Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HODGES, JOHN (1700? - 1777), cleric disappeared. Hodges died at the age of 77 years (according to Cardiff MS. 4877) and was buried at Wenvoe on 5 April 1777. He is sometimes confused with John Hodges, incumbent of Clifton, who was also a friend of the Wesleys and is mentioned in their Journals.
HOGGAN, FRANCES ELIZABETH (1843 - 1927), physician and social reformer London. Frances Hoggan lived her final years in Brighton, where she died in a nursing home on 5 February 1927. Her cremated remains were buried with her husband's at Woking cemetery on 9 February. In 2016 the Learned Society of Wales established the Frances Hoggan Medal to be awarded annually to recognise the contribution of outstanding women connected with Wales in the areas of science, medicine
HOGGAN, FRANCES ELIZABETH (1843 - 1927) published a large number of medical papers in scientific journals here and abroad. She died in 5 February 1927.
HOLLAND family . PETER HOLLAND, a servant of Henry IV, came to Conway, and his family became owners of Conway castle, of much of the town, and of lands outside it (see W. B. Lowe, The Heart of Northern Wales, i, 342-5; J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 341; Archæologia Cambrensis, 1866, facing 183). With the sons of HUGH GWYN HOLLAND, who had married Jane Conway of Bryneuryn and had died in 1585, this branch forks: (a) the
HOLLAND family Berw, daughter Elinor. The marriage is believed to have taken place between 1470 and 1480. John Holland was succeeded by his son OWEN HOLLAND, who was appointed sheriff of Anglesey for life, March 1504/5. He married Ethelrede, daughter of Richard Hampdene of Kimble, Berks. Between 1520 and 1522, Owen succeeded in persuading his cousin, Sir John Owen, to convey to him a large part of the Berw estate, which had
HOLLAND, ROBERT (1556/7 - 1622?), cleric, author, and translator , Foster's Index of parish clergy (based on P.R.O. records) says that he was instituted at Prendergast 6 November 1591 (West Wales Records has another rector there in 1608), at Walwyn's Castle 5 March 1607/8, and in addition at Robeston West in 1612. He would seem to have died in 1622 - Foster has another incumbent at Robeston in 1622, and West Wales Records has another at Walwyn's Castle on 15 November
HOMFRAY family, iron-masters Penydarren and, in June 1818, M.P. for the borough of Stafford. He died 22 May 1822 in London and was buried at Bassaleg. His eldest son, SAMUEL GEORGE HOMFRAY (born 7 December 1795, died 16 November 1882) was high sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1841 and alderman of Newport (and mayor 1854-5).
HOWELLS, REES (1879 - 1950), missionary and founder of the Bible College, Swansea Edinburgh and London and in 1915 they joined the South African General Mission with special responsibility for Rusitu mission station. After spending 5 years there they returned to Wales in 1920 and following a preaching tour in America in 1922 he decided to establish a Bible College in Wales, on the model of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, to train workers for the mission fields. Though he did not
HOWELLS, WILLIAM (1818 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister and second principal of Trevecka College Born at Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, in October 1818. He was educated at 'Eagle School,' Cowbridge, and after being apprenticed to an ironmonger in his native town went to Cardiff and Chichester. He decided to become a minister and went for his theological training to Cheshunt and Trevecka (1842-5). He was a minister at Swansea (1845-51), Zion, Carmarthen (1851-7), and Windsor Street, Liverpool
HUGHES GRIFFITHS, ANNIE JANE (1873 - 1942), peace campaigner Annie Jane Davies was born on 5 April 1873, at Cwrt Mawr, Llangeitho, Ceredigion, the sixth of ten children of Robert Joseph Davies (1839-1892) and his wife Frances (née Humphreys, 1836-1918). She had three sisters, Sara Maria (1864-1939), Mary (1869-1918) ac Eliza ('Lily', 1876-1939), and six brothers, Robert Brian ('Bertie', 1865-1879), David Charles (1866-1928), Edward (1867-1869), John
HUGHES, ANNIE HARRIET (Gwyneth Vaughan; 1852 - 1910), writer three of Henry Drummond's works: The Greatest Thing in the World; The City without Foundations; and 'The Christian Programme' (unpublished). From 1897 onward, much of her work in prose and verse is to be found in Cymru (O.M.E.). Yr Haul, Perl y Plant, Cymru'r Plant, Y Genhinen, Papur Pawb, Y Cymro, Celtia, Celtic Review, Young Wales, etc.; she edited the women's page in Yr Eryr, 1894-5, Y Cymro, 1906
HUGHES, GARFIELD HOPKIN (1912 - 1969), university lecturer and Welsh scholar culture of Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, as shown by his earlier publications, viz. Iaco ap Dewi, 1648-1722 (1953); ' Ben Simon ', N.L.W. Jnl., 5; ' Halsingod Dyffryn Teifi ', Eurgrawn, 1941. His wide reading and culture enabled him to place emphasis on the contemporary history and literature of the books and periods which he studied. He had recourse to his extensive knowledge of English literature

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