Augusta Waddington was born at Ty Uchaf, Llanofer, on the 21st of March 1802. Her parents were Benjamin Waddington and Georgina Mary Ann (née Port). Augusta was the youngest of six daughters, the others being Harriet, born and died 1790; Frances, 1791 - 1876; Mary Ann, died 'in infancy' 1793; Emilia, 1794 - 1819; and Matilda born and died 1797.

Benjamin Waddington, son of the Rev. Joshua Waddington and Ann Ferrand, was born in Walkeringham, Notts. in 1749 and died in Abercarn in 1828. His wife, Georgina Mary Ann Port, whom he married in 1789, was the daughter of John Port (formerly Sparrow) and Mary Dewes. Georgina Mary Ann was born in Ilam, Staffs. in 1771 and died in Llanofer in 1850.
Augusta's father had been a merchant, residing in America for some years, but in 1786 he gave up a flourishing business and later retired to the country.
The Waddingtons bought Ty Uchaf in 1792, which, according to Frances (later Baroness Bunsen),
'my father purchased, more from weariness of the long search after a dwelling, than from any temptation offered by Llanover, where an ill-built, incomplete and inelegant dwelling house, needed large additions to be built in order to become a possible place of abode;'

Augusta's mother, a grand daughter of Ann Granville, was brought up by Ann Granville's sister Mary, who married first Alexander Pendarves, and second Dr. Patrick Delany, Dean of Down. It is by the name Mrs. Delany she is best known. Her autobiography and correspondence were edited by Lady Llanofer in 1861-2

In 1823 Augusta Waddington married Benjamin Hall III of Abercarn, a joyous occasion since apart from the fact that two neighbouring estates were joined, it was 'a boy and girl romance', as Augusta was to say, many years later.

The Halls moved to Ty Uchaf, Llanofer, following the death of Mr. Waddington, Augusta's father, in 1828 Augusta needing to be with her mother to comfort her in her grief. Benjamin and Augusta shared a dream - to build a house which would become a centre for Welsh culture, a place where bards, musicians, historians and academics could come to study, exchange views, and enjoy the society of like minded people. This was achieved by 1837, and Llys Llanofer became renowned for its welcome to literary people, musicians, academics and historians.

Sadly, there is little left today of the magnificent mansion. It was pulled down in the 1930s, after the death of Lord Treowen, Lady Llanofer's grandson, all the contents having been auctioned at a sale held over several days in June 1934.