Brydges, Sir Harford Jones (1764-1847)
Boultibrooke
Decended from one Griffith Jones of Trewern, Llanfihangel Nantmelan who was the first of the family to take a surname. He was sheriff of Radnorshire in 1549 and is famous for killing his own brother Thomas in a violent quarrel. A later family member, Colonel James Jones lost an arm at Blenheim. The Colonel’s third wife was Mary Harford of Bosbury and her surname became a traditional christian name for sons of the family, four generations of sons of the name Harford Jones served as Sheriff of Radnorshire. The first baronet was born at Harford House in Presteigne in 1764. He entered the service of the East India Company at an early age and showed an aptitude for oriental languages. His early successes earned him a baronetcy in 1807 and the post of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to royal court of Persia which he held from 1807 to 1811. His success there failed to secure him the advancement he wanted in the Company’s service and he resigned from it. The frigate HMS La Pamone was wrecked off the South coast and a family tradition ascribes this to the activities of local wrecking gangs. His diplomatic experiences left him with a keen interest in matters oriental however and he published an account of his years in Persia along with translations of Persian works and treatises on Britain’s foreign policies in the East. He denounced Britain’s conquest and annexation of Sind to the directors of the East India Company and was not afraid of putting forward his views at the highest level. He was given an honorary D.C.L. degree from Oxford in 1831 and made a Privy Councillor the following year.
Once returned to the Boultibrooke estate from his foreign travels he was an active member of the local gentry, serving as deputy-lieutenant of both Radnorshire (1835) and then Herefordshire (1841). He was an active Whig and a President of the Grey Coat Club, a political association of Whig sentiments which dined alternately at Rhayader and Presteigne. His forceful speeches at this club were anti-taxation, anti-tithe and anti-church. He was not afraid of expressing his views in a strident manner and at least one member of the club resigned having been insulted by the baronet.
In 1834 he had a new gallery built in Norton church but insisted that three rows in the church were reserved for his servants. The following year he and the Grey Coat Club were active in securing a narrow victory for Walter Wilkins (later De Winton) of Maesllwch, the whig candidate for the county, at the election. He died at Boultibrooke in March 1847.
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Once returned to the Boultibrooke estate from his foreign travels he was an active member of the local gentry, serving as deputy-lieutenant of both Radnorshire (1835) and then Herefordshire (1841). He was an active Whig and a President of the Grey Coat Club, a political association of Whig sentiments which dined alternately at Rhayader and Presteigne. His forceful speeches at this club were anti-taxation, anti-tithe and anti-church. He was not afraid of expressing his views in a strident manner and at least one member of the club resigned having been insulted by the baronet.
In 1834 he had a new gallery built in Norton church but insisted that three rows in the church were reserved for his servants. The following year he and the Grey Coat Club were active in securing a narrow victory for Walter Wilkins (later De Winton) of Maesllwch, the whig candidate for the county, at the election. He died at Boultibrooke in March 1847.
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Brynach, Saint
A saint from the time of Saint David. He may have been Irish in origin and is thought to have come to Wales as a result of a shipwreck near Milford Haven. Later hagiographies claim he was a handsome man with a wild youth who became a pious man given to fasting and prayer upon conversion. He is traditionally associated with Pembrokeshire and is said to have founded oratories in the valleys near Mynydd Carningli. He founded at monastery at Nevern on land granted him a by a local lord. He travelled to Brycheiniog and is said to have founded the church at Llanfrynach. He may also be the St Brannac who was active in Devon and Cornwall.
Buckley-Jones, Walter (d.1938)
Eldest of 7 children of Richard Edward Jones and Catharine, née Buckley-Williames (below) Like his father before him, he was prominent in public life, eg chairman of the Education Authority. Step-father to the composer Peter Warlock .
[Insert from Montgomeryshire Newsletter No 6 - May/June 1994 of Powys Family History Society (Montgomeryshire Branch)]
[Insert from Montgomeryshire Newsletter No 6 - May/June 1994 of Powys Family History Society (Montgomeryshire Branch)]
Buckley-Williames, Catherine (d.1942)
Mother to the composer Peter Warlock (Philip Hesletine). Wife of Walter Buckley-Jones (above) and eldest daughter of John Buckley-Williames, Squire of Pennant, Glanhafren and Glyncogan. The Buckley-Williames family could trace its lineage back to Brochwel Ysgythrog, the C6 Prince of Powys. The marriage of Catherine's sisters, Elizabeth and Alice, forged links with shipowner Robert Lewis-Andrew of Liverpool, and the solicitor John Arthur Talbot of Crescent House and Croesawdy, Newtown. (Eric Lawrence Talbot, Alice's son, would have succeeded as Squire of Pennant, but was the first Newtown man to be killed in action in WW1 in October 1914.) The last of the family line, Gertrude Susannah Buckley-Williames, died in 1945.
[Insert from Montgomeryshire Newsletter No 6 - May/June 1994 of Powys Family History Society (Montgomeryshire Branch)]
[Insert from Montgomeryshire Newsletter No 6 - May/June 1994 of Powys Family History Society (Montgomeryshire Branch)]
Bryn Glas, Battle of
See Pilleth
Buellt, Buallt (Builth)
A territory in the north of the later county of Breconshire. Originally believed to be a small kingdom in its own right, it was later absorbed into the Kingdom of Brycheiniog, becoming a cantref including the commotes of Dinan, Is Irfon, Treflys, and Penbuellt. Documentary evidence for this “dark age” period is rare but in the early 9th century it is known that Buellt and Gwrtheyrnion were ruled together by Ffernfael son of Teudubir. The later cantref of Buallt included the parishes of Llanafan Fawr, Llanafan Fechan, Llanddewi Abergwesyn, Llanddewi’r Cwm, Llanddulas, Llanfair-ym-Muallt, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn, Llanfihangel Brynpabuan, Llangamarch, Llanganten, Llangynog, Llanllywenfel, Llanwrtud.
[Richards; W.Davies]
[Richards; W.Davies]
Bugeildy: Air crashes
Warren Hill nr Maes Gwyn Farm: on 21 January 1943 a Lockheed Hudson V9046 was flying in zero visibility; the crew had to bale out over the Welsh coast. The Hudson rumbled on for another sixty miles until the fuel ran out, then plunged to earth on Warren Hill at about eleven o'clock. Bugeildy: on 7 February 1944 a Miles Master DK799 made a forced landing near Beguildy, either lost or fuel low; the pilot survived.
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[Doylerush]
Builth: Air crash
On 22 August 1944 a Miles Master DL339 made a forced landing 1 mile north of Builth Wells. The pilot was lost in cloud over hills, but survived.
[Doylerush p92]
[Doylerush p92]