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HAYWARD, ISAAC JAMES (1884 - 1976), miner, trade unionist and local politician Isaac Hayward was born on 17 November 1884 in a two-bedroomed terraced house in King Street, Blaenafon, Monmouthshire, the third of five children to survive out of eight born to Thomas Hayward (1848-1925), engine fitter, and his wife Mary Elizabeth (née French, 1848-1925). He had two brothers and two sisters: Thomas, Elizabeth, Alice Louisa, and William Frederick. Isaac was raised a Baptist and
HEMP, WILFRID JAMES (1882 - 1962), archaeologist Born 27 April 1882 in Richmond, Surrey, the only child of James Kynnerly Hemp and his wife, Alice Challoner (née Smith). Her sister had married J. Lloyd-Jones, rector of Cricieth 1883-1922, and this gave Hemp a connection with north Wales, where he spent his summer holidays in Caernarfonshire. He was educated at Highgate School, London, and his first appointment was at the Principal Probate
HENRY, DAVID (Myrddin Wyllt; 1816 - 1873), Independent minister and folk poet David Henry was born at Llethri, Llangyndeyrn, Carmarthenshire, 27 January 1816, the son of Thomas and Barbara Henry, members of Pen-y-graig Independent chapel. He was admitted to membership of that cause when very young. At 12 years of age he was apprenticed to his father as a tailor, and he worked for a time as an itinerant tailor in the south Wales valleys, settling in Maesteg, Glamorganshire
HENRY, THOMAS (1734 - 1816), apothecary, physician, and chemist
teulu HERBERT Montgomery, Parke, Blackhall, Dolguog, Cherbury, Aston, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586 - 1666) and was reconciled to the Protectorate (reputedly through Philip Jones (1617 - 1673), serving on the Montgomeryshire assessment committee (1657) but afterwards becoming involved in Booth's rebellion (1659). After the Restoration he became custos rotulorum of Montgomeryshire (1660-78) and Denbighshire (1666-78), but before the end of his life fell foul of the
teulu HERBERT (earls of POWIS), The Herbert earldom of Powis dates from 1674, when WILLIAM HERBERT (c.1626 - 1696), 3rd baron Powis, was created 1st earl. Sir EDWARD HERBERT (died 23 March 1595) Royalty and Society (buried at Welshpool), the second son of William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke of the second creation, by Anne Parr, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, had purchased the 'Red Castle' in Powis and its lordship from Edward
teulu HERBERT of many abuses, and a slackening of control over local administration. He died 19 January 1601, and was buried in Salisbury cathedral. He was a patron of industrial enterprise, of the stage, and of English and Welsh literature, whilst his intimate knowledge of Welsh society and love of the language made him, in the words of Thomas Wiliems of Trefriw llygad holl Cymru (the eye of all Wales). WILLIAM
HERBERT, Sir WILLIAM (bu farw 1593), Irish planter and Welsh educational pioneer Herbert died (4 March 1593) before a start had been made, and during the six years that passed before the estates devolved on the future 1st lord Herbert of Cherbury, through his marriage with Sir William's daughter Mary, the project passed into oblivion. Sir William was also a patron of the poetaster Thomas Churchyard, who eulogizes him in his Worthines of Wales, 1587.
HERBERT, WILLIAM (earl of Pembroke), (bu farw 1469), soldier and statesman Son of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan and Gwladus, daughter of Dafydd Gam. He served with the English forces in Normandy with his countryman Mathew Gough, was taken prisoner at Formigny (April 1450), and knighted at Christmas, 1450. In the struggle between Lancaster and York his interests, if not also his sympathies, inclined him to favour the Yorkists, for their strength on the borders of South
HEYCOCK, LLEWELLYN (LORD HEYCOCK OF TAIBACH), (1905 - 1990), prominent leader in local government in Glamorganshire . The artist Paul Thomas, of Barry, made a bust of him in 1977 when he retired which was placed in the Orangery, Margam Park. Forthright, tenacious, and deeply religious, Llewellyn Heycock had Calvinistic principles, a committed teetotaller, anti-smoking, upholder of the sanctity of the Lord's Day, and very suspicious of the mass media. He seldom appeared on television. The Western Mail often attacked
HEYLIN, ROWLAND (1562? - 1631), publisher of Welsh books Heylin was apprenticed (26 April 1567) to Thomas Wade, a London merchant, was made free of the Ironmongers' Company (of which he twice became master) in 1584, became treasurer to the Muscovy Co. in 1623, and was elected alderman and sheriff in 1624. He made a considerable fortune, and used it in co-operation with Sir Thomas Myddelton (1550 - 1631), to finance the publication of Welsh books, which
HICKS, HENRY (1837 - 1899), physician and geologist Born at S. Davids, 26 May 1837, son of Thomas Hicks, surgeon, and Anne, daughter of William Griffiths, Carmarthen. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, and then practised at S. Davids; there he met J. W. Salter, who was engaged in palaeontological work for the geological survey, and acquired a liking for geology. Although remaining in practice, eventually becoming head of a private

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