Lewis Weston Dillwyn ( 1778 - 1855 )

Birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England (21 August 1778) Death: Sketty Hall, near Swansea, Glamorgan (31 August 1855) Burial Place: Penllergaer Church Research Field: 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.