Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, ROWLAND (1811 - 1861), Wesleyan minister Born 6 March 1811 at Bala and brought up at Dolgelley. After a little elementary education he was apprenticed to a tailor but in 1830 was appointed a paid preacher at Merthyr Tydfil. In due course he was ordained and served as a minister in the following circuits: Caernarvon (1832), Beaumaris (1834), Liverpool (1836), Holywell (1838), Llanasa (1840), Liverpool (1843), Bangor (1846), Merthyr
HUGHES, ROYSTON JOHN (BARON ISLWYN), (1925 - 2003), politician proposals, although this has been attributed to his disagreements with Alan Williams, the member for Swansea West and an opponent of devolution. He was appointed deputy spokesman for Wales in March 1984 but resigned in July 1988 because he had 'no confidence' in the chief spokesman, Alan Williams. The proudest moment of Hughes's career as a Member of Parliament came when he successfully sponsored a
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1757 - 1846), Independent minister, hymn-writer, and composer evangelist, and long before his death he had severed his connection with Saron and joined the church at Bontnewydd, which had also been founded by him. He wrote some excellent hymns, and some of his hymn tunes were published in Y Dysgedydd. He died 9 March 1846; in 1858 the Independent churches in the county erected a tombstone over his grave in Llanwnda parish churchyard.
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1849 - 1920), cleric and author Born 11 February 1849 at Bangor, son of David Hughes, master mariner, and Elizabeth his wife. Educated at S. David's College, Lampeter, he was curate of Glasinfryn 1872-5, chaplain of the Welsh church at Chester 1875-80, and vicar of Llanuwchllyn from 1880 till his death there on 29 March 1920; he married Mary Thomas, and had several children. He was a most diligent historical writer; of his
HUGHES, WILLIAM BULKELEY (1797 - 1882), Member of Parliament Elizabeth, daughter of William Donkin, of Rothbury, Northumberland. His only child was Sarah Elizabeth, born of the second marriage, and she inherited the estate upon his death, 8 March 1882.
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (GARETH HUGHES; 1894 - 1965), actor Director of Religious and Shakespearean Drama for the project at $175.76 for a 169 hour month. He adapted shorter versions of Shakespeare and Early English Miracle Plays for performances in theatres, schools, churches and institutions in Los Angeles. Ill health and exhaustion forced his retirement from the project in March 1939. In 1941, experiencing an immense desire to serve God, Gareth was baptized at
HUGHES, WILLIAM MELOCH (1860 - 1926), colonist and writer ministry, but emigrated to Patagonia in 1881 because of ill-health; there he became a prominent member of the Welsh settlement, as teacher, farmer, tradesman, and preacher. Returning to Wales after forty years abroad, he died at Rhyl 28 March 1926, and was buried at Brithdir. His book Ar Lannau'r Camwy was published in 1927, and it contains his reminiscences and valuable material relating to the history
HUGHES, WILLIAM ROBERT (1798? - 1879), healer of cancer and cancerous warts Cennin ' (The leek magician). He emigrated to U.S.A. in 1845, settling in Columbus, Wisconsin. It was claimed that the first Welsh sermon in the state of Wisconsin was preached in his house. In America he continued to treat cancer and cancerous warts. He died 15 March 1879.
HUGHES, MARGARET (Leila Megáne; 1891 - 1960), singer audience. In 1920 she sang for the first time in a concert in the Aeolian Hall, and for eight years she sang regularly in the Queen's Hall under the direction of Sir Henry Wood. After a successful tour of Europe, where she sang in La Scala (Milan) and Moscow, she was invited in 1923 to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. She married (1) in New York, 21 March 1924, T. Osborne Roberts who had
HUMPHREYS, RICHARD MACHNO (1852 - 1904), Baptist minister Born 14 March 1852 at Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, the son of a man from Halkin, Flintshire, who had married at Tal-y-bont. Benjamin Humphreys, Felin-foel, was a brother of his. After working for some years at Tal-y-bont, as a lead miner, he moved to Dylife, Montgomeryshire, where he began to preach. Afterwards he worked in a coal-mine at Gilfach Goch, Glamorganshire, and it was from here that he
HUWS, RHYS JONES (1862 - 1917), Independent minister as a teacher in the British school at the neighbouring village of Staylittle. In March 1878 he went to the British school at Llanbryn-mair to complete his course as a pupil teacher; in those days the school was held in the schoolroom of the 'Old Chapel.' He remained there until mid-summer 1880, when he was appointed to the charge of Aberhosan school. Two years later he gained his teaching
IOLO GOCH (c. 1320 - c. 1398), poet -90); panegyric upon Sir Roger Mortimer, earl of March (and earl of Denbigh), composed between 1395 and 1398; and an awdl calling down blessings on the court of Hywel Cyffin, dean of St Asaph from 1385 to 1397. There are three cywyddau which he sang to Owain Glyndŵr, but the last of these cannot very well have been written later than 1386. Accordingly Iolo belonged entirely to the 14th century, and

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