Robert Morton Nance (Mordon)

Robert Morton Nance was born in Cardiff of Cornish parents. He studied Art at Bushey, Herts under Sir Hubert von Herkomer, who designed the Welsh Gorsedd robes. He met Y Beili Glas at the Breton Gorseth in 1927 (see Henry Jenner) and was also involved in the first Cornish Gorseth in 1928, as was A.K. Hamilton Jenkin, then Secretary of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies.

Mordon is probably best remembered for his language work including the 1938 dictionaries.

In 1911 he was one of the founders of the Society for Nautical Research and was an authority on maritime art and history.