Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, HUGH JOHN (1912 - 1978), schoolteacher, author, editor and reviewer that capacity he was always thorough and completely fair; …the purity and consistent standard of his work set an example to all of us who write in Welsh…his best was best indeed'. Among his last contributions was a warm portrait of Morris Jones ('Morus Cyfannedd'; 1895-1982), the country poet from Arthog, published in Barddas, 20 (June, 1978), 1-2. He served as chairman of a sub-committee responsible
HUGHES, HUGH PRICE (1847 - 1902), Wesleyan Methodist minister Born 8 February 1847, son of John Hughes, surgeon, Carmarthen, and Anne his wife (grand-daughter of Samuel Levi Phillips). On his mother's side he was related to David Charles I and II. Educated at schools at Carmarthen and Swansea, he went to Richmond College, London, and graduated B.A. in 1869 in the University of London, taking his M.A. in 1884. His first charge was at Dover, and after
HUGHES, JAMES (Iago Trichrug; 1779 - 1844), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Bible commentator Blessings' and also in the controversy [see Hugh Hughes, 1790 - 1863 ] with regard to the emancipation of the Catholics. He died at his home at Rotherhithe 2 November 1844 and was buried in Bunhill Fields. He was a frequent contributor to the Welsh periodicals and became known in bardic circles by the name Iago Trichrug. His hymns alone have lived, many of them being sung to this day in Wales. His 'magnum
HUGHES, JANE (Deborah Maldwyn; 1811 - 1878), hymnist According to the copy of John Hughes's register of baptisms of Capel Uchaf Pontrobert (in the D. Teifigar Davies collection of MSS in N.L.W.) it appears that Jane Hughes was the third child (and third daughter) of John Hughes (1775 - 1854), Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Pontrobert, Montgomeryshire, and Ruth (Evans) his wife, and that she was born 25 June and baptised 2 July 1811 by Evan
HUGHES, JOHN (1776 - 1843), Wesleyan minister, and antiquary rest of his life. He retired in 1832, and died at Knutsford, 15 May 1843. Hughes was a diligent provider of reading-matter, original and translated, for the newly-formed Welsh Wesleyan connexion. Besides pamphlets, sermons, and commentaries (lists in Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru, i, 557-8, and Cardiff Catalogue), he compiled a Welsh hymn-book, Diferion y Cysegr (Chester, 1802); his own
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
HUGHES, JOHN (Glanystwyth; 1842 - 1902), Wesleyan minister February 1902. He married Emily, daughter of the Rev. Henry Wilcox; Henry Maldwyn Hughes was their son. He edited Y Winllan, 1874-7; Y Gwyliedydd, 1890-2; and Yr Eurgrawn, 1897-1902. He also edited the new hymn book, 1900. He was the author of Arwrgerdd John Penri, Oesau Boreu y Byd, Bywyd Crist, Delw y Nefol (sermons), Esponiad ar y Colosiaid, and Cofiant Isaac Jones. He was the initiator of the
HUGHES, JOHN (1896 - 1968), musician Born 16 November 1896, in 6 Broad Street, Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, one of the 9 children of William Hughes and Catherine, his wife. He was educated in Grango School, Rhosllannerchrugog and then spent 8 years at Hafod colliery, near his home. He was deeply attached to music at an early age; he conducted local choirs, and studied harmony and counterpoint with Dr. J.C. Bridge, organist at
HUGHES, JOHN EDWARD (1879 - 1959), minister (Presb.) and author Born 8 June 1879 at Y Gronglwyd, Cerrigydrudion, Denbighshire, son of John and Jane Hughes. He was educated in the village school, Bala grammar school, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (where he graduated B.A.), and Bala Theological College (where he graduated in theology). His co-digger at Aberystwyth was his second cousin, R.T. Jenkins, later his brother-in-law. He began to preach in
HUGHES, JOHN JAMES (Alfardd; 1842 - 1875), journalist Herald Cymraeg at Caernarvon, where he soon won a reputation as a trenchant writer on the Liberal side. He took a prominent part in the campaign for the appointment of county court judges with a knowledge of Welsh, and worked for the reform of the national eisteddfod and the 'Gorsedd.' He died 8 January 1875, and was buried in Glanadda cemetery, Bangor. Short as his career was, he impressed his
HUGHES, JOHN WILLIAMS (1888 - 1979), Baptist minister and college principal . Between December 1974 and January 1977 Seren Cymru published his own memoirs as a weekly series; and in 1978, when he was already ninety years old, these were collected and published by the Gomerian Press, Llandysul, as Troeon yr Yrfa. He died suddenly on 2 October 1979 while visiting his son, Edward, in Cornwall. He was cremated in Truro.
HUGHES, JOSEPH (Carn Ingli; 1803 - 1863), cleric and eisteddfodic poet appointed first incumbent of the new church at Lockwood, Almondbury, Yorkshire, where on 30 August 1837 he married Catherine Laycock of Armitage Bridge. He went to Liverpool as curate but, to the disappointment of the Welsh residents of the city, left at the end of a year. He turned his face once more to Yorkshire and accepted the perpetual curacy of Meltham, where he stayed until his death, 8 November

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