BAUGH
,
ROBERT
(
1748?
-
1832
),
engraver, map-maker, and musician
.
Described as ‘of
Llandysilio
,’ he was for many years
parish clerk
of
Llanymynech
. His name is associated with the well-known map of
North Wales
,
1795
, the work of
John
Evans
,
Llwyn-y-groes
,
Llanymynech
, but engraved by
Baugh
.
Baugh
made a map of
Shropshire
for which he was awarded, in
1809
, a
silver medal
and fifteen guineas by the
Royal Society of Arts
,
London
. He d.
27 Dec. 1832
, aged 84.
Bibliography:
-
R. Williams
,
Montgomeryshire Worthies
, second ed.,
1894
(incl. ref. to an article in
Cambrian Quarterly Magazine
, four
volumes, 1829–33
);
-
M. O. Jones
,
Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig
,
National Eisteddfod Association publication, 1890
.
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952),
Aberystwyth
