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'97 THE GWYNNES OF GLANBRAN. (Continued from Vol. II. page 331.) Marmaduke Gwynne of Garth, Sarah Wesley's second brother, presented to the living of Builth in 1768, being then described as of Eardisley Park, and two years later re-built the Church of Llanlleonfel. Like his father Marma¬ duke Gwynne, who held the same office 21 Dec. 1717 to 21 Dec. 1718, he was High Sheriff of Radnorshire, for which he rendered his accounts from 9 Feb. 1770 to 6 Feb. 1771. He was made High Sheriff of Breconshire 1771, when he was styled as of Garth, and he is mentioned on pages jy, 40, 108, 236, and 237 of Vol. II., Old Wales. Whether he was the Marma¬ duke Gwynne who was a Commissioner of Stamps from 8 Feb. 1763 to 24 Aug. 1765 is difficult to say with certainty, but it is quite possible that he held that appointment under Government. He died at the age of 70 in 1772, having married three times (1) a daughter of Sir George Howels Knt. of Roath Court, Cardiff, by whom he had a son Marmaduke hereinafter mentioned ; (2) on 22 Oct. 1763, as the Gent. Mag. records it, "Marmaduke Gwynn of Roath, Glamorgan¬ shire, to Mrs. Barnesly of Eardsley Park," or of Eardisley Court, widow, according to Jones ; and (3) a lady of the name of Simpson ; but both these ladies died s.p. His eldest brother Howel Gwynne matric Ch. Ch. Oxford 12 Nov. 1736, aged 17, and is presumed to have been the Howell Gwynne jun. of Llanelwedd and Garth, M.P. for Radnorshire March 1755-61, and for Old Sarum 1761-8, and Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Radnorshire Dec. 1755 to July 1766 ; but it would be more satisfactory if more precise information and dates could be obtained as