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Family
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Waddington family, of Llanover Court
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History
Benjamin Waddington (1749-1828), bought Llanover from the Cecil family of The Dyffryn, Glamorganshire, in about 1792. He married Georgina Mary Anne Port (1771-1850) of Ilam, Derbyshire, and they had six daughters. With the agreement of the other daughters, the Llanover estate was settled on the youngest daughter, Augusta (1802-1896). In 1823 she married Benjamin Hall (1802-1867) of Abercarn, and the neighbouring estates of Llanover and Abercarn were united. Benjamin Hall was created Baron Llanover in 1859, and Augusta is best remembered as Lady Llanover and as 'Gwenynen Gwent'. Benjamin and Georgina's eldest daughter Frances married Christian Charles Bunsen. Charles de Bunsen, grandson of Benjamin and Georgina Waddington, married Mary Isabell Waddington, his second cousin, thus uniting the two branches of the Waddington family.