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{{Short description|British priest (1798–1878)}}
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'''Llewelyn Lewellin''' (3 August 1798 – 25 November 1878) was a cleric and academic, the first principal of [[St David's College, Lampeter]] and the first [[Dean (religion)|Dean]]<ref>[http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1093205/llgc-id:1093441/llgc-id:1093619/getText Welsh Journals on-line]</ref> of [[St David's Cathedral|St Davids]].<ref>Before 1840, the senior residentiary cleric was the [[Precentor]], and not a Dean due to a complication during the [[dissolution of the monasteries]] >  “Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181–1981 / St David’s Cathedral, 1181–1981” St David’s, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981 {{ISBN|0-905421-02-7}}</ref>

Lewellin was born at Tremains, Coity, near [[Bridgend]], [[Glamorgan]], the third son of Richard and Maria Lewellin.<ref name=":1">{{Cite DWB|id=s-LEWE-LLE-1798|title=LEWELLIN, LLEWELYN (1798 - 1878), cleric|first=Thomas Iorwerth|last=Ellis|author-link=Thomas Iorwerth Ellis|year=1959|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> He was educated at [[Cowbridge]] [[Grammar School]] and [[Jesus College, Oxford]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1822, an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in 1824, a [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]] in 1827 and a [[Doctor of Laws|DCL]] in 1829. Whilst studying at Oxford, he was ordained [[deacon]] in 1822 and [[priest]] in 1823 by the [[bishop of Oxford]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Llewelyn Lewellin {{!}} UWTSD |url=https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/library/special-collections/200-biographies-celebrating-lampeters-bicentenary/academia/llewelyn-lewellin/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=www.uwtsd.ac.uk}}</ref> Lewellin was, in 1826, offered, and accepted, the headmastership of [[King's School, Bruton|Bruton Grammar School]], [[Somerset]].<ref name=":0" /> Instead of taking this up, however, he went to Saint David's College (now part of the [[University of Wales, Trinity Saint David]]), as its first principal in 1827.  His initial appointments were as professor of Greek and senior professor of Theology, as well as that of Principal.<ref name=":0" />  He remained as principal until his death, two days after giving a lecture in Greek.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was buried in the churchyard of St Peter's church, Lampeter.<ref name=":0" /> Lewellin was active in wider Lampeter life. He was vicar of Lampeter from 1833 until his death and he served on the magistrates' bench at nearby [[Aberaeron]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Price, D. T. W. (David Trevor William)|title=A history of Saint David's University College Lampeter|date=1977–1990|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=0-7083-0606-3|location=Cardiff|oclc=3742391}}</ref>  In 1840, he became Dean of St Davids Cathedral, living at St Davids during college vacations.<ref name=":0" />

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