Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HERBERT, EDWARD (1583 - 1648), 1st baron Herbert of Cherbury between Renaissance thought and that of the modern age, and his writings on religion point the way to deism and to the liberal theology of a later period. His Life informs us that he could speak Welsh.
HEYCOCK, LLEWELLYN (LORD HEYCOCK OF TAIBACH), (1905 - 1990), prominent leader in local government in Glamorganshire when he received an honorary Doctorate in Law. He was the most important architect in the battle to uphold the unity and continuance of the University of Wales in the crisis of 1964. His ambition by the 1950s was to follow W. G. Cove as the Labour MP for Aberavon. He was already on the Parliamentary Panel of the NUR, and when the opportunity came in 1957 he won 39 nominations compared with 3 for the
HOLLAND, SAMUEL (1803 - 1892), a pioneer of the North Wales slate industry and chief promoter of the establishment of Dr. Williams's school for girls at Dolgelley School, Dolgelley. Holland represented Merioneth in Parliament (as a Liberal) from 1870 to 1885. He lived for years at Plas Penrhyn, near Penrhyndeudraeth and, for some years before his death, at Caer-deon, between Barmouth and Dolgelley. He died 27 December 1892; his widow Caroline Jane (née Burt) died in 1924.
HOOSON, HUGH EMLYN (1925 - 2012), Liberal politician and public figure Sessions, 1960-67, and then its Chairman, 1967-72. He was appointed Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil early in 1971 and Recorder of Swansea in July of the same year. He was elected Leader of the Wales and Chester Circuit, 1971-74. Hooson was elected Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire at a keenly contested by-election in May 1962 caused by the death of the former party leader Clement Edward Davies. His initial
HOOSON, TOM ELLIS (1933 - 1985), Conservative politician He was born on 16 March 1933, the son of David Maelor Hooson, a farmer, and his wife, Ursula Ellis Hooson. He was a cousin to Emlyn Hooson (born 1925), the former Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire, 1962-79, and a grand-nephew to Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-1899), the Liberal MP for Merionethshire, 1886-99, and to the Welsh poet I. D. Hooson (1880-1948). He was educated at Rhyl Grammar School and
HOWELLS, GEORGE (1871 - 1955), principal of Serampore College, India for a quarter of a century. He reestablished the college on the liberal foundations of William Carey, and preserved his highest ideals. From 1913 to 1929 he was a Fellow and examiner of the University of Calcutta, and in 1918 he was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council. He returned in 1932, and was lecturer in Hebrew at Rawdon Baptist College until his retirement in 1935. He died 7 November
HOWELLS, GERAINT WYN (Baron Geraint), (1925 - 2004), farmer and politician Society's annual show at Builth on 22 July 1983. At a relatively young age, Howells entered politics as an independent councillor on Cardiganshire County Council in 1962. He stood as the Liberal candidate for Brecon and Radnor at the 1970 general election, but came a poor third, after the Labour and Conservative candidates. He was nominated the Liberal candidate for Cardiganshire at the February 1974
HUGHES GRIFFITHS, ANNIE JANE (1873 - 1942), peace campaigner house for her brothers John and Walter, who were students there; she obviously enjoyed the Welsh life of the capital, although she divided her time between London and Aberystwyth, as she would for the rest of her life. It was through her brother John that she met Thomas Edward Ellis, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Meirionethshire; they corresponded from 1897 until they married in 1898. His
HUGHES, CHARLES (1823 - 1886), publisher and county magistrate, moderator of his presbytery, president of the Wrexham Liberal association, and prominent in several other associations and companies. He married Catherine Lewis (1830 - 1867) [see Lewis, Sir J. H. ], of Penucha, Caerwys. His fine business acumen enabled him to enlarge the publishing business of Hughes & Son which his father had founded in 1820. He died at his home, Brynhyfryd
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician , Aberystwyth, where he graduated in 1937 with a degree in law. Harri Hughes was a fervent supporter of David Lloyd George and of his daughter, Megan Lloyd George, the Liberal member for Anglesey from 1929. At university, Cledwyn Hughes followed his family's Liberal tradition and he was elected chairman of the Liberal Society. On leaving Aberystwyth, Hughes returned to Holyhead where he worked to obtain
HUGHES, HUGH (1790 - 1863), artist and author others) a petition in favour of Catholic emancipation. John Elias ordered Jewin Calvinistic Methodist church to excommunicate the petitioners who were among its members, and the expulsion was confirmed by the two Calvinistic Methodist associations. Hughes was already a Liberal, but he now became an out-and-out Radical. He joined the Independents (later on he became a Plymouth Brother), and published in
HUGHES, JOHN JAMES (Alfardd; 1842 - 1875), journalist Herald Cymraeg at Caernarvon, where he soon won a reputation as a trenchant writer on the Liberal side. He took a prominent part in the campaign for the appointment of county court judges with a knowledge of Welsh, and worked for the reform of the national eisteddfod and the 'Gorsedd.' He died 8 January 1875, and was buried in Glanadda cemetery, Bangor. Short as his career was, he impressed his

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