OWEN, EDWARD HUMPHREY (1850 - 1904), of Tŷ Coch, Caernarvon, book-collector and local historian

Born 20 December 1850, son of John Owen, timber merchant, etc., and Elizabeth his wife. E. H. Owen's interest in local and family history led him to accumulate a large library, mainly (but not entirely) of Welsh interest; that library was acquired by the National Library of Wales in 1910 and is kept intact as a 'foundation collection.' A short description of the printed works appears in the Annual Report of the National Library for the years 1909-10. The manuscripts, now NLW MS 815-68 , are described in N.L.W. Handlist of MSS., i, 61-7; they include several volumes containing pedigrees and poems, seven volumes from the library of Sir Richard Colt Hoare; two volumes compiled by William Williams, Llandygài; and volumes which had belonged previously to Jonathan Jones, surveyor of taxes, Caernarvon. He died 22 April 1904, and was buried in the family vault at Llanfair-is-gaer church.

Author

• Sir William Llewelyn Davies, (1887 - 1952)

Sources

• Carnarvon and Denbigh herald, and North and South Wales independent, 29 April 1904
• J. Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon (1922)
• Bye-Gones, relating to Wales and the Border Counties, 27 April 1904
• Llais Rhyddid, xix, 42-4
• NLW Archives: NLW MS 13701D

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20732946

Published date: 1959

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