Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, JOHN JAMES (Alfardd; 1842 - 1875), journalist
HUGHES, JOHN (1615 - 1686), Jesuit
HUGHES, JOHN RICHARD (1828 - 1893), Calvinistic Methodist minister and celebrated evangelist Born at Tredegar, 1828, and brought up at Aber-carn, Monmouthshire, son of Nathan Hughes. On his father's side he was descended from [ Evan Hughes, printer,] one of the 'Family' which Howel Harris gathered round himself at Trevecka [see Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, ix, 40-1], and he had inherited to a considerable extent the devotional and missionary zeal of his line
HUGHES, JOHN WILLIAM (Edeyrn ap Nudd, Edeyrn o Fôn; 1817 - 1849), a literary tramp
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

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