A Welsh girl

Photographed by E.R. Gyde of Aberystwyth.

Born in or about 1843 at Painswick in Gloucestershire, Edward Richard Gyde was the son of farmer Samuel Gyde. He began his working life as a commercial traveller, but by 1871 he had established a studio in Gloucester. In 1873 he married Elizabeth Poole and moved to Aberysthwyth. A trade directory of 1875 lists him at 28 Pier Street in Aberystwyth.

He died on 18 May 1919 at Bryn Rheidol, Prenparke Road, Aberystwyth, leaving an estate valued at £3483.