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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, Sir JOHN EDWARD (1861 - 1947), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig it were, on the whole history of Wales; and to him everyone turned for advice and guidance in this field. He was, thus, the inevitable choice as editor of The History of Carmarthenshire in 1935. And when the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion decided in 1937 to undertake the preparation and publication of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig he was invited to be editor and it was he who brought the project to
LLOYD, JOHN MEIRION (1913 - 1998), missionary and author . He was accepted as a missionary by the Presbyterian Church of Wales in September 1940 and ordained in Swansea in November 1941. Due to difficulty in getting a ship, he was content to fulfill the position of Secretary to the Students' Christian Movement (SCM) in south Wales, and from April 1942 he was minister of the denomination's English Chapel in Catharine Street, Liverpool. There he met the girl
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
LLOYD, MEREDITH (fl. 1655-1677), lawyer and antiquary He was a native of Welshpool and a kinsman of Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt. He was himself a collector of manuscripts, and is said to have been the owner of the manuscripts of Thomas Wiliems of Trefriw, which he presented to Robert Vaughan. The authority for this statement is the author of the catalogue of the Hengwrt library in Cambrian Register, iii, who cites letters and papers which he had
LLOYD, Sir RICHARD (1606 - 1676) Esclus, royalist and judge neighbour, Sir Robert Price of Giler, but his name does not appear in the lists of W. R. Williams (The Welsh Judges). Nevertheless, it is obvious that there was a close relationship, throughout his career, between the two. He is commemorated in Penmachno by the school, almshouses, and the charitable gifts (including Welsh books for the poor) which he donated to his parish; see his will (Nannau MS. 3448
LLOYD, ROBERT (1716 - 1792) Plas Ashpool,, farmer and Methodist exhorter The son of Edward and Maria Lloyd of Nant, in the township of Cilcain, Flintshire. He was the second of three children - Mary born in 1714, Robert 12 November 1716, and David in 1720. Their father died in 1727. In 1746 Robert married a local girl named Dorothy and went to live at Tarth-y-dŵr cottage, Cilcain, and it was shortly after this that he showed a tendency to take his religion seriously
LLOYD, ROBERT (Llwyd o'r Bryn; 1888 - 1961), eisteddfodwr, entertainer and farmer he was the witty compère of Parti Tai'rfelin (see Robert Roberts below), a group which held concerts in all parts of Wales and for Welsh societies in England. He also frequently took part in radio and television programmes. He had the true story-teller's gift of narrating or writing a tale. This is evident in his autobiography Y Pethe (1955), the title of which later came to stand for the values
LLOYD, WILLIAM (1771 - 1841), Methodist cleric Born in 1771, son of Robert and Elinor Lloyd of Pen-y-maes, Nevin, Caernarfonshire; his father had a small estate in Llannor. He was educated at ysgol ramadeg Botwnnog and Jesus College, Oxford; ordained in 1801, and licensed to Rhoscolyn, Llanfair yn Neubwll, and Llanfihangel, Anglesey. It was not long before he joined the Methodists; [and he was deprived in 1805 in consequence]. He lived for a
LLOYD-JONES, DAVID MARTYN (1899 - 1981), minister and theologian medical diagnostic skills when dealing with the souls of troubled men and women in a wise, insightful way. One of his most influential books in this field was Spiritual Depression : its causes and cures (1964). Martyn Lloyd-Jones is regarded as one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth century. His sermons, preserved in books and recordings, have an abiding influence today. As a result, this warm
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (1527 - 1568), physician and antiquary Born 1527 at Denbigh, son of Robert Llwyd (or Lloyd) and Joan, daughter of Lewis Pigott. He was educated at Oxford; B.A. 1547, M.A. 1551. He studied medicine and became private physician to lord Arundel, chancellor of the University at Oxford, but returned to Denbigh in 1563. Although a practising physician Llwyd was interested in music and arts, and was described by Anthony à Wood as ' a person
LLWYD, RICHARD (Bard of Snowdon; 1752 - 1835), poet and authority on Welsh heraldry and genealogy read in the B.M. Library; he was introduced on this visit to Owen Jones, William Owen Pughe, Sharon Turner, and others. Owing to his acquaintance with several members of landed and other families he was able to procure financial assistance (from the Royal Literary Fund, etc.), for such persons as David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), Richard Robert Jones (Dic Aberdaron), and Jonathan Hughes. He came to be

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