KENWARD
,
JAMES
(
Elfynydd
;
fl.
1868
),
writer and poet
who lived at
Smethwick
, near
Birmingham
, in
1868
. His published works include
A Poem of English Sympathy with Wales
which was written for the national eisteddfod of
1858
at
Llangollen
; a collection, entitled,
For Cambria: themes in Verse and Prose
; and
The Life and Writings of John Williams
(
Ab Ithel
, q.v.
), which was originally published in the
Cambrian Journal
.
Bibliography:
-
James Kenward
,
A Poem of English Sympathy with Wales,
written for the great National Eisteddfod of 1858; and
Llangollen, a poem on the same occasion
, Birmingham,
1858
,
1858
;
-
id.,
For Cambria Themes in Verse and Prose, A.D.
1854-1868; with other pieces
, London, 1868
,
1868
;
-
id.,
Ab Ithel an account of the life and writings
of the Rev. John Williams ab Ithel, M.A., B.B.D., late
Rector of Llanymowddwy, Merioneth
, Denbigh, 1871
,
1871
;
-
Cambrian Journal
, six volumes,
1854–64
,
1862
,
1863
,
1864
;
-
‘Dictionary of Welsh Biography.’ 27
vols., N.L.W. MSS. 9251–77
.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
