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SMITH, THOMAS ASSHETON (1752 - 1828) Vaenol, Bangor, landed proprietor and quarry owner totally unconnected English family is most unusual. Today, we can do no more than guess at the strange circumstances which prompted Sir William Williams, the last of the Vaenol family, to devise all his lands in his will, dated 25 June 1695, to Sir Bourchier Wrey, a man of very doubtful character, then to the latter's two sons, and after them to king William III. It was through this king's generosity
SNELL, DAVID JOHN (1880 - 1957), music publisher . In 1916 he paid £1150 to the widow of Joseph Parry (1841 - 1903) for the stock and copyright of the works published by the composer, and about the same time he bought the business of David Jenkins, Aberystwyth, who died in 1915. During the 1920s he augmented his catalogue by buying the output of companies which had closed down and the works of composers who published their own compositions
teulu SOMERSET Raglan, Troy, Crickhowell, Badminton, Powis castle and his intimacy with the duke of York, later James II (Hist. MSS. Com., 14 th R., ix, 370, Ormond, n.s. iv, 459, vi, 262, Popham, 258). At home he was hotly opposed by John Arnold and Sir Trevor Williams, who had local grievances over Wentwood forest (now exploited intensively by the marquess for iron smelting) and Chepstow garrison respectively; he removed Arnold and seven other
SOMERSET, FITZROY RICHARD (4th BARON RAGLAN), (1885 - 1964), soldier, anthropologist, author 1964 The Temple and the house. While Lord Raglan became more and more closely associated with the National Museum he naturally became more closely associated with the director, Sir Cyril Fox and in the years 1951-54 a Survey of Monmouthshire Houses, I-III, prepared in collaboration with Sir Cyril Fox, appeared. This work was a survey of pioneer importance. Lord Raglan's anthropological work has not
SOULSBY, Sir LLEWELLYN THOMAS GORDON (1885 - 1966), naval architect
SPARK, THOMAS (1655 - 1692), cleric and classical scholar son of Archibald Spark, minister of Northop, Flintshire. Educated at Westminster School, he was in 1672 elected to a scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. 1676, M.A. 1679, B.D. 1687/8, and D.D. 1691. In 1682 he was chosen to deliver the first Bodley oration. He became chaplain to Sir George Jeffreys, and in 1686 he was given the prebend of Offley in the cathedral of
SPEED, GARY ANDREW (1969 - 2011), footballer medal proved to be Gary's only one at club level. On 24 May 1996 Gary married his childhood sweetheart Louise Reynolds (born 1970) at St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden. They had two sons, Edward Joseph (born 1997 in Chester) and Thomas Huw (born 1998 in Newcastle upon Tyne). In July 1996 Gary moved to Everton, his boyhood favourites, for £3.5 million. At the same time he also moved from the left wing to a
teulu STANLEY Penrhos, The Stanleys came into contact with Anglesey through the marriage of Margaret Owen of Penrhos near Holyhead to Sir John Thomas Stanley (1735 - 1807) in 1763. Margaret represented a once powerful family in commote Talybolion, one of its most vigorous members being the John Owen who died in 1712, who was strong enough to withstand the influence of the Meyrick family of Bodorgan in western Anglesey
STANLEY, Sir HENRY MORTON (1841 - 1904), explorer, administrator, and author he crossed from east to west. His third journey to Africa was in 1887, this time to attempt the rescue of Emin Pasha; Stanley discovered new lands which afterwards became known as the British East African Protectorate. On his return from this third journey Stanley was received more warmly but he had to wait until 1899 before he was awarded the G.C.B., and became known, thereafter, as Sir Henry
STAPLEDON, Sir REGINALD GEORGE (1882 - 1960), agricultural scientist
STENNETT, ENRICO ALPHONSO (1926 - 2011), race relations activist, businessman, dancer seven children: Daphne May Stennett (1914-1915); Percival Joseph Stennett (b. 1919); Rupert Wesley Stennett (b. 1922); Carlton (black Jamaican father Carlton Gordon); Louise Mercedes Stennett (b. 1923); May Stennett (b. 1925). However, Enrico also mentions a younger brother Ronald in his autobiography. Enrico's father died before his son was born, and is unnamed on his birth certificate. Enrico
STENNETT, STANLEY LLEWELLYN (1925 - 2013), musician, comedian, actor . Eventually he found himself in the Combined Services Entertainment Unit, and this was his crucible. After demob, Stennett played in a number of bands, going on the variety circuit full time. He also joined the cast of Welsh Rarebit, with other regulars such as Sir Harry Secombe, Wyn Calvin, Eynon Evans, Gladys Morgan and Maudie Edwards. He married Elizabeth Rogers in 1948, and they had two sons, Roger (b

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