Mary Pendrill Llewelyn

Mary Catherine Pendrill Llewelyn, née Mary Catherine Rhys (12 March 1811 – 19 November 1874)[1] was a Welsh poet and translator.[2]

Mary Pendrill Llewelyn
BornMary Catherine Rhys
(1811-03-12)12 March 1811
Cowbridge, Wales
Died19 November 1874(1874-11-19) (aged 63)
Cowbridge, Wales
Occupationpoet, translator
LanguageEnglish, Welsh
SpouseRev. R. Pendrill Llewelyn

Life

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Mary Catherine Rhys was born on 12 March 1811 in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, to Thomas Rhys, the proprietor of Eagle Academy at Cowbridge,[3] and his wife Joanna. She was educated at home and later attended an academy for young ladies.[4] She married the Reverend Richard Pendrill Llewelyn,[2] who served as vicar of Llangynwyd from 1841 to 1891.[5]

Works

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Pendrill Llewelyn was interested in Welsh literature and published her poems in The Cambrian and Merthyr Guardian. She translated a collection of Welsh hymns mainly by William Williams (Pantycelyn) published in 1850. She is also said to have translated a number of Dafydd Nicolas’ ballads.[2]

Death

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Pendrill Llewelyn died on 19 November 1874 at the age of 63.[2]

Works

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  • Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill, 1811-1874 - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL (née Mary Catherine Rhys, 1811 - 1874), translator and writer | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Mrs Pendrill Llewellyn of Llangynwyd". Peoples Collection Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Llewelyn, Mary Catherine Pendrill [née Mary Catherine Rhys] (1811–1874), writer and translator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62228. Retrieved 28 March 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ James, Brian (1991), "Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn. A Victorian Vicar of Llangynwyd and his Wife, by D. R. L. Jones", Morgannwg, 35: 106–107
  6. ^ Jones, D. R. L; Church in Wales; Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg; Parochial Church Council (1991). Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife. Place of publication not identified: Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg. ISBN 978-0-9518108-0-4. OCLC 26304997.