page_title: Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover
section_title: Llanover Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover / Llanover Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Toddler &amp; his nurse, cut by his mother Augusta Hall, October 1831 Deutsch: Kleinkind und Nurse, Scherenschnitt von Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover, Oktober 1831
context_page_description: Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover, born Augusta Waddington, was a Welsh heiress, best known as a patron of the Welsh arts.
context_section_description: In 1828, the couple commissioned Thomas Hopper to build Llanover Hall for them. It was designed as a kind of arts centre as well as a family home.
  Lady Llanover had always been interested in Celtic Studies. Her sister, Frances, had previously married a German ambassador to Great Britain, Baron Bunsen, whose social circle was also interested in Celtic subjects and culture.
  Lady Llanover was greatly influenced by the local bard, Thomas Price, whom she met at a local Eisteddfod in 1826.  Carnhuanawc taught her the Welsh language; she took the bardic name "Gwenynen Gwent", ('the bee of Gwent'). She became an early member of Cymreigyddion y Fenni. Her Welsh was never considered fluent but she was an extremely enthusiastic proponent of all things Welsh. She structured her household at Llanover Hall on what she considered to be Welsh traditions and gave all her staff Welsh titles and Welsh costume to wear.
  Her husband shared her concern for the preservation of the heritage of Wales, and campaigned for the Welsh to be able to hear church services conducted in the Welsh language.
caption: Toddler & his nurse, cut by his mother Augusta Hall, October 1831
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