HUGHES, WILLIAM (1849 - 1920), cleric and author

Born 11 February 1849 at Bangor, son of David Hughes, master mariner, and Elizabeth his wife. Educated at S. David's College, Lampeter, he was curate of Glasinfryn 1872-5, chaplain of the Welsh church at Chester 1875-80, and vicar of Llanuwchllyn from 1880 till his death there on 29 March 1920; he married Mary Thomas, and had several children. He was a most diligent historical writer; of his numerous works the most important are his Life of Dean Cotton, 1874; Life and Letters of Thomas Charles of Bala, 1881, 1909; Life and Times of Bishop William Morgan, 1891; Recollections of Bangor Cathedral, 1904; History of the Church of the Cymry, 1894-1904; and the S.P.C.K. History of the Diocese of Bangor, 1911.

Author

• Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)

Sources

• H. B. Thomas, A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph (1874)
• information from his daughter, Mrs. Fynes-Clinton

Works

• William Hughes, A short memoir, with some writings, of the Rev. J. A. Jackson, B.A., Diocesan Inspector of Schools for the Diocese of St. Asaph (Rhyl 1877)

Additional Links

• VIAF: 73625712
• Wikidata: Q20734642

Published date: 1959

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