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Gwyn

or Gwynne (gwĭn), Eleanor Known as "Nell." 1650?-1687.

English actress. She was the lover of Charles II after c. 1668.

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Gwyn

(ɡwɪn)

(Biography) Nell, original name Eleanor Gwynne. 1650–87, English actress; mistress of Charles II

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Gwyn

or Gwynne

(gwɪn)
n.

Eleanor (“Nell” ), 1650–87, English actress: mistress of Charles II.

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Cambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

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then the king's counselors, who are in number seven - Mademoiselle Stewart, Mademoiselle Wells, Mademoiselle Gwyn, Miss Orchay, Mademoiselle Zunga, Miss Davies, and the proud Countess of Castlemaine - will represent to the king that war costs a great deal of money; that it is better to give balls and suppers at Hampton Court than to equip ships of the line at Portsmouth and Greenwich."

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Gwyn Pierce Owen, a former Fifa referee and president of Bangor City FC, died this week at the age of 85.

Tributes to top ref and club stalwart; 'IF EVER A PERSON REPRESENTED A FOOTBALL CLUB IT WAS GPO'

GWYN DAVID is a lovable character who lives in the South Wales Valleys.

Man treated like prisoner because he had learning difficulties

But now aged 70 it is incredible to learn of the damaged shell of a man he was reduced to as the resident of a mental institution, at a time when people with disabilities similar to Gwyn's were hidden away from the world.

LOCKED UP AND GIVEN ELECTRIC SHOCKS; Gwyn endured harrowing treatment in hospital just because he had learning difficulties

Gwyn David is a lovable character in the village of Gilfach Goch.

I was hidden from the world, kept like a prisoner and electrocuted as a mental institute patient in the 1970s; Hensol Hospital was filled with people with learning difficulties hidden away from society and kept under lock and key

"What exactly is this about?" "I'm not really sure," said Gwyn.

MORNING SERIAL

SOMEONE who played under both Simon Rattle and Sakari Oramo in the CBSO was Gwyn Williams, viola principal with the orchestra over decades, dating back to the era under Louis Fremaux which really did begin to put the orchestra on the international stage it now commands.

Charity concert in memory of orchestra stalwart

M2 EQUITYBITES-October 27, 2016-Accenture names Brigitte Gwyn as managing director, Government Relations

Accenture names Brigitte Gwyn as managing director, Government Relations

THE world's largest aircraft has been named The Martha Gwyn.

World's largest aircraft named

Ewe lambs sold to pounds 96 for the first prize pen of 40 from Gwyn Jones, Nant Gwyn, Eglwysbach.

WELSH HALFBREDS PEAK AT pounds 180

GWYN Lloyd faces the challenge of lifetime in July when he takes part in a cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats in aid of Anthony Nolan, the charity that saves the lives of people with blood cancer who need a blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant.