Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HERBERT family (earls of POWIS), diocese of Bangor and S. Asaph in the interest of a new see of Manchester. From a public testimonial of over £5,000 subscribed to acknowledge his services, the Powis Exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge were founded for Welsh students preparing for Holy Orders. He was created a Knight of the Garter in 1844. In 1828 he became a member of the Roxburghe club, its president in 1835, and in 1835 he
HOLLAND, ROBERT (1556/7 - 1622?), cleric, author, and translator Born at Conway (christened there 18 January 1556/7), third son of Hugh Gwyn Holland - see Holland families (1). He matriculated from Clare College, Cambridge, at Easter 1577, graduated from Magdalene in 1577/1578, and proceeded M.A. from Jesus in 1581. On 15 January 1580/1 he was ordained deacon (on a title from his father) at Bangor; he was priested at Ely in April 1580, and licensed curate of
HOOSON, JOHN (1883 - 1969), teacher, scholar College of North Wales, Bangor where he graduated with honours in Latin (1906) and French (1907). Later he obtained the M.A. degree of the University of Wales. He continued his studies at the Sorbonne and the University of Berlin and travelled widely on the continent. He spent the whole of his professional life teaching French, German and Italian - at Taunton School, Somerset for eight years and then at
HOWE, ELIZABETH ANNE (1959 - 2019), ecologist prize for physiology and she studied tortoises in Greece and France. Subsequently her PhD at Bangor University (1981-85) was on the physiology of the ocellated skink, a lizard found in Italy, Greece and Malta. At Bangor she met fellow PhD student Mike Howe, an entomologist. They married in 1989 and worked together on a Jersey Zoo project on Angonoka tortoises in Madagascar. After the birth of their
HUDSON-WILLIAMS, THOMAS (1873 - 1961), scholar and translator Born 4 February 1873, son of R. Williams, Caernarfon. He was educated at Friars School, Bangor, University College of North Wales, Bangor, and the University of Greifswald. In 1894 he took the degree of the University of London in Classics, French and Celtic, and the D. Lit., of the same university in 1911. He was appointed Assistant Lecturer in French and German at University College, Bangor, in
HUET, THOMAS (d. 1591), Biblical translator , Cardiganshire, 21 April 1560; the rectory of Disserth, 27 April 1560; the precentorship of S. Davids, and (30 April 1561) a canonry there; in 1565, the prebend of Ystrad, Cardiganshire, and the prebend of Llandegla, Radnorshire. He was unsuccessfully recommended for the bishopric of Bangor by Richard Davies and archbishop Parker in January 1566. He subscribed to the Thirty-nine Articles in 1562. He translated
HUGHES, ANNIE HARRIET (Gwyneth Vaughan; 1852 - 1910), writer Born at Bryn-y-felin, Talsarnau, Meironnydd, daughter of Bennet Jones, miller; educated at Llandecwyn school. In 1876 she married John Hughes Jones, a physician, of Clwt-y-Bont, Caern., but the surname Jones was dropped. She lived at one time or another in London, at Treherbert, and, until the death of her husband in 1902, at Clwt-y-bont. She then moved to Bangor and, in spite of her poverty
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician College of North Wales at Bangor in 1995. After 1979, his greatest service to Wales came in 1982 when he played a leading part in persuading William Whitelaw to change government policy and to allow a Welsh language television service. Following his resignation as leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, Lord Cledwyn attended the House regularly and spoke, in the main, on Welsh subjects. He
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, DAVID ROWLAND (Myfyr Eifion; 1874 - 1953), secretary of the National Eisteddfod Born 9 September 1874 at Maesglas, Holywell, Flintshire, son of the station-master William Hughes and Elizabeth his wife. He was educated at Porthmadog and Bangor elementary schools; Llandudno Collegiate School (1888-91); and the University of Wales colleges at Bangor (1891-92) and Aberystwyth, though he had to leave before completing his course to earn his living. He taught for a year at his old
HUGHES, DEWI ARWEL (1947 - 2017), Christian leader and theologian changed the direction of his life - he dedicated his life to Jesus Christ. His early education was at Cwm Tir Mynach Primary School and later Tŷ Tan Domen, the Boys' Grammar School in Bala. In 1964 he went to the University College of North Wales, Bangor to study Welsh. His first year at college was a time of deep doubt about his faith, and he went through a very dark period of depression and fear of
HUGHES, EDWARD DAVID (1906 - 1963), scientist and Professor of Chemistry in London University Born in Ynysgain Bach, a farm near Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, 18 June 1906, youngest son of the nine children of Huw and Ann Hughes, who came from Llandecwyn, Meironnydd. He was educated in Llanystumdwy primary school and Porthmadog grammar school. He was fortunate to have a notable science teacher in W.J. Hughes, and consequently secured a place for himself in the University College, Bangor

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