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LACY (DE) — lords of Ewyas , Weobley , and Ludlow .

LACY (DE) , of Halton , constables of Chester .

LANGFORD family, of Allington , Gresford .

LANGFORD, JOHN ( 1640? - 1715/6? )

LATHROP, RICHARD (d. 1764 ), bookseller and printer at Shrewsbury .

LAUGHARNE, ROWLAND (d. 1676? ), Parliamentary major-general

LAWS, EDWARD ( 1837 - 1913 ), historian of Pembrokeshire ,

LEACH, ARTHUR LEONARD ( 1869 - 1957 ), historian, geologist and archaeologist

LEATHART, WILLIAM DAVIES [d. after 1840 ], historian of the Gwyneddigion Society of London

LEEKE, SAMUEL JAMES ( 1888 - 1966 ), Baptist minister

LEE ( LEGH ), ROWLAND (d. 1543 ), bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (which included at that time what later became the diocese of Chester) (1534-1543), and president of the Council in Wales and the Marches for the same period .

LEIGH, EDMUND ( 1735? - 1819 ), Methodist cleric

LESTRANGE family, Great Ness , Cheswardine , and Knockin , Shropshire .

LEVI, THOMAS ( 1825 - 1916 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor of Trysorfa y Plant , and author

LEVI, THOMAS ARTHUR ( 1874 - 1954 ), professor of law

LEWELLIN, LLEWELYN ( 1798 - 1878 ), cleric

LEWES, ERASMUS ( 1663? - 1745 ), cleric

LEWES, EVELYN ANNA ( c. 1873 - 1961 ), author

LEWES,Sir WATKIN ( 1740 - 1821 ), lord mayor of London

LEWES, WILLIAM ( 1652 - 1722 ), landowner and antiquary ,

LEWIS family, of Van, Glam.

LEWIS , (FAMILY) of Llandysul, Cards. , printers and publishers ( Gwasg Gomer ).

LEWIS (and OWEN ), of Tyddyn-y-garreg , Dolgelley , and HUMPHREY (and OWEN ), of Llwyn-du , Llangelynnin , Merioneth

LEWIS ab EDWARD ( fl. c. 1560 ) a poet

LEWIS,Sir ALFRED (EDWARD) ( 1868 - 1940 ), banker

LEWIS, ALUN ( 1915 - 1944 ), poet

LEWIS, BENJAMIN (d. 1749 ), hymnist

LEWIS, BENJAMIN WALDO ( 1877 - 1953 ), Baptist minister

LEWIS, CHARLES PRYTHERCH ( 1853 - 1923 ), Welsh Rugby footballer and Oxford ‘triple Blue’

LEWIS DARON ( fl. c. 1520 ), a poet

LEWIS (or LEWES ), DAVID ( 1520? - 1584 ), first principal of Jesus College, Oxford

LEWIS, DAVID ( 1683? - 1760 ), a Welsh -born poet in England .

LEWIS, DAVID , alias Baker, Charles ( 1617 - 1679 ), Jesuit martyr ,

LEWIS, DAVID ( 1760 - 1850 ), cleric

LEWIS, DAVID ( 1828 - 1908 ), musician

LEWIS, DAVID ( 1848 - 1897 ), lawyer

LEWIS, DAVID (‘ Ap Ceredigion ’ 1870 - 1948 ), cleric, poet, and hymn-writer

LEWIS, DAVID EMRYS ( 1887 - 1954 ), poet and journalist

LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (‘ Lewis Tymbl ’ 1879 - 1947 ), Congl. minister, popular preacher and lecturer

LEWIS, DAVID MORGAN ( 1851 - 1937 ), Congregational minister, afterwards professor of physics

LEWIS, DAVID WILLIAM ( 1845 - 1920 ), musician

LEWIS, DAVID WYRE ( 1872 - 1966 ), minister and administrator (B)

LEWIS, EDWARD ARTHUR ( 1880 - 1942 ), historian

LEWIS, ELLIS ( fl. 1640-1661 ), translator

LEWIS, EMLYN EVANS ( 1905 - 1969 ), plastic surgeon

LEWIS, ERASMUS ( 1670 - 1754 ), writer of ‘news-letters’ and holder of posts under the Government

LEWIS, EVAN ( 1788? - 1864 ), Dissenting minister ,

LEWIS, EVAN ( 1818 - 1901 ), dean of Bangor ,

LEWIS, FRANCIS ( 1713 - 1802 ), one of the signatories of the American Declaration of Independence

LEWIS, GEORGE ( c. 1640? - 1709? ), cleric and author .

LEWIS, GEORGE ( Eiddil Llwyn Celyn 1826? - 1858 ), poet and shoemaker

LEWIS, GEORGE ( 1763 - 1822 ), theologian and Independent minister

LEWIS,Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL ( 1806 - 1863 ), statesman

LEWIS GLYN COTHI or LLYWELYN Y GLYN ( fl. 1447-1486 ), one of the greatest of the 15th cent. Welsh bards .

LEWIS, GRUFFYDD THOMAS ( 1873 - 1964 ), schoolmaster and a leading layman in the Presbyterian Church of Wales

LEWIS,Sir HENRY ( 1847 - 1923 ), a prominent Calvinistic Methodist elder in North Wales ,

LEWIS, HENRY ( 1889 - 1968 ), Welsh and Celtic scholar, university professor

LEWIS, HENRY GETHIN ( 1872 - 1945 ), merchant and financier

LEWIS, HOWELL ELVET (‘ ELFED ’ 1860 - 1953 ), Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet

LEWIS, HUBERT ( 1825 - 1884 ), jurist

LEWIS HUDOL ( fl. in the 16th cent. ), poet .

LEWIS, HUGH ( 1562 - 1634 ), cleric, author, poet .

LEWIS, IDRIS ( 1889 - 1952 ), musician

LEWIS, JAMES ( 1674 - 1747 ), Independent minister

LEWIS, JENKIN ( 1760 - 1831 ). Independent minister and tutor

LEWIS, JOHN ( fl. 1759-1773 ), Quaker and author , Haverfordwest .

LEWIS, JOHN ( fl. 1646-1656 ), of Glasgrug, Cards. , Puritan author

LEWIS, JOHN (d. 1616? ), of Llynwene , Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Rads. , barrister, and author of The History of Britain ,

LEWIS, JOHN ( fl. 1728-1755 ), printer and publisher .

LEWIS, JOHN ( 1792? - 1816 ), Wesleyan missionary

LEWIS, JOHN ( Eos Glyn Wyre 1836 - 1892 ), poet and musician

LEWIS, JOHN DANIEL VERNON ( 1879 - 1970 ), scholar, Independent minister, author, tutor and theological college principal

LEWIS, JOHN DAVID ( 1859 - 1914 ), bookseller, local historian, and founder of a printing press .

LEWIS, JOHN (GOMER) ( 1844? - 1914 ), Baptist minister and orator

LEWIS,Sir JOHN HERBERT ( 1858 - 1933 ), lawyer and politician

LEWIS, JOSEPH RHYS ( Alaw Rhondda , 1860 - 1920 ), musician

LEWIS, JOSHUA ( 1816 - 1879 ), Independent minister

LEWIS, LEWIS (‘ Lewsyn yr Heliwr ’, known also as ‘ Lewsyn Shanco Lewis ’ 1793 - ? ) .

LEWIS, LEWIS WILLIAM ( Llew Llwyfo 1831 - 1901 ), poet, novelist, and journalist

LEWIS LLOYD, EMMELINE ( 1827 - 1913 ), one of the first women to climb in the Alps

LEWIS, MATHEW ( 1817? - 1860 ), Congregational minister and writer

LEWIS MENAI ( fl. in the second half of the 16th cent. ), poet .

LEWIS MON ( fl. c. 1480-1527 ), a poet who hailed from Llifon, Anglesey .

LEWIS, MORGAN JOHN ( c. 1711 - 1771 ), or JONES, MORGAN , Methodist exhorter and hymn-writer

LEWIS, MOSES ( fl. 1748-1800 ), Methodist exhorter, afterwards an Antinomian

LEWIS of CAERLEON ( fl. 1491 ), mathematician, theologian, doctor of medicine, and teacher at Oxford .

LEWIS, OWEN, or OWEN, LEWIS ( 1533 - 1595 ), bishop of Cassano, South Italy

LEWIS, PIERCE ( 1664 - 1699 ), cleric, and ‘corrector’ of the Welsh Bible of 1690

LEWIS POWYS ( fl. c. 1530 ), poet .

LEWIS, REES ( Eos Ebrill 1828 - 1880 ), schoolmaster and musician

LEWIS, RICHARD (‘ Dic Penderyn ’ 1807/8 - 1831 ) .

LEWIS, RICHARD ( 1817 - 1865 ), pharmacist and author

LEWIS, RICHARD MORRIS ( 1847 - 1918 ), scholar and littérateur

LEWIS, ROBERT EDWARD ( fl. early 18th cent. ), poet .

LEWIS,Lady RUTH ( 1871 - 1946 ), a pioneering collector of Welsh folk-songs, and advocate of educational, religious, temperance and philanthropic bodies

LEWIS, THOMAS ( 18th cent. ), a hymn-writer

LEWIS, THOMAS ( fl. 1731-1749 ), translator and Methodist exhorter

LEWIS, THOMAS ( 1671? - 1735 ), Baptist minister ,

LEWIS, THOMAS ( 1759 - 1842 ) hymn-writer

LEWIS, THOMAS ( 1823 - 1900 ), Baptist minister, and historical writer

LEWIS, THOMAS ( 1837 - 1892 ), Independent minister and tutor

LEWIS, THOMAS ( 1859 - 1929 ), Baptist missionary in the Cameroons and Congo

LEWIS, THOMAS ( 1868 - 1953 ), Principal of Brecon Memorial College

LEWIS,Sir THOMAS ( 1881 - 1945 ), physician

LEWIS, THOMAS ARNOLD ( 1893 - 1952 ), insurance manager, treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion

LEWIS,Sir THOMAS FRANKLAND ( 1780 - 1855 ), politician

LEWIS, TIMOTHY ( 1877 - 1958 ), Welsh and Celtic scholar

LEWIS, TIMOTHY RICHARDS ( 1841 - 1886 ), surgeon, pathologist, and pioneer in tropical medicine

LEWIS, TITUS ( 1773 - 1811 ), Baptist minister

LEWIS, TITUS ( 1822 - 1887 ), antiquary

LEWIS TREFNANT ( fl. 1550-1580 ), poet .

LEWIS,Sir WILFRID HUBERT POYER ( 1881 - 1950 ), judge

LEWIS, WILLIAM ( fl. 1786-1794 ), hymn-writer ,

LEWIS, WILLIAM ( 1835? - 1918 ), Cardiff printer and publisher

LEWIS, WILLIAM ( 1814 - 1891 ), Calvinistic Methodist missionary and linguist

LEWIS, WILLIAM BEVAN ( 1847 - 1929 ), alienist

LEWIS, WILLIAM HOWELL ( 1793? - 1868 ), minister (Congl.)

LEWIS, WILLIAM JAMES ( 1847 - 1926 ), mineralogist

LEWIS, WILLIAM MORRIS ( 1839 - 1917 ), minister (Presb.)

LEWIS, WILLIAM MORTIMER ( 1840 - 1880 ), Baptist college principal

LEWIS,Sir WILLIAM THOMAS ( 1837 - 1914 ), , coal magnate

LEWIS, WYNDHAM ( 1780 - 1838 ), M.P.

LEWYS ap HYWEL (or POWEL ) ( fl. c. 1560-1600 ), poet .

LEWYS, DAFYDD (d. 1727 ), of Llanllawddog, Carms. , a cleric

LHUYD, EDWARD ( 1660 - 1709 ), botanist, geologist, antiquary, and philologist .

LLAWDDEN or IEUAN LLAWDDEN ( fl. 1450 ), a cywyddwr who wrote during the years 1450 to 1480 .

LLAWDDOG, or LLEUDDAD , saint ( fl. 600? ),

LLEISION ap THOMAS ( fl. 1513-1541 ), last abbot of Neath ,

LLEWELLYN,Sir DAVID RICHARD ( 1879 - 1940 ), BARONET, coalowner

LLEWELLYN, THOMAS ( 1720? - 1783 ), Baptist minister and tutor

LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL ( née Mary Catherine Rhys , 1811 - 1874 ), translator and writer

LLEWELYN, SION ( 1690 - 1776 ), poet

LLEWELYN, THOMAS DAVID ( Llewelyn Alaw 1828 - 1879 ), musician

LLEWELYN, WILLIAM ( 1735 - 1803 ), Independent minister

LLEWELYN, WILLIAM CRAVEN ( 1892 - 1966 ), colliery owner, companies director, agriculturalist and specialist in forestry

LLOYD family, of Leighton and Moel-y-garth, Mont.

LLOYD family, of Rhiwaedog ( Rhiwedog ), parish of Llanfor, Mer.

LLOYD family, of Dolobran, Mont.

LLOYD family, of Bodidris, Denbs.

LLOYD family, of Maesyfelin, Cards.

LLOYD family, of Peterwell, Cards.

LLOYD, CHARLES (d. 1698 ), squire of Maesllwch in Rads. (in his later days) and Independent elder

LLOYD, CHARLES ( 1766 - 1829 ), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster

LLOYD, CHARLES FRANCIS ( 1852 - 1917 ), musician

LLOYD, DANIEL LEWIS ( 1843 - 1899 ), schoolmaster and bishop

LLOYD, DAVID (d. 1747? ), cleric and translator .

LLOYD, DAVID ( 1597 - 1663 ), dean of S. Asaph ,

LLOYD, DAVID ( 1635 - 1692 ), biographer

LLOYD, DAVID ( 1724 - 1779 ), Arian minister

LLOYD, DAVID ( 1752 - 1838 ), cleric, poet, and musician

LLOYD, DAVID ( 1805 - 1863 ), principal of Carmarthen Presbyterian College and Unitarian minister

LLOYD, DAVID GEORGE ( 1912 - 1969 ), singer

LLOYD, DAVID JOHN ( 1886 - 1951 ), headmaster

LLOYD ( FLOYD , FLOOD , FLOUD , or FLUDD ), EDWARD ( c. 1570 - 1648? ), of Llwyn-y-maen , near Oswestry ,

LLOYD, EVAN ( 1728 - 1801 ), of Maes-y-porth , in the parish of Llangeinwen , Anglesey , antiquary and poet

LLOYD, EVAN ( 1734 - 1776 ), cleric and writer

LLOYD, EVAN ( 1764 - 1847 ), Unitarian Baptist minister

LLOYD, EVAN ( 1800 - 1879 ) and JOHN ( fl. 1833-1859 ), printers and publishers

LLOYD (or FLUDD ), GEORGE ( 1560 - 1615 ), bishop of Chester ,

LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID ( 1863 - 1945 ), the , statesman

LLOYD, HANNIBAL EVANS ( 1771 - 1847 ), author and translator

LLOYD, HENRY ( c. 1720 - 1783 ), soldier and military writer

LLOYD, HENRY (‘ Ap Hefin ’ 1870 - 1946 ), poet and printer

LLOYD, HOWEL WILLIAM ( 1816 - 1893 ), antiquary

LLOYD, HUGH ( 1546 - 1601 ), master of Winchester College

LLOYD, HUGH ( 1586 - 1667 ), bishop of Llandaff

LLOYD, HUMPHREY ( 1610 - 1688/9 ), bishop of Bangor

LLOYD, ISAAC SAMUEL (‘ Glan Rhyddallt ’, 1875 - 1961 ) quarryman, poet and writer

LLOYD, JACOB YOUDE WILLIAM (‘ Chevalier Lloyd ’ 1816 - 1887 ), historian and antiquary

LLOYD, JOHN (d. 1679 ), Roman Catholic priest ,

LLOYD (or FLOYD ), JOHN ( 1480 - 1523 ), musician

LLOYD, JOHN ( 1558 - 1603 ), cleric and scholar

LLOYD, JOHN ( 1638 - 1687 ), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and bishop of S. Davids

LLOYD, JOHN ( 1733 - 1793 ), cleric and antiquary

LLOYD, JOHN ( 1749 - 1815 ), lawyer and dilettante ,

LLOYD, JOHN ( Einion Môn 1792 - 1834 ), schoolmaster and poet

LLOYD, JOHN ( 1833 - 1915 ), political reformer and antiquary ,

LLOYD, JOHN ( 1885 - 1964 ), schoolmaster, author and local historian

LLOYD, JOHN AMBROSE ( 1815 - 1874 ), musician

LLOYD,Sir JOHN CONWAY ( 1878 - 1954 ), public figure

LLOYD,Sir JOHN EDWARD ( 1861 - 1947 ), historian, and first editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig

LLOYD, JOHN MORGAN ( 1880 - 1960 ), musician

LLOYD-JONES, JOHN ( 1885 - 1956 ), scholar and poet

LLOYD, LUDOVIC ( fl. 1573-1610 ), courtier, versifier, and compiler

LLOYD (later MOORE ), MARGARET ( 1709 - 1762 ), one of the original members of the Moravian congregation in London

LLOYD, MEREDITH ( fl. 1655-1677 ), lawyer and antiquary .

LLOYD, MORGAN ( 1820 - 1893 ), barrister and politician

LLOYD (or LLOYDE ), OLIVER ( 1570/1 - 1625 ), dean of Hereford

LLOYD-OWEN, DAVID CHARLES ( 1843 - 1925 ), eye specialist

LLOYD, RICHARD ( 1595 - 1659 ), Royalist divine and schoolmaster ,

LLOYD,Sir RICHARD ( 1606 - 1676 ), royalist and judge , of Esclus, Denbs. ,

LLOYD, RICHARD ( 1771 - 1834 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

LLOYD, RICHARD ( 1834 - 1917 ), pastor of the [Campbellite] Church of the Disciples of Christ, Criccieth

LLOYD ( LLWYD ), ROBERT ( 1716 - 1792 ) of Plas Ashpool , farmer and Methodist exhorter

LLOYD, ROBERT (‘ Llwyd o'r Bryn ’ 1888 - 1961 ), eisteddfodwr , entertainer and farmer

LLOYD, SIMON ( 1756 - 1836 ), Methodist cleric ,

LLOYD, THOMAS ( 1673? - 1734 ), cleric and lexicologist

LLOYD, THOMAS ( 1765 - 1789 ), Unitarian minister and Academy tutor

LLOYD, THOMAS ( Crych Elen 1841 - 1909 ), musician

LLOYD, THOMAS ALWYN ( 1881 - 1960 ), architect and town planner

LLOYD,Sir THOMAS DAVIES ( 1820 - 1877 ), baronet, landowner, and politician

LLOYD, THOMAS RICHARD ( Yr Estyn 1820 - 1891 ), cleric

LLOYD, VAUGHAN ( 1736 - 1817 ), general

LLOYD,Sir WALTER ( 1580 - 1662? ), of Llanfair Clydogau, Cards. , Royalist ,

LLOYD, WILLIAM ( 1627 - 1717 ), bishop of S. Asaph ( 1680-1692 )

LLOYD, WILLIAM ( 1637 - 1710 ), bishop of Llandaff ( 1675-1679 )

LLOYD, WILLIAM ( 1717 - 1777 ), cleric and translator .

LLOYD ( LLWYD ), WILLIAM ( 1741 - 1808 ), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter ,

LLOYD, WILLIAM ( 1771 - 1841 ), Methodist cleric

LLOYD,Sir WILLIAM ( 1782 - 1857 ), soldier and one of the first Europeans to reach the peak of any Himalayan snow-capped mountain

LLOYD, WILLIAM ( 1786 - 1852 ), musician

LLOYD, WILLIAM ( 1901 - 1967 ), tutor and setter of words to cerdd dant and composer of harp airs

LLOYD, WILLIAM VALENTINE ( 1825 - 1896 ), co-secretary of the Powysland Club, sometime editor of the Montgomeryshire Collections

LLUELYN (or LLEWELLIN ), MARTIN ( 1616 - 1682 ), poet and physician

LLWYD,YR USTUS ( fl. 14th cent. ), poet .

LLWYD, ANGHARAD ( 1780 - 1866 ), antiquary

LLWYD,Sir DAFYDD (otherwise Dafydd Llwyd, ysgolhaig , or Deio Ysgolhaig ), an Elizabethan poet ,

LLWYD, FFOWC ( fl. c. 1580-1620 ), poet and squire , Fox Hall, Denbs.

LLWYD ( LLOYD ), HARRI (d. 1799 ), Wesleyan lay preacher .

LLWYD ( LHUYD ), HUMPHREY ( 1527 - 1568 ), physician and antiquary

LLWYD, HUW (‘ Huw Llwyd o Gynfal ’, 1568? - 1630? ), soldier and bard

LLWYD, HWLCYN , harpist

LLWYD ( LLOYD ), MORGAN ( 1619 - 1659 ), littérateur, poet, mystic

LLWYD, RICHARD (‘ Bard of Snowdon ’ 1752 - 1835 )

LLWYD, ROBERT ( 1565 - 1655 ) ‘of Chirk ,’ cleric and writer

LLWYD, STEPHEN ( 1794 - 1854 ), musician

LLYWARCH ap BRAN ( fl. c. 1137 ), founder of one of the ‘Fifteen (Noble) Tribes of Gwynedd’ ,

LLYWARCH ap LLYWELYN (‘ Prydydd y Moch fl. 1173-1220 ) the most prominent court-poet of Gwynedd

LLYWARCH HEN , a 6th cent. British prince and a hero of a cycle of Welsh tales dating from the mid-9th cent. ,

LLYWARCH LLAETY ( fl. c. 1140-1160 ), one of the poets of the period of the Welsh Princes .

LLYWELYN ab EDNYFED ( fl. c. 1400-1460? ), poet

LLYWELYN ab OWAIN ap CYNFRIG MOEL ( fl. c. 1480? ), poet .

LLYWELYN ap CYNFRIG DDU o FÔN, or LLYWELYN DDU O FÔN ( fl. c. 1460-1500? ), poet .

LLYWELYN ap GRUFFYDD [(‘ Llywelyn the Last ,’ or Llywelyn II )], Prince of Wales (d. 1282 ),

LLYWELYN ap GRUFFYDD or LLYWELYN BREN (d. 1317 ) .

LLYWELYN ap GUTUN (ap IEUAN LYDAN according to Pen. MS. 112), ( fl. c. 1480 ), poet .

LLYWELYN ap GWILYM ap RHYS ( 16th cent. , poet .

LLYWELYN ap HYWEL ap IEUAN ap GRONW ( fl. c. 1480? ), a poet

LLYWELYN ap IORWERTH (or ‘ Llywelyn the Great ’, often styled ‘ Llywelyn I ’ [though in strictness the first prince of that name was ] 1173-1240 ), prince of Gwynedd ,

LLYWELYN ap MOEL Y PANTRI (d. 1440 ), poet of Llanwnnog, Mont. ,

LEWYS MORGANNWG ( fl. 1520-1565 ), the bardic name of LLYWELYN ap RHISIART , ‘ Chief Bard of the Three Provinces’, and one of the most notable poets in the history of Glamorgan .

LLYWELYN ap SEISYLL (d. 1023 ), king of Deheubarth and Gwynedd .

LLYWELYN BRYDYDD HODDNANT ( fl. c. 1300-1350 ), poet .

LLYWELYN DDU ab Y PASTARD ( fl. 14th cent. ), a poet

LLYWELYN FARDD ( fl. c. 1150-1175 ), poet .

LLYWELYN FAWR and LLYWELYN FYCHAN ( fl. early 13th cent. ),

LLYWELYN FYCHAN ap LLYWELYN ab OWAIN FYCHAN (d. c. 1277 ), lord of Mechain .

LLYWELYN GOCH ap MEURIG HEN ( fl. c. 1360-1390 ), poet

LLYWELYN GOCH Y DANT ( fl. 1470-1471 ), a bard closely associated with Glamorgan .

LLYWELYN SION ( 1540 - 1615? ), poet, farmer, at one time beadle or crier in the courts, a professional copyist by trade, and one of the most important figures in the literary life of Glamorganshire in the second half of the 16th cent.

LLYWELYN, TOMAS ( fl. c. 1580-1610 ), alias Tomas ap Llywelyn ap Dafydd ap Hywel , bard and gentleman ,

LORT family, of Stackpole and other seats in Pembrokeshire .

LOUGHER,Sir LEWIS ( 1871 - 1955 ), industrialist and politician

LOUGHER, ROBERT (d. 1585? ), civil lawyer and ecclesiastical administrator

LOVE, CHRISTOPHER ( 1618 - 1651 ), Presbyterian minister

LOVEGROVE, EDWIN WILLIAM ( 1868 - 1956 ), schoolmaster and an authority on Gothic architecture

LOWE, RICHARD ( 1810 - 1853 ), weaver and musician

LOWE, WALTER BEZANT ( 1854 - 1928 ), antiquary

LOYD, LEWIS ( 1767 - 1858 ), banker

LUCAS, RICHARD ( 1648 - 1715 ), cleric and author

LUMLEY, RICHARD ( 1810 - 1884 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

LYNE, HORACE SAMPSON ( 1860 - 1949 ), president of the Welsh Rugby Union, 1906-1947

LYNN-THOMAS,Sir JOHN ( 1861 - 1939 ), surgeon