Llewelyn Lewellin
The Very Rev.[1] Llewelyn Lewellin (3 August 1798 – 25 November 1878) was a cleric and academic, the first principal of St David's College, Lampeter and the first Dean[2] of St David's.[3]
Lewellin was born the third son of Richard and Maria Lewellin, near Bridgend, Glamorgan. He was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford, graduating with a BA in 1822, an MA in 1824, a BCL in 1827 and a DCL in 1829. Whilst studying at Oxford, he was ordained deacon in 1822 and priest in 1823 by the bishop of Oxford. Lewellin was, in 1826, offered, and accepted, the headmastership of Bruton Grammar School, Somerset. Instead of taking this up, however, he went to Saint David’s College (now the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David), as its first principal in 1827 and held the post until his death in Lampeter, where he is also buried.
References
- Article on Lewellin by Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, in The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1959.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Principal of St David's College 1827–1878 |
Succeeded by Francis John Jayne |
| Church of England titles | ||
| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Dean of St David's 1840–1878 |
Succeeded by James Allen |
References
- ↑ The Wrexham Advertiser, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Merionethshire, and North Wales Register (Wrexham, Wales), Saturday, November 30, 1878; pg. 4. (893 words). 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
- ↑ Welsh Journals on-line
- ↑ Before 1840, the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > “Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181–1981 / St David’s Cathedral, 1181–1981” St David’s, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981 ISBN 0-905421-02-7