Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Rhys Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet, (9 March 1910 – 25 April 1978) was a

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mining executive, soldier, author and dignitary. He was born in

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, South

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, the son of

Sir David Llewellyn, 1st Baronet Sir David Richard Llewellyn, 1st Baronet JP (9 March 1879 – 15 December 1940) was a Welsh industrialist and financier. Early life Llewellyn was born in Aberdare, South Wales on 9 March 1879. He was the son of Elizabeth Llewellyn and Rees Ll ...

, a colliery owner, and his wife, Magdalene Anne, Lady Llewellyn ( Harries). Educated at

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and

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, he was the Managing Director of Graigola Merthyr from 1934 to 1947; Master of the Brecon and Talybont Foxhounds from 1936 to 1940; an officer in the

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during

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; and

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from 1950 to 1951.

Death

Sir Rhys Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet, died unmarried on 25 April 1978, aged 68.Obituary: Sir Rhys Llewellyn, ''

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'' (London, England), Friday, 5 May 1978; p. 16; Issue 60293.

References

1910 births 1978 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High sheriffs of Glamorgan Masters of foxhounds in Wales People from Aberdare People educated at Oundle School 20th-century Welsh businesspeople Welsh Guards officers {{UK-baronet-stub