*All persons carrying the surname Landeg today descend from either:
a)Lieutenant Colonel John Landeg of Llangyfelach [1742-1808] or
b)Rees Landeg who married Elizabeth Robert in 1793 at Llantwit-juxta-Neath.*The earliest Landeg found in a contemporary record is a John Landeg in 1484.
*The first bank located in Swansea was owned by Roger Landeg [1739-1804].
*There is a Landeg Street near Swansea.
*Lt.Colonel John Landeg was an original subscriber to Theophilous Jones's 'History of Brecknockshire' published in 1805.
*Amongst Landeg ancestors was David, Abbot of Margam [fl.c1517]. The Abbot was dismissed for having a concubine plus several children!
*The family is descended from the last Prince of Brycheiniog [Bleddyn ap Maenarch, d.1093].
*Roger Landeg died in Cardiff Gaol in 1731 whilst awaiting trial on a charge of murder.
*Many of the Bowens of Courthouse in Gower are descended from the Landeg family also.
*The genteel 'Bathing House',built in the late C18th, on the site of West Glamorgan County Hall, Swansea was managed by Mrs.Mary Landeg- wife of Edward Landeg [younger brother of Lt.Colonel John Landeg].
*Through the marriage of Mary Thomas to Squire John Landeg in 1737 all descendants of the Bettws, Aberdare and London branches of the Landeg family are also descended from the Evans family of the Gnoll in Neath. This ancestral line links back to several Welsh princes as well as a number of Norman knights.
*Thomas Pardoe, painter of Swansea porcelain, married a daughter of Roger Landeg, Banker of Swansea [d.1804].
*The surname Landeg is descriptive in origin. It basically means handsome or good-looking.
*The surname has,in the past, had several variations e.g. Llandegg, Landegg, Landeck, Landecke, Landigg etc..
