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GIBSON-WATT, JAMES DAVID (BARON GIBSON-WATT), (1918 - 2002), Member of Parliament and public figure argued for a 'no' vote in the devolution referendum on 1 March 1979. In the Queen's Birthday Honours List on 26 June 1979, he was made a life peer and took the title of Baron Gibson-Watt, of the Wye in the District of Radnor. His maiden speech in the House of Lords, as in the House of Commons almost thirty years earlier, was on the subject of forestry. Lord Hailsham, the Lord Chancellor, appointed
GORONWY-ROBERTS, Baron - gweler ROBERTS, GORONWY OWEN
GRANVILLE-WEST of PONTYPOOL, Baron - gweler WEST, DANIEL GRANVILLE
teulu GRENFELL, Swansea industrialists . He represented the British army at the coronation of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, in 1896 and wrote a book, Three Weeks in Moscow, about his experiences. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Grenfell of Kilvey in 1902 and made a Field Marshal in 1908. His later years were devoted to the Royal Horticultural Society, of which he was President, and the Church Lads Brigade. He continued to take an
teulu GREY (POWIS, lords of), Grey de Powes chivaler ' between 1482 and 1491. His wife (married after 14 February 1471) was Anne, daughter of William Herbert, earl of Pembroke. He died in the autumn of 1494 and was followed by his son, JOHN GREY (c. 1483 - 1504), 3rd baron. The latter's son, EDWARD GREY, 4th baron, died 2 July 1551 without legitimate issue. His estates passed by will to his illegitimate son, EDWARD GREY, who sold
teulu GRIFFITH Cefn Amwlch, Penllech, Llŷn London. A staunch churchman and Cavalier, he was a man of some consequence in post-Restoration Caernarvonshire, being made sheriff in 1661. His death, in 1688, was preceded in 1687 by that of his son JOHN GRIFFITH IV, and the estate was left in the hands of their widows, both named Elizabeth, the younger of whom, relict of John Griffith and daughter of Robert, 2nd viscount Bulkeley of Baron Hill, being
teulu GRIFFITH PENRHYN, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley (c. 1406 - 1459), first baron Stanley; William Griffith was therefore nephew by marriage to Thomas, first earl of Derby (1435 - 1504) - another confirmation of the Stanley connection (Dwnn, Visitations, ii, 167; Penrhyn MSS. 12; D.N.B., liv., 76; Ormerod, Cheshire, ii, 42). In 1476 he is described as 'king's servant' and ' marshall of the King's Hall ' (an office
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1812 - 1895), translator, businesswoman and collector Sir Charles Barry, helped to secure the Guest transition to the landed class. In 1880 Sir John and Lady Charlotte's eldest son was made Baron Wimborne. Sir Charles Barry also designed the Dowlais Central Schools (which cost £20,000 to build). They formed part of an impressive and progressive educational scheme for the Dowlais workforce, extending from infancy into adulthood and engaging much of Lady
GWAENYSGOR, 1st Baron MACDONALD of - gweler MACDONALD, GORDON
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume music, but also subjects such as house keeping and economy. She married the politician and reformer Benjamin Hall in 1823, uniting their neighbouring estates of Llanover and Aber-carn. By that time the family had travelled widely in Great Britain and Europe, and her sister Frances had married Baron Christian Charles Josiah von Bunsen, historian, Prussian envoy to the court of Queen Victoria 1838-1852
HALL, BENJAMIN (1802 - 1867) which was erected during his period of office being on that account called ' Big Ben.' He was raised to the peerage on 29 June 1859, during Palmerston's second administration, as baron Llanover of Llanover and Aber-carn. He died 27 April 1867. He engaged in bitter controversy with bishop Connop Thirlwall on the state of the church in the diocese of S. Davids, and championed the right of the Welsh
HALL, BENJAMIN (Lord Llanover), (1802 - 1867), politician and reformer extremely tall, some say 6'7. He was raised to the peerage on 29 June 1859 during Palmerston's second administration, to considerable protest by those who considered him a political radical, became Baron Llanover of Llanover and Aber-carn, and took his seat in the House of Lords. His marriage to Lady Llanover involved him in patronage of the Welsh language and culture, which he, perhaps more than she

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