"A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of the City of
Seattle and County of King, Washington." New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing
Co., 1903.  p. 531.
 
REV. J. P. DERWENT LLWYD

     Among the able churchmen and clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal church
in the state of Washington is Mr. Llwyd, who is rector of St. Mark's church in
the city of Seattle, the same having the largest and most important parish of
the church in the state.  He has not only shown marked zeal and earnestness in
his clerical work but has manifested an administrative ability which has been
most potent in insuring the temporal welfare of his parish, and he is held in
the highest esteem for his devotion to the cause of the Divine Master, for his
abiding sympathy for "all those in any way afflicted or distressed in mind, body
or estate," and for his able service in his holy calling as a priest of the
church.
     Mr. Llwyd is a native of England, having been born in the city of
Manchester, on the 7th of June, 1861, the son of the Rev. Thomas and Emma
(Plummer) Llwyd, both of whom were likewise born in Manchester, the father being
of stanch old Welsh stock and a clergyman of the Church of England.  In 1874 the
family removed to the Dominion of Canada, and the father became rector of St.
James' church at Gravenhurst, Ontario, where he remained for a number of years.
In 1890 he was appointed arch deacon of the diocese of Algoma and is now
incumbent of that office in the parish of Huntsville.  In his native city J. P.
D. Llwyd entered grammar school at the age of ten years and there continued his
studies about three years, at the expiration of which he accompanied his parents
on their removal to Canada, where he passed four years under the private
tutorship of the Rev. Joseph S. Cole, B. A., securing an excellent literary
education.  He then engaged in pedagogic work, becoming a teacher in the public
schools of Ontario, and after devoting three years to this line of endeavor he
was identified with mercantile pursuits in Toronto for nearly an equal interval.
Reared under the benign influences of the great mother church and ever
appreciative of the intrinsic beauty and consistency of its faith, Mr. Llwyd was
naturally drawn to the priesthood, and in 1883 he began the work of preparing
himself for holy orders by entering the theological college of Montreal, where
he pursued his divinity course for one year, at the expiration of which he went
to New York city, where he spent one year in study and parochial work with the
Rev. W. S. Rainsford, D. D., in St. George's parish.  He then removed to
Indiana, where he was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood by Rt. Rev. D. B.
Knickerbacker, bishop of the diocese of Indiana, and thereafter he passed two
years in general missionary work in that state and Wisconsin.  Finally he was
called to the rectorship of St. Paul's church at Riverside, one of the most
beautiful of the suburban towns near the city of Chicago, being there installed
for three years and being very successful in his work, as he was also for the
ensuing eight years, during which he was rector of the church of the Good
Shepherd in Omaha, Nebraska.
     In the spring of 1897 Mr. Llwyd came to Seattle and became rector of St.
Mark's, whose parish is the most important in the state, as has already been
stated.  Here his zealous and unabating efforts have been attended with most
gratifying results in both a spiritual and a temporal way; the work of the
church and its collateral benevolences has been materially advanced; it has
gained further precedence in the diocese; and the rector has won to himself the
affection of his parishioners and the esteem and good will of all with whom he
has come in contact.  The number of communicants has been increased from five
hundred to nine hundred; many improvements have been made on the church
property, including the erection of a rectory, and during the pastorate of Mr.
Llwyd a total of twenty-five thousand dollars and has been expended in material
improvements.  With a full appreciation of the solemn and impressive beauties of
the ancient liturgy, Mr. Llwyd has embellished the services and ritualistic
observances of St. Mark's, and has spared no pains to beget devotion and equal
appreciation on the part of those over whom he is placed in charge, his sermons
being ever marked by the unmistakable evidences of spirituality and earnestness
and thus effectively supplementing the ritual of the Holy Catholic church.
     Fraternally Mr. Llwyd is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Elks and the Odd Fellows.  He has been
twice elected president of the Charity Organization Society at Seattle, and is
now a member of the board of library trustees of the city.  He is in continual
demand for lectures and speeches on public occasions.  On the 28th of December,
1886, Mr. Llwyd was united in marriage to Miss Mary Emilie Thomas, who was born
in the city of Brantford, Ontario, a representative of prominent old
Knickerbocker families and the daughter of William H. and Adaline (Kissam)
Thomas.  Rev. and Mrs. Llwyd are the parents of five children, namely:
Gwendolyn Derwent, Thomas Derwent, Adeline Derwent, Charlewood Derwent and
Margaret Derwent.
 
 
 
Transcriber's additional notes:
 
CENSUS
1900, June 15; King Co, WA; Seattle Ward 7, p 84
John P. D. Lloyd, 38, June 1861, ENG, ENG, ENG, married 13 yrs, to US 1884,
preacher, rents home
Mary E, wife, 33, Dec 1866, CAN, NY, NY, married 13 yrs, 6 children-5 living
Gwendolyn D, dau, 12, Oct 1887, WI, ENG, US, att. school
Thomas D, son, 9, July 1890, NE, ENG, US, att. school
Adeline D, dau, 7, Dec 1892, NE, ENG, US, att. school
Charlewood D, son, 5, Oct 1894, NE, ENG, US
Marj... , dau, 2, March 1898, WA, ENG, US

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