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teulu GWYNNE Llanelwedd, 1689-90, 1698, 1700-1, and at other times for an English borough - twenty-three years in all. Though knighted (1680) by Charles II, he was a stout Whig, and is eulogized in Macaulay's History; he initiated the 'association oath' and was a strong defender of lord chancellor Somers. He held a household office under William and Mary, but fell out of favour in Anne's reign, and died 24 January 1725/6
teulu GWYNNE Kilvey the English political scene.' He published The Army on Itself (1904), and The Will and the Bill (1923), the latter a political satire. He married Edith Douglas, daughter of Thomas Ash Lane, in 1907. There were no children. He died 26 June 1950. Two other sons also became clergymen: RICHARD LLOYD GWYNNE (1859 - 1941) Religion; born Kilvey, February 1859; educated Swansea Grammar School and London
teulu GWYNNE Garth, Maes-llech, Llanlleonfel accused of corruption, and was certainly guilty of exceedingly sharp practice by which he acquired the manor of Builth and the greater part of the hundred of Builth (W. R. Williams, Welsh Judges, 112). His son, MARMADUKE GWYNNE (1670 - 1702) predeceased him, and his possessions passed to his daughter MARY GWYNNE, who married HOWELL GWYNNE (died 1708), of a cadet branch of Glanbrân owning (besides land
GWYNNE, NADOLIG XIMENES (1832 - 1920), soldier and author of Lt-Col. He retired in 1900 with the rank of Major-General. During his military service he fought in the Second Afghan War and the Egyptian campaign against Mohamed Ahmed (the 'Mahdi'). In 1869 he published a book-length epic poem, Moses: An Essay on the Deliverance and Journeyings of Israel (London: Chapman & Hall). In 1874 he was married at Kempsey, Worcestershire, to Mary Shee Jackson (born
HAINES, WILLIAM (1853 - 1922), local historian and bibliographer Born 24 May 1853, at Bryn, Penpergwm, Monmouthshire, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Haines. Educated at the grammar school, Abergavenny, he became a solicitor's clerk. He married (1) 1876, Clara Ann Rutherford (died 1880), of Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, and (2) Mary Nicholas (died 1944) of Llangibby, Monmouth, who shared her husband's literary interests. Haines collected an extensive library of
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume Lady Llanover was born on 21 March 1802, the youngest of six daughters of Benjamin Waddington (1749-1828) of Ty Uchaf, Llanover in Monmouthshire, and his wife Georgina (née Port, 1771-1850; a great-niece of Mary Delaney, 1700-1788). Like her surviving sisters Frances and Emelia, Augusta Waddington enjoyed a wide education which included the classics, modern languages, history, geography, art and
teulu HANMER Hanmer, Bettisfield, Fens, Halton, Pentre-pant, estate from his father, Thomas Hanmer, in 1620, and died there without issue on 23 June 1629; the text of his epitaph on a brass in Selattyn church (now lost) is given in Browne Willis, A Survey of the Cathedral-Church of St. Asaph (1801 ed., i, 111). He was educated at Shrewsbury and Oriel College, Oxford, and married Mary, daughter of Arthur Kempe of Hampshire, who after his death married col
HANSON, CARL AUGUST (1872 - 1961), first head of the bindery at the National Library of Wales Born in 1872 in Oslo, Norway. About 1898 he came to London to seek work as a bookbinder and was employed by J. Zaehnsdorf in Shaftsbury Avenue. Three years later he joined the famous firm of Riviere and Sons, Regent Street, with whom he remained for ten years gaining considerable experience in repairing manuscripts and books. During this period he married Edith Gwynne (1871 - 1950); they had four
HARRIES, JOHN (c.1785 - 1839), astrologer and medical practitioner John Harries (Shon Harri Shon) was probably born at Pantycoy (Pant-coi), Cwrt-y-cadno, Carmarthenshire, and was baptised at Caeo on 10 April 1785. He was the eldest of the six children of Henry Jones (Harry John, Harry Shon), Pantycoy (1739-1805), a mason, and his wife Mary Wilkins. He received a relatively formal education, educated at The Cowings, Commercial Private Academy, Caio, until he was
HARRIS, GRIFFITH (1811 - 1892), musician Born, according to the family gravestone at Carmarthen on 15 July 1811, the son of Griffith and Mary Harris. He had a clothier's shop at Carmarthen. He was precentor at Water Street Calvinistic Methodist chapel; he also conducted a town choir. In 1849 he published a collection of 260 hymn-tunes under the title of Haleluwia, this being followed in 1855 by Haleliwia Drachefn, containing 200 hymn
HARRIS, HOWELL (1714 - 1773), religious reformer 1735 he was a schoolmaster at Llan-gors and Llangasty. In 1735 the preaching of Pryce Davies, vicar of Talgarth, wrought wonderfully upon him and he began to evangelize in the neighbourhood of his home. He matriculated from S. Mary Hall, Oxford, but left the university within a week. He applied for holy orders in 1736 but this was refused because he was preaching irregularly (incidentally, this
HARRIS, THOMAS (1705 - 1782) , is known as the husband of the famous actress Mary Darby ('Perdita ' - see D.N.B.); their daughter was born at Trevecka House and christened at Talgarth 25 October 1774. Mrs. Robinson ('Perdita has left an unflattering, 'warts and all' description of her father-in-law's person and habits in her autobiography, Memoirs of the late Mrs. Robinson written by herself (1803). He did little for her and

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