Dictionary of Welsh Biography



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KADWALADR ( CADWALADR ), SION ( JOHN , SIONYN ) , fl. 1750-1765 , writer of ballads and interludes

KATHERYN of BERAIN (‘ Catrin o'r Berain , 1534/5 - 1591 ), ‘ Mam Cymru ’ (‘ The mother of Wales ’).

KELSALL, JOHN ( fl. 1683-1743 ), Quaker diarist

KEMBLE, CHARLES ( 1775 - 1854 ), actor

KEMEYS and KEMEYS-TYNTE family, of Cefn Mabli, Mon.

KENRICK family of Wynn Hall, Denbs. , and Bron Clydwr, Mer.

KENTIGERN (Welsh CYNDEYRN ), or MUNGO ( 518? - 603 ), saint, the founder of Glasgow .

KENWARD, JAMES ( Elfynydd fl. 1868 ), writer and poet

KENYON family, Gredington, Flints. , and Peel Hall, Lancs.

KILVERT, ROBERT FRANCIS ( 1840 - 1879 ), cleric and diarist

KINSEY, WILLIAM MORGAN ( 1788 - 1851 ), cleric and traveller

KITCHIN, ANTHONY ( alias Dunstan before his consecration), 1477 - 1563 bishop of Llandaff , 1545-63 ,

KNIGHT, HENRY HEY ( 1795 - 1857 ), cleric and antiquary

KNIGHT, WILLIAM BRUCE ( 1785 - 1845 ), Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator

KYFFIN, EDWARD ( c. 1558 - 1603 ), cleric and composer of metrical psalms .

KYFFIN, MORRIS ( c. 1555 - 1598 ), writer and soldier

KYFFIN, RICHARD , dean of Bangor ( c. 1480-1502 ).