BAUGH, ROBERT (1748?-1832), engraver, map-maker, and musician.
Described as ‘of Llandysilio,’ he was for many years parish clerk of Llanymynech. His name is associated with the well-known map of North Wales, 1795, the work of John Evans (1723-1795), Llwyn-y-groes, Llanymynech (q.v.), but engraved by Baugh. Baugh made a map of Shropshire for which he was awarded, in 1809, a silver medal and fifteen guineas by the Royal Society of Arts, London. He d. 27 Dec. 1832, aged 84.
Bibliography:
- R. Williams, Mont. Worthies (2nd ed. incl. ref. to an article in Camb. Quart. Mag.);
- M. O. Jones, Byw. Cerdd. Cymr..
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952), Aberystwyth
