born on 3 May 1912 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA, the son of Louis Hartmann (1877-1954) and his wife Catherine (née Jones-Davies, 1877-1940). Catherine was three years old when her family emigrated to the United States. Her father, Edward R. Jones, came from Penhernwenfach, near Llanwrtyd Wells, in Breconshire. Edward Hartmann recalled that Catherine's mother, Jane
HAYCOCK, BLODWEN MYFANWY (1913 - 1963), artist and author , writing articles and poems, illustrating books, designing Christmas cards and becoming a member of the council of the Society of Women Journalists. In July 1947 she married Dr. Arthur Merion Williams of Borth (consultant anaesthetist at Redhill county hospital and the East Surrey group of hospitals) at the presbyterian church, Llanover, and lived after her marriage at Buckland, near Reigate, where she

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