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LEWIS, OWEN (1533 - 1594), bishop of Cassano, church. According to some authorities it was Borromeo himself who invited him to take up this post; but the papers left by Father Robert Parsons suggest that the Pope arranged the appointment in order to get Owen Lewis away from Rome and so ensure peace and quiet in the English College. Be that as it may, he arrived at Milan, 16 June 1580, where he spent the next four years doing important work for
LEWIS, ROBERT EDWARD (fl. early 18th century), poet
LEWIS, TIMOTHY RICHARDS (1841 - 1886), surgeon, pathologist, and pioneer in tropical medicine international conferences on medical and sanitary problems. In 1884-5 he was again called to resume his researches into the causes of cholera, and to examine the theory of Robert Koch, who had discovered the ' commabacillus.' He was secretary to the committee of scientists appointed to investigate the theory. The weight of evidence at the time was found to be against the reception of Koch's theory, but Lewis
LEWIS, Sir WILLIAM THOMAS (first BARON MERTHYR of SENGHENYDD), (1837 - 1914), coal magnate (she died 1902). Her grandfather, ROBERT THOMAS (a west Wales man) took a lease on Waun Wyllt (Abercanaid) in 1824, and opened in 1828 what seems to have been the first level for marketing household (as opposed to smelting) coal. By 1830 he had formed business connections with London. He died 19 February 1833, and his widow, LUCY THOMAS ('mother of the Welsh coal trade '; 1781-27 September 1847
LHUYD, EDWARD (1660 - 1709), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist they were distributed three to each parish. The number of subscribers was encouraging, and in 1696 he was able to visit eight or nine counties between the end of April and the beginning of October In 1697 he set out on his great tour, accompanied by his trained helpers William Jones, Robert Wynne, and David Parry. Leaving Oxford in May and travelling through Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean, in
LIVSEY, GEORGE FREDERICK (1834 - 1923), bandmaster Circus and Menagerie, which was famous for its band as well as its exhibition of exotic creatures. The 1841 census shows the entire family to be living in lodgings in Birmingham with other touring musicians. Merthyr Tydfil was a regular venue in Wombwell's itinerary. In 1848 Ralph Livsey was enticed to leave Wombwell's to lead the private brass band formed by the ironmaster Robert Thompson Crawshay at
LLEWELYN, DESMOND WILKINSON (1914 - 1999), actor liberated from Colditz in 1945, he returned to London, and set up home with Pamela in Chelsea. He found work almost immediately and continued to be very busy in character roles for the rest of his career. Early in 1946, he was cast in the role of Theseus in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for television with Sir Robert Atkins, a role that was also reprised the following year. He played many roles on
teulu LLOYD Bodidris, body being conveyed (at his request) to Llanarmon for burial next day. He and his father were both the subjects of panegyrics by Simwnt Vychan. Sir JOHN LLOYD (died 1606), squire Royalty and Society Son of Sir Evan. He appears to have accompanied him to Flanders in 1586. He was one of a group of east Denbighshire squires (many of them recusant in sympathy) who favoured the cause of Robert Devereux
teulu LLOYD Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, concerning the position of ' bardd teulu ' to Rhiwaedog see the article on ' Phylipiaid Ardudwy ' in Cymm., xlii.) This tradition continued, although in an attenuated form, to the 18th century, for when William Lloyd died in 1774 the poet Robert Williams of Pandy Rhiwaedog (1744 - 1815), wrote a Welsh elegy in memory of his neighbour (NLW MS 595D). Rowland Vaughan of Caer-gai is not named with the above
teulu LLOYD GEORGE Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st bart. They had one son, Owen, 3rd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (born 1925) and one died Valerie, Lady Goronwy Daniel. The marriage was annulled, 1933. He married (2), 1935, Winifred Calve. He died 1 May 1968, after a long illness. He published, in 1947, Dame Margaret - the life story of my mother, a warm-hearted tribute to the memory of his mother, and in 1960, Lloyd George
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist a brother to Robert (Bob) Lloyd, and Reverend Trebor Lloyd Evans, Morriston, and Aled Lloyd Davies were his cousins. Tecwyn Lloyd claimed that he could trace his family back to Rhirid Flaidd. After his early education at Llawrybetws primary school where the headteacher, Rhys Gruffydd, was, he said, an important influence on him, he proceeded to Bala Boys' Grammar School (Ysgol Tytandomen). After
LLOYD, MARGARET (1709 - 1762), one of the original members of the Moravian congregation Born 27 May 1709, she was a Lloyd of Hendrewaelod and Llangystennin (tablets in Llangystennin church); her brother ROBERT LLOYD (1707 - 1753) was rector of Aber. She gravitated to London, and became a Wesleyan, but in 1740 came under Moravian influence, and in 1741 became a full-time Moravian helper. In 1743 she was sent up to Yorkshire to supervise Moravian work among the 'single sisters.' There

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