The Dillwyn-Llewelyn, later Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn Baronetcy, of Penllergare in

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and of Ynis-y-gerwn in Cadoxton juxta Neath both in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 March 1890 for John Dillwyn-Llewelyn. The son of pioneer photographer

John Dillwyn Llewelyn John Dillwyn Llewelyn FRS FRAS (12 January 1810 – 24 August 1882) was a Welsh botanist and pioneer photographer. Early life He was born in the parish of Llangyfelach, Swansea, Wales, the eldest son of Lewis Weston Dillwyn and Mary Dillwy ...

, he was Mayor of Swansea in 1891 and

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for Swansea from 1895 to 1900. The second Baronet briefly represented Radnorshire in the

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as a Conservative and served as

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. He assumed the additional surname of Venables. The third Baronet was also Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire.

Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn (19 May 1814 – 19 June 1892) was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician who served as MP for Swansea for 37 years. Early life Dillwyn was born in Swansea, Wales, the fourth of six children of Lewis Weston Dill ...

, uncle of the first Baronet, represented Swansea in Parliament from 1885 until his death in 1892.

Dillwyn-Llewelyn, later Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn baronets, of Penllergare and Ynis-y-gerwn (1890)

* Sir John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn, 1st Baronet (1836–1927) * Sir Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 2nd Baronet (1870–1951) * Sir (Charles) Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 3rd Baronet (1900–1976) *

Sir John Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(born 1938) There is no heir to the baronetcy.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *
History of the Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn family
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