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Who was Richard Llewellin Purcell Llewellin?

Filed under: Llewellin Setter History — Keith Smith at 2:27 pm on Thursday, January 12, 2006

I have not been able to research the background of Richard Llewellin in any great detail. I find that much of what has been written about him cannot be substantiated from the records. For example the statement that he was of “royal descent”. The Llewellin name appears prominently in all recorded Welsh history but cannot be connected to Richard especially since this was not in fact his inherited surname. What I do know is as follows: (Read on …)