Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, ARTHUR (1878 - 1965), writer a home for a long period at the home of Barbara Llwyd (Mrs. J.O. Evans) and maintained his own 'batch', i.e. a bachelor's cottage, until his marriage, 10 January 1918, to a widow, Mrs. H.M. Durrouzet, daughter of Erw Fair farm, and grand-daughter of W.E. Williams, founder of the district of Treorci in Chubut. They had 3 daughters, two of them good poets, one of whom, Irma, became a chaired bard of
HUGHES, CHARLES (1823 - 1886), publisher Born 3 March 1823, the son of Richard Hughes (1794 - 1871), Wrexham and his wife, Anne. He was educated at Fairfield (Moravian) and Bridgnorth grammar schools. He served four years as publisher's apprentice with Simpkin & Marshall, London (1844-8), and returned to his father's publishing house in Church Street, Wrexham. He attended the Frankfurt-on-Main Peace Conference in 1848. He was borough
HUGHES, DAVID (d. 1609), founder of Beaumaris grammar school Born in the parish of Llantrisant, Anglesey, he may have been the David Hughes of county Caernarvon, born 1561, who entered Gray's Inn from Magdalen College, Oxford, 28 January 1583 (Foster, Alumni. Oxon.; Gray's Inn Admission Register, 28 January 1582-3), but another account of him, claiming to be based on sources not now available, suggests that he was born about 1536 and received no university
HUGHES, DAVID (1813 - 1872), Independent minister, and author , and was there till 1845; for a period ending in 1846 he was also pastor at S. Asaph. He took over the church at Great Jackson Street, Manchester, from July 1846 till May 1847, when he removed to Bangor to keep school, preaching occasionally on Sundays - at this period, he wrote much in the press. He resumed the pastoral care, in November 1855, at Saron, Tredegar, Monmouth, where he died 3 June 1872
HUGHES, HENRY (1841 - 1924), Calvinistic Methodist minister and historian Calfinaidd yn Nosbarth Eifionydd (Caernarvon, 1886); (2) Amddiffyniad i'r Methodistiaid Cymreig - a translation of T. Charles's Vindication (Caernarvon, 1894); (3) Robert Dafydd, Brynengan (Caernarvon, 1895); (4) Trefecca, Llangeitho, a'r Bala (Caernarvon, 1896); (5) Owen Owens, Cors-y-Wlad (Dolgelley, 1898); (6) Hanes Diwygiadau Crefyddol Cymru (Caernarvon, 1906); (7) Adgofion amy diweddar Barch. John
HUGHES, HUGH (BRYTHON) (1848 - 1913), school-teacher and author appointed to the staff of Cwmpadarn council school but failing health forced him to relinquish the post after a year's service. He died 24 July 1913, and was buried in Aberystwyth cemetery.
HUGHES, HUGH JOHN (1828? - 1872), author and musician ) Y Drysorfa Gerddol (Rome, N.Y., 1856-7), (3) Y Gronfa Gerddorol … (New York, 1868?), (4) Traethawd ar Gerddoriaeth Gyssegredig … (Rome, N.Y.), (5) Yr Awen Gymraeg: Pigion o Farddoniaeth Prif Feirdd Gwalia … (New York, 1871), (6) Llyfr Hymnau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd … (New York, 1871). He died on. 1 January 1872 at Hyde Park, Pa.
HUGHES, HYWEL STANFORD (1886 - 1970), cattle breeder, benefactor and Welsh nationalist Born 24 April 1886, at Mold, Flintshire, youngest child and only son of Owen Hughes, minister (Meth.), and his wife, Elizabeth. His sisters were leading members of the suffragette movement, particularly Vyrnwy, who achieved prominence as a journalist and Daily Mail columnist under the pseudonym Anne Temple. Both she and her sisters, Morfudd and Blodwen, became friends of Mrs. Pankhurst. One of
HUGHES, ISAAC (Craigfryn; 1852 - 1928), novelist contributions have been incorporated in Sir John Rhys's Celtic Folklore. He worked as a collier in the Deep Navigation Pit, Treharris, but for the last eighteen years of his life he had been afflicted with blindness. He was for many years local secretary of the South Wales Miners Federation and secretary of the Workers' Library, Treharris. Craigfryn, who was survived by three daughters and two sons, died 3
HUGHES, JAMES (Iago Trichrug; 1779 - 1844), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Bible commentator Born 3 July 1779, at Neuadd-ddu, Ciliau Aeron, Cardiganshire, son of Jenkin and Ellen Hughes. He received a little elementary education in the local school and was then apprenticed to a blacksmith. In 1797, after listening to the Rev. David Parry of Llanwrtyd, he was converted and joined the Methodists at Llangeitho. In 1799 he went to London and settled as a blacksmith at Deptford, where he took
HUGHES, JOHN (1775 - 1854), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and hymn-writer still held in high esteem. In 1836 and 1838 he published four volumes of sermons. One of his boyhood companions was John Davies the missionary (1772 - 1855), this fact led him to publish Hanes Mordaith John Davies, 1827, and to edit Trefn Eglwysig Ynysoedd Mory Dehau (n.d.) - a series of letters addressed to him by his friend. He died 3 August 1854 and was buried at Pontrobert. His daughter, Jane
HUGHES, JOHN (1796 - 1860), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author that city. He died at Abergele, 8 August 1860. He wrote several books; the most important is his history, Methodistiaeth Cymru (3 vols., 1851-6), a remarkable work for the time at which it was written, and indispensable even today in spite of its shortcomings. John Hughes, indeed, was a more important man than has yet been fully realized. For various reasons, the Methodism of his family was of a more

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