Edwards Baronets Of Treforis (1921)
The Edwards baronetcy, of Treforis in the County of Glamorgan Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the south of Wales. Originally an early medieval petty kingdom of varying bo ..., was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 June 1921 for John Bryn Edwards. The title became extinct on the death of his only son, the 2nd Baronet, in 1999. Edwards baronets, of Treforis (1921) * Sir John Bryn Edwards, 1st Baronet (1889–1922) *Sir John Clive Leighton Edwards, 2nd Baronet (1916–1999) Notes {{reflist Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ...
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Escutcheon Of The Edwards Baronets Of Treforis (1921)
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County Of Glamorgan
Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the south of Wales. Originally an early medieval petty kingdom of varying boundaries known in Welsh as Morgannwg (or Glywysing), which was then invaded and taken over by the Normans as the Lordship of Glamorgan. The area that became known as Glamorgan was both a rural, pastoral area, and a conflict point between the Norman lords and the Welsh princes. It was defined by a large concentration of castles. After falling under English rule in the 16th century, Glamorgan became a more stable county, and exploited its natural resources to become an important part of the Industrial Revolution. Glamorgan was the most populous and industrialised county in Wales, and was once called the "crucible of the Industrial Revolution", as it contained the world centres of three metallurgical industries (iron, steel and copper) and i ...
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Sir John Bryn Edwards, 1st Baronet
Sir John Bryn Edwards, 1st Baronet (12 January 1889 – 22 August 1922) was a Welsh ironmaster and philanthropist whose seemingly promising future as a figure of political and social leadership in post-World War I Britain was cut short by death at the age of 33. Edwards was educated at Winchester College and received his BA and MA from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. As the owner of a major metalworking concern known as the Duffryn Steel and Tinplate Works, he had the resources to fund a number of philanthropic and charitable endeavours for which he was recognised in the 1921 Birthday Honours by being created, at the unusually young age of 32, a baronet of Treforis in the County of Glamorgan. Edwards married Kathleen Ermyntrude Corfield, daughter of John Corfield, managing director of Dillwyn & Co, on 18 January 1911. They had a son and a daughter. In the years following his death, Hendrefoilan House, which he purchased in 1920, became part of the campus of Swansea University and was ...
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