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teulu LEWIS Van, 1612. He indulged in a good deal of litigation and added considerably to the family estates. The most interesting of his purchases was St. Fagans castle, bought from Sir William Herbert of Cardiff in 1616, and now the Folk Museum of Wales. This included the present house built by Dr. John Gibbon about 1590. He died 9 January 1628. EDWARD LEWIS (died 1630) He was knighted in 1603. He lived at Edington
LEWIS GLYN COTHI (fl. 1447-1486), one of the greatest of the 15th century Welsh bards corroborative evidence. His wife is not mentioned in his poems, but he had a son, John, who died at the age of 5. He sang much to the gentry of Carmarthenshire, south Cardiganshire, and Radnorshire, and his best work is found in these poems. His zeal for Jasper Tudor was revived towards the end of his life, and, as was natural, vaticinatory elements became more prominent in his poetry. None of his poems can
LEWIS, Sir ALFRED (EDWARD) (1868 - 1940), banker Born at Birmingham 2 August 1868, son of John Lewis, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister there, and educated at King Edward's School. He entered the Birmingham and Midlands bank in 1884, and afterwards became assistant-manager of the New Street branch of the Midland bank there. In 1910 he became general manager of the Bradford District bank, which in 1919 was amalgamated with the National
LEWIS, ALUN (1915 - 1944), poet Born 1 July 1915 at Aberdare, Glamorganshire, son of Thomas John Lewis, schoolmaster, and Gwladys Elizabeth (née Evans). He was educated at Glynhafod elementary school, 1920-26, Cowbridge Grammar School, 1926-32, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (B.A. with honours in History) 1932-35, Manchester University (M.A. with research in medieval history), 1935-37, and Aberystwyth again, 1937-38
LEWIS, BENJAMIN WALDO (1877 - 1953), Baptist minister Born 7 September 1877 at Holyhead, Anglesey, the son of John (according to family tradition, but David according to the biographies) Lewis, (born 29 August 1829) from Bridell, and Anne Lewis (née Williams, in February 1848 or 1849) from Fishguard. They married at Newport, Monmouth on 31 January 1871. His father was, according to tradition, of the lineage of a brother of Titus Lewis while his wife
LEWIS, DAVID (1848 - 1897), lawyer Born 22 November 1848 in the S. Thomas suburb of Swansea, eldest son of John Lewis, J.P. He was educated at Swansea and Llandovery, whence he proceeded to Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1872. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in November 1873, and joined the South Wales circuit. In 1888 he was appointed assistant commissioner to conduct inquiries into charities
LEWIS, DAVID (Baker, Charles; 1617 - 1679), Jesuit martyr English College on 16 November and receiving priestly orders on 20 July 1642. In 1645 (19 April), under the influence of his uncle, Fr. John Pritchard (alias Lewis), S.J., he entered the Society of Jesus, and after serving his novitiate in Rome and for a short time acting as confessor to the English College, he was sent to South Wales on mission in 1648, ministering to the numerous recusant houses of
LEWIS, DAVID (1828 - 1908), musician Born 12 November 1828 at Hen Dŷ Mawr, Llanrhystud, Cardiganshire, the son of Lewis and Margaret Lewis. The father was a good vocalist and it was he, together with Thomas Jenkins, the teacher of John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), who gave the son his first lessons in music. When he was 15 he began to compose and to conduct singing classes. His first prize for a hymn-tune was won in a competition at
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (Lewis Tymbl; 1879 - 1947), Congl. minister, popular preacher and lecturer . Despite this the children were given a good upbringing and the opportunity to make good; two of them achieved good posts in education and banking, but it was the preacher who was Mynydd-bach's most notable contribution to Welsh life. David John received his early education in the elementary school at Hermon where Principal Thomas Rees had been a pupil ten years earlier. He entered the school on July 7
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (1893 - 1982), architect and Lord Mayor of Liverpool David John Lewis was born on 29 April 1893 in Penparcau, at that time a small village near Aberystwyth. His mother Elizabeth (Lisi or Lizzie) Lewis (née Phillips) was a member of a family steeped in Welsh culture in the village, and his father, John Lewis, came originally from Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire. After working in the south Wales valleys, he had set up a grocery and insurance business in
LEWIS, DAVID VIVIAN PENROSE (1st Baron Brecon), (1905 - 1976), politician Chairman of the Welsh National Water Development Authority from 1973 to his death, a period which included the very dry summer of 1976. In this role, he relied heavily on the Authority's officials. Vivian Lewis was a man of energy with a strong sense of public duty, but he was not a man with an outstanding personality. He married Mabel Helen, the second daughter of John McColville of Abergavenny, on 19
LEWIS, DAVID WYRE (1872 - 1966), minister and administrator (B) Born 13 May 1872 at Felinganol, Llanrhystud Mefenydd, Cardiganshire, son of the poet and musician John Lewis ('Eos Glyn Wyre '; 1836 - 1892), Tŷ-mawr, and Jane (née Davies; 1844 - 1917), Felinganol, and nephew of the musician David Lewis (1828 - 1908). He was educated in the church school in the village, and was apprenticed to a carpenter at Trawsgoed. Because of lack of work locally he moved to

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