Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, RICHARD SAMUEL (1855 - 1893), musician
HUGHES, ROBERT (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn; 1744 - 1785), poet . As a poet he modelled himself on Goronwy Owen. He published his cywydd 'Molawd Môn' in Diddanwch teuluaidd, 1763, and his cywydd 'Y Byd' in Y Cylchgrawn Cymraeg, 1793. His best work is his cywydd 'Myfyrdod y Bardd am ei Gariad,' published in the North Wales Gazette, 15 September 1808. While in London he was a prominent member of the Welsh societies; in 1777 he was joint librarian with Richard
HUGHES, ROBERT GWILYM (1910 - 1997), poet and minister with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist denomination Gwilym Hughes was born 17 August 1900 in Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, the second son of Robert John and Elisabeth Hughes. His father hailed from Waen Pentir, and his mother from Trefdraeth in Anglesey. His father worked in the Penrhyn Quarry, after the great strike (1900-1903), and he and his brother, Richard Môn Hughes, experienced at firsthand the poverty that followed the industrial conflict at
HUGHES, ROBERT RICHARD (1872 - 1957), minister (Presb.), and author
HUGHES, THOMAS (1758 - 1828), Calvinistic Methodist minister building-contractor and built a number of chapels in Manchester and North Wales. He died 2 November 1828, aged seventy. A memoir (1829) of him and of his fellow-worker Thomas Edwards, by John Jones (1790 - 1855), includes some of his verse. His daughter Mary (who died 9 September 1860) married Richard Williams (1802 - 1842).
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1838 - 1921), printer and publisher , in 1868, with Samuel Roberts ('S.R.') as its editor, and Richard Davies (Mynyddog) assisting him. He issued Y Dysgedydd for fifty-six years; he also published Dysgedydd y Plant, and Cronicl Bach J.R. for a period. He took an interest in public and religious affairs; he was an ardent Liberal, an alderman of the Merioneth county council, a justice of the peace, and was a deacon for fifty-five years
HUMPHREYS, EDWARD MORGAN (1882 - 1955), journalist, writer and broadcaster Born 14 May 1882 in Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire, eldest son of John and Elizabeth Humphreys. His brothers were Humphrey Llewelyn and John Gwilym. His mother was the niece of Edward Morgan, Dyffryn, preacher and writer, and a cousin of R.H. Morgan, Menai Bridge, pioneer of short-hand in Welsh. His great-grandfather was Richard Humphreys, a preacher noted for his wit, a teetotaller and a
HUMPHREYS, HUMPHREY (1648 - 1712), bishop, antiquary, historian, and genealogist Born 24 November 1648, eldest son of Richard Humphreys, Hendre, Penrhyndeudraeth (a Royalist officer) and Margaret, daughter of Robert Wynne of Cesailgyfarch, Penmorfa, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at Oswestry and Bangor grammar schools and afterwards at Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1669, M.A. 1672, was elected a Fellow 1672-3, B.D. 1679, and D.D. 1682. Ordained (by a
HUMPHREYS, RICHARD (1790 - 1863), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born in June 1790, son of Humphrey Richard, Gwern-y-cynyddion, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Meironnydd. His father moved to Faeldref, another farm in the district, about 1800, and it was in Faeldref that Richard Humphreys spent the greater part of his life, farming, preaching, and, for a period, also keeping a shop at Dyffryn. He went to school at Shrewsbury and began to preach in 1819. He was ordained in
HUMPHREYS, RICHARD GRIFFITH (Rhisiart o Fadog; 1848 - 1924), journalist
HUMPHREYS, RICHARD MACHNO (1852 - 1904), Baptist minister
HUMPHREYS, ROBERT (fl. c. 1720), poet replies by Evan Jones, a former parson of the place. The following manuscripts contain examples of his poetry: Cwrtmawr MS 206B, Cwrtmawr MS 463D; NLW MS 276A, NLW MS 436B, NLW MS 783B, NLW MS 1238B: Barddoniaeth, NLW MS 1244D, NLW MS 1579C, NLW MS 1580B, NLW MS 1666B: Llyfr Silin, NLW MS 4697A, NLW MS 11993A, NLW MS 12449E. One stanza, in free metre, is printed in Llawysgrif Richard Morris o Gerddi (ed

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