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SION CENT (1367? - 1430?), poet . John Kent of Caerleon, who was educated at Cambridge and, towards the end of the 15th century, became famous for his wide learning; Dr. John Gwent, an erudite Grey Friar buried at Hereford in 1348; John Kemp, bishop, archbishop (York 1426, Canterbury 1452), and cardinal, who died in 1454; and one John a Kent, a mischievous raider who harassed the Marches in 1482-3 and whose exploits were celebrated
SION TREFOR, poet Poems attributed to Siôn Trefor are found in Gwysaney MS. 25; Llanstephan MS 11; Peniarth MS 84, Peniarth MS 86, Peniarth MS 313; NLW MS 1553A, NLW MS 6471B; and to Sir Siôn Trefor in Jes. Coll. MS. 15. An englyn to Sir Hugh, earl of Worcester, composed by Sir John Trefor and Edmund Prys, appears in NLW MS 11993A.
SKEEL, CAROLINE ANNE JAMES (1872 - 1951), historian Studies, ed. R.W. Seton-Watson (1924), and to T. Auden, Memorials of Old Shropshire (1908). She gained the Gamble Prize in 1914 for an essay on the influence of the writings of Sir John Fortesque. She was also one of the editors of the S.P.C.K. texts for students and arranged the Selections from Giraldus Cambrensis and the Selections from Matthew Paris, Nos. 2-3 in that series (London 1918). The
SLINGSBY-JENKINS, THOMAS DAVID (1872 - 1955), secretary of a shipping company and philanthropist presented to the college a statue by Mario Rutelli of the Duke of Windsor as Prince of Wales (the only such large statue made) and an endowment to establish a scholarship for local pupils. He also served on the court and council of the National Library of Wales to which he was a generous benefactor. He donated the marble sculpture of Sir John Williams to the Library, and a bronze war memorial to Tabernacl
SMITH, THOMAS ASSHETON (1752 - 1828) Vaenol, Bangor, landed proprietor and quarry owner Born 1752, the son of Thomas Assheton of Ashley, Cheshire, he added the name Smith to his surname when he inherited the Vaenol and Tedworth (Hampshire), estates under the will of his uncle, William Smith, son of John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1705-8. The story of how the Vaenol estate - the ancient patrimony of a branch of the Williams family of Cochwillan - came into the hands of a
SNELL, DAVID JOHN (1880 - 1957), music publisher , republishing the whole under his own name. He purchased, among other items, the musical output of the publishers Isaac Jones (1835 - 1899), Treherbert; Daniel Lewis Jones ('Cynalaw'; 1841 - 1916), Llansawel and Cardigan; John Richard Lewis (1857 - 1919), Carmarthen; the North Wales Music Co., Bangor; and the National Welsh Company, Caernarfon. By 1939 he had an extensive catalogue of fifteen hundred items
teulu SOMERSET Raglan, Troy, Crickhowell, Badminton, he was absent, and his brother lord John Somerset inactive, when these were annihilated by Waller near Gloucester (24 March 1643). He rallied what remained to check Waller's progress in South Wales, but the jealousy caused among his colleagues by his religion and the independent powers given in his latest commission as lieut.-general (4 April 1643) made him throw up his Welsh command in favour of
SOULSBY, Sir LLEWELLYN THOMAS GORDON (1885 - 1966), naval architect Born at Swansea, 24 January 1885, son of James C. Soulsby, marine surveyor. He was educated at Jarrow-on-Tyne and apprenticed there to naval architecture at the works of Palmers' Shipbuilding Co. He worked for a while with John Thornycroft and Co., a firm specialising in naval destroyer construction at Chiswick, before returning to Jarrow for five years. He married, 1911, Margaret Dickinson; they
SOUTHALL, JOHN EDWARD (1855 - 1928), printer, publisher, author; a member of the Society of Friends Born at Leominster, Herefordshire, the son of John Tertius Southall and Elizabeth (Trusted). He was educated at Weston-super-Mare and at the Society of Friends' school at Bootham, Yorkshire. He started to learn Welsh when he was quite young and became fairly proficient in the use of the language. He settled as a printer at Newport, Monmouth, in 1879, and continued to print and publish books there
SPARKS, JOHN (1726 - 1769), early Moravian
SPINETTI, VITTORIO GIORGIO ANDRE (1929 - 2012), actor, director and author Write at the National, looking at the life of John Lennon. He was a noted performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and gave wonderfully villainous performances in later years in the stage shows Oliver! (as Fagin) and Peter Pan (as Captain Hook). Spinetti's own one man show A Very Private Diary played all over the world. He also played Mog Edwards in the 1971 film version of Under Milk Wood
teulu SPURRELL, printers The first Spurrell to settle at Carmarthen was JOHN SPURRELL, Bath, an auctioneer who also became agent for the estate of one of the branches of the Mansel family. He and his wife Sarah (Singers) settled in the Lower Market Street (later Hall Street) during the last quarter of the 18th century. They had a son, RICHARD SPURRELL, who was clerk to the Carmarthenshire county magistrates and who

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