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LEWIS, WILLIAM (1814 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist missionary and linguist Born at Manchester, of Welsh parents, he set his mind on serving the China Mission under the London Missionary Society. In 1839 he entered the Bala C.M. College. In 1842 was ordained for the newly opened mission field of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists in India. M. to Mary Roberts, of Towyn, Meironnydd, he arrived on the Khasia Hills in January 1843; he baptised his first converts in 1846. He
LEWIS, Sir WILLIAM THOMAS (first BARON MERTHYR of SENGHENYDD), (1837 - 1914), coal magnate (she died 1902). Her grandfather, ROBERT THOMAS (a west Wales man) took a lease on Waun Wyllt (Abercanaid) in 1824, and opened in 1828 what seems to have been the first level for marketing household (as opposed to smelting) coal. By 1830 he had formed business connections with London. He died 19 February 1833, and his widow, LUCY THOMAS ('mother of the Welsh coal trade '; 1781-27 September 1847
LHUYD, EDWARD (1660 - 1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist they were distributed three to each parish. The number of subscribers was encouraging, and in 1696 he was able to visit eight or nine counties between the end of April and the beginning of October In 1697 he set out on his great tour, accompanied by his trained helpers William Jones, Robert Wynne, and David Parry. Leaving Oxford in May and travelling through Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean, in
LIVSEY, GEORGE FREDERICK (1834 - 1923), bandmaster Circus and Menagerie, which was famous for its band as well as its exhibition of exotic creatures. The 1841 census shows the entire family to be living in lodgings in Birmingham with other touring musicians. Merthyr Tydfil was a regular venue in Wombwell's itinerary. In 1848 Ralph Livsey was enticed to leave Wombwell's to lead the private brass band formed by the ironmaster Robert Thompson Crawshay at
LLEWELYN, DESMOND WILKINSON (1914 - 1999), actor liberated from Colditz in 1945, he returned to London, and set up home with Pamela in Chelsea. He found work almost immediately and continued to be very busy in character roles for the rest of his career. Early in 1946, he was cast in the role of Theseus in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for television with Sir Robert Atkins, a role that was also reprised the following year. He played many roles on
teulu LLOYD Bodidris, body being conveyed (at his request) to Llanarmon for burial next day. He and his father were both the subjects of panegyrics by Simwnt Vychan. Sir JOHN LLOYD (died 1606), squire Royalty and Society Son of Sir Evan. He appears to have accompanied him to Flanders in 1586. He was one of a group of east Denbighshire squires (many of them recusant in sympathy) who favoured the cause of Robert Devereux
teulu LLOYD Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, extended at Rhiwaedog to itinerating bards (clerwyr), particularly during the 16th and 17th century. Griffith Roberts (Gwrtheyrn, 1845 - 1915), Bala, gives (in two of his manuscripts, now NLW MS 7411C, NLW MS 7421B) the names of many bards who wrote poems to various members of the Rhiwaedog family and who visited the house. Amongst them are Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Ceri, Bedo Hafhesp, Siôn Mawddwy, Siôn
teulu LLOYD GEORGE Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st bart. They had one son, Owen, 3rd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (born 1925) and one died Valerie, Lady Goronwy Daniel. The marriage was annulled, 1933. He married (2), 1935, Winifred Calve. He died 1 May 1968, after a long illness. He published, in 1947, Dame Margaret - the life story of my mother, a warm-hearted tribute to the memory of his mother, and in 1960, Lloyd George
LLOYD, DAVID MYRDDIN (1909 - 1981), librarian and Welsh scholar , Williams Pantycelyn in particular, Kate Roberts, an edition of Atgofion am Sirhowy a'r Cylch (Myfyr Wyn, 1961). But the work that best revealed Myrddin Lloyd's mature interests and the breadth of his learning was the three volumes of selections of Emrys ap Iwan's articles and letters (1937, 1939, 1940) and his monograph in the Writers of Wales series in 1979. These are possibly Myrddin Lloyd's most
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist a brother to Robert (Bob) Lloyd, and Reverend Trebor Lloyd Evans, Morriston, and Aled Lloyd Davies were his cousins. Tecwyn Lloyd claimed that he could trace his family back to Rhirid Flaidd. After his early education at Llawrybetws primary school where the headteacher, Rhys Gruffydd, was, he said, an important influence on him, he proceeded to Bala Boys' Grammar School (Ysgol Tytandomen). After
LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE (1815 - 1874), musician published in the second supplement to John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol. He died 6 September 1914 at Liverpool; he was buried in the Chester cemetery. C. F. Lloyd was another son.
LLOYD, JOHN MEIRION (1913 - 1998), missionary and author who became his life partner, Joan Maclese (1923-2017), and they married on 28 October 1944. A few days after the wedding he sailed to India on the Stirling Castle, in the company of other missionaries from Wales including Gwen Rees Roberts. He arrived in the town of Aizawl in Mizoram in December 1944. His wife was not able to get a ship until November 1945. Three children were born to them in India

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