Augusta (Waddington) Hall (1802 - 1896)

Born 21 Mar 1802 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Hall — married 4 Dec 1823 in Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1896 at age 93 in Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales

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Biography

Augusta was born in 1802. She passed away in 1896.

She is famous for her work in reviving Welsh culture, traditions and language, in particular national dress and was also the author of a cookery book. She used 'Gwenynen Gwent' as her Welsh name.

Sources

• "Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2T-83ZW : 3 September 2019), Benjamin Hall and Augusta Waddington, 14 Nov 1823; citing Marriage, Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
• FindMyPast: Monmouthshire Marriages And Banns https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F913149666%2F2
• FindMyPast: Monmouthshire Burials https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FD%2F377003077%2F1
• FIndMyPast: England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1896%2F1%2FAZ%2F000153%2F369
• Fraser M. 'The Waddingtons of Llanofer, 1791-1805 ', The National Library of Wales Journal 11/4 (1960), 285-329 https://journals.library.wales/view/1277425/1281449/2#?xywh=-2998%2C-233%2C9181%2C4658
• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JB2-MLN : 31 December 2014), Augusta Hall, 1896; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• Fraser M. 'The Waddingtons of Llanofer, 1791-1805 ', The National Library of Wales Journal 11/4 (1960), 285-329 https://journals.library.wales/view/1277425/1281449/2#?xywh=-2998%2C-233%2C9181%2C4658
• Burke, John & Bernard, 1851, The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales : with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects, Vol. II, London : E. Churton, Pedigree XCIV Augusta Lady Hall, Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/royalfamiliesofe02burk_0/page/n3/mode/2up
• Dictionary of Welsh Biography: HALL, AUGUSTA, Lady Llanover (‘Gwenynen Gwent’) (1802-1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume https://biography.wales/article/s10-HALL-AUG-1802?&query=Augusta%20Waddington&lang[]=en&sort=score&order=desc&rows=12&page=1#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F4672544%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=395%2C324%2C531%2C428
• Wikipedia: Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Hall,_Baroness_Llanover
• Wikidata: Item Q2870954
• The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion : LADY LLANOVER (1802 – 1896), ‘GWENYNEN GWENT https://www.cymmrodorion.org/product/lady-llanover-1802-1896-gwenynen-gwent/
• The Lady Llanover Society: http://www.ladyllanover.org.uk/English/english.htm?publications.htm~mainFrame
• 100 Welsh Women: Augusta Hall, Patron of Welsh Arts, Inventor of National Costume https://www.100welshwomen.wales/100-women/augusta_hall/
• The Right Hon. Lady Llanover, 1867, Good Cookery, London: Richard Bentley, Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/goodcookeryillu00llangoog/page/n7/mode/2up/search/title%3A(The+First+Principles+of+Good+Cookery)?q=title%3A%28The+First+Principles+of+Good+Cookery%29
• Forder, Helen, 2012, High hats and harps : the life and times of Lord and Lady Llanover, Tallyberry Publishing
• FindMyPast: Illustrated London News 25 July 1896. Wills and Bequests, p24, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=BL/0001578/18960725/078&stringtohighlight=fflorens%20mary%20herbert