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LEWIS, JOHN DAVID (1859 - 1914), bookseller, local historian, and founder of a printing press He was born 22 January 1859 at Llandysul, where he lived all his life, the only son of David and Hannah Lewis, Market Stores. He was educated at the following schools at Llandysul : the British school, a private school kept by Herbert Jones in a house called Penwalcau, and the grammar school kept by Gwilym Marles - ' the memory of which is dear to me,' to quote J. D. Lewis's own words. On his
LEWIS, Sir JOHN HERBERT (1858 - 1933), lawyer and politician County Council : he was one of the founders of the Intermediate school system in Wales. He entered Parliament in 1892 as a Liberal, representing the Flint boroughs until 1906, the county until 1918, and the University of Wales, a seat secured for Wales by his efforts, until his retirement in 1922. A close friend of David Lloyd George and Thomas E. Ellis, and with an intense love of Wales, he took every
LEWIS, JOHN HUW (1931 - 2008), printer and publisher much of his time working on maps. Having completed his apprenticeship in the printing industry in London he returned to Llandysul to join the family business, Gwasg Gomer, also known as Gomer Press. The press - founded by his grandfather John David Lewis, in Market Stores, Llandysul, in 1892 - was now being run by J. D. Lewis's two sons: Rhys Lewis (Huw Lewis's father) and Edward Lewis. John Lewis
LEWIS, JOHN SAUNDERS (1893 - 1985), politician, critic and dramatist petitions and public meetings proved unsuccessful, on 8 September 1936 Lewis and two fellow members of the National Party, David John Williams and Lewis Edward Valentine, went to Penrhos and set fire to workers' huts on the site of the proposed 'Bombing School'. They then went to the police station in Pwllheli to present a letter admitting their responsibility for the action. The 'fire in Llyn' or
LEWIS, REES (Eos Ebrill; 1828 - 1880), schoolmaster and musician
LEWIS, THOMAS (fl. 18th century), hymn-writer who lived at Ynys-wen in the parish of Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, and, at another period, at Castellhywel, Cardiganshire. A volume of long hymns composed by him and entitled Caniadau Duwiol was published in 1795. This also contains a poem of praise to the author by David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr).
LEWIS, THOMAS (1868 - 1953), Principal of Brecon Memorial College . and F.T.S. In 1893 he received the B.D. degree of the University of St. Andrews during the brief period when that University awarded the B.D. through examination only to students of some colleges. Also in 1893 he was able to study at the University of Marburg as part of his final year in the Congregational College. He won the Rees (1889) and Dr Williams (1892) scholarships and the Bles Prize in
LEWIS, TIMOTHY RICHARDS (1841 - 1886), surgeon, pathologist, and pioneer in tropical medicine first on entering and leaving the Army Medical School at Netley. In 1868 it was decided to send the two best pupils of the Medical School to examine German scientific theories on the causes of cholera and to put them to the test in India. Thus T. R. Lewis and David Douglas Cunningham went to India in January 1869, after spending some months in Germany. For over five years they investigated problems
LEWIS, TITUS (1822 - 1887), antiquary published works include a lengthy poem, The Soldier's Wife, a Tale of Inkerman, 1855; he was also responsible for the English words of Joseph Parry's composition, Mynyddog, 1877, and for English translations of several poems by David Evans (Dewi Haran), in a selection of his work, edited by Glanffrwd, under the title of Telyn Haran, 1878. He died at Llanstephan, 10 September 1887, only a few weeks after
LEWIS, Sir WILFRID HUBERT POYER (1881 - 1950), judge . He married (1), in 1908, Margaret Annie (died 1932), daughter of Sir John Eldon Bankes of Soughton Hall, Northop, Flintshire, and in 1934 (2), Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. David Barty King of London. He died 15 March 1950.
LEWIS, WILLIAM (fl. 1786-1794), hymn-writer published 'by Evan Rees ' in 1798. He and his wife, Phoebe, had two children, but only his daughter, Maria, had issue.
LEWIS, WILLIAM HOWELL (1793? - 1868), minister (Congl.) Born at Carmarthen, 1793?, a relative of Sarah Lewis, the first wife of David Peter. He began to preach in Lammas St. chapel, Carmarthen; he entered Carmarthen College in 1814, aged 21, and remained there until 1818. He became a minister at Narberth, Pembrokeshire, 1818-1821, being concurrently assistant tutor at the college school 'about two years or more'; at Glastonbury, Som., 1821-47; and Usk

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