Mary Pendrill Llewelyn
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Mary Catherine Pendrill Llewelyn, née Mary Catherine Rhys (12 March 1811 – 19 November 1874){{Cite web|url=https://archives.library.wales/index.php/llewelyn-mary-pendrill-1811-1874|title=Llewelyn, Mary Pendrill, 1811-1874 - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts|website=archives.library.wales|access-date=2020-03-28}} was a Welsh poet and translator.{{Cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-LLEW-PEN-1811|title=LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL (née Mary Catherine Rhys, 1811 - 1874), translator and writer {{!}} Dictionary of Welsh Biography|website=biography.wales|access-date=2020-03-28}}
Life
Mary Catherine Rhys was born on 12 March 1811 in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, to Thomas Rhys, the proprietor of Eagle Academy at Cowbridge,{{Cite web|url=https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/1243476|title=Mrs Pendrill Llewellyn of Llangynwyd|website=Peoples Collection Wales|language=en|access-date=2020-03-28}} and his wife Joanna. She was educated at home and later attended an academy for young ladies.{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-62228|title=Llewelyn, Mary Catherine Pendrill [née Mary Catherine Rhys] (1811–1874), writer and translator|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/62228|access-date=2020-03-28}} She married the Reverend Richard Pendrill Llewelyn, who served as vicar of Llangynwyd from 1841 to 1891.{{citation|first=Brian|last=James|title=Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn. A Victorian Vicar of Llangynwyd and his Wife, by D. R. L. Jones|journal=Morgannwg|pages=106–107|volume=35|year=1991|url=http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1169834/llgc-id:1173761/llgc-id:1173869/getText}}
Works
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.
Death
Works
- Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife{{Cite book|last1=Jones|first1=D. R. L|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26304997|title=Richard and Mary Pendrill Llewelyn: a Victorian vicar of Llangynwyd and his wife|last2=Church in Wales|last3=Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg|last4=Parochial Church Council|date=1991|publisher=Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Llangynwyd with Maesteg|isbn=978-0-9518108-0-4|location=Place of publication not identified|language=English|oclc=26304997}}
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Category:19th-century British translators
Category:19th-century Welsh poets
Category:19th-century Welsh women writers
Category:People from Cowbridge
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