Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, JOHN WILLIAMS (1888 - 1979), Baptist minister and college principal John Williams Hughes was born on 6 January 1888 in Brynhyfryd, Swansea. He was the son of Jeremiah Lot Hughes, deacon, treasurer and corresponding secretary of Dinas Noddfa, Glandwr, a Welsh Baptist church on the edge of the town. His mother was one of the four daughters of the Reverend John Williams, 'Ioan ap Ioan', 1800-1871) well known minister of Aberduar Baptist church, Llanybydder. He was
HUGHES, JONATHAN (1721 - 1805), poet Beirdd Collen in 1806. The contents of the volume were for the most part his own compositions. He, in turn, had a son called Jonathan Hughes (1797 - 1860?), who was one of the poets present at an eisteddfod held at Llangollen in 1833.
HUGHES, JOSEPH (Carn Ingli; 1803 - 1863), cleric and eisteddfodic poet Born on Palm Sunday 1803 at Parcau, Newport, Pembrokeshire, son of David and Hannah Hughes. He was educated at the Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Ystrad Meurig (1824) grammar schools and at S. David's College, Lampeter (1827). He was ordained deacon by the bishop of S. Davids, 1828, and priest, 1829. The only curacy he held in Wales was that of Llanfihangel Penbedw, Pembrokeshire. He was then
HUGHES, JOSEPH TUDOR (Blegwryd; 1827 - 1841), boy harpist all manner of audiences by his skill as a performer on the harp and concertina. He accompanied his father and brothers on a concert tour in various parts of the United States in 1840, performing in the White House (Washington), and in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, etc. He died by drowning in the river Hudson, 12 May 1841. His brother, David Edward Hughes, is separately noticed.
HUGHES, JOSHUA (1807 - 1889), bishop Born 7 October 1807, at New Mill ('Melin Llwyngwair'), Nevern, Pembrokeshire, son of Caleb and Margaret Hughes. Educated at Ystrad Meurig and S. David's College, Lampeter, he graduated B.D. (Lampeter) in 1868, received the Lambeth D.D. 1870, was ordained deacon 1830, and priest 1831; two brothers of his were clergymen - John Hughes, vicar of Tregaron (died 1870), and Jacob Hughes, vicar of
HUGHES, JOSHUA PRITCHARD (1847 - 1938), bishop - see HUGHES, JOSHUA
HUGHES, LOT (1787 - 1873), Wesleyan minister and historian
HUGHES, MARY ANNE - see LEWIS
HUGHES, MEGAN WATTS (1842 - 1907), vocalist the Gwent and Morgannwg musical festival of 1863, she was able to receive lessons from Miss Sarah Ada Gedrych, Cardiff, and Mills, the organist at Llandaff cathedral. In 1864 she went to the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she studied under Garcia. Owing to ill-health, however, she was not able to complete the course. In 1871 she married a London bank-official named Lloyd Hughes. Mrs. Watts
HUGHES, MICHAEL (1752 - 1825), industrialist of Sherdley House (or Hall) in the township of Sutton, Prescot, Lancashire; born 13 May 1752, the youngest of the three sons of Hugh Hughes (1706 - 1774), Lleiniog, near Beaumaris, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Rowland Jones, Carreg y farian, Anglesey - Michael Hughes was therefore a brother of Edward Hughes, cleric, who became prosperous as the result of his becoming the owner (through his
HUGHES, OWEN (Glasgoed; 1879 - 1947), railway official, businessman and poet Born at Glasgoed, Cwm Prysor, Merionethshire, one of the ten children of William and Mary Hughes. After a little education at Ty Nant and Upper Maentwrog school, he had to start working at the age of nine. In 1900, he moved to the Rhondda where he worked in the coalmines for 6 years. There, he came under the influence of the 1904-05 Revival as can be seen from his hymns. He returned to his
HUGHES, OWEN (d. 1708), attorney son of Thomas Hughes of Porthllongdy by a daughter of Maesoglan; his wife was Margaret, daughter of squire Evan Wynn of Penllech in Llŷn (they were married in 1661). For years there were excellent relations between him and the Bulkeley family of Baron Hill; he held a lease on the Abermenai ferry, with their blessing; and it was he in 1683 that drew up the marriage settlement of one of the

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