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LOCKLEY, RONALD MATHIAS (1903 - 2000), farmer, naturalist, conservationist and author Walden by Henry David Thoreau. With the help of his mother he secured ten acres of land seven or so miles away close to St Mellons, in Monmouthshire at the time, and with his eldest sister Enid established a smallholding. It began with poultry, but a naturalist's paradise was planned complete with an island in a flooded hollow. An attempt to visit Steepholm failed but he and an older neighbouring
LOVELAND, KENNETH (1915 - 1998), journalist and music critic Welsh composers - especially Daniel Jones, William Mathias and Alun Hoddinot. He also (probably with justification) claimed to have given the first press recognition to outstanding singers such as Geraint Evans, Gwyneth Jones and Margaret Price. Such advocacy might have been dismissed as the parochialism of a local reporter, but this never applied to Loveland, uprightly Home Counties to the core and
LOYD, LEWIS (1767 - 1858), banker of David Peter, he entered Manchester Unitarian College where, in his second year, he was appointed assistant tutor in the classics. At about the same time he took charge of the congregation at Lob Lane, near Manchester. On his marriage he was persuaded by his brothers-in-law, Samuel and William Jones, to abandon the ministry and to become a partner in their banking business. This new career of
MACHEN, ARTHUR (1863 - 1947), writer
MACLEAN, Sir EWEN JOHN (1865 - 1953), first professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Welsh National School of Medicine work of the Council for, appointed its second chairman in succession to Sir Edgar Jones, MP for Merthyr Tydfil, he secured a knighthood in 1923. Maclean gave long and devoted service to the British Medical Association. Honorary secretary of the Cardiff division between 1904 and 1907 he acted as its representative on the Association's Representative Body from 1906 to 1913. In particular he served as
teulu MADRYN Madryn, Llŷn descendant of the attorney's sister Jane. See, in continuation, Parry and Jones-Parry family, of Madryn.
MANUEL, DAVID (1624? - 1726), poet Born 1624-5, according to some of the sources below. Little is known of his life. He was a native of the parish of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire. His wife, Margaret, died in 1699. There were three children: Mary, who became well known as a penillion -singer, Anne, and David. Some of the poet's work was published in Thomas Jones, Carolau a Dyriau Duwiol, 1696, David Jones, Blodau-Gerdd Cymry, 1759
MARC, SIARL (1720 - 1795) Tŷ-mawr, Bryncroes, Llŷn, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and hymn-writer After his conversion about 1741 he became far and away the most important exhorter in his part of Wales. He is thought to have been a carpenter by trade. He had changed his home three or four times before settling at Tŷ-mawr farm, Bryncroes. This is what Robert Jones of Rhos-lan says about him in Drych yr Amseroedd : 'He was a man of great intelligence, strong in the true doctrine, and clearly
MARDY-JONES, THOMAS ISAAC (1879 - 1970), economist and politician Born in 1879, the son of Thomas Isaac and Gwen Jones, Brynaman, Carmarthenshire. His father and both his grandfathers were killed in coal-mining accidents. He received his early education at Ferndale board school, and began working in a local coal mine at 12 years of age. His wages had to support a family of six. He took advantage of the opportunity to study political and economic history at
MARSH, RICHARD (1710? - 1792), bookseller and printer Richard Marsh married, 12 February 1746-7, Mary Hurst, Wrexham; the bridegroom is described in the parish register as writing master. In 1753 he became a bookseller; in 1756-7 he was one of the churchwardens of Wrexham. When he started printing is not definitely known; Ifano Jones (Hist. of Printing and Printers in Wales) disputes the accuracy of the dates assigned to some of his publications by
MATHEWS, ABRAHAM (1832 - 1899), Independent minister, colonist, and writer Born at Llanidloes in 1832. He was at the Independent College at Bala under M. D. Jones (1856-9), and in 1859 was ordained minister of Horeb chapel, Llwydcoed, Aberdare, where he remained for five years. He married in 1863. In 1865 he went out to Patagonia with the first batch of colonists and there he remained for the rest of his life, working hard both as a minister and a farmer. He was one of
teulu MATHIAS Llwyngwaren, Llwyn Gwaring, Llangwaren, Lamphey ' the King shall have his own again '; so too in 1694; but by 1696 he was quiet, and he made no move in the affair of 1715 (Francis Jones in The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1946-7, 220-1). His son JOHN MATHIAS (1694? - l774) added to the estate the property of Trefayog (Trefaeog) in S. Nicholas parish, some miles to the north of Llwyngwaren - indeed, he died at Trefayog

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