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OWAIN, OWAIN LLEWELYN (1877 - 1956), litterateur, musician and journalist Born 3 July 1877 at Blaen-yr-yrfa, Tal-y-sarn, Nantlle Valley, Caernarfonshire, one of the eight children of Hugh Owen and his wife Mary. When Owain was young, the family moved to Bryn-y-coed in the same district. At twelve years of age the lad went to work to Gloddfa Glai quarry and to 'Cornwall' later. When he was aged fifteen he took to journalism and became a member of the editorial staff of
teulu OWEN Plas-du, attended (in company with Humphrey Llwyd) to the Diet of Augsburg (1566) and by whom he was drawn into plots on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots. Implication in the Ridolfi Plot drove him into hiding, first with the Lloyd s of Llwyn-y-maen and other recusant families round Oswestry, then via Spain to Brussels (1572), where, as a Spanish pensioner, he advised the Netherlands government on English affairs
teulu OWEN Peniarth, succeeded by LEWIS OWEN III (died 1729), sheriff of Merioneth, 1714, of Caernarvonshire, 1715, and ' Custos Rotulorum ' of Merioneth, 1722-8. By his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir William Williams of Llanforda, 2nd baronet (son of ' Speaker Williams '), Lewis Owen III was the father of RICHARD OWEN II, who died 29 September 1729 at the early age of 13. Richard Owen's sister JANE (died 1765), married, as
teulu OWEN Orielton, represented Pembroke county in the Parliaments of 1678-9, 1679, 1688-9, and 1689-90. He died at Bristol in January 1698/9 and was buried in S. Augustine's church where there is a memorial to him. His son, the 3rd baronet, Sir ARTHUR OWEN, married Emma, daughter of Sir William Williams, Speaker of the House of Commons and ancestor of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay. He was member for Pembroke county in
OWEN, ANEURIN (1792 - 1851), Welsh historical scholar and editor of the Laws of Hywel Dda expected acknowledgement; when the Brut eventually appeared, under the editorship of John Williams (ab Ithel), it was found that no indication was given that Owen had done the greater part of the work. Three years before the death of Owen there had appeared, in the 'Monumenta Historica Britannica' series, that part of the Brut which ends with the year 1066; this had been edited by Owen. The Cambrian
OWEN, DAVID (Dewi Wyn o Eifion; 1784 - 1841), farmer and poet , named Gaerwen, at Pwllheli, and owing to his brother's ill-health, Dewi and his mother moved to Pwllheli in 1827. He still held the farm at Gaerwen, and when his brother died in 1837, he returned home, and remained there to the end of his days. His bardic tutor was Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu), his neighbour, who lived at Betws Fawr, near Gaerwen. At the age of 21 Dewi won the Gwyneddigion
OWEN, DAVID (Brutus; 1795 - 1866), editor and littérateur ; Darganfyddiadau yn Ninefeh, 1852 (a translation of an English book by A. H. Layard); Brutusiana, 1855, a selection of his writings from Yr Haul, and Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. Thomas Williams, 1861. His importance lies in his work not as a scholar and theologian but rather as a satirist. The chief object of his satire was quackery, in particular the quackery of the worst Nonconformist preachers, the 'Jacks,' as
OWEN, Sir DAVID JOHN (1874 - 1941), docks manager Born in Liverpool 8 March 1874 the son of R. Ceinwenydd Owen, minister (Presb.) and Elizabeth Jane (née Jones). He married (1), in 1899, Mary Elizabeth (died 1906) daughter of Captain William Owen, Caernarfon; and (2), in 1908, Marian Maud, widow of J.H. Thomas, Carmarthen, and daughter of Alderman William Williams of Haverfordwest; there were no children. He was educated at the Liverpool
OWEN, EDWARD HUMPHREY (1850 - 1904) Tŷ Coch,, book-collector and local historian Annual Report of the National Library for the years 1909-10. The manuscripts, now NLW MS 815-68, are described in N.L.W. Handlist of MSS., i, 61-7; they include several volumes containing pedigrees and poems, seven volumes from the library of Sir Richard Colt Hoare; two volumes compiled by William Williams, Llandygài; and volumes which had belonged previously to Jonathan Jones, surveyor of taxes
OWEN, ELIZABETH MARY - gweler JONES, ELIZABETH MARY
OWEN, ELLIS (1789 - 1868), farmer, antiquary, and poet church Pentrefelin; and bards such as Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), David Owen (Dewi Wyn), and Morris Williams (Nicander), used to visit the society often. Ellis Owen was also regarded as a sound adjudicator, and he was co-adjudicator with Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) on the chair poem at the Gordofigion eisteddfod, Liverpool, 1840, when Eben Fardd won the prize for his awdl ' Job '; he was also
OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet Normal's gain because he partook fully in the social life of the college, particularly the dramatic society where he appeared in many productions under the directorship of two eminent tutors in the drama department - Edwin Williams and Huw Lloyd Edwards. After leaving college he became a teacher at Trawsfynydd Primary School for two years before being appointed to a post at the new private Welsh Medium

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