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Sheriff Of Glamorganshire
This page is a list of High Sheriffs of Glamorgan. Sheriffs of Glamorgan served under and were answerable to the independent Lords of Glamorgan until that lordship was merged into the crown. This is in contrast to sheriffs of the English shires who were from the earliest times officers of the crown. Sheriffs in the modern sense, appointed and answerable to the crown, were instituted in the county of Glamorgan in 1541. On 1 April 1974 the shrievalty of Glamorgan was abolished and replaced by the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan, the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan. List of Sheriffs *1122–1149 Sir Robert Norreis *1322 Sir Henry de Wylyngton Barony of Willington of Keir Kenny (Carreg Cennen Castle) *1421 Sir John Stradling Clark, G.T. ''Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgan. Pertinent'', Cardiff, 1891, vol.4, Charter no.1116, pp.1486–1488. Witnessed inspeximus of Lord of Glamorgan dated 20 April 1421, described as ''vicecomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
High Sheriff Of West Glamorgan
The office of High Sheriff of West Glamorgan was established in 1974 as part of the creation of the county of West Glamorgan in Wales following the Local Government Act 1972. Together with the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan, it replaced the office of the High Sheriff of Glamorgan. In recent years the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan has supported and chaired the CrimeBeat charity. High Sheriffs of West Glamorgan *''Before 1974 – See High Sheriff of Glamorgan'' *1974: Alan Burnyeat Turnbull of Home Farm, Penrice, Reynoldston *1975: Claud Gerald Bellingham of Bishopston, Swansea *1976: Martin Thomas of Wern Road, Skewen *1977: Commodore Robert Hastie *1978: Donald Humphrey Davies of Caswell, Swansea *1979: Keith Cyril Austin Bailey of Caswell Bay, Swansea *1980: Michael Rowland Godfrey Llewellyn of Glebe House, Penmaen, Swansea *1981: Alexander Herbert Lindsey Eccles of Penmaen, Swansea *1982: Arthur Gordon Chilcott, of Caswell Road, Mumbles, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Penllyn Castle
Penllyn Castle is a Norman architecture, Norman-style English country house, country house, dating mainly from the Victorian era, Victorian period, located in Cowbridge, south-east of Bridgend, South Wales. Built by Robert Fitzhamon in 1135, the sheriff Earl of Gloucester, it shares an oblong tower like contemporary Ogmore Castle. The high-location was chosen as it gave clear-view over both the River Thaw and Ewenny River valleys. Reportedly attacked by Owain Glyndŵr, today the two surviving main walls of the original castle stand on the edge of a low cliff above the River Thaw. They include near the base six courses of "herringbone" masonry, a feature of early Norman construction. These add to the academic theory that the castle was one of the first Norman structures built during Fitzhamon's occupation of Glamorgan. In Tudor period, Tudor times, the Turbeville family built a manor house in the residual grounds, for which the former castle keep forms one corner. In the 1790s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lewis Mansel
Sir Lewis Mansel of Margam, 2nd Baronet (died 1638) was a Welsh landowner. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Mansel, 1st Baronet and Mary Mordaunt, a daughter of Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt. He attended Jesus College, Oxford in 1601. He inherited the baronetcy when his father died in 1631. The family homes included Margam, Oxwich Castle, and Penrice Castle. He married Catherine or Kate Sidney, a daughter of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester and Barbara Gamage. Robert Sidney was Chamberlain to Anne of Denmark. She travelled to Bath in August 1615 for her health. Mansel and Kate joined him from Margam as she wanted medical advice from the physicians at Bath. After Kate's death at Baynard's Castle on 8 May 1616,''Letters of George Lord Carew to Sir Thomas Roe'' (London, 1860), p. 33. Lewis Mansel married Katherine Lewis, daughter of Sir Edward Lewis of Van. His third wife was Elizabeth Montagu, a daughter of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. Their children in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George Lewis (MP For Cardiff)
George Lewis may refer to: Entertainment and art * G. B. W. Lewis (George Benjamin William Lewis, 1818–1906), circus rider and theatre manager in Australia * George E. Lewis (born 1952), American composer and free jazz trombonist * George J. Lewis (1903–1995), Mexican-born American actor * George Robert Lewis (1782–1871), English painter of landscapes and portraits * George Lewis (clarinetist) (1900–1968), New Orleans jazz clarinettist * George Lewis, Jr. aka Twin Shadow (born 1983), Dominican-American musician and actor Politics * George Lowys or Lewis (fl. 1536), mayor of Winchelsea * George Lewis (MP for Cardiff), Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff, 1586 * George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863), British statesman * George Lewis (politician) (1820–1887), American politician, mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts Sports * George Lewis (athlete) (1917–2011), track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago * George Lewis (footballer, born 1875) (1875–?), English foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Evan David Jones
Evan David Jones CBE FSA (6 December 1903 – 7 March 1987) was the Librarian of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth from 1958 to 1969. Jones was appointed Librarian of the National Library of Wales, the national legal deposit library of Wales, in 1958. A biographer, Jones wrote articles on Evan Lewis, and David Jones among others for the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Jones also wrote ''Victorian and Edwardian Wales from Old Photographs''. He was the editor when the entire works of Welsh bard Lewis Glyn Cothi were published in 1953, through the cooperation of the National Library of Wales and the University of Wales Press The University of Wales Press () was founded in 1922 as a central service of the University of Wales. The press publishes academic journals and around seventy books a year in the English and Welsh languages on six general subjects: history, poli ... Board. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet
Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet (1563 – 9 September 1637), was an English poet, scholar and politician. Life John Stradling was the son of Francis and Elizabeth Stradling of St George, Bristol, and was adopted by his second cousin, Edward Stradling (1528/29–1609), Sir Edward Stradling. He was educated under Edward Green, a canon of Bristol, before matriculating at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1580. He graduated BA from Magdalen Hall, Oxford, Magdalen Hall in 1584, having gained a reputation as "a miracle for his forwardness in learning and pregnancy of parts". After studying for a while at one of the inns of court, he travelled abroad. Stradling was High Sheriff of Glamorgan, Sheriff of Glamorgan for 1608 and 1620. Knighted on 15 May 1608, he was then described as living in Shropshire. In 1609, on the death of Sir Edward Stradling, he inherited St Donat's Castle and estate in Glamorgan. On 22 May 1611 he was created Baronet. Stradling was member of parliament for St Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet (1556 – 20 December 1631) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614. Mansell was the eldest son of Sir Edward Mansall of Margam. Mansell was knighted in 1581. Then in 1593 Mansell was High Sheriff of Glamorgan. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency), Glamorgan. He was appointed one of council of the Marches on 7 July 1602 and was High Sheriff of Glamorgan again in 1603. In 1605 Mansell was re-elected MP for Glamorgan and sat until 1611. He was created a Baron Mansel, baronet on 22 May 1611. He was re-elected MP for Glamorgan in 1614 for the Addled Parliament. Mansell died at the age of 75 and was buried at Margam. Mansell married firstly Mary daughter of Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt, Lewis Lord Mordaunt. His second marriage was to Jane Fuller, widow successively of John Bussey of Hainor Lincolnshire a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Herbert (MP Died 1593)
Sir William Herbert (c. 1554 – 4 March 1593) was a Welsh colonist in Ireland, author and Member of Parliament. Early life He was son of William Herbert of St. Julians in Monmouthshire, on a family estate lying between Caerleon and Newport. His mother was Jane, daughter of Edward Griffith. He was sole surviving legitimate heir-male of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, as the great-grandson of Sir George Herbert of St. Julians, the earl's third son. Born after 1552, he was a pupil of Laurence Humphrey, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, presumed to have been a private pupil. Herbert was a savant, and 1 May 1577 he sent John Dee notes for Dee's '' Monas Hieroglyphica''. In 1581 he was residing at Mortlake, and enjoying Dee's learning. Thomas Churchyard the poet was another admirer, and Churchyard dedicated to Herbert his 'Dream,' which forms 'the ninth labour' of 'the first parte of Churchyardes Chippes,' 1575. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edward Mansel
Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet ( October 163714 November 1706) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1660 and 1689. Mansel was the son of Sir Lewis Mansel, 2nd Baronet of Margam and his third wife Lady Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. He inherited the baronetcy of Margam on the death of his brother Henry who died in infancy in around 1640. In 1660, Mansel was elected Member of Parliament for Glamorgan in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Glamorgan in 1670 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. In 1681 he was re-elected MP for Glamorgan and held the seat until 1689. In 1660 he was appointed a commissioner of militia in Glamorgan and was the Colonel of the Glamorganshire Militia in 1665 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cefn Mably
Cefn Mably () is a district located approximately 6 miles north of Cardiff city centre and 5 miles south-east of Caerphilly. It's mostly within the city and county of Cardiff but is also partly within the Caerphilly County Borough. Notable Buildings Cefn Mably House is an historic property in the area. Greyhound racing The greyhounds that raced at the Cardiff Arms Park and Somerton Park were based at kennels in Cefn Mably. Fishing There's 8 fishing lakes, and the Cardiff Angling Centre based at the Cefn Mably Lakes. Farming There's an outdoor entertainment venue based at Cefn Mably Farm Park. It contains a soft play barn, child friendly go-karting and digger facilities, a farm shop, hot and cold food for sale, and as the name suggests a working farm. Drinking The local pub is The Cefn Mably Arms in the nearby village of Michaelston-y-Fedw. References {{Caerphilly Districts of Cardiff Populated places in Cardiff Populated places in Caerphilly County Borough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edward Stradling (1528/29–1609)
Edward Stradling may refer to: *Edward Stradling (1529–1609), MP for Steyning 1554, MP for Arundel 1557–58 * Sir Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet (1601–1644) * Sir Edward Stradling, 3rd Baronet (''c'' 1624–''c'' 1660) of Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle () is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roma ... * Sir Edward Stradling, 4th Baronet (''c'' 1643–1685) of the Stradling baronets * Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet (1672–1735), MP for Cardiff Boroughs 1710–22 * Edward Stradling (1699–1726), son of the 5th Baronet, MP for Cardiff Boroughs 1722–26 {{hndis, Stradling, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas Lewis (died 1594)
Thomas Lewis (by 1533 – 2 November 1594), of The Van, Glamorganshire, was a Welsh politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Monmouth Boroughs Monmouth Boroughs (also known as the Monmouth District of Boroughs) was a parliamentary constituency consisting of several towns in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliaments of England, ... in 1555. References 1594 deaths 16th-century Welsh politicians People from Glamorgan English MPs 1555 Year of birth uncertain {{1555-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
