Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, EDWARD (Y Dryw; 1772 - 1850), eisteddfodic poet
HUGHES, EDWARD (1738 - 1815) - see HUGHES, HUGH ROBERT
HUGHES, EDWARD DAVID (1906 - 1963), scientist and Professor of Chemistry in London University
HUGHES, EDWARD ERNEST (1877 - 1953), first Professor of history at the University College, Swansea, and a notable intermediary between the university and the public
HUGHES, EZEKIEL (1766 - 1849), one of the early Welsh settlers in the far west of the U.S.A. Jones (1726 - 1795) of Llangadfan. In mid-July 1795, he, Edward Bebb, George Roberts, and others left Llanbryn-mair and walked to Carmarthen and thence to Bristol; on the 6 August they sailed in the ' Maria ' for Philadelphia where they arrived on the 25 October After spending the winter in the city he, Edward Bebb, and one other set off in the spring on the long trail to the river Ohio. In three
HUGHES, GAINOR (1745 - 1780), fasting woman , evidence provided by 'old men and women (around twenty-seven or twenty-eight of them) whose words I set down from their speech', says a 'Brief Memoir' ('Byr Gofiant') attributed to one Hugh Thomas. The memoir was preserved by Robert Edwards (Derfel Meirion) and copied by a nephew of his, Edward Edwards, in 1897. David Robert Daniel, who published the material in Cymru (1910), criticized the claim that it
HUGHES, GRIFFITH (fl. 1707-1750), cleric and naturalist Born in 1707 (christened 29 April) at Towyn, Meironnydd, son of Edward and Bridget Hughes; matriculated from S. John's College, Oxford, in May 1729, and was ordained deacon and priest (London) in 1732. In that year, he was recommended to the S.P.G. for the Anglican mission in Pennsylvania, and began his ministry at S. Davids, Radnor, Pa., from which he also itinerated. He reported to the society
HUGHES, GRIFFITH WILLIAM (1861 - 1941), accountant and musician Born 22 February 1861 at Cefn-mawr, Denbighshire, the son of Griffith and Ann Hughes. After attending the local elementary school and Ruabon grammar school he became a clerk in the office of the Wynnstay Colliery Company. In his youth he attended music classes conducted by J.O. Jones, Pen-y-cae, and Edward Hughes. In 1889 the Cefn-mawr choral society and a male-voice choir were formed and G. W
HUGHES, HUGH (Huw ap Huw, Y Bardd Coch o Fôn; 1693 - 1776), gentleman and poet Of Llwydiarth Esgob in the parish of Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, a corresponding member of the Cymmrodorion Society and a friend of the Morrises. According to J. E. Griffith he was the son of Hugh Hughes and Margaret, daughter of David ap William Parry of Beaumaris, tanner, born 1 August 1693. About 1719 he married Ann, daughter of Edward Jones of Rhydyrarian, and they had several children; she died
HUGHES, HUGH ROBERT (1827 - 1911) Kinmel, Dinorben,, genealogist Born 6 June 1827, son of Hugh Robert Hughes of Bache Hall, Cheshire, by his second wife, Anne, daughter of Thomas Lance of Wavertree Hall, Lancashire His grandfather, the Rev. EDWARD HUGHES, M.A. (1738 - 1815), was the first of the family to settle at Kinmel, an ancient seat of the Holland family (7), acquiring the estate through purchase at the end of the 18th century. He was the son of HUGH
HUGHES, JOHN (CEIRIOG) (Ceiriog; 1832 - 1887), poet 'John' and the 'Hughes.' Idris Fychan was a singer to the harp; he had been collecting melodies and penillion, like Edward Jones, Ifor Ceri, and others before him. It was from him that Ceiriog got that passion for collecting old tunes which was to last all his life. He also sought out the history of the tunes and of the harpists who played them, and collected nursery rhymes. It was his intention to
HUGHES, JOHN EDWARD (1879 - 1959), minister (Presb.) and author

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