Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, MEGAN WATTS (1842 - 1907), vocalist Hughes, as she now was, accompanied Joseph Parry on a musical tour of North Wales. She took part twice in ' Orpheus ' (Gluck); she also sang duets with Jenny Lind. Soon after her marriage she founded a home for necessitous and homeless boys. She wrote several hymn-tunes, some of which are included in Tonau, Salmau ac Anthemau (David Jenkins); of these ' Wilton Square ' continues to be popular. Her
HUGHES, MICHAEL (1752 - 1825), industrialist carrying coal and ore to and from Amlwch (e.g. the Amlwch Shipping Company), in the Amlwch Brewery Company, in Lancashire canals and collieries, in lime burning, in the sale of slag from his copper works, in quarries, in brick making, in the Bootle Bottle Company; he also made numerous loans to other Lancashire industrialists, e.g. to textile manufacturers and to landowners, including the first Sir
HUGHES, ROBERT GWILYM (1910 - 1997), poet and minister with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist denomination of his admiration for the scholar Sir Ifor Williams, the professor of Welsh, and over the years they became great friends. The scholar wrote him at the end of his life in 1962 a delightful letter from his home in Pontllyfni where he says: 'I have a longing to see my children of old. Hurry here, and we will have a wonderful conversation.' Another lecturer from that era who became a loyal friend was
HUGHES, ROBERT OWEN (Elfyn; 1858 - 1919), journalist and poet Cymru (O.M.E.); Sir Owen M. Edwards, editor of the latter, included Hanes Bywyd Capelulo, written by Elfyn, in 'Cyfres y Fil.' A selection of his poems was issued under the title of Caniadau Elfyn (n.d.). He died 14 June 1919 and was buried in Llan Ffestiniog churchyard.
HUGHES, WILLIAM BULKELEY (1797 - 1882), Member of Parliament Born 26 July 1797, eldest son of Sir William Bulkeley Hughes of Plas Coch, Llanidan, Anglesey, and Brynddu, Llanfechell, and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Rice Thomas of Coed Alun, Caernarvon. His family, which claimed descent from Llywarch ap Bran, lord of Menai, had since the middle of the 15th century played a leading part in the local administration of Anglesey. Hugh Hughes (died 1609
HUGHES, MARGARET (Leila Megáne; 1891 - 1960), singer spent a period entertaining injured soldiers, which drew the attention of prominent politicians, among them Lord Balfour, Bonar Law and (Sir) Winston Churchill. After singing in various opera houses in France and Monte Carlo she gained a five-year contract to sing in Covent Garden, where she made her début in Therese (Massenet) in May 1919, with Lloyd George and Melba, the famous singer, in the
HUMPHREYS, JAMES (c. 1768 - 1830), legal writer afterwards obtained a good practice as a conveyancer. In politics Humphreys was a Liberal and was friendly with Fox, Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Francis Burdett, and Horne Tooke. His chief work was Observations on the Actual State of the English Laws of Real Property, with the outlines of a Code (London, 1826, 2nd ed. 1827). This work gave him a high reputation as a legal reformer. The changes which he
HUMPHREYS, RICHARD (1790 - 1863), Calvinistic Methodist minister 1833, but he held no formal pastorate. He was noted for his strong common sense and wit; he took an active part in denominational matters and in the temperance and educational movements of his time. He was a member of the committee summoned, in 1854, by Sir Hugh Owen to consider the establishment of a Welsh university. He wrote for Y Traethodydd and Y Methodist, and counted Dewi Wyn and Eben Fardd
HUMPHREYS, Sir SALUSBURY PRYCE (1778 - 1845), rear-admiral
HUMPHREYS-DEVONPORT, Sir SALUSBURY PRYCE - see HUMPHREYS, Sir SALUSBURY PRYCE
HUW ap DAFYDD (fl. 1550-1628), poet Fychan of Bryn Cynddel, Siôn ap Hywel Fychan of Penllyn, Sir Roger Salusbury of Llewenni, Pierce Salusbury of Bachymbyd, Pirs Griffith of Penrhyn, Lewys Owain of Dolgelley, and Siôn ab Elis Eutun (Eyton) of Ruabon.
HUW CAE LLWYD (fl. 1431-1504), poet elegies and from the date of the battle of Banbury, 1469; the poems fall between 1457 and 1504. Moreover, he went on a pilgrimage to Rome in 1475 and wrote a cywydd describing all that he had seen there. He sang the praises of Sir Rhys ap Thomas. It seems probable that in his old age he returned to his native place in North Wales for there is a tradition that he was buried at Llanuwchllyn where, too

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