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{{Short description|Welsh racing driver, landowner and businessman}}{{Under construction|placedby=Mac Edmunds}}
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'''Sir John Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 4th Baronet''' (born 12 August 1938), is a [[Wales|Welsh]] racing driver, [[Land tenure|landowner]], and [[Businessperson|businessman]]. He is the son of Brigadier Sir Charles Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, previous [[Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire|Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire]], and Lady Delia Mary Hicks-Beach, sister of the [[Michael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn|2nd Earl St Aldwyn]]. Llewelyn was educated at [[Eton College]], and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], and is a direct descendant of the politician, [[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn]], via his maternal line.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Mosley |first=Charles |title=Burke's Peerage: Baronetcy and Knighthood |date=2003 |publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd |year=2003 |isbn=9780971196629 |edition=107th |location=Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A |pages=1171}}</ref>
'''Sir John Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 4th Baronet''' (born 12 August 1938), is a [[Wales|Welsh]] racing driver, [[Land tenure|landowner]], and [[Businessperson|businessman]]. He is the son of Brigadier Sir Charles Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, previous [[Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire|Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire]],{{efn|1=Sir Charles Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn was Lord Lieutenant of Randorshire from 1949 until 1974, before becoming Vice-Lord-Lieutenant from 1974 to his death in 1976.}} and Lady Delia Mary Hicks-Beach, sister of the [[Michael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn|2nd Earl St Aldwyn]]. Llewelyn was educated at [[Eton College]], and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], and is a direct descendant of the politician, [[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn]], via his maternal line.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Mosley |first=Charles |title=Burke's Peerage: Baronetcy and Knighthood |date=2003 |publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd |year=2003 |isbn=9780971196629 |edition=107th |location=Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A |pages=1171}}</ref>


== Business ==
== Business ==



Between 1998 and 2000, he was managing director of Llandovery College ARTS Centre. At present, he is the appointed director of four companies, including Parc Mawr Investments and Penllergaer Estates; both positions once held by his mother.{{efn|1=In 2019, the ''Wales Online'' estimated Penllergaer Estates to be worth around £24,000,000.}}<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Delia Mary DILLWYN-VENABLES-LLEWELYN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Z6iUCVLF0Mf-Sf52MpgyHO4j6-U/appointments |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Nino |date=20 January 2019 |title=The most influential people in Swansea right now - Wales Online |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/most-influential-people-swansea-right-15458209 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.walesonline.co.uk}}</ref>
Between 1998 and 2000, he was managing director of Llandovery College ARTS Centre. At present, he is the appointed director of four companies, including Parc Mawr Investments and Penllergaer Estates; both positions once held by his mother.{{efn|1=In 2019, the ''Wales Online'' estimated Penllergaer Estates to be worth around £24,000,000.}}<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Delia Mary DILLWYN-VENABLES-LLEWELYN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Z6iUCVLF0Mf-Sf52MpgyHO4j6-U/appointments |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Nino |date=20 January 2019 |title=The most influential people in Swansea right now - Wales Online |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/most-influential-people-swansea-right-15458209 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.walesonline.co.uk}}</ref>
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In 1970, Llewelyn partnered with Major Charles Lambton, to design and build a replica Bentley Tourer, using the remains of a damaged 1948 [[Bentley Mark VI|Bentley MkVI]]. The "Bentley Special", as they called it, had "completely modern servicing facilities, but a standard engine". In an interview with the ''[[Reading Post|Reading Evening Post]]'', the partners stated that they did not want want to sell the car "until enough people had seen it", adding that they "hoped for orders for replicas".<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 October 1970 |title=Build-Up For a Bentley |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Reading Evening Post |pages=4}}</ref>
In 1970, Llewelyn partnered with Major Charles Lambton, to design and build a replica Bentley Tourer, using the remains of a damaged 1948 [[Bentley Mark VI|Bentley MkVI]]. The "Bentley Special", as they called it, had "completely modern servicing facilities, but a standard engine". In an interview with the ''[[Reading Post|Reading Evening Post]]'', the partners stated that they did not want want to sell the car "until enough people had seen it", adding that they "hoped for orders for replicas".<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 October 1970 |title=Build-Up For a Bentley |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Reading Evening Post |pages=4}}</ref>


Llewelyn was also friends with racing driver and engineer, Anthony Mayman.{{efn|1=Anthony Mayman died on 3 February 1993}} In the 1980s, Llewelyn occasionally raced Mayman's 1954 [[Maserati 250F]], a car which Mayman lent to several of his vintage racing friends .<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiskens |title=FISKENS {{!}} Fine Historic Automobiles |url=https://www.fiskens.com/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.fiskens.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Llewelyn was also friends with racing driver and engineer, Anthony Mayman.{{efn|1=Anthony Mayman died on 3 February 1993}} In the 1980s, Llewelyn occasionally raced Mayman's 1954 [[Maserati 250F]], a car which Mayman lent to several of his vintage racing friends.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiskens |title=FISKENS {{!}} Fine Historic Automobiles |url=https://www.fiskens.com/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.fiskens.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>


Llewelyn is a trustee of the Bugatti Trust<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=http://www.bugatti-trust.co.uk/contact/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=The Bugatti Trust |language=en-US}}</ref> and a member of the [[Prescott Speed Hill Climb|Bugatti Owners' Club of Great Britain]], of which he was Director from 1992, until his resignation in 2001.<ref name=":1" /> He was a friend of [[FitzRoy Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan|Fitzroy Somerset, 5th Lord Raglan]],{{efn|1=Fitzroy Somerset, 5th Lord Raglan, died on 24 January 2010}} and used to race Somerset's [[Bugatti Type 51]] with considerable success, competing in the Monaco Historic Gran Prix on several occasions, consecutively winning the event's "Williams Monaco Trophy" from 1984 to 1986.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiocWmZFjqc |title=Bugatti Nostalgia: Historic Racing Monaco 1984 |date=2024-05-10 |last=SHED RACING |access-date=2024-06-18 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh lord who was bitten by the Bugatti bug - Wales Online |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-lord-who-bitten-bugatti-1850686 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.walesonline.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=23 August 1986 |title=The Williams Monaco Trophy 10-Lap Scratch Race |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Market Rasen Mail |pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 August 1988 |title=Bank Holiday Motorsport |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Horncastle News |pages=21}}</ref> Llewelyn also competed successfully in the ACU National Championships,<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 August 1990 |title=Vintage Attractions |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph |pages=23}}</ref> driving his own supercharged [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] and 1934 [[Alfa Romeo P3]], winning the 1996 "Bob Gerald Trophy" in the later, at [[Mallory Park]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 1990 |title=Grand Old Racers Will Roll Back Years At Donington |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Staffordshire Sentinel |pages=50}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 June 1980 |title=Hill Is The Overall Winner |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Long Eaton Advertiser |pages=20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 June 1974 |title=Historic Cars Battle It Out This Weekend |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Formby Times |pages=23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Swain |first=Graham |date=2 July 1996 |title=Trophy Joy For Sir John At Mallory |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Leicester Daily Mercury |pages=37}}</ref>
Llewelyn is a trustee of the Bugatti Trust<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=http://www.bugatti-trust.co.uk/contact/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=The Bugatti Trust |language=en-US}}</ref> and a member of the [[Prescott Speed Hill Climb|Bugatti Owners' Club of Great Britain]], of which he was Director from 1992, until his resignation in 2001.<ref name=":1" /> He was a friend of [[FitzRoy Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan|Fitzroy Somerset, 5th Lord Raglan]],{{efn|1=Fitzroy Somerset, 5th Lord Raglan, died on 24 January 2010}} and used to race Somerset's [[Bugatti Type 51]] with considerable success, competing in the Monaco Historic Gran Prix on several occasions, consecutively winning the event's "Williams Monaco Trophy" from 1984 to 1986.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiocWmZFjqc |title=Bugatti Nostalgia: Historic Racing Monaco 1984 |date=2024-05-10 |last=SHED RACING |access-date=2024-06-18 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh lord who was bitten by the Bugatti bug - Wales Online |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-lord-who-bitten-bugatti-1850686 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.walesonline.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=23 August 1986 |title=The Williams Monaco Trophy 10-Lap Scratch Race |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Market Rasen Mail |pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 August 1988 |title=Bank Holiday Motorsport |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Horncastle News |pages=21}}</ref> Llewelyn also competed successfully in the ACU National Championships,<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 August 1990 |title=Vintage Attractions |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph |pages=23}}</ref> driving his own supercharged [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] and 1934 [[Alfa Romeo P3]], winning the 1996 "Bob Gerald Trophy" in the later, at [[Mallory Park]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 1990 |title=Grand Old Racers Will Roll Back Years At Donington |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Staffordshire Sentinel |pages=50}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 June 1980 |title=Hill Is The Overall Winner |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Long Eaton Advertiser |pages=20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 June 1974 |title=Historic Cars Battle It Out This Weekend |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Formby Times |pages=23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Swain |first=Graham |date=2 July 1996 |title=Trophy Joy For Sir John At Mallory |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Leicester Daily Mercury |pages=37}}</ref>

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Sir John Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 4th Baronet (born 12 August 1938), is a Welsh racing driver, landowner, and businessman. He is the son of Brigadier Sir Charles Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, previous Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire,[a] and Lady Delia Mary Hicks-Beach, sister of the 2nd Earl St Aldwyn. Llewelyn was educated at Eton College, and Cambridge University, and is a direct descendant of the politician, Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, via his maternal line.[1]

Business

Between 1998 and 2000, he was managing director of Llandovery College ARTS Centre. At present, he is the appointed director of four companies, including Parc Mawr Investments and Penllergaer Estates; both positions once held by his mother.[b][2][3][4]

Llewelyn is the co-owner of Bryn-y-rhyd farm, in Llanedi,[5] which was subject to controversy in 2021, when planning permission was granted to build a solar farm on the land, causing some to liken the plans to the 1965 flooding of the Tryweryn valley.[6]

Cars

In 1970, Llewelyn partnered with Major Charles Lambton, to design and build a replica Bentley Tourer, using the remains of a damaged 1948 Bentley MkVI. The "Bentley Special", as they called it, had "completely modern servicing facilities, but a standard engine". In an interview with the Reading Evening Post, the partners stated that they did not want want to sell the car "until enough people had seen it", adding that they "hoped for orders for replicas".[7]

Llewelyn was also friends with racing driver and engineer, Anthony Mayman.[c] In the 1980s, Llewelyn occasionally raced Mayman's 1954 Maserati 250F, a car which Mayman lent to several of his vintage racing friends.[8]

Llewelyn is a trustee of the Bugatti Trust[9] and a member of the Bugatti Owners' Club of Great Britain, of which he was Director from 1992, until his resignation in 2001.[2] He was a friend of Fitzroy Somerset, 5th Lord Raglan,[d] and used to race Somerset's Bugatti Type 51 with considerable success, competing in the Monaco Historic Gran Prix on several occasions, consecutively winning the event's "Williams Monaco Trophy" from 1984 to 1986.[10][11][12][13] Llewelyn also competed successfully in the ACU National Championships,[14] driving his own supercharged ERA and 1934 Alfa Romeo P3, winning the 1996 "Bob Gerald Trophy" in the later, at Mallory Park.[12][15][16][17][18]

Baronetcy

The Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn baronetcy was created in 1890 for John Dillwyn-Llewelyn, who was Conservative MP for Swansea. On his death, the baronetcy passed to his son, Charles, who assumed the additional surname "Venables" following his marriage to the daughter of Richard Venables, and inherited Llysdinam Hall alongside the name. On his death, the title and estate passed to his son, Michael, father of John.

Sir John Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, on 15 March 1976, thus becoming the 4th Baronet. There is no heir to the baronetcy.

Llewelyn lives at the ancestral home of the Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn baronets, Llysdinam Hall, in Llandrindod Wells.[2][19] Llysdinam Gardens, part of the Llewelyn estates, features a weather station, and is part of the Met Office's climate network. In 2019, the Gardens an award from the World Meteorlogical Organisation, recognising the Llewelyn's contributions in recording weather since 1880s.[20]

Marriages

He has married three times.[1][19]

Firstly to Nina Hallam, (m. 1963; div. 1972), with whom he had two children:

  • Georgina Katherine Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn (b. 1964)
  • Emma Susan Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn (b. 1967)

Secondly to Nina Oliver (m. 1975; div. 1995), with whom he had one child, who died in infancy.

Thirdly to Carolyn Lockheart (m. 2005)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Sir Charles Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn was Lord Lieutenant of Randorshire from 1949 until 1974, before becoming Vice-Lord-Lieutenant from 1974 to his death in 1976.
  2. ^ In 2019, the Wales Online estimated Penllergaer Estates to be worth around £24,000,000.
  3. ^ Anthony Mayman died on 3 February 1993
  4. ^ Fitzroy Somerset, 5th Lord Raglan, died on 24 January 2010

Sources

"Burke's Peerage: Baronetcy and Knighthood" - Burke's Peerage Ltd[1]

"Venables-Llewelyn, Sir John (Michael) Dillwyn" - Who's Who & Who Was Who[19]

"Autobiography: Sir John Venables-Llewelyn" - The Automobile[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage: Baronetcy and Knighthood (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 1171. ISBN 9780971196629.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ a b c "John Michael Dillwyn VENABLES-LLEWELYN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  3. ^ "Delia Mary DILLWYN-VENABLES-LLEWELYN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  4. ^ Williams, Nino (20 January 2019). "The most influential people in Swansea right now - Wales Online". www.walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  5. ^ "Search for land and property information". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  6. ^ "A solar farm scheme in Carmarthenshire has been compared to the flooding of Tryweryn - Wales Online". www.walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  7. ^ "Build-Up For a Bentley". Reading Evening Post. 7 October 1970. p. 4. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  8. ^ Fiskens. "FISKENS | Fine Historic Automobiles". www.fiskens.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  9. ^ "Contact". The Bugatti Trust. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  10. ^ SHED RACING (2024-05-10). Bugatti Nostalgia: Historic Racing Monaco 1984. Retrieved 2024-06-18 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Welsh lord who was bitten by the Bugatti bug - Wales Online". www.walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  12. ^ a b "The Williams Monaco Trophy 10-Lap Scratch Race". Market Rasen Mail. 23 August 1986. p. 6. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Bank Holiday Motorsport". Horncastle News. 27 August 1988. p. 21. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Vintage Attractions". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 25 August 1990. p. 23. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Grand Old Racers Will Roll Back Years At Donington". Staffordshire Sentinel. 25 May 1990. p. 50. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Hill Is The Overall Winner". Long Eaton Advertiser. 12 June 1980. p. 20. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Historic Cars Battle It Out This Weekend". Formby Times. 12 June 1974. p. 23. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  18. ^ Swain, Graham (2 July 1996). "Trophy Joy For Sir John At Mallory". Leicester Daily Mercury. p. 37. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  19. ^ a b c "Venables-Llewelyn, Sir John (Michael) Dillwyn-, (born 12 Aug. 1938), farmer, since 1975". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-41047. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  20. ^ "Plaque Marks Weather Station's Enduring Role". Brecon and Radnor Reporter. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  21. ^ Bell, Matthew (June 2014). "Autobiography: Sir John Venables Llewelyn". The Automobile. Vol. 32, no. 4.
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