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Status. Dormant. Baron of Hendwr, in the County of Merioneth, is a dormant title in the English Baronage which was created on 22 July 1284 for Dafydd ap Gruffydd ap Owain Brogyntyn (a cousin of Gruffydd ap Iorwerth, 1st Baron of Kymmer-yn-Edeirnion) by letters patent issued by Edward I at Caenarfon. [1]
The Jones of Hendwr, and later Faerdref Uchaf, family is a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion, Merionethshire, descended from the 4th Baron of Hendwr. 'Yr Hendwr' means 'the Old Tower' in Welsh and is visually represented by the crest of the Jones of Hendwr family.
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Giwn was born in 1699 in Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion, the son and heir of David Lloyd of Hendwr, 17th Baron of Hendwr (1668–1707) who was High Sheriff of Merionethshire in 1703. He was named after his 15th century ancestor, Y Giwn Lloyd. His father David was the son of Thomas Lloyd of Tyfos (son of Rowland Lloyd ap Thomas Lloyd ap Rowland Lloyd ap Davi...
On 15 January 1720 he was admitted to Inner Temple (although he did not progress to the bar), which began his love affair with London and he began living a Hogarthian life. In 1730 he was described by the rural dean of Merionethshire as "a profligate, young rake, who, not withstanding, affects gaiety of dress beyond any woman". In London he frequen...
When Giwn died in 1774 he had left the estate to his two elderly sisters and thereafter intended for the estate to go to his kinsmen at Gwerclas, as neither of the Lloyds had any children. However, in 1794 a man claiming to be Giwn's legitimate heir began a plan to seize the estate.[dead link] Giwn Lloyd had apparently had an illegitimate daughter ...
Baron of Hendwr, in the County of Merioneth, is a dormant title in the English Baronage which was created on 22 July 1284 for Dafydd ap Gruffydd ap Owain Brogyntyn by letters patent issued by Edward I at Caenarfon.
Baron Tredegar 1859, Viscountcy title became extinct by 1962 The Viscount St Davids: 1918: UK: Baron St Davids in the UK Peerage Baron Strange de Knokyn, of Hungerford, and of Moleyns in the Peerage of England The Viscount Rhondda: 1918: UK: Baron Rhondda. Extinct by 1953 The Viscount Gwynedd: 1945: UK: Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor ...
His eldest son, Gruffydd ap Owain Brogyntyn, inherited half the Lordship of Edeirnion centred on Hendwr, and his eldest son Dafydd ap Gruffydd was created Baron of Hendwr by Edward I for supporting his cause.
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count.
