Remarkable Residents of Portland House: Part 2

The 18th March was the last talk of the 2024/2025 season and the speaker was me! This was the second of my talks about the people who have lived in Portland House.

Last season I spoke of Bensha and his daughters: 

• The first owner Benjamin Evans, who was thrown off his farm tenancy for following his political beliefs

• The scandal surrounding the move of the post office from Aberaeron House

• His daughter, Margaret’s fascinating career as a University Matron and house keeper for Lady Llanover

• The mysterious circumstances surrounding the ‘death’ of her sea captain husband and that of her sister Jane’s.

  
  

  

  This time, I introduced more of Bensha's descendants, the Howells:

• Anne, the runaway bride

• John, JM Howell, a man who did so much in every walk of Aberaeron’s life

• Fred, a multiple bigamist with wives in Llangrannog, London and Australia.

You can read more about them and other remarkable residents of Portland House in articles on the Heritage page of this website : 

-Portland People

-Portland House Captains

-The barque Glenara

-The Aberaeron Post Office Scandal of 1874.