Mary Pendrill Llewelyn

Mary Catherine Pendrill Llewelyn, née Mary Catherine Rhys (12 March 1811 – 19 November 1874)[1] was a Welsh writer and translator.[2]

Mary Pendrill Llewelyn
BornMary Catherine Rhys
(1811-03-12)March 12, 1811
Cowbridge, Wales
DiedNovember 19, 1874(1874-11-19) (aged 63)
Cowbridge, Wales
Occupationwriter, translator
LanguageEnglish, Welsh
SpouseRev. R. Pendrill Llewelyn

Life

Mary Catherine Rhys was born on 12 March 1811 in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, to proprietor of Eagle Academy at Cowbridge Thomas Rhys[3] and his wife Joanna. She was educated at home and later attended an academy for young ladies.[4] She married the Reverend Richard Pendrill Llewelyn,[2] who served as vicar of Llangynwyd from 1841 to 1891.[5]

Pendrill Llewelyn was interested in Welsh literature and published her poems in The Cambrian and Merthyr Guardian. She translated a collection of Welsh hymns mainly by William Williams (Pantycelyn) published in 1850. She is also said to have translated a number of Dafydd Nicolas’ ballads.[2]

Pendrill Llewelyn died on 19 November 1874 at the age of 63.[2]

Works
  • Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife[6]

References
  1. "Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill, 1811-1874 - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. "LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL (née Mary Catherine Rhys, 1811 - 1874), translator and writer | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. "Mrs Pendrill Llewellyn of Llangynwyd". Peoples Collection Wales. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. "Llewelyn, Mary Catherine Pendrill [née Mary Catherine Rhys] (1811–1874), writer and translator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-62228. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  5. James, Brian (1991), "Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn. A Victorian Vicar of Llangynwyd and his Wife, by D. R. L. Jones", Morgannwg, 35: 106–107
  6. Jones, D. R. L; Church in Wales; Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg; Parochial Church Council (1991). Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife. Place of publication not identified: Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg. ISBN 978-0-9518108-0-4. OCLC 26304997.


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