John Dillwyn Llewelyn

John Dillwyn Llewelyn British, b. Wales, 1810-1882 Born in Swansea as John Dillwyn, Llewelyn took the surname of his maternal grandfather when he came of age and began to manage the family's estate. He was presumably introduced to photography through his wife, Emma Talbot, a cousin of William Henry Fox Talbot. The son of a member of Parliament, Llewelyn was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Linnaean Society of London, as well as a member of the Photographic Exchange Club and the Amateur Photographic Association. The family's estate, Penllergare, in Glamorganshire, South Wales, was...