HUGHES, ROWLAND (1811 - 1861), Wesleyan minister

Born 6 March 1811 at Bala and brought up at Dolgelley. After a little elementary education he was apprenticed to a tailor but in 1830 was appointed a paid preacher at Merthyr Tydfil. In due course he was ordained and served as a minister in the following circuits: Caernarvon (1832), Beaumaris (1834), Liverpool (1836), Holywell (1838), Llanasa (1840), Liverpool (1843), Bangor (1846), Merthyr Tydfil (1849), Crickhowell (1852), Manchester (1854), Liverpool (1857), and Denbigh (1860). He married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. David Evans ' the first.' He died at Denbigh, Christmas Day 1861. In his day he was one of the outstanding preachers of Wales. He published a revised translation of John Wesley's commentary on the New Testament, a translation of a sermon by Thomas Jackson (Trefnyddiaeth Wesleyaidd) and of a book by R. Young (Cyfarchiad Caredig i rai newydd ddychwelyd, 1849). He also wrote Diffyniad Wesleyaeth, 1853, as a counterblast to the ' Wesleyan Reformers ' who were troubling the South Wales circuits. In addition, he was one of the editors of Casgliad o Hymnau, 1845.

Author

• Reverend Griffith Thomas Roberts, (1887 - 1977)

Sources

• Griffith Jones, Byr-gofiant a galareb am y diweddar Barch. Rowland Hughes, gweinidog yr efengyl yn nghyfundeb y trefnyddion Wesleyaidd (Bangor 1862), 1862
• Rowland Hughes, Pregethau, darlithiau, a thraethodau wedi ei olygu, ynghyda darlith ar ei fywyd a'i athrylith (Caernarfon 1877) (ed. J. H. Evans)
• J. Jones, Y Bywgraffydd Wesleyaidd yn cynwys bras-hanes am un a thriugain o weinidogion Wesleyaidd Cymreig yn nghyda 35 o weinidogion a gwyr lleyg Saesonig (Machynlleth 1866), 125-9
• Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd, 1863, 133-8, 177-9, 221-5, 265-8, 309-16

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20734378

Published date: 1959

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