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14-476: Humphrey Lloyd may refer to: Humphrey Llwyd (1527–1568), Welsh cartographer, author, antiquary and Member of Parliament Humphrey Lloyd (by 1498–1562 or later) , Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire Humphrey Lloyd (physicist) (1800–1881), provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 1867–1881 Humphrey Lloyd (bishop) (1610–1689), Bishop of Bangor, 1674–1689 See also [ edit ] Mount Humphrey Lloyd ,

28-592: A mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica, named for the provost of Trinity College [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humphrey_Lloyd&oldid=714436503 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

42-442: A new single-member county division of the same name. Upon its abolition for the 1983 election , its territory was divided between Mid Sussex and Wealden . 1885–1918 : The Sessional Divisions of Cuckfield (except the parish of Crawley), East Grinstead, and Uckfield (except the parishes of East Heathley and Waldron). 1918–1950 : The Urban Districts of Burgess Hill, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Hayward's Heath, and Uckfield, and

56-544: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Humphrey Llwyd Humphrey Llwyd (also spelled Lhuyd ) (1527–1568) was a Welsh cartographer , author, antiquary and Member of Parliament. He was a leading member of the Renaissance period in Wales along with other such men as William Salesbury and William Morgan . His library, together with those of his patron,

70-672: The Earl of Arundel and his brother-in-law, Lord Lumley , formed the basis of the Royal Collection of books; currently housed at the British Library . His motto was Hwy pery klod na golyd ("Fame lasts longer than wealth"). Llwyd was born at Foxhall, his family's estate in Denbigh , the county seat of the then county of Denbighshire . His father, Robert Llwyd, was descended from Harry Rossendale, henchman and grantee of

84-468: The Earl of Lincoln . The first of the family that came to Wales from England appears to have been Foulk Rosindale, from whom Foxhall, or Foulk's Hall, was called. He married into the family of the Llwyd's of Aston, the probable source where his descendants derived their name, as well as their extraction from Einion Evell of the 12th Century. Einion Evell, Lord of part of Cynllaith, resided at Llwyn y Maen, in

98-540: The Battle RD parishes. 1974–1983 : The Urban District of East Grinstead, and the Rural District of Uckfield. General Election 1914–15 : Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; General Election 1939–40 : Another General Election

112-607: The Denbigh outskirts on the road to Llandyrnog . In 2019, Llwyd was the subject of a major exhibition, "Inventor of Britain", at the National Library of Wales , Aberystwyth . No copy exists of Llwyd's translation into English of Agostino Nifo 's De auguriis ; Llwyd's other work includes: Llwyd also produced two known works in the Welsh language . East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency) East Grinstead

126-604: The Dutch geographer Ortelius , for inclusion in his forthcoming Theatrum Orbis Terrarum . Although the map contained inaccuracies, it was nonetheless a pioneer work that proved itself useful into the eighteenth century. Llwyd did not live to see his map published, however, for he died in Denbigh on 31 August 1568. He is buried in St. Marcella's Church, known locally as Whitchurch or Yr Eglwys Wen in Welsh. The church and cemetery are on

140-508: The Rural Districts of Cuckfield, East Grinstead, and Uckfield. 1950–1955 : The Urban Districts of Cuckfield and East Grinstead, the Rural District of Uckfield, in the Rural District of Cuckfield the parishes of Ardingly, Balcombe, Bolney, Cuckfield Rural, Horsted Keynes, Lindfield Rural, Slaugham, West Hoathly, and Worth, and in the Rural District of Battle the parishes of Burwash, Etchingham, and Ticehurst. 1955–1974 : As 1950 less

154-515: The act requiring the translation of the Bible into Welsh , but no evidence has been found to support that claim. From 1566 he toured Europe, including Brussels, Augsburg, Milan, Padua and Venice. In Antwerp , he learnt from, and collaborated with, map maker Abraham Ortelius . In 1567, when Llwyd returned to Denbigh, he was given a stipend from the Crown to create the first printed map of Wales for

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168-485: The parish of Oswestry . He and his twin brother, Cynwrig Evell, Lord of Y Glwyegl in Maelor Gymraeg, were the illegitimate sons of Madog ab Maredydd, Prince of Powys, by Eva, daughter of Madog (ab Einion Hael) ab Urien of Maen Gwynedd, ab Eginir ab Lies ab Idnerth Benvras, Lord of Maesbrwg. As a young man, Llwyd was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and fared so well in the sciences and engineering that he

182-720: Was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England , the Kingdom of Great Britain , and the United Kingdom . It first existed as a Parliamentary borough from 1307, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons elected by the bloc vote system. The borough was disfranchised under the Reform Act 1832 , but the name was revived at the 1885 election when the Redistribution of Seats Act created

196-671: Was given a position as a physician to the Earl of Arundel during the Earl's tenure as Chancellor of the university. He was Minister to Parliament for East Grinstead during Elizabeth I 's first parliament (1559). In 1563, Llwyd returned to Denbigh and lived at Denbigh Castle at the permission of Sir John Salusbury who was then the Lord of the Manor of Denbigh. That year, he was elected MP for Denbigh Boroughs during Elizabeth's second Parliament. It has been suggested that he promoted passage of

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