Angharad Llwyd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Angharad Llwyd

British antiquarian

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1780

Place of Birth: Caerwys, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1866

Profession: antiquarian

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Angharad Llwyd (15 April 1780 – 16 October 1866) was a Welsh antiquary and a prizewinner at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Llwyd was born at Caerwys in Flintshire, the daughter of Rev.
John Lloyd, himself a noted antiquary.
Her essay entitled Catalogue of Welsh Manuscripts, etc.
in North Wales won a prize at the Welshpool eisteddfod of 1824.
In 1827 Llwyd edited a revised version of Sir John Wynn's History of the Gwydir Family and in the following year, she was among those awarded silver medals by Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, on his visit to the eisteddfod at Denbigh.
She won another first prize at the Beaumaris eisteddfod of 1833.