Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HOLLAND family Erskine; (b) but Hugh Gwyn Holland's younger sons did not remain at Conway. The fourth son, HENRY HOLLAND (died 1603), is interesting; he went up to S. John's College, Cambridge, but graduated (1580) from Magdalene, and took orders (D.N.B.; Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses). In 1590 he published A Treatise on Witchcraft, dedicated to Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, and three or four other books which show
HOLLAND, HUGH (1569 - 1633), poet and traveller Born at Denbigh, son of Robert Holland of that town (see Holland families (6)). Hugh Holland was educated at Westminster School, under Camden, where he was distinguished for his classical scholarship. In 1589 he was elected to a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge; he may have been elected later to a Fellowship. On leaving Cambridge he travelled abroad, visiting Rome and Jerusalem. At Rome
HOLLAND, ROBERT (1556/7 - 1622?), cleric, author, and translator
HOLLAND, WILLIAM (1711 - 1761), early Methodist and Moravian Born at Haverfordwest 16 January 1711, son of Nicholas Holland, of the Hollands of Walwyn's Castle - see Holland families (2); Nicholas Holland was great-great-grandson of Robert Holland. According to Moravian tradition, William Holland was at Haverfordwest grammar school at the same time as bishop John Gambold; he does not seem to have been Welsh -speaking. Before 1732 he was in London, and had
HOOSON, TOM ELLIS (1933 - 1985), Conservative politician 1959 when he stood against Goronwy O. Roberts, the sitting Labour MP. At the personal invitation of his party leader Margaret Thatcher, Hooson accepted the position of Director of Communications for the Conservative Party in 1976 and remained in the post for two years. He then became Director-General of the Periodical Publishers' Association in 1978. He captured Brecon and Radnor for the
HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY (1844 - 1889), poet and priest and Gerard was sent to board at Highgate School. He considered himself to be half-Welsh on the basis of his surname, which is common in south Wales. In 1863, Hopkins went up to Oxford where he graduated with a First in Classics. Here he met one of his closest friends, Robert Bridges, who would become the Poet Laureate and the editor of his poetry. It was while he was at Oxford that he turned to a
HOWE, ELIZABETH ANNE (1959 - 2019), ecologist Liz Howe was born on 27 October 1959 in Kingstanding in the West Midlands, one of two children of Robert Pulford, an electrical engineer, and his wife Margaret (née Davis). She had one brother, Robert. She attended Aldridge Grammar School in Walsall (1971-78) and went on to Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, where as an undergraduate studying mammalian physiology she won the Cheesman
HOWEL, HARRI (fl. 1637-1671), bard (near Dolgelley) and to Dolau-gwyn near Towyn, Meironnydd. It is probable that, like Siôn Phylip, he farmed his own land - there survives to this day a 'Ffridd Harri Howel' on the borders of the parishes of Dolgelley and Llanfachreth. He composed an elegy on the death of John Myddelton, Gwaenynog, in 1637 and a cywydd on the marriage of Robert Owen, parson of Llangelynnin, Meironnydd, 1671.
HOWELLS, THOMAS (Hywel Cynon; 1839 - 1905), collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician Born 12 October 1839, at Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire. The family moved to Rhymney and the son began to work as a collier's boy when he was only seven years old. Later, at Aberaman, whither the family had moved from Rhymney, he was able to receive some education and he began to attend an evening class conducted by the Rev. John Davies. In 1858 John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) came to Aberdare and Hywel
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, ALFRED WILLIAM (1861 - 1900), surgeon and professor Born 31 July 1861 at Aberllefenni, Meirionethshire, youngest son of Robert Hughes, quarry manager. He was educated at the National School, Corris, and Dolgelley grammar school. He was apprenticed to a draper at Dolgelley, but returned to work in the slate quarries at Aberllefenni. He started his medical career with Dr. J. Jones at Corris, and later became a student at Edinburgh University where
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician , Hughes became a life peer and took the title of Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, of Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesey. When the Social Democratic Party was formed in 1981, Lord Cledwyn declined an invitation to join the new party. After the death of Lord Goronwy-Roberts in July 1981, Lord Cledwyn was elected deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Lords; dissatisfaction with the leadership of Lord Peart

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