Llewelyn Lewellin

{{Short description|British priest (1798–1878)}}

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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[http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1093205/llgc-id:1093441/llgc-id:1093619/getText Welsh Journals on-line] of St Davids.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}}

Lewellin was born at Tremains, Coity, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, the third son of Richard and Maria Lewellin.{{Cite DWB|id=s-LEWE-LLE-1798|title=LEWELLIN, LLEWELYN (1798 - 1878), cleric|first=Thomas Iorwerth|last=Ellis|author-link=Thomas Iorwerth Ellis|year=1959|access-date=2020-03-24}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Llewelyn Lewellin {{!}} UWTSD |url=https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/library/special-collections/200-biographies-celebrating-lampeters-bicentenary/academia/llewelyn-lewellin/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=www.uwtsd.ac.uk}} 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 part of the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David), as its first principal in 1827. His initial appointments were as professor of Greek and senior professor of Theology, as well as that of Principal. He remained as principal until his death, two days after giving a lecture in Greek. He was buried in the churchyard of St Peter's church, Lampeter. Lewellin was active in wider Lampeter life. He was vicar of Lampeter from 1833 until his death and he served on the magistrates' bench at nearby Aberaeron.{{Cite book|last=Price, D. T. W. (David Trevor William)|title=A history of Saint David's University College Lampeter|date=1977–1990|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=0-7083-0606-3|location=Cardiff|oclc=3742391}} In 1840, he became Dean of St Davids Cathedral, living at St Davids during college vacations.