SALUSBURY, Sir CHARLES JOHN (1792-1868), cleric and antiquary;
b. in 1792, son of Robert Salusbury (afterwards, in 1795, Sir Robert Salusbury, bt.) of Cotton Hall, Denbigh, and Catherine Vaun, heiress of Llan-wern, Mon. On the paternal side he was therefore a descendant of Katheryn of Berain (q.v.) by her second marriage. He succeeded his brother Sir Thomas Robert Salusbury, 2nd bt., as 3rd bt., and to the Llan-wern property in 1835. He has been described as a man of letters and antiquary who took a particular interest in the history of Monmouthshire. There are letters to him from Richard Llwyd (‘Bard of Snowdon,’ q.v.), John Montgomery Traherne (q.v.), and others, in N.L.W. MS. B.R.A. 328.
Bibliography:
- N.L.W. Jnl., ii, 89-90;
- Not. W.;
- E. G. Salisbury, Border Counties' Worthies, i, 219.
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952), Aberystwyth
