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LEWYS, DAFYDD (bu farw 1727), cleric of Bwyd Enaid 1723, a book of stanzas based on verses from the Bible, and was among those responsible for printing Gemmeu Doethineb by Rhys Prydderch, 1714, Llythyr at y Cyfryw o'r Byd …, 1716, and probably Pregeth a Bregethwyd … Mehefin y 7, 1716 … Gan … Gwilim Arglwydd Esgob Ely 1716. A hymn by him was included in a booklet printed by Nicholas Thomas, Carmarthen, 1740, and another of his
LHUYD, EDWARD (1660 - 1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist The illegitimate son of Edward Lloyd of Llanforda, near Oswestry, and Bridget Pryse of Glan-ffraid, near Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, he was born in Loppington parish and nursed there at Krew Green for nine years by a Catherine Bowen. He entered the grammar school at Oswestry and it is probable that he later taught there. There is definite evidence that he had developed an interest in antiquities
LINDEN, DIEDERICH WESSEL (bu farw 1769), medical doctor and mineralogist Diederich Wessel Linden was most likely born during the early eighteenth century in the small village of Hemmerde, Westphalia, Germany, the son of Thomas Linden, and his wife Mary. The circumstances of his upbringing remain obscure. However, it is likely he received some schooling that acquainted him with the foundations of mining and minerology. While identifying later in life as medical doctor
LLAWDDEN (fl. 1450), cywyddwr His cywydd to Ieuan Gwyn ap Gwilym Fwyaf shows that he was a native of Loughor, but he was known as ' Llawdden of Machynlleth.' Most of his poems were written to the families of Thomas ap Rosier of Hergest, and Phylip ap Rhys and Maredudd Fychan of Maelienydd. In the Carmarthen Eisteddfod of 1451 he is known to have accused Gruffudd ap Nicolas of being bribed to give the chair to Dafydd ab Edmwnd
LLEISION ap THOMAS (fl. 1513-1541), last abbot of Neath and a man of great influence in Glamorgan in the days of king Henry VIII. In 1513 (the earliest record we have of him unless he was the Dom Lyson Thomas who was ordained deacon at Ledbury by the bishop of Hereford, 24 March 1509) he was one of the commission of the peace appointed to assemble at Cardiff - a position he occupied again in 1534. In 1532 he played an important part in dealing with
LLEWELLYN, THOMAS (1720? - 1783), Baptist minister and tutor the new Bible might be sent. It was also largely as the result of his initiative, coupled with monetary assistance from the Baptist fund, that the Welsh Baptist mission to North Wales was launched in 1776. He was a member of the Cymmrodorion in 1778. His will, proved 21 August 1783, refers to his wife, Mary, who was his executrix, his brothers Evan and Jenkin, his sister Mary Thomas of Castleton
LLEWELLYN, THOMAS REDVERS (1901 - 1976), singer and teacher of singing to sing even as a very young child: he is said to have made his first public performance as a boy soprano in Rehobeth Baptist Chapel, Britton Ferry when he was just three. He had singing lessons from Tom Thomas in Wales, with Francis Toye in London and Oscar Daniel in Italy. He had a brilliant high baritone voice and in 1929 joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company before moving to Sadlers Wells in 1934
LLEWELYN, DESMOND WILKINSON (1914 - 1999), actor television, notably as the lead (Mr Hyde) in 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', and in many series, such as 'My Wife Jacqueline', 'Robin Hood' and 'The Invisible Man'. In 1950, Llewelyn took a supporting role ('77 Jones - a tank commander) in the war film 'They Were Not Divided' directed by Terence Young. This was a fateful decision which would come to define his career much later on, as Young
LLEWELYN, THOMAS DAVID (Llewelyn Alaw; 1828 - 1879), musician
LLEWELYN, WILLIAM (1735 - 1803), Independent minister Born at Coity, Glamorganshire, in 1735 (christened 21 March in the parish church), eldest of the four children of a shoemaker Thomas Llewelyn and his wife Alice (Cox, of Gloucestershire), members of the congregation of Lewis Jones (1702? - 1772) at Bridgend. Apprenticed to a brewer in the town, he attended a night-school and began to preach; in January 1759 he went to Abergavenny Academy. He was
teulu LLOYD Maesyfelin, Sir MARMADUKE LLOYD (1585 - 1651?) The first of his line to settle at Maesyfelin or Millfield, near Lampeter, Cardiganshire, was born 1585, the son and heir of Thomas Lloyd, precentor and treasurer of S. Davids cathedral, and nephew of Marmaduke Middleton, bishop of S. Davids. He went to Oriel College, Oxford, 1599 (B.A. 1603), and entered the Middle Temple 26 March 1604, becoming a barrister-at
teulu LLOYD Leighton, Moel-y-garth, the Marches and of gavelkind, and himself becoming the first sheriff of the county (1541-2), one of its earliest M.P. s (1545-52). His son OLIVER LLOYD followed him in the latter capacity (1586) and his grandson CHARLES LLOYD in the former (1601); but on 20 August 1623, Charles Lloyd sold the estate (already heavily mortgaged to Sir Thomas Myddelton (1550 - 1631) and others, and his son BROCHWEL

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