Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HOWELL, JOHN HENRY (1869 - 1944), pioneer of technical education in New Zealand and Salford, 1900-02, and from 1902 to 1944 in the Whitefield Mission in Tottenham Court Road; and Mary Emma, who was at one time governess in the family of Sir Richard Martin in Llansamlet, a nurse in Swansea hospital for a period from 1895, and in military hospitals in South Africa, India and Egypt; and matron of an infectious diseases hospital under the Egyptian government.
HUGHES, EDWARD ERNEST (1877 - 1953), first Professor of history at the University College, Swansea, and a notable intermediary between the university and the public of the National Eisteddfod and was drama adjudicator in the festival many times. He showed much zeal for the unity of the University of Wales and served regularly on its committees. He worked for Undeb Cymru Fydd during the difficult years of World War II and afterwards. He was a member of the court of governors of N.L.W. He presided over the Swansea and Llanelli branch of the Historical
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
HUGHES, ROBERT (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn; 1744 - 1785), bardd Ganwyd yn y Ceint Bach, Penmynydd, Môn. Addysgwyd ef gan Ellis Thomas, curad Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, a hyfforddwyd ef fel clerc cyfreithiwr yn swyddfa Emrys Lewis y Trysglwyn, yn Biwmares. Bu'n cadw ysgol ym Mhenmynydd, Hen-eglwys, Cerrig-ceinwen, Bodedern, ac Amlwch, a bu'n glerc i Ratcliffe Sidebottom, bargyfreithiwr, Essex Court, Temple, Llundain, o 1763 hyd 1783. Ei batrwm fel bardd oedd
HUGHES, ROBERT (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn; 1744 - 1785), poet Born at Ceint Bach, Penmynydd, Anglesey. He was taught by Ellis Thomas, curate of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf and was trained as a lawyer's clerk in Emrys Lewis of Trysglwyn's office at Beaumaris. He was a schoolmaster successively at Penmynydd, Heneglwys, Cerrig-ceinwen, Bodedern, and Amlwch; from 1763 to 1783 he was clerk to Ratcliffe Sidebottom, barrister-at-law, of Essex Court, Temple, London
HUGHES, THOMAS JOHN (Adfyfr; 1853 - 1927), journalist first editor of the monthly magazine Cymru Fydd. His work as a shorthand writer brought him into touch with many activities in South Wales, and after the passing of the Bankruptcy Act, 1894, he was official shorthand writer to the bankruptcy court at Pontypridd. For some years he was a sub-editor of the South Wales News, and local representative for that paper. By his wife, who survived him, he had
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1757 - 1846), Independent minister, hymn-writer, and composer of George Lewis (1794) he was appointed a peripatetic evangelist, and on 17 July 1795, was granted a preacher's licence by the Court of Quarter Sessions. His labours were so successful that it is impossible to relate the history of the oldest Independent chapels in Arfon, Eifionydd, and the Vale of Conway without bringing in his name as one of the principal founders. He was known in his travels as
HYWEL ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1170), soldier and poet buried at Bangor. Hywel is probably better known as a poet. He was pre-eminent in his day as a lyric poet. He was not restricted as to subject matter as were the professional court bards; he sang of love and of the natural beauty of his native Gwynedd. Eight of his poems survive; they are printed in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, i, 275-8.
HYWEL DDA (d. 950), king and legislator 918 he, Clydog his brother, and Idwal Foel did homage to Edward, son of Alfred the Great, and about 926 he and Owain of Gwent journeyed to Hereford to acknowledge the overlordship of Athelstan. His name is frequently mentioned in the English charters as a vassal king and there is little doubt that from time to time he visited the Wessex court. For all that, he was sufficiently independent to mint
IEUAN GETHIN ap IEUAN ap LLEISION (fl. c. 1450) Baglan, poet and gentleman A descendant of the family of Caradog ap Iestyn ap Gwrgant. According to some genealogists (e.g. Gruffudd Hiraethog in Peniarth MS 178, i (43)) he married the daughter of Tomas ab Ifor Hael. Bards from North and South Wales were entertained at his court at Baglan, and two cywyddau addressed to him remain in manuscript, one by Ieuan Ddu ap Dafydd ab Owain, and the other by Iorwerth Fynglwyd. A
INSOLE, JAMES HARVEY (1821 - 1901), perchennog glofeydd James reolaeth lwyr dros y busnes ar ôl marwolaeth ei dad yn 1851. Erbyn 1852 roedd y teulu wedi symud allan o'r dref i ardal wledig Penhill, ac yn 1855 dechreuodd James adeiladu Ely Court (a elwir yn Insole Court bellach) ger pentref eglwys gadeiriol Llandaf a oedd newydd ddod yn ffasiynol. Trawyd glofa Cymmer gan drychineb yn 1856 pan laddwyd 114 o ddynion a bechgyn yn y ddamwain danddaearol gyntaf
INSOLE, JAMES HARVEY (1821 - 1901), colliery proprietor customers in France, the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and South America. James took sole control of the business after his father's death in 1851. By 1852 the family had moved just out of town to the more rural Penhill and in 1855 James began building Ely Court (now known as Insole Court) near the newly-fashionable cathedral village of Llandaff. Disaster struck the Cymmer mine in 1856 when 114 men and

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