. ▁Its ▁al umn i ▁include ▁polit icians , ▁b ish ops , ▁writers , ▁activ ists , ▁and ▁academ ics . ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 2 ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Burg ess , ▁Bishop ▁of ▁St ▁David s , ▁and ▁given ▁its ▁royal ▁char ter ▁by ▁George ▁IV ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 . ▁The ▁college ▁was ▁originally ▁intended ▁for ▁the ▁teaching ▁of ▁Wel sh ▁male ▁cler gy , ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁report ▁estim ating ▁that ▁ 6 6 % ▁of ▁Wel sh ▁cler gy ▁had ▁received ▁some ▁amount ▁of ▁training ▁in ▁L amp eter . ▁It ▁later ▁began ▁teaching ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁subjects . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁cler gy , ▁the ▁college ' s ▁al umn i ▁include ▁seven ▁Arch de a cons ▁( Ge orge ▁Austin , ▁Carl ▁Cooper , ▁O wen ▁Evans , ▁Jud y ▁French , ▁John ▁Griff ith s , ▁John ▁Hol lim an ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁Thomas ), ▁several ▁b ish ops , ▁and ▁one ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁Wales ▁( Al w yn ▁R ice ▁Jones ). ▁The ▁list ▁of ▁educ ators ▁includes ▁a ▁President ▁of ▁Washington ▁& ▁Jefferson ▁College ▁( John ▁C . ▁Kn app ) ▁and ▁a ▁Vice - Ch an cell or ▁of ▁Edge ▁Hill ▁University ▁( John ▁C ater ). ▁Academ ics ▁who ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁college ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁teach ▁at ▁University ▁College ▁C ork ▁( G raham ▁Allen ), ▁Oxford ▁Brook es ▁University ▁( Will iam ▁Gib son ), ▁Wu han ▁University