Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, WILLIAM (d. 1794?), clock-maker Grosvenor Street. Hughes was a member of the Cymmrodorion Society from the very start, and a vice-president in 1759. He was a friend of Robert Hughes (1744 - 1785). See Cymm., 1951, 65 (and appendices) and Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, vi, 234.
HUGHES, WILLIAM BULKELEY (1797 - 1882), Member of Parliament its absorption by the L.N.W.R. Co. It was he, moreover, who organised the banquet given to Robert Stephenson at the George Hotel, Bangor, in August 1851, to commemorate the opening of the Britannia tubular bridge. He was twice married: (1) in 1825, to Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Jonathan Nettleship of Mattersey Abbey, Northampton, and widow of Henry Wormald of Woodhouse, Leeds, and (2) to
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (1833 - 1879), musician and schoolmaster assisted John Roberts of Henllan with his collection of hymn-tunes called In Memoriam. He died June 1879 at Rhyl.
HUGHES, WILLIAM ROBERT (1798? - 1879), healer of cancer and cancerous warts Born at Tanyrallt, in the parish of Abererch, Caernarfonshire, of a family reputed to have an exceptional ability to cure cancerous warts, etc. After marriage he moved to live at Mur Crysto, Llangybi, in 1821. He was a friend of David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'), Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), and Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'). So great was his power that he became known as ' Dewin y
HUGHES, MARGARET (Leila Megáne; 1891 - 1960), singer Anglesey eisteddfod at Beaumaris in 1910 she entered a competition for the first time and won first prize for singing ' Gwraig y pysgotwr ' (Eurgain), with Thomas Price (1857 - 1925) and T. Osborne Roberts adjudicating. Also that year (against more than 50 competitors) she won the open contralto solo in the national eisteddfod at Colwyn Bay, and was highly praised by the adjudicator, David Evans (1874
HUMPHREYS, EDWARD MORGAN (1882 - 1955), journalist, writer and broadcaster . After a short period on the staff of a Runcorn newspaper he had the experience of following the revival meetings of Evan Roberts as correspondent for the Liverpool Courier. His impressions also appeared in Y Genedl Gymreig. He became friendly with the evangelist but was not moved in the heat of the revival. He was also correspondent for the North Wales Observer under the editorship of William Eames
HUMPHREYS, GEORGE (1747? - 1813), sexton, poet and friend of Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant). Harri Myllin writing in Cymru (O.M.E.), 1893, says that he was born at Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and spent his entire life there. The entry of his christening has not been found, but he was certainly buried there, 10 June 1813, at the age of sixty-six. Cynddelw (Robert Ellis) had a high opinion of him as a poet. We have, in the handwriting of his son
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, ROBERT (1779 - 1832), Wesleyan minister
HUMPHREYS, ROBERT (fl. c. 1720), poet
HUW MACHNO (fl. 1585-1637), poet Son of Owen ap Ieuan ap Siôn of Penmachno, Caernarfonshire, descended from Dafydd Goch of Penmachno, an illegitimate son of David, prince of Wales. His mother was Margaret, daughter of Robert ap Rhys ap Hywel. The date of his birth is not known, but he is said to have died in 1637, and a gravestone inscribed ' H.M. obiit 1637,' in Penmachno churchyard, is believed to be his. He appears to have
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