Person Dillwyn; Lewis Weston (1778 - 1855) Dillwyn Lewis Weston 1778 - 1855 British Male Ipswich, Suffolk, England 21 August 1778 Sketty Hall, near Swansea, Glamorgan 31 August 1855 Burial: Penllergaer Church

Botany Education: At Tottenham Career: His father purchased the Cambrian pottery , Swansea, and placed him in charge (ca 1802); High Sheriff of County of Glamorgan (1818); MP for Glamorgan (1832-1841); Alderman and Mayor of Swansea; JP for Glamorgan; Vice-President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for its meeting in Swansea (1848); his pottery became celebrated for its realistic paintings of butterflies, flowers, birds, shells. Memberships: FLS Eldest son of William Dillwyn of Higham Lodge, Walthamstow, a Quaker, and his second wife Sarah (nee Weston); married 13 July 1807 Mary, daughter of John Llewelyn of Penllgarve and Ynys-y-gerwn and they had 6 children; their marriage caused his disownment by the Quaker meeting, for "Marrying out"; father of John Dillwyn (FRS 1836) Fellow 02/02/1804 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DQB Notes: DQB has birth place as St Thomas' Square, parish of St John, Hackney, Middlesex ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9538 21 Aug 1778 - 31 Aug 1855 NA6259 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/25385244 d27be6d0-aa2f-4e6e-b3ca-c5ad2d712116