Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover

PATRON OF WELSH ARTS, INVENTOR OF NATIONAL COSTUME

Abergavenny-born Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover, was a Welsh heiress, best known as a patron of the Welsh arts. She helped found Y Gymraes, the first Welsh-language periodical for women, funded the compilation of a Welsh dictionary and won first prize at the 1834 Eisteddfod for her essay on The Advantages resulting from the Preservation of the Welsh language and National Costume of Wales.