Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, ARTHUR (1878 - 1965), writer Born 2 January 1878 at Bryn Melyn near Harlech, Meironnydd, the son of John Hughes Jones, a physician, of Clwt-y-Bont, Caernarfonshire (who dropped the surname Jones) and his wife, Annie Harriet (née Jones; Gwyneth Vaughan, novelist. He became a ' Welsh scholar ' at St. David's College, Lampeter, where he graduated. He edited two anthologies of poetry which in their day were extremely useful to
HUGHES, ARWEL (1909 - 1988), musician popular orchestral piece. He composed two notable choral works to libretti by his BBC colleague Aneirin Talfan Davies (1909-1980), namely Dewi Sant for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and Pantycelyn, which was performed at the National Eisteddfod in Swansea in 1964. He also composed two operas which were performed by the Welsh National Opera: Menna (1954), to a libretto by Llewelyn Wyn Griffith, which
HUGHES, DAVID ROWLAND (Myfyr Eifion; 1874 - 1953), secretary of the National Eisteddfod '. After returning to Wales he was elected treasurer (1941) and president (1944-45) of Undeb Cymru Fydd. He was one of the pioneers and a founding member both of the Caernarfonshire and of the Denbighshire Historical Societies (1925-50). His main contribution was as secretary of the National Eisteddfod Association in 1935-36, and as joint secretary (1937-47) with Cynan (Sir Cynan Albert Evans Jones
HUGHES, DEWI ARWEL (1947 - 2017), Christian leader and theologian Dewi Arwel Hughes was born on 1 January 1947 at Bugeilfod, Llangwm, Denbighshire, the youngest of four children of Gruffudd Evans Hughes (1912-1975), agricultural merchant, and his wife Annie (née Edwards, 1908-1957), a seamstress. He had three sisters, Elen Haf, Lona Wyn and Gwenan Arwel. A year after his birth the family moved to Garth Isa, Frongoch, near Bala. His mother died in 1957, when
HUGHES, EDWARD (Y Dryw; 1772 - 1850), eisteddfodic poet Wyn o Eifion). Hughes was elected official 'bard' to the Society of Gwyneddigion, 1820-1, and won the prize offered by the Society of Cymmrodorion, 1822, for his cywydd ' Hu Gadarn.' In the Denbigh eisteddfod of 1828 he was again successful with his ' Ymdrech Buddug yn erbyn y Rhufeiniaid ' and also with his awdl ' Amaethyddiaeth ' - Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), John Blackwell (Alun), and
HUGHES, EDWARD ERNEST (1877 - 1953), first Professor of history at the University College, Swansea, and a notable intermediary between the university and the public Association, fostering connections between the teaching of history in schools and in his college. Although he was not able to write much himself, he constantly urged others to do so. He collected material for the magazine Y Beirniad for Sir John Morris-Jones and supervised its finances. When a studio was opened in Swansea by the B.B.C. he broadcast in English to the schools of Wales, and when the ' Welsh
HUGHES, EVAN (d. 1800), cleric and author of the circulating schools begun by Griffith Jones, Llandowror, and wrote to Madam Bevan in 1773 to bear testimony to their success and to ask that the school at Llanfihangel-y-pennant be continued for a further period. His replies to the queries at a bishop's visitation in 1776 were very satisfactory - he normally had seventy communicants each month at Llanfihangel and nearly 200 at Easter. He was
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, GARFIELD HOPKIN (1912 - 1969), university lecturer and Welsh scholar Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales, the committee of the Bibliographical Society of Wales, the Methodist Praise Committee, and of the Methodist History Society. In 1952 he married Kathleen Jones, and they had one daughter. He died in Brompton Hospital, London, 16 September 1969, and was buried in Aberystwyth cemetery. The field of study which first attracted him was the scholarship and
HUGHES, GRIFFITH (1775 - 1839), Congregational minister Born at Pen-y-waun, Cwmifor, parish of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. He was apprenticed as a cooper with Evan Rhydderch, Llansadwrn, father of Nani Jones, Crug-y-bar, a well-known religious character in that neighbourhood. His master and mother were members at Crug-y-bar where also he was received into church membership. He soon became very prominent because of his gift of prayer which was
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 (Tegai; 1805 - 1864), Independent minister and man of letters a call to be minister of Rhos-lan and later officiated as a minister at Manchester and at Chwilog. At the end of his term at Chwilog he set up his own printing press at Pwllheli where a penny newspaper, Yr Arweinydd, and several of his literary works were printed and published. In 1859, he became minister of Bethel, Aberdare [for which see under William Jones, 1814? - 1895 ] where he spent the

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