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teulu LLOYD Dolobran, Tewdwr Mawr. Gwenllian, daughter of Adam ap Meyrick ap Pasgen, is also given as the wife of Celynin, and of his son, EINION. This Adam ap Meyrick may have been the sinecure rector of Meifod, c. 1265. Einion was living in 1340. LLEWELYN AB EINION is named in a pardon granted by Edward de Cherleton, lord of Powys, to his grandson, Griffith ap Jenkin ap Llewelyn, in 1419, for his complicity in the war of
LLOYD, LUDOVIC (fl. 1573-1610), courtier, versifier, and compiler Fifth son of Oliver Lloyd, lord of the manor of Marrington, Salop, by Gwenllian, daughter of Griffith ap Howel ap Ieuan Blayney (see Blayney family), Gregynog, and grandson of David Lloyd Vychan, an hereditary burgess of Welshpool, and owner of Nantcribba in the parish of Forden, Montgomeryshire. The date of his birth is unknown, but he was old enough in 1587 to have been successful in gaining
LLYWARCH ap LLYWELYN (fl. 1173-1220) Gwynedd, court-poet from all parts of Wales in his verses. He also sang a complimentary poem to ' Gwenllian the Fair.' In the ' Ode to the Hot Iron,' which refers to a trial by ordeal, he denies having killed a certain Madawg. In the Hendregadredd MS., ' poetry to God ' is ascribed to Llywarch, but according to the 'Red Book' and The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales this is the work of Cynddelw, and the sentiments
LLYWELYN ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw 1282), Prince of Wales Order to which the prince had been much attached and in which he found some of his most loyal supporters. Eleanor had died in childbirth some little time before, and her daughter, Gwenllian, Llywelyn's sole legitimate descendant, ended her days as a nun of Sempringham.
LLYWELYN ap IORWERTH (fl. 1173-1240), prince exclusion of an elder brother, Gruffydd. A statesmanlike desire to conciliate his neighbours of the march is seen in the marriages which he arranged for his children: Dafydd was married to Isabella de Breos; Gwladus to Reginald de Breos and as a widow to Ralph Mortimer; Margaret was married to John de Breos and afterwards to Walter Clifford; Gwenllian married William de Lacy, and Helen married John, the
MAELGWN ap RHYS (c. 1170 - 1230), lord of Ceredigion son of the 'lord' Rhys by Gwenllian, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd. He first appears at the siege of Tenby in 1187, and took the cross when Gerald toured Wales in 1188. Of short stature, turbulent and aggressive, his conduct greatly embittered his father's later years. A prisoner from 1189 to 1194, and living in exile when Rhys died in 1197, he returned bent on gaining a large share of the
MAREDUDD ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (1130 - 1155), prince of Deheubarth Eldest son of Gruffydd ap Rhys by Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan. Six years old when his father died in 1137, he came into prominence at 16 assisting an older half-brother, Cadell, in freeing southern Ceredigion of the Normans, and in defending the recently captured fortress of Carmarthen. In 1151 he took a leading part in driving the men of Gwynedd back beyond the Dovey, and in the
MATTHEWS, ABRAHAM (1832 - 1899), minister (Congl.) and one of the pioneers of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia of Horeb, Llwydcoed (1859-65) and Elim, Cwmdâr (Cynon valley, 1859-60), and was minister of Adulam, Merthyr Tydfil (1861-65). In May 1863, at Ynys-gau chapel, Merthyr, he married Gwenllian Thomas, sister of one of the chief figures in the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, John Murray Thomas. His public life did not diminish the ardour for establishing a Welsh settlement which had gripped him ever
MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN (bu farw c. 1208), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Avan) in the honour of Glamorgan son of Caradog and Gwladus, daughter of Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr. Always an unwilling vassal of the Norman lords of Glamorgan, he was closely identified with the policy of his cousin, the 'lord' Rhys, and was probably the leader of the Glamorgan rising of 1183 (?). He was twice married: (1) to Gwenllian, daughter of Ifor Bach; (2) to Gwerful, daughter of Idnerth ap Cadwgan. He had at least four
MORGAN GAM (bu farw 1241), lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Afan) in the honour of Glamorgan son of Morgan ap Caradog ap Iestyn, probably by Gwenllian, daughter of Ifor Bach. He succeeded his elder brother, Lleision, c. 1213, and, reverting to his father's policy of alliance with the Welsh princes, well served the interests of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth by harassing the Clare lords of Glamorgan. He married, according to the pedigrees, (1) Janet, daughter of Elidyr Ddu, (2) Ellen, daughter of
MORGAN, GWENLLIAN ELIZABETH FANNY (1852 - 1939), antiquary
OULTON, WILFRID EWART (1911 - 1997), RAF officer to 204 Squadron at RAF Mount Batten, where he flew Supermarine Southampton and Supermarine Scapa flying boats. He was posted to 202 Squadron in Malta in August 1932 and was promoted to flying officer in January 1933. He married Sarah Gwenllian Davies (1913-1990) in Malta in 1935, but as he was only twenty-four he didn't qualify for marriage allowance, so to enhance his income as his family grew, he

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