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teulu PENNANT Penrhyn, Llandygâi watchful eye on the agents of his Jamaica estates. In 1783 he was made an Irish peer with the right to sit in the House of Commons if elected; he was Member of Parliament for Liverpool for a time, and made the greatest mistake of his life when, in 1796, he made a bold effort to wrest the Caernarvonshire seat from Sir Robert Williams, half-brother to lord Bulkeley of Beaumaris, oblivious of the immense
PENNANT, THOMAS (1726 - 1798), naturalist, antiquary, traveller Wales, are among his best literary works. The first volume of his Tours in Wales was published in 1778, the second in 1781 (the first part under the title A Journey in Snowdonia). An edition in three volumes, edited by Sir John Rhys, was published in 1883. Pennant's account of his journey on the Continent did not see the light of day till 1948. The manuscript owned by the N.L.W. was published by
PERRI, HENRY (1560/1 - 1617) Maes Glas (Greenfield) He was of gentle birth. It is believed that he was the ' Henry Parry ' who became a member of Balliol College, Oxford, at the age of 18, 20 March 1578/9; B.A. Gloucester Hall, 1579/80; M.A. 1582/3; B.D. Jesus College, 1597. Humphrey Humphreys testified - on the authority of his son-in-law - that he had travelled considerably and had married before he came to Anglesey as Sir Richard Bulkeley's
teulu PERROT Haroldston, Sir JOHN PERROT (1528 - 1592), statesman Politics, Government and Political Movements Sir John Perrot was born, probably, at Haroldston, in November 1528 and, according to his own statement, was educated at St. David's cathedral school. Later, at the age of 18, he entered the household of the Lord Treasurer, William Paulet, marquis of Winchester. Contrary to the oft quoted myth regarding Perrot's
teulu PERROT Haroldston, Three members of this house will be noticed. Sir JOHN PERROT (1530 - 1592), Elizabethan statesman and Lord Deputy of Ireland Politics, Government and Political Movements, 1584-8 He was popularly believed to be an illegitimate son of Henry VIII and Mary Berkeley, one of the royal ladies-in-waiting who married Sir Thomas Perrot of Haroldston. Henry knighted Sir Thomas on his marriage. Sir John was
PERRYN, Sir RICHARD (1723 - 1803), judge
teulu PHILIPPS Cwmgwili, Lincoln's Inn, 1741, unsuccessfully contested Carmarthen in 1741 and sat for the borough 1751-61 and 1768-74. He was closely associated in politics with George Rice of Newton, following the Whig leaders to the death of George II in 1760, and thereafter attaching himself to the leading politicians of the day. About 1738 he began a long struggle with the Tory and possibly Jacobite Sir John Philipps of
teulu PHILIPPS Picton, Sometime before 17 October 1491 Sir THOMAS PHILIPPS of Kilsant, Carmarthenshire, married Joan Dwnn, daughter and heiress of Harry Dwnn (son of Owen Dwnn of Muddlescomb in Kidwelly and Katherine Wogan, second daughter of John Wogan and widow of Sir Henry Wogan) and Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Wogan of Wiston. The Kilsant (Cilsant) family claimed descent from Cadifor Fawr of
teulu PHILIPPS Tregybi, Porth-Einion, Cardigan priory, It is frequently said that this family was a branch of the Philipps family of Picton, e.g. in Laws, Little England, 355; but it would be more exact to derive both of them from the Philipps family of Kilsant, Carmarthenshire - from Sir Thomas Philipps of Kilsant, who was also the progenitor of the Picton family. The pedigree varies in different books, e.g. Dwnn, i, 85; Meyrick, Cardiganshire, 2nd
PHILIPPS, Sir GRISMOND PICTON (1898 - 1967), soldier and public figure
PHILIPPS, Sir IVOR (1861 - 1940), soldier, politician and businessman Ivor Philipps was born at Warminster Vicarage, Wiltshire, on 9 September 1861, the second son of Sir James Erasmus Philipps and his wife, Mary Margaret Best. A more detailed account of the family will be found in the entry on his eldest brother, John Philipps, 1st Viscount St. Davids; two other brothers are noticed separately: Owen Cosby Philipps, Baron Kylsant and Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st
PHILIPPS, Sir JOHN (1666? - 1737) Picton Castle,, religious, educational, and social reformer Son of Sir Erasmus Philipps and his second wife Catherine Darcy (died 15 November 1713) daughter of Edward Darcy by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Stanhope, first Earl of Chesterfield. The year of his birth is not known. According to the inscription on his monument in S. Mary's church, Haverfordwest, he died 'January 5, 1736/7, in the 77th year of his age.' This suggests 1660, which

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