Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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
HUW ap RHISIART ap DAFYDD (fl. second half of 16th century) Cefn Llanfair, Llŷn, bard father of the more famous bard Richard Hughes (died 1618). In NLW MS 16B (239) are six englynion composed by the bard when he was imprisoned in London (with other men from Llŷn) in the time of trouble with the earl of Leicester over Forest of Snowdon lands, whilst in N.L.W. Glyn Davies MS. 2 (15) and NLW MS 3048D (203) is an elegy on John Smith, Caernarvon. Other examples (or copies) of his poems
HUW ap RICHARD ap SION ap MADOG - see HUW BODWRDA
HUW BODWRDA (fl. 1566) Bodwrda,, gentleman, bard, and patron of bards
HUW MACHNO (fl. 1585-1637), poet been a pupil of Siôn Phylip, as in his elegy upon the latter's death, in 1620, he acknowledges having received much from him during an acquaintanceship of thirty-five years. They, therefore, began their association in 1585. Richard Phylip, in a poem, complains that he lost his fellowship when he became married. He was kinsman and poet to the families of Gwydir, Llechwedd Hafod, and Dulasau, and he
HUW, THOMAS (fl. c. 1574-1606), poet a native apparently of North Wales. Some examples of his work, in strict metres, are preserved in manuscript, including poems of praise to Harri Wyn of Anglesey and Siôn Wyn Amhorys (Brogyntyn MS. 6 (157b); Llanstephan MS 11 (21), an elegy to Richard Lloyd of Llannerch Fawr in Llŷn (Llanstephan MS 123 (114)), a poem seeking reconciliation with youth (NLW MS 783B (128)), another in reply to a poem
HUWS, ALUN 'SBARDUN' (1948 - 2014), musician and composer Alun Huws was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, on 26 September 1948, the eldest son of Richard Wynne Hughes (1921-1989) and Catherine Anne Hughes (née Davies, 1920-1972). The family home was in Penrhyndeudraeth. His father worked at Cookes Explosives Ltd., part of the ICI Group, while his mother was a teacher. The couple had one other son, John Wyn Hughes. Alun changed the spelling of his surname to the

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