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OWEN, Sir (HERBERT) ISAMBARD (1850 - 1927), medical man, scholar, and architect of universities more about the genesis of the University of Wales than Isambard Owen, as witness the broad outline of a scheme he drew up in 1891, the much fuller memorandum of 1892, and his abundant activity at the Shrewsbury conferences of 1893 (January and February), at which the fundamental points of the charter were agreed upon (a good deal of the legal work was done by his brother Charles Maynard Owen). When
OWEN, JAMES (1654 - 1706), Dissenting divine and tutor James Howell was born at Bryn Aber-nant, for Thomas Howell was at that time residing at Cefn-bryn, Llangamarch. James Owen's brother, D. J. Owen, is mentioned in the article on Jeremy Owen, and another brother, Charles Owen, is separately noticed. It is noteworthy that all the (nine) children, of a pronouncedly Anglican family, were Dissenters. James Owen went to Queen Elizabeth's School at Carmarthen
OWEN, JEREMY (fl. 1704-1744), Presbyterian minister and writer Son of David John Owen of Bryn, Aber-nant, Carmarthenshire (1651? - 1710), and thus nephew of James Owen and of Charles Owen. The father, who lived at Pwllhwyaid, had been for many years teaching elder of Henllan Amgoed congregation before being ordained (c. 1705) as its pastor. Like his brother James, he was a 'moderate' Baxterian in doctrine and Presbyterian in his views on church polity. There
OWEN, Sir JOHN (1600 - 1666), royalist commander . Brogyntyn 3/46). He was sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1630-31 and of Merioneth next year, and when the Civil War broke out he was put on the commission of array for Caernarvonshire (10 August 1642) and commissioned by Charles to raise and equip from county funds a regiment from the three shires of Gwynedd. Hampered by opposition from a few neighbouring families, he was not able to put his recruits into
OWEN, JOHN (1757 - 1829), writer on religious topics (1723 - 1817) of Bala, and containing notes on Methodist preachers. Owen also published Difrifol Ystyriaeth, 1789, Tair Cerdd Newydd, 1795, and Golygiad ar Athrawiaeth y Drindod ac ar Berson Crist, 1820. His grandson, David Charles Lloyd-Owen, is separately noticed.
OWEN, JOHN (1864 - 1953), minister (Presb. C.W.) and author . He also published Cofiant a gweithiau David Roberts y Rhiw (1908); Rolant y teiliwr ac ysgrifau eraill (1920); Y Cyfundeb a'i neges: the Connexion and its message, in English and Welsh (1935). He edited volumes of the sermons of John Williams, Brynsiencyn (1922 and 1923), and Thomas Charles Williams (1928 and 1929). He also published a textbook on the journeys of St. Paul (1902), and a commentary
OWEN, MARGARET (Peggy; 1742 - 1816) friend. It was through Mrs. Thrale that she came into contact with the prominent literary figures of the day. By 1777 she was on friendly terms with Dr. Johnson, Dr. Charles Burney, Samuel Boswell, Fanny Burney, William Seward, and others. Some of the letters written to her by Dr. Johnson, Mrs. Thrale, and Fanny Burney are preserved in the Brogyntyn collection in the N.L.W. In 1777 Sir Joshua Reynolds
OWEN, ROBERT (1834 - 1899), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author number of books, such as Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd (two vols.), 1888; Ysgolfeistriaid Mr. Charles; Cofiant Dafydd Rolant, Pennal; Cofiant y Parch. Griffith Williams, Talsarnau. He died 8 November 1899.
OWEN, THOMAS ELLIS (1764 - 1814), cleric .), 1802; the former drew a retort, The Welsh Methodists Vindicated, 1802, from Thomas Charles and Thomas Jones, and a furious attack in verse, 'Cân ar Berson Paris' (Llandyfrydog is near Parys Montain) from Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant), 1802.
OWEN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1830), Evangelical cleric the successor of Thomas Charles 'of Bala ' at Sparkford and Milborne Port, Somerset; born in 1750, eldest son of Joseph Owen, freeholder of Fron-goch, Nevern, Pembrokeshire. He was ordained deacon on 15 August 1773 and priested on 6 August 1775. He was curate of his native parish of Nevern, 1775-9, of Sparkford, 1783-5, and of Milborne Port, 1785-91; later he became perpetual curate of Milborne
teulu PAGET (marquesses of Anglesey), Plas Newydd, Llanedwen inhabitants of both counties benefited by his patronage. Of his six brothers, two were successively Members of Parliament for the Caernarvon boroughs : Sir EDWARD PAGET (1775 - 1849) from 1796 to 1806 and Sir CHARLES PAGET (1778 - 1839) from 1806 to 1826 and 1831 to 1834, when the family lost the seat for the first time in forty-four years. Two other brothers sat for Anglesey : WILLIAM PAGET (1769 - 1794
PAGET, GEORGE CHARLES HENRY VICTOR (7th Marquess of Anglesey), (1922 - 2013), soldier, historian, conservationist Henry Anglesey was born in London on 8 October 1922, the only son of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey (1885-1947), soldier and courtier, and his wife Lady Victoria Marjorie Harriet (née Manners, 1883-1946). He had five sisters: Lady Alexandra Mary Cecilia Caroline (1913-1973), Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary (1916-1980), Lady Mary Patricia Beatrice Rose (1918-1996), Lady Rose

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