Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, JOHN (Glanystwyth; 1842 - 1902), Wesleyan minister February 1902. He married Emily, daughter of the Rev. Henry Wilcox; Henry Maldwyn Hughes was their son. He edited Y Winllan, 1874-7; Y Gwyliedydd, 1890-2; and Yr Eurgrawn, 1897-1902. He also edited the new hymn book, 1900. He was the author of Arwrgerdd John Penri, Oesau Boreu y Byd, Bywyd Crist, Delw y Nefol (sermons), Esponiad ar y Colosiaid, and Cofiant Isaac Jones. He was the initiator of the
HUGHES, JOHN EDWARD (1879 - 1959), minister (Presb.) and author 1899, and was ordained in 1907. He was minister at Engedi, Ffestiniog (1906-12), and at Horeb, Brynsiencyn and Preswylfa, Llanddaniel, Anglesey (1913). He married (1), 1907, Ada Davies, Aberystwyth, who died within a few years; (2), 1920, Mary Jones of Porth Amlwch; there was one son of the first marriage, and three sons of the second marriage. He died 10 April 1959 at Anfield Hospital, Liverpool
HUGHES, JOHN GRUFFYDD MOELWYN (1866 - 1944), Calvinistic Methodist minister ', and 'Fy Nhad o'r Nef, O! gwrando 'nghri', were first published. In addition to the poems he published Yr Athro o Ddifrif, 1903, Cofiant a Phregethau'r Parch. Griffith Davies, Aberteifi (jointly with Dr. J. Cynddylan Jones), Llewyrch y Cwmwl, Anfarwoldeb yr Enaid, A New Method for the study of the German Language, Pedair Cymwynas Pantycelyn, 1922; Mr. Saunders Lewis a Williams Pantycelyn, 1928
HUGHES, JOHN HENRY (Ieuan o Leyn; 1814 - 1893), Congregational minister and poet Born at Tyn-y-pwll, Llaniestyn, Caernarfonshire, 11 October 1814. Having been educated at Botwnnog school, he was for a time assistant to Arthur Jones (1776 - 1860), who kept a school at Bangor. He then went to the denominational college at Brecon, and was ordained at Llangollen in 1843. In 1847 he became minister of the Congregational church at Demerara, British Guiana, but had to return owing
HUGHES, JOHN JAMES (Alfardd; 1842 - 1875), journalist contemporaries as a man of unusual ability and energy. There is a biography, by Owen Jones.
HUGHES, JONATHAN (1721 - 1805), poet Cain Jones, Philomath, and others from 1755 to the end of the century. He also composed in the traditional strict metres; he wrote an elegy on Richard Morris, in the form of an awdl, in 1780. An interlude by him, Y Dywysoges Genefetha, was published in 1744, and a volume of his poetry, called Bardd a Byrddau, appeared in 1778. As an enthusiastic supporter of eisteddfodau in the 18th century, we find
HUGHES, LOT (1787 - 1873), Wesleyan minister and historian ), Beaumaris (1837), Dolgelley (1839), Machynlleth (1841), Brecon (1843), Swansea (1846), and Liverpool (1849). He married (1) 1816, Jennett Jones of Brecon (died 1856) and (2) 1857, Mrs. Elizabeth Evans (died 1872). He was superannuated in 1850 and died at Chester, 13 July 1873. His biographer states that he was 'an experiential, pleasant, and very successful preacher…' He could remember the early days of
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 (d. 1708), attorney Bulkeley daughters with young John Griffith of Cefn Amwlch. In the same year he was high sheriff of Anglesey and the hero of a cywydd panegyric by Edward Morris; the bard's praise is indeed extravagant, but nearer to the truth than the irresponsible stories told by Angharad Llwyd. The peace with the Bulkeleys was not long kept; Hughes became mayor of Newborough, gathered a clique of the burgesses around
HUGHES, PRYCE (c. 1687 - 1715), American colony planner Archives in Columbia, South Carolina, reflect the bond between Pryce Hughes and Nairne, who had notified Pryce of his brother's death. They also provide details of their vision. A letter to his brother-in-law, Richard Jones of Oerffrwd, reflected his strategy. Hughes believed the Welsh would make perfect colonists because of their 'frugal, down right honest, generous & loyal temper'. Jones was to ensure
HUGHES, RICHARD (1794 - 1871), printer and publisher continued to work it under the name of Hughes and Phillips. He married Anne Jones (1797 - 1827). In 1820 he opened a paper-store in Bank Street, Wrexham; by 1823 he had established a bookshop and printing-press at 1 and 2, Church Street, Wrexham. Appointed the first registrar of marriages for the division in 1837, he became the town postmaster three years later. In 1848 his son Charles joined him, and
HUGHES, RICHARD SAMUEL (1888 - 1952), minister (Presb.), and college tutor of students in his care in Clwyd College. In 1919 he married Jane Morris Jones, daughter of William Morris Jones (sometime chairman of Caernarfon county council); they had a son and daughter. He died 16 April 1952. He was considered to be a preacher of substance, of a prophetic nature. His particular interests lay in scriptural criticism and theological topics. His textbook on the Gospel according

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