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OWEN, GEORGE (c. 1552 - 1613), historian, antiquary, and genealogist . He completed his formal education at Barnard's Inn where he was admitted in 1573 but soon afterwards he took up residence at his ancestral home at Henllys and became the most influential squire in north Pembrokeshire. He married (1), 1571, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of William Philipps of Picton, by whom he had eleven children, the eldest son being Alban Owen (died 1658) who succeeded his
OWEN, JAMES (1654 - 1706), Dissenting divine and tutor . The D.N.B. can hardly be right in saying that he was also under the tuition of the Quaker James Picton, for Picton left Tenby when James was only four, and spent the subsequent years mostly in prison. James Owen himself told Calamy that he was under the tuition of Samuel Jones (1628 - 1697) at Brynllywarch in 1672-3; he came afterwards under Stephen Hughes at Swansea. Henry Maurice (1634 - 1682
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (1904 - 1985), scholar, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, University Principal, poet Rhys”. There also he met Enid, the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Picton Davies, whom he married 20 May, 1936. In 1929, on the death of Sir John Morris-Jones, Thomas Parry was appointed lecturer in his old Department at Bangor, now headed by [Sir] Ifor Williams. There, the vigorous and versatile young scholar flourished. His early publications include numerous articles on Siôn Dafydd Rhys and his
teulu PERROT Haroldston, John Philips of Picton. Besides these he had a number of illegitimate children of whom the most important were Sir James Perrot, by Sibil Jones of Radnorshire, Elizabeth, daughter of Elizabeth Hatton, a daughter who married David Morgan, gent., and a son John (b. tua 1565), who matriculated from Broadgates Hall, Oxford, in 1580. In 1580 he donated lands and properties of the yearly value of £30, free
teulu PHILIPPS Picton, Slebech. His son, Sir RICHARD PHILIPPS, married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Erasmus Dryden, bart., grandfather of the poet, and (2) Catherine, daughter of Daniel Oxenbridge, M.D. He took the side of Parliament in the Civil War and garrisoned Picton castle, which was taken by the Royalists on 30 April 1644, when his children were imprisoned. He died 1648. The third baronet was his son, Sir ERAMUS
teulu PHILIPPS Cwmgwili, Claiming descent from the same stock as Philipps family of Picton and Kilsant, the Cwmgwili family played a prominent part in Carmarthenshire affairs in the 18th and 19th cents. GRISMOND PHILIPPS (died 1740) inherited Cwmgwili from his great-uncle Gruffydd Lloyd who died in 1713 and was high sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1715. His son, GRIFFITH PHILIPPS (c. 1720 - 1781), was called to the Bar at
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 JOHN (1666? - 1737) Picton Castle,, religious, educational, and social reformer the registers of any of the above nor in that of the House of Commons. He left Cambridge without a degree and was not called to the Bar. A letter from Sir Erasmus to him at Cambridge suggests that he was extravagant in his expenses and warns him to have ' no more foolish frolics ' (N.L.W. Picton Castle MSS., 30 April 1683). Little is known of his subsequent career till 1695, when, in December of
PHILIPPS, JOHN WYNFORD (1st Viscount St. Davids, 13th Baronet, of Picton Castle), (1860 - 1938) Picton Castle and its large estate out of the male line to a distant cousin who assumed the name Philipps. The loss of the estates was a source of considerable resentment with both Sir James and his eldest son. As a clergyman, Sir James was energetic and his sons inherited this quality. John Wynford Philipps, named Wynford after his mother's brother, Lord Wynford, was the eldest in a family of five
PHILIPPS, LAURENCE RICHARD (1st. BARON MILFORD, 1st baronet), (1874 - 1962), philanthropist, industrialist, sportsman, and a member of one of the most prominent old gentry families of Pembrokeshire Born 24 January 1874, the 6th son of Canon Sir James Erasmus Philipps, 12th baronet of Picton, and the Honourable Mary Margaret Best, daughter of the Honourable the Rev. Samuel Best. Following his education at Felsted School and the Royal School of Mines he concentrated his career on the maritime trade and in time became the chairman of the Court Shipping Line which he himself established. He was
PHILIPPS, OWEN COSBY (Baron Kylsant), (1863 - 1937), ship-owner been fuelled by Kylsant's amiable relations with the family owning Picton Castle. When the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.'s accounts for 1928 were published, the auditor had added the same qualifications as in previous years; Lord St. Davids asked to interview the auditor but was refused, and he, in turn, refused to discuss the situation with Kylsant. The quarrel between the two brothers became public

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